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BEFORE THE TOWN OF CLENDENIN, WEST VIRGINIA EMERGENCY ORDER ESTABLISHING AND CHANGING POLLING PLACE FOR THE JUNE 8, 2021 MUNICIPAL ELECTION WHEREAS, pursuant to West Virginia Code Chapter 3, Article 1, Section 5, a municipality shall utilize precincts for the basic territorial election unit; and WHEREAS, pursuant to West Virginia Code Chapter 3, Article 1, Section 7, and West Virginia Code Chapter 8, Article 5, Section 14, a municipality may change the location of any polling place for any precinct whenever the public convenience may so require; and WHEREAS, the Town council for the Town of Clendenin believes, in the interest of the voting public of the Town of Clendenin, to ensure that every voter has access to a convenient polling place, and to reestablish the original polling place location in existence prior to the 2016 State of Emergency, it is necessary to change the current precinct polling place for the June 8, 2021 Town of Clendenin Municipal Election. It is therefore ORDERED that, for the June 8, 2021 municipal election, the polling place for all voting precincts within the municipal limits of the Town of Clendenin shall be the Town of Clendenin Recreation Center, located at 103 1st Street, Clendenin, WV. It is further ORDERED that the clerk of the Town of Clendenin shall give notice of such change by publishing notice of this Order as a Class II-O Legal Advertisement in compliance with provisions of Article 3 Chapter 59 of the West Virginia Code, as amended. It is further ORDERED that the Recorder of the Town of Clendenin shall make known to the voters of the original polling place the address and directions to the new polling place location by proclamation to any voters present at the time for opening the polls, and by posting a notice at or near the entrance of the original polling place for the precincts referenced herein. It is further ORDERED that the Recorder of the Town of Clendenin shall utilize social media to inform all voters affected by this ORDER of the address and directions to the new polling place for the precincts referenced herein. The nature and frequency of social media outreach shall be within the discretion of the Recorder of the Town of Clendenin. It is further ORDERED that the Recorder of the Town of Clendenin shall post notice on the Town of Clendenin website of the change in location and the address and directions to the new polling place for the precincts referenced herein. Pursuant to the provisions of 153CSR53, the precinct location changes herein ordered shall remain in effect for every Town of Clendenin municipal election from June 8, 2021 forward, as this Order reestablishes the original precinct polling place location in existence prior to the 2016 State of Emergency. No subsequent Order or other action of the Town council for the Town of Clendenin shall be necessary, unless any additional changes to the precinct polling place location need to be made for any future municipal elections. The Recorder of the Town of Clendenin shall place a copy of this Order in the Town of Clendenin election records and ordinance book. Given under our hand and seal of the Town of Clendenin, State of West Virginia on this 25th day of January, 2021. TOWN COUNCIL, TOWN OF CLENDENIN, WV /s/ Kay Summers, Mayor /s/ Timothy Huffman, Councilperson /s/ David Knight, Councilperson /s/ Russell Underwood, Councilperson /s/ John B. Shelton, Councilperson /s/ B. Michael Stout, Councilperson ATTEST: /s/ Erica Kearns, Recorder of the Town of Clendenin LC-105097 01-28/02-02;2021