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<br />') L1 n <br />~ ,-t,j <br /> <br />MARCH 12, 1974 <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />A regular meeting of the Martinsville City Council was held in Council Chambers, at <br /> <br />City Hall at 7:30 P. M. on March l2, 1974, with Mayor West presiding. Members present <br /> <br />were Mayor Francis T. West, Vice Mayor H. L. Boaz, W. D. Hartford and Morton W. Lester. <br /> <br />Minutes of the meeting of February 26, 1974, were approved as read. Following the <br /> <br />reading of the minutes, and in connection therewith, the City Manager reported that <br /> <br />Mr. Frank Gravely, Chairman of the City Electoral Board, had asked him to report to <br /> <br />Council, at this meeting, that on the day of the meeting the Electoral Board had just <br /> <br />learned that the Legislature, whose 1974 session had recently been adjourned, had amended <br /> <br />the election law in a manner which changes the number of voting machines required in a <br /> <br />given precinct. It was explained that whereas the existing law requires one voting <br /> <br />machine per 600 registered voters, thus indicating that had Council not decided to reduce <br /> <br />the number of voting precincts from ten to five, a total of eighteen voting machines <br /> <br />would be needed, which in turn would require a minimum of five machines, at a cost of <br /> <br />approximately $2000.00 each, to supplement the thirteen now owned by the City, as <br /> <br />compared to the requirements of the law just enacted, but not yet in effect, which will <br /> <br />require that in a voting precinct having up to 750 registered voters one machine is <br /> <br />needed; for 75l to 1,500 registered voters, 2 machines; between l,50l and 2,250 registered <br /> <br />voters, 3 machines; between 2,251 and 3,000, 4 machines, etc., thus indicating that <br /> <br />with the new five precinct setup, a total of fourteen voting machines will be required, <br /> <br />with the concurrent need of purchasing only one additional machine. The report indicated, <br /> <br />further, that the Electoral Board plans to use a total of six election officials at each <br /> <br />precinct during the upcoming municipal election, to be held on May 7, for a total of 30 <br /> <br />officials as compared to a total need of approximately 50 election personnel had the <br /> <br />number of precincts remained at ten. (A new state law requires the upcoming Municipal <br /> <br />Election to be held on May 7, thus obviating a City Charter provision that the election be <br /> <br />held in June). Because of the special interest in the situation in the Albert Harris <br />