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• <br /> DEPARTMENTAL REFORT <br /> F <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS <br /> PAGE 1 of 3 <br /> • <br /> The mission of the Orange County Board of Elections is to honorably serve the <br /> citizens of Orange County in administering the election laws. <br /> The office is staffed with three full-time employees - the Supervisor of Elec- <br /> ,_ <br /> tions and two Deputy Supervisors - who serve under the suPervision of the three <br /> member'Board of Elections. In addition, one-hundred-eight election precinct <br /> officials are appointed, trained and sworn and are responsible for conducting <br /> P•• <br /> elections in the thrity-six precincts of Orange County. These election officials, <br /> assisted by sixty-three volunteer Special Registration Commissioners, register <br /> :te <br /> voters at special registration events conducted prior to each election through- <br /> out the county and by appointment in their homes. Registration is an on-going <br /> process at the Board of Elections' office and at the Chanel Hill Ennicipal Build- <br /> ing, the Carrboro Town Hall, the Chapel Hill Public Library and the Orange County <br /> Public Library. These registration officials, paid and unpaid, have served Orange <br /> County well. Five thousand new registrations were added to the voter registration <br /> rolls before the May 198)4 primary j bringing our total registration at that point <br /> to 43,573. Of those, 54% or 19,844 Orange County residents voted in the Hey <br /> primary. Between April 9, 1984 and October 8, 1984 9,337 voters were added to <br /> our voter registration mils and 1,864 voter registrations were transferred with- <br /> in the county. Total registration for the November 6, 1984 general election was <br /> 52,15o. (During that interval 760 voters Caere removed for various reasons - <br /> canceIl4tions, deaths and etc.) The 69+% vote record for the general election was <br /> disappointing, but the number of persons voting was impressive - 36,747. Our main <br /> objective was accomplished - we survived! A good indication of the number of <br /> eligible persons registered to vote in Orange County can be seen in the comparison <br /> of the number of ballots for President and Vice President issued to unregistered <br /> citizens; <br /> • <br />