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Town of Lexington Board of Registrars Gordon M. Jones III Fax: (781) 861- 2754 Judith E. Moore Tel: (781) 862-0500 x4558 Mark R. Vitunic Mary de Alderete, Clerk MINUTES OF MEETING A meeting of the Board of Registrars was held on November 7, 2022 in the Estabrook Room in the Cary Memorial Building, and called to order by Chair Gordon Jones at 5:10 PM. Registrars Judith Moore and Mark Vitunic were also present. Town Clerk, Mary de Alderete, and Christina Marshall, Town Counsel, were present. Sophie Culpepper, LexObserver attended as a reporter. Complaint Received November 3, 2022 Chair Jones noted that the Board was meeting with Counsel Marshall in order to discover how a response to the Complaint received on November 3, 2022 alleging that 754 individuals were illegally or incorrectly registered to vote would be handled. He further inquired if Counsel knew of any other municipalities who may have received the same complaint. th Counsel Marshall noted that as far as she knew, they were only sent to towns and cities in the 5 Congressional District. She further noted that the complaints were not all from the same person, but did have similar content. Chair Jones asked if Counsel would be coordinating with any other Towns they represented when preparing the response. Counsel Marshall stated that while there would be an overall similarity in substance, coordination had not yet happened, and the timing might be different in each case and also explained the differences in moving to an address temporarily, such as for college, and moving to become a voter elsewhere. Counsel Marshall then gave an overview of possible defects to the complaint, including that the had not been. She then worked with the Board to identify possible reasons for returning the C omplaint for specific reasons. 1625 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02420