Board of Registrars

City of Chicopee, Massachusetts Registrars of Voters City Hall Annex – 274 Front Street – Chicopee, MA 01013 Tel: (413) 594-1550 Fax: (413) 594-1554 e-mail jsurdyka@chicopeema.gov Janina Surdyka Registrar (copy of the minutes of the meeting) November 16, 2017 Jacqueline DuBois, Chairperson of the Board of Registrars, called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m. Present: Jacqueline A. Du Bois, Alfred W. Kendall, Janina Surdyka, Edward A. Rybak Minutes of the October 12, 2017 meeting were reviewed, approved as presented by the Clerk, and placed on file. Correspondence: - Election Division – Initiative Petitions Deadline - Boston Passport Agency – 2018 Annual Certification Passport Acceptance Program Motion was made, seconded, and carried to place correspondence on file and to complete re- certification tests by the end of the calendar year. Clerk’s Report: The following is a count of registered voters eligible to vote in the November 7, 2017 - City Election: W/P Democrat Republican Libertarian Unenrolled Other Totals 1-A 737 258 6 1090 28 2119 1-B 727 283 7 1280 29 2326 2-A 711 141 6 880 28 1766 2-B 859 247 5 1205 32 2348 3-A 726 201 8 951 27 1913 3-B 675 167 952 18 1812 4-A 638 190 5 968 20 1821 4-B 723 213 5 962 26 1929 5-A 725 215 8 1077 19 2044 5-B 701 193 7 1025 23 1949 6-AN 232 86 1 367 12 698 6-AS 381 139 8 632 15 1175 6-BE 551 321 2 989 20 1883 6-BW 148 52 3 246 10 459 7-A 699 180 9 966 26 1880 7-B 700 183 4 993 21 1901 8-A 680 241 6 1179 31 2137 8-B 622 222 7 1100 29 1980 9-A 674 228 7 1050 28 1987 9-B 776 263 9 1275 25 2348 Totals 12685 4023 113 19187 467 36475 The following is the list of initiative petitions filed with the Department and have their signatures verified: Code Subject No. of No. of No. of valid petitions signatures signatures B Minimum Wage (Law) 179 500 394 G No Public Funding of Abortions 60 178 157 L Reduce Sales Tax and Sales Free Weekend 451 1043 717 M Patients Safety (Law) 441 1000 704 Currently office staff is in the process of updating voters’ history from November 7, 2017 City Election. 4,499 records will be updated. Registration statistics (including address and party affiliation changes) for the month of October are as follows: Registered in the office 27 Received from the RMV 206 Registered by mail 42 Registered at public-assistance agencies 21 Registered online 8 Received from other City/Town Halls 6 Deleted from voter registration roll (registered in other 151 community, died or in response to confirmation notice) Since July 1, 2017 the Department collected $7,259.65 from passport applications and spent $1,409.05 for photo ink and paper, priority postage, 2 reams of business paper, staples, metric ruler, calendars and recyclable bags for shredder. The present balance of this account is $144,258.94. Motion was made, seconded, and unanimously approved to accept the Clerk’s report and to refer Initiative Petitions to New Business. Old Business: Clerk of the Board informed members that in preparation for the 2020 US Census together with GIS Director she, attended Local Update of Census Addresses Workshop on October 25. This workshop was sponsored by Secretary of State William Galvin. New Business: the following action was taken by the Board: - Motion was made by Mr. Kendall, seconded by Ms. DuBois and carried that Initiative Petitions be certified as presented by the Clerk. - Proposals for printing and mailing of 2018 Census questionnaires were requested from LHS and Associates Inc., Mass Mailers and Park Press Co. Motion was made by Mr. Rybak, seconded by Ms. Surdyka and unanimously approved to accept proposal from LHS and Associates at the cost of 23 cents for printing and projected postage cost of 38 cents for each census questionnaire. Meeting adjourned at 11:15 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Janina Surdyka, Clerk of the Board