07-22-2022, Electoral Board minutesMONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTORAL BOARD
Minutes
July 22, 2022
The meeting was held at the Montgomery County Government Center, 755 Roanoke Street in
Christiansburg. Chairman Langford called the meeting to order at 10:00 am. All Board members were
present. Registrar Connie Viar was in attendance. Montgomery County resident Kenneth Stiles arrived at
10:02 am.
Secretary Williams moved to approve the minutes of the June 28, 2022 meeting. Vice-Chairman Sills
seconded, and the motion was passed unanimously.
Registrar Viar reported that the Board of Supervisors approved the relocation of the Registrar’s office and
Central Absentee Precinct to 1546 North Franklin Street, Christiansburg, VA 24073 at its July 11th
meeting. The ordinance related to the move has been sent to the Attorney General’s office for approval.
The Department of Elections (ELECT) has approved the county’s redistricting updates in VERIS. Thirty-
five ADA compliant Unisyn Freedom Vote Tablets have been received. The date for acceptance testing
has not been set. Ms. Viar provided Board members with a copy of Unisyn’s Acceptance Testing Check
List. She will reach out to the voting machine vendor, Election Systems Online, for additional
information requested by the Board.
ELECT has provided some guidance related to Section 24.2-124.1 (SB80/HB205) which prohibits the
acceptance of certain funding and services by state and local elections officials. The Unisyn User Group
met on July 15th and continues to work on guidelines for election night reporting. Ms. Viar and Chief
Deputy Registrar Trina French will be attending training in Staunton on Tuesday, July 26th. County
registration updates based on returned NCOA postcards have been delayed due to a mailing error by
ELECT.
Ms. Williams led a discussion of updates to the training presentation for new Officers of Election. Based
on feedback from the meeting, she will prepare new draft for further review. The Board discussed
establishing a public address policy for its meetings. Mr. Langford will revise the policy used by the
Board of Supervisors in order to meet the needs of the Electoral Board for consideration at the next
meeting.
At 11:22 am, Registrar Viar and Mr. Stiles departed the meeting. Mr. Langford moved to enter a closed
session in accordance with Section 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia to carry out the annual performance
review of the General Registrar. Ms. Williams seconded, and the motion was passed unanimously.
The closed meeting ended at 11:39 am, and the Board returned to open session. Mr. Langford moved to
certify the meeting in accordance with Section 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia. Mr. Sills seconded the
motion, and it passed as follows: Chairman Langford, aye; Vice-Chairman Sills, aye; Secretary Williams,
aye. Each member certified that to the best of their knowledge only public business lawfully exempted
from opening meeting requirements was discussed in the closed meeting and that only such public
business matters as were identified in the motion conveying the closed meeting were heard, discussed, or
considered.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:40 am.
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Richard D. Langford John A. Sills Carroll D. Williams
Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary