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• Departmental Report Orange County Board of Elections Page 2 In 1976 three-hundred-twenty-five (325) "PR" ballots were issued; in 1980 one- hundred-fifty (150) "PR" ballots were issued; in 1984 only thirty-three (33) "PR" ballots were requested and issued. The registration process is alive and well' in Orange County. • Due to the increase in population and with new construction and recent and future annexation patterns in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough, population in several precincts has greatly increased and will continue to do so. Our concerns are now about these areas where citizens experienced unprecedented long waits and were so badly inconvenienced when therwent to vote in November - Forty-five minutes to an hour wait. We would like to take action now to prevent such a situation from recurring and believe drawing new precinct lines will effect the desired results. Even with vote tabulators, the facilities and precinct workers can not accommodate the increased population of several precincts. The last major changes in precinct lines occurred viore than ten years ago. We are looking at four precincts speci- fically now: West Hillsborough with 2,684 registered voters, North Carrboro with 2,619 registered voters, South Carrboro with 2„260 registered voters and. University Ltcre,u4 Lake with 2,528 registered voters. Voter registration/from April 9, 1984 to October 80 1984 increased in West Hillsborough by 259; in North Carrboro by 396; in South Carrboro by 532; and in University Lake by 580. Other precincts are being considered for precinct realignment - Eastside, Patterson and Weaver Dairy Precincts are reaching the saturation point; new developements on Smith Level Road will directly effect the Dogwood Acres Precinct. Changes will probably have to be made sooner rather than later in these areas. These changes and expenditures resulting from the changes can very easily be spread over a period of from two to three years.