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Lunenburg County electoral board finds 9 of 12 polling places ADA-compliant; will supply lever door knobs to three sites
Summary
The Lunenburg County Electoral Board reviewed an Oct. 7 ADA inspection of 12 polling places, approved buying three lever lock sets to fix door hardware deficiencies at three sites, and authorized a compliance report to the State Department of Elections noting nine fully compliant and three acceptably compliant sites.
At a meeting on Oct. 17, 2023, the Lunenburg County Electoral Board reviewed results of an Americans with Disabilities Act inspection of 12 polling places and approved measures to correct several accessibility shortcomings.
Chairman Donna Dagner called the meeting to order at 4:15 PM. The board said the Electoral Board Secretary, in conjunction with the Lunenburg County Building Inspector (the county’s ADA compliance officer), completed a 10-page "Polling Place Accessibility Checklist" for each site after on-site inspections on Oct. 7, 2023.
The checklist identified three polling places that lacked compliant lever-style door hardware on…
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