Board approves edited resolution on early voting after County Attorney clarification
County Attorney Jason Ham advised that the Electoral Board is a separate constitutional office and recommended edits to a proposed early-voting resolution; the Board approved the resolution with those edits by unanimous roll call.
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County Attorney Jason Ham told the Board that "the Electoral Board is its own separate Constitutional office, so the Board of Supervisors does not direct the actions of the General Registrar or the Board of Elections." He explained there is a pending case before the Virginia Supreme Court related to an injunction on early voting and that the Board should avoid instructing the General Registrar to take actions the court has declined to order.
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