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R -21 -10 <br />A RESOLUTION TO REQUEST A WAIVER FROM THE STATE BOARD OF <br />ELECTIONS TO ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUED ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING <br />SPLIT PRECINCTS FOR ANY ELECTION HELD IN 2021. <br />WHEREAS, Section 24.2 -307 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended (the <br />"Virginia Code ") mandates that "[e]ach precinct shall be wholly contained within a single <br />congressional district, senate District, [and] House of Delegates district... "; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has two split precincts, Precinct 35 (Churchland <br />Elementary School) (which contains voters for both House of Delegate District 79 and House of <br />Delegate District 80) and Precinct 38 (Grove Baptist Church) (which contains voters for both <br />State Senate District 2 and State Senate District 18); and <br />WHEREAS, the Virginia Code requires that all split precincts be eliminated by June 15, <br />2021; and <br />WHEREAS, because of delays at the federal level, the City of Portsmouth has not yet <br />received 2020 Census data; and <br />WHEREAS, precinct boundaries cannot be revised to eliminate the split precincts until <br />the Census data is received; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 24.2 -307 of the Virginia Code authorizes the City to apply for a <br />waiver from the Virginia State Board of Elections to continue to administer the split precincts for <br />any election held in 2021; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, that the Portsmouth General Registrar and Director of Elections is authorized to submit <br />a request for a waiver from the State Board of Elections pursuant to Section 24.2 -307 of the <br />Virginia Code to administer Precinct 35 (Churchland Elementary School) and Precinct 38 (Grove <br />Baptist Church) as split precincts for any election held in 2021. <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at an electronic meeting <br />held on May 25, 2021. <br />Teste: <br />City Clerk <br />