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DAVID B. WORTHY CITY ATTORNEY City of Martinsville VIRGINIA Enclosure #2 ORDINANCE WHEREAS, at its regularly scheduled meeting on May 9, 2000, the Coundl of the City of Martinsville adopted a resolution to change the polling place of voting precinct ~4 in the City of Martinsville from the from lobby of Martinsville High School to the auditorium lobby of Martinsville High School, subject to the approval by the U. S. Department of Justice of this voting change, and authorized the City Attorney to apply to said Department of Justice for said approval, and, WHEREAS, approvai of this change has been received from the U. S. Department of Justice by its letter dated July 20, 2000, and, WHEREAS, notice of this change has been published in the Martinsville Bulletin once a week for two successive weeks on July 30, 2000 and on August 6, 2000 as required by §24.2-306 of the Code of Virginia, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session held on August 8, 2000, that the polling place for precinct #4 in the City of Martinsville, Virginia be, and it hereby is, changed from the front lobby of Martinsville High School to the auditorium lobby of Martinsville High School on Commonwealth Boulevard, in the City of Martinsville, Virginia, and BE IT FLIRTHER ORDAINED that notice of this change will be mailed to all registered voters whose polling place is changed at least 15 days prior to the next general, special, or primary election, and BE IT FLIRTHER ORDAINED that copies of this ordinance shall be sent to the Martinsville Electoral Board, State Board, and the Division of Legislative Services when this ordinance becomes effective, and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINliD, that an emergency exists and that this ordinance shail therefore take effect on and after this date. Johnathan B. Phillips, Clerk of Council Date Adopted Date Effective