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Albemarle County electoral board approves April 21 ballot order, readies testing and staffing for special election
Summary
The Albemarle County Electoral Board on Feb. 19 approved the ballot order and finalized testing, training and logistics for an April 21 special election on a constitutional amendment, reviewed recurring DS300 voting-machine errors and authorized a closed session on staffing and contracts.
The Albemarle County Electoral Board voted Feb. 19 to approve the ballot order for a special election set for April 21 and moved forward with training, testing and site logistics while continuing to investigate intermittent failures of DS300 optical-scan machines.
Board Chair Bucky Walsh opened the meeting by announcing the court-ordered April 21 election and saying the office would “proceed in full election mode” to prepare for voting. The board approved the registrar’s ballot order after adding an amendment to allow ordering extra folded absentee ballots if necessary.
Why it matters: The board’s decisions shape how thousands of county voters will cast ballots and how the office will handle early voting, absentee mailings and equipment reliability over a busy election calendar that includes August and November contests.
Staff reported manufacturer testing of three DS300 units that failed again during vendor diagnostics after being…
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