Central Virginia
Albemarle County
Electoral Board Meeting 12/23/2025
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Electoral Board Meeting
12/23/2025
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:00:06
It's nine o'clock on the 23rd of December and the electoral board for Albemarle County is convening its urgently called to do special business meeting.
00:00:22
We have all three members of the board here, the registrar and each election manager are here and
00:00:31
I believe the secretary would like to present minutes or not, Jim.
SPEAKER_01
00:00:36
I'd say go ahead and get them over with.
SPEAKER_00
00:00:38
I thought we could do them.
00:00:41
I'm not going to vote on them, just because I told people we weren't having any other business, but I'm not going to object.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:00:47
And I will tell you that I have read them, and since the new member of the board can't vote on minutes from a meeting he or she did not attend,
00:00:57
I will give you my proxy to vote yes if you need a tiebreaker.
00:01:02
OK. OK.
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So we'll all vote on it.
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OK.
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Unless there is any other meeting, the chair entertains a motion to go into closed session.
SPEAKER_01
00:01:13
So moved.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:01:14
All in favor, say aye.
SPEAKER_01
00:01:16
Aye.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:01:17
The electoral board will go into closed session pursuant to code section 2.2-3711 section 1.
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We are going to discuss
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monetary financial business and election technology business that has to do with security, all of which are germane to closed session meetings.
SPEAKER_00
00:01:42
Do you have some contract letters in there too?
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:01:46
That's financial, that's financial.
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And all five of the same members who are at the board meeting today will be in closed session.
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on financial business and contractual security.
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We are now in closed session.
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We are now back on the record.
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The electoral board is coming out of closed session.
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I need a motion from all members that during closed session we discussed only those items specific to election equipment and budget.
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As we said, we were going to security of elections.
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All in favor, aye.
SPEAKER_01
00:02:44
Aye.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:02:45
Okay, the first thing we wanna talk about is
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a letter which the chair will send, excuse me, an email which the chair will send to.
SPEAKER_00
00:02:57
May I suggest that the registrar should send that?
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:02:59
We'll both send it together.
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We'll send it together.
SPEAKER_00
00:03:02
Come from the registrar's email.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:03:04
They need to know that I'm responding and I'll send it from her.
SPEAKER_00
00:03:07
It should come from the registrar's address.
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It would be my suggestion.
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Okay.
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There's a motion.
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Because when they respond.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:03:13
It'll have to go to them.
SPEAKER_01
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Okay.
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I move that we
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requests that ES&S technical experts come here to determine the issues with our machines.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:03:32
And that we be given clear definitive information on problems that the DS-300s have had in other localities in Virginia and across the country.
SPEAKER_00
00:03:44
I strongly suggest you don't put that in there because I'll vote against that.
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Okay.
SPEAKER_00
00:03:49
You don't want to know what's happened in other Virginia?
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I'd love to know, but compelling them to tell us something that might be someone else's private information puts them in a bad situation.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:03:58
Okay.
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I'll get the EAC to ask.
SPEAKER_01
00:04:07
Okay, I made the motion.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:04:09
All in favor say aye.
SPEAKER_01
00:04:10
Aye.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:04:11
Opposed?
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And the second?
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We want to take a vote on reimbursing the general registrar for her moving expenses, pursuant to the chair asking if there is any prohibition in HR circles for the county of doing that.
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And if there are none, then we will reimburse her up to a limit of, do we need, anybody want to suggest?
SPEAKER_00
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It's consistent with county policies.
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Okay.
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Are you making that motion?
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:04:45
I am making the motion.
SPEAKER_01
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consistent with counties
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Second motion.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:05:19
OK, all in favor, aye.
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Aye.
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And a simple notation that we discussed with the registrar upcoming budgetary explanations, which requires no action.
SPEAKER_01
00:05:34
I don't think we need to do that.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:05:41
Is there anything else that anyone needs to add, subtract, change?
SPEAKER_00
00:05:47
Merry Christmas.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:05:48
OK.
SPEAKER_00
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Appropriate seasonal holidays depending on your preference.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
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And a motion to adjourn.
SPEAKER_00
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So moved.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:05:56
Finally.
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All in favor, aye.
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We are now adjourned.
SPEAKER_00
00:06:01
This ends the 34th meeting.
Clara Belle Wheeler
Chair, Electoral Board
00:06:04
And 36 AM.