Electoral Board Meeting   3/20/2026

Good morning, everyone.

Welcome to the March 20th, 2026 meeting of the Albemarle County Electoral Board.

I am convening this meeting.

People can still come in though.

It'll be okay.

This is a call meeting.

The purpose of this meeting is so that we can have a closed session to go through officers of election and make sure we've appointed folks to the polling places.

So with that, I note in the room the presence of myself and our esteemed secretary.

And on the call is Valerie Dormady.

Yes, I can hear you.

I can hear you.

Yes, remotely.

And I note that you have not used any meetings prior this year for personal reasons that you couldn't be present in person.

So you are in compliance with our policy on remote participation.

So I think we should record that we have all three members present, one of them present remotely.

Thank you.

Yes.

So with that said, as the conference is really going to a closed session for this purpose, is there anything else that we want to change in that agenda?

No, I'm sorry I've fallen behind on minutes.

I have fallen behind.

I'll do my best to catch up.

Yes, yeah, the agenda does look good to me.

Okay, then I would move that the board convene a closed meeting pursuant to section 2.2-3711A of the Code of Virginia under subsection 1 to discuss and consider the appointment assignment and performance of current and prospective personnel.

Is there a second?

All those in favor say aye.

But I think you should be specific.

I think Coade says you should be specific in the reasons why you are going into closed session.

So if we're not getting advice from our attorney on contractual matters or something else, we shouldn't claim that we are.

All right.

Anyway, so with that said, we'll be going into closed session.

So if everyone in the room who is not part of that, and we have a question here before that happens, and everyone online, if you guys would drop off who's not part of that, please do so.

Mr. Chairman, when you come back out of closed session, you will then have the rosters ready for the parties and the chairmen to have for assignments for officers of elections.

If we make a lot of changes, then I would expect it may take the elections register a minute or two to have those together.

Thank you.

Yes, please.

Karen, if you could go to session.

So let me see if I've still got a meeting here I can bring up on my screen.

There it is.

Let's turn the recording back on.

Oh, crap.

It's recorded the whole time?

Yeah, I'll have to edit it out.

What a pain.

You know what?

I looked at that and I said, ah, it looks like the recording's on.

Nah, I must be crazy.

I'm sorry.

Anyway, it is 10 21.

I'd like to bring us out of closed session with the following motion that the electoral board certify by a recorded vote that to the best of each member's knowledge only public business matters lawfully exempted from the open meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and identified in the motion authorizing the closed meeting were heard, discussed, or considered in the closed meeting.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Aye.

As amended.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Well, it's supposed to be at Monticello at 1130.

You've got time for a snack.

I'll be early there unless I raise home and face back.

All right.

OK, fellas.