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The General Registrar's office: Registers all eligible citizens to vote • Conducts all federal, state, municipal elections and primaries under the guidance of the Electoral Board in accordance with Federal and State laws • Maintains accurate registration and election records • Coordinates the filing of local candidates (City Council, School Board, Constitutional Offices, and Director of Soil and Water Conservation)

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Chesapeake Voting Places

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Voting Equipment

Verity

The Chesapeake General Registrar’s Office implemented new voting equipment at each polling place before the November 2017 General Election and Special Elections.

This replacement of voting equipment was due to the Virginia State Board of Elections voting to decertify all direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting equipment across Virginia on September 8, 2017.

Chesapeake began using a new Hart Intercivic Voting System before the November 2017 General and Special Elections.

Most voters will use Verity Scan, a precinct-based, digital ballot-imaging voting terminal. It takes a few seconds for the Scanner to read both sides of a paper ballot in one pass, and the voter knows in less than 5 seconds if his ballot is accepted or rejected.

Accurate, secure and easy to operate, the Verity Scan uses advanced digital technology. Recorded ballots drop automatically into a locked ballot box to create a secure, verifiable paper record of the votes cast.

Ballots on Election Day look similar to our Sample Ballots.

TouchWriter Voters with Disabilities can use the Verity Touch Writer, a voting machine which has a touch screen and set of distinctly shaped control buttons and SELECT Wheel easy for voters to understand and use. Voters will be presented with a summary of their votes before they can activate the "Print Ballot" button, allowing for second chance vote changes as required by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002.