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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA DIVISION

Kenneth J. Lecky, et al.

Plaintiffs,
Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-01336-TSE-IDD
v.

Virginia State Board of Elections, et al.

Defendants.

PLAINTIFFS’ REPLY IN SUPPORT OF THEIR


EMERGENCY MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM RULE 26(d)(1),
OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR A PROMPT RULE 26(f) CONFERENCE

Plaintiffs have shown good cause to suspend the moratorium on discovery to permit two

depositions, one of the General Registrar of each locality at issue, to be taken before the January

5, 2018 hearing on their motion for a preliminary injunction. 1 See Pls.’ Mem. (ECF No. 78) at 2-

3 (citing cases for the good cause standard); see also Markel’s & Filler’s Br. (ECF. No. 94) at 3

(citing cases for good cause standard and a balancing test).

1. Plaintiffs’ request is targeted to genuine and important factual issues in this case.

A. The problems of incorrect assignments between House District 28 and

House District 88 were known in 2015 and 2016. Contra Registrars’ Opp’n 2 (ECF No. 93) at 5-

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The only discovery Plaintiffs now seek in this motion is to ask questions for up to two
hours in depositions of the two Registrar Defendants: Marc Hoffman, Director of Elections and
General Registrar of Fredericksburg City, and Greg Riddlemoser, General Registrar of Stafford
County. Plaintiffs concede that there is no longer sufficient time for the Court to require the
production of documents before the January 5 hearing on the preliminary injunction, recognizing
that certain defendants may voluntarily produce documents before that time.
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For clarity, this reply refers to the brief of Stafford Registrar Greg Riddlemoser,
Fredericksburg Registrar Marc Hoffman, Stafford Board Chairman Rene Rodriguez,
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6. The issue was repeatedly discussed in City of Fredericksburg Electoral Board meetings. See,

e.g., Exhibit 1 (“Marshall Decl.”) Attach. A (March 10, 2015 minutes) (Registrar’s office

“received a telephone call . . . about the possibility of voters being given incorrect ballots for the

two Districts: 28 and 88”), Attach. B (March 22, 2016 minutes), Attach. C (April 22, 2016

minutes) (“Chairman Rodriguez asked about the status of the 4 individuals whom had been

erroneously put in Precinct 401 but should have been in 201. Director Pitchford said that she

thought that was part of the 28th/88th issue. . . . Chairman Rodriguez asked what would be a

good follow-up to have this accomplished and Director Pitchford stated that she would have it

fixed by Monday, April 25, 2016.”). In April 2015, the husband of the Board’s Secretary was

swiftly reassigned from one House District to the other and back again, despite no change in his

address. Marshall Decl. Attach. D (originally assigned to House District 28, re-assigned to House

District 88 on April 16, 2015, re-assigned to House District 28 on May 1, 2015). In mid-2016,

the misassignment problems were still actively under consideration: the then-registrar sought

guidance from the Virginia Department of Elections, which assured her “everything is A-OK!”

Marshall Decl. Attach. E (Juanita Pitchford, Fredericksburg City General Registrar, to Martha B.

Brissette, Virginia Department of Elections, March 18, 2016); Attach. F (Braun Brooks, Virginia

Department of Elections, to Pitchford, May 10, 2016).

Plaintiffs seek discovery to establish more precisely the scope of Defendants’ knowledge

of these incorrect assignments, and what measures were taken by Defendants to prevent and

correct these problems.

B. The Fredericksburg Electoral Board knew of at least three voters who

Fredericksburg Board Vice-chair Marie Gozzi, and Stafford Board Secretary Gloria Chittum as
the Registrars’ Opposition. Two other local election officials, Fredericksburg Vice Chairman
Aaron Markel and Stafford Chairman Douglas Filler, filed a separate response. One other local
election official, Fredericksburg Secretary Cathie Fisher Braman, has not filed a response.

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complained of incorrect assignments on Election Day. Marshall Decl. Attach. G. These voters

include Plaintiff Delores “D.D.” Lecky, who directly told two of the members of the

Fredericksburg Board shortly after 9 a.m. that she was a House District 28 voter who incorrectly

received a House District 88 ballot. Exhibit 2 (D. Lecky Decl.) at ¶¶ 5, 13-15; Marshall Decl.

Attach. H at 151 (showing Delores Lecky checked-in to vote in precinct 402 at 9:05 a.m.). The

Fredericksburg Board subsequently decided not to offer voters provisional ballots. Marshall

Decl. Attach. I.

Registrar Hoffman appears to have been in close contact with the Virginia Department of

Elections throughout the day. Attach. J (“Subject: Requested Data,” receiving voter assignment

data on Nov. 7, 2017 at 11:50 a.m.); Attach. K (receiving street assignment data on Nov. 7, 2017

at 11:53 a.m.); Attach. L (providing phone number for the Department of Elections at 12:41

p.m.). Defendants seek Mr. Hoffman’s deposition to determine what he knew about the

misassignments on Election Day, and the basis for the decision not to offer provisional ballots to

affected voters.

C. The same Registrar Defendants who oppose this motion make a series of

unsupported assertions in opposition to the preliminary injunction to suggest the misassignments

were the consequence of unavoidable human errors made in 2011 and that the Registrars “work

diligently” to avoid such errors. (ECF No. 89 at 3-5.) At the same time, they are strenuously

resisting any effort to determine the truth of those assertions by flouting their obligations to

produce documents under Virginia’s FOIA law, see paragraph 5, infra, and opposing discovery

in this case. Plaintiffs request a fair opportunity to seek discovery to test the accuracy of the

Registrars’ own assertions in this case.

2. The depositions Plaintiffs seek will not be too late to supplement the record to

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assist the Court in reaching a decision on the preliminary injunction. Were the Court to grant the

motion, both two-hour depositions could be scheduled for part of a single day, leaving sufficient

time for the transcripts to be submitted to the Court. Plaintiffs waited to file this motion to allow

time for defendants to be properly served and retain counsel, and to seek documents voluntarily

and through the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. This delay permitted a more focused

motion, and the Court should not penalize Plaintiffs’ effort to narrow discovery disputes. In

addition, the Registrars’ counsel’s insistence on procedural formalities of service contributed to

the need to schedule depositions in the week before the hearing.

3. Suggestions that Plaintiffs’ discovery motion should be denied because the

Amended Complaint should be dismissed for grounds to be briefed in a yet-unfiled Rule 12

motion (Registrars’ Opp’n at 6-7), or because their preliminary injunction motion is unlikely to

succeed (Thomas’s Opp’n (ECF. No. 95 at 1-2)), are ill-founded for the reasons stated in the

Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (ECF No. 37).

4. Neither Joshua Cole, the Democratic candidate, nor any write-in candidate, filed

an election contest within the three days of the recount provided under Virginia law. Va. Code

Ann. § 24.2-803(B). Accordingly, there is no basis for Thomas’s motion to stay this case (ECF

No. 84), or for the related suggestion that Plaintiffs’ discovery motion should be denied in favor

of a stay (Registrars’ Opp’n at 6-7).

5. The Registrars’ Opposition argues that “Plaintiffs have access to the public

records that bear on the issues in this case via the Virginia Freedom of Information Act”

(Registrars’ Opp’n at 7), but neither registrar has produced documents in response to the FOIA

requests lodged by Trent Armitage on December 14 cited in their brief. 3

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Other Defendants have produced documents in response to Mr. Armitage’s requests.

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***

The outcome of Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction will determine whether

Robert Thomas, Jr., is seated as the Delegate for House District 28 on January 10, 2018. That

motion should be decided on as complete a factual record as possible given the time available.

For that reason, Plaintiffs have shown good cause for two depositions to be taken.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: December 29, 2017 By: /s/ Aria C. Branch


Marc Erik Elias (pro hac vice)
Bruce V. Spiva (pro hac vice)
Brian Simmonds Marshall
(pro hac vice)
Aria C. Branch (VSB No. 83682)
Perkins Coie, LLP
700 13th St. N.W., Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20005-3960
Phone: (202) 434-1627
Fax: (202) 654-9106
Email: MElias@perkinscoie.com
Email: BSpiva@perkinscoie.com
Email: BMarshall@perkinscoie.com
Email: ABranch@perkinscoie.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on December 29, 2017, I filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court

using the ECF System which will send notification of such filing to the registered participants as

identified on the Notice of Electronic Filing. In addition, I caused this filing to be sent by email

to and U.S. Mail Priority Mail Express (overnight delivery) to:

Cathie Fisher Braman


1424 Littlepage Street
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
cathiebraman@yahoo.com

Date: December 29, 2017 /s/ Aria C. Branch


Aria C. Branch (VSB No. 83682)

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Exhibit 1
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA DIVISION

Kenneth J. Lecky, et al.

Plaintiffs,
Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-01336-TSE-IDD
v.

Virginia State Board of Elections, et al.

Defendants.

DECLARATION OF BRIAN SIMMONDS MARSHALL IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’


REPLY IN SUPPORT OF THEIR EMERGENCY MOTION

I, BRIAN SIMMONDS MARSHALL, swear under penalty of perjury that the following

is true and correct.

1. I am an attorney with the law firm of Perkins Coie LLP, and am counsel for Plaintiffs in

this litigation. I have personal knowledge of the matters set forth below and am

competent to testify.

2. Attached as Attachment A is a true and correct copy of the Minutes of the March 10,

2015 Meeting of the City of Fredericksburg Electoral Board.

3. Attached as Attachment B is a true and correct copy of the Minutes of the March 22,

2016 Meeting of the City of Fredericksburg Electoral Board.

4. Attached as Attachment C is a true and correct copy of the Minutes of the April 22, 2016

Meeting of the City of Fredericksburg Electoral Board.

5. Attached as Attachment D is a true and correct copy of the Commonwealth of Virginia

Voter Cards issued to Walter Royce Braman, dated May 1, 2015, April 16, 2015 and

October 17, 2003.


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6. Attached as Attachment E is a true and correct copy of a letter from J. Pitchford, City of

Fredericksburg, to M. Brissette, Virginia State Board of Elections, dated March 18, 2016.

7. Attached as Attachment F is a true and correct copy of an email from B. Braun to J.

Pitchford, re: 28th & 88th Districts, dated May 10, 2016.

8. Attached as Attachment G is a true and correct copy of the Elections Issue Log for

November 2017, undated.

9. Attached as Attachment H is a true and correct copy of an excerpt of the “Voters

Checked In By House District” Report for the November 2017 General Election (Election

Date November 7, 2017), dated November 15, 2017, at pages 1, 151 & 211.

10. Attached as Attachment I is a true and correct copy of an email string among R.

Rodriguez, M. Hoffman, A. Markel, C. Braman and K. Dooley, re: Precinct 402, dated

November 7, 2017.

11. Attached as Attachment J is a true and correct copy of an email from M. Davis to M.

Hoffman, re: Requested Data, dated November 7, 2017.

12. Attached as Attachment K is a true and correct copy of an email from M. Davis to M.

Hoffman, re: Street File Listing Report for 402, dated November 7, 2017.

13. Attached as Attachment L is a true and correct copy of an email from M. Davis to M.

Hoffman, re: Elect #, dated November 7, 2017.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and accurate to the best of my

knowledge and belief and that this declaration was executed on the 29th day of December, 2017,

in Washington, D.C.

DATED: December 29, 2017


Brian Simonds Marshall

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Attachment A
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Attachment E
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Attachment G
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Attachment H
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Report Date
Voters Checked In By House District 11/15/2017 11:26:24 AM
Election 2017 November General Election Date : 11/7/2017

House District 028


Name ID Cng-Sen-Hse Check In Date Time
ABDULKADER, AMIR MOHAMED 039479314 01-017-028 11/7/2017 9:38:43 AM
ABOLD-LABRECHE, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 189661602 01-017-028 11/7/2017 11:35:07 AM
ABRAHAMSON, JENNIFER CLAIRE 157359227 01-017-028 11/7/2017 11:17:24 AM
ACHE, DANIEL JEFFERSON 660380321 01-017-028 11/7/2017 9:27:35 AM
ADAMS, ELIZABETH 920326414 01-017-028 11/7/2017 1:27:35 PM
ADAMS, IESHA LATRICE 359612403 01-017-028 11/7/2017 2:30:24 PM
ADAYE, EMNET TAREKEGN 197274231 01-017-028 11/7/2017 6:36:20 PM
AGNELLO, PAUL THOMAS 920086756 01-017-028 11/7/2017 8:23:04 AM
AGUILAR, RIGOBERTO C 070063418 01-017-028 11/7/2017 4:11:50 PM
AGUIRRE, KELSEY MARIE 005619714 01-017-028 11/7/2017 12:16:15 PM
AHEARN, ANN LOUISE 701022225 01-017-028 11/7/2017 7:57:50 AM
AHEARN, DENNIS EUGENE 702022225 01-017-028 11/7/2017 9:14:41 AM
AIDS, WILEY LOVEJOY 807019907 01-017-028 11/7/2017 10:50:34 AM
AIKEN, MICHAEL ANTHONY 918025538 01-017-028 11/7/2017 7:48:24 AM
AKKERMAN-CRAWFORD, BONNIE LEE 604009058 01-017-028 11/7/2017 12:24:55 PM
ALGERT, DAVID CHRISTIAN 918688162 01-017-028 11/7/2017 6:20:09 AM
ALGERT, MARY BETH 917443565 01-017-028 11/7/2017 10:02:33 AM
ALLEN, EDWARD LEFEBVRE 122004154 01-017-028 11/7/2017 6:58:57 AM
ALLEN, HENRY 802019908 01-017-028 11/7/2017 10:03:22 AM
ALLEN, LENA WASHINGTON 803019908 01-017-028 11/7/2017 10:03:42 AM
ALLEN, NOURA COLEMAN 780868480 01-017-028 11/7/2017 10:51:01 AM
ALLEN, YOLANDA FAYE 917021429 01-017-028 11/7/2017 3:14:26 PM
ALLISON, ALLISON SKEER 341512557 01-017-028 11/7/2017 4:00:44 PM
ALTHOUSE, JEDIDIAH SHANE 592225824 01-017-028 11/7/2017 8:53:02 AM
ALTMAN, DEBORAH BRYANT 803019389 01-017-028 11/7/2017 12:06:19 PM
ALTMAN, RANDOLPH MARSHALL 804019389 01-017-028 11/7/2017 12:07:04 PM
AMES, PAMELA JANE 108019822 01-017-028 11/7/2017 8:55:23 AM
AMURRIO, CHRIS JULIAN 571181328 01-017-028 11/7/2017 1:06:33 PM
ANCARROW, JOSHUA KEITH 430404646 01-017-028 11/7/2017 11:20:35 AM
ANDERSON, ANSLEY NICOLE 008409087 01-017-028 11/7/2017 7:49:01 AM
ANDERSON, BARBRA LYNNE 917184381 01-017-028 11/7/2017 5:37:56 PM
ANDERSON, BRYCE JAY 679871907 01-017-028 11/7/2017 4:20:03 PM

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Report Date
Voters Checked In By House District 11/15/2017 11:26:24 AM
Election 2017 November General Election Date : 11/7/2017

House District 088


Name ID Cng-Sen-Hse Check In Date Time
LAROCHELLE, RICHARD EUGENE 805018375 01-017-088 11/7/2017 9:54:25 AM
LAROSE, MARGARET ELLIS 606011701 01-017-088 11/7/2017 7:42:59 AM
LARSEN-CABRERA, AMY FRANCES 553915888 01-017-088 11/7/2017 7:57:59 AM
LARUE, WENDY JO 714001935 01-017-088 11/7/2017 8:30:20 AM
LASEUR, KATELIN JOANNE 387395283 01-017-088 11/7/2017 11:57:27 AM
LASH, PATRICK FRANCIS 811020023 01-017-088 11/7/2017 9:24:17 AM
LASSINGER, ROBERT THOMAS 612012898 01-017-088 11/7/2017 12:30:49 PM
LATURNO, THOMAS WARREN 919581656 01-017-088 11/7/2017 7:35:54 AM
LAURORE, MICKELINA LAFLEUR 776803480 01-017-088 11/7/2017 5:35:04 PM
LAVINUS, ANDREW DAVID 920051981 01-017-088 11/7/2017 3:29:52 PM
LAW, CARL CALDWELL 808020023 01-017-088 11/7/2017 1:32:31 PM
LAW, CAROLYN GREENLEE 809020023 01-017-088 11/7/2017 1:35:26 PM
LAWRENCE, LEAH KELLEY 918544054 01-017-088 11/7/2017 2:50:24 PM
LAWRENCE, MARCUS ANDREW 917473255 01-017-088 11/7/2017 11:45:07 AM
LAWSON, JO-ANN OCKSRIDER 808019764 01-017-088 11/7/2017 11:18:28 AM
LAWSON, JONATHAN EDWARD 676892057 01-017-088 11/7/2017 4:47:14 PM
LAWSON, ROGER CARLTON 809019764 01-017-088 11/7/2017 6:30:34 AM
LAWSON, STEPHANIE MARIE 719183808 01-017-088 11/7/2017 4:58:42 PM
LAY, JAMES LAWRENCE 337264866 01-017-088 11/7/2017 5:12:07 PM
LAYTON, BERTIE VIRGINIA 811019295 01-017-088 11/7/2017 11:02:34 AM
LAYTON, BRIAN FORREST 708029284 01-017-088 11/7/2017 7:33:29 AM
LAYTON, NORMA GOSPER 710000777 01-017-088 11/7/2017 12:11:41 PM
LAYTON, SHANNON LYNN 918485346 01-017-088 11/7/2017 5:00:57 PM
LAZAR, SHARON L 212011297 01-017-088 11/7/2017 11:28:43 AM
LEAGUE, KATHIE STEIN 920249164 01-017-088 11/7/2017 7:00:48 AM
LEAGUE, WILLIAM LUDWIG 920246354 01-017-088 11/7/2017 7:01:09 AM
LEAS, DAVID CHRISTOPHER 919396423 01-017-088 11/7/2017 5:16:39 PM
LEASE, LISA PORTZ 919693676 01-017-088 11/7/2017 2:29:24 PM
LEATHERLAND, ROBERT WADE 918752885 01-017-088 11/7/2017 11:17:22 AM
LECKY, DOLORES DANIELLE 918229846 01-017-088 11/7/2017 9:05:59 AM
LECKY, KENNETH JAMES 918876893 01-017-088 11/7/2017 4:08:17 PM
LEDBETTER, CAROLYN JOHNSON 009445964 01-017-088 11/7/2017 2:12:49 PM

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Report Date
Voters Checked In By House District 11/15/2017 11:26:24 AM
Election 2017 November General Election Date : 11/7/2017

House District 088


Name ID Cng-Sen-Hse Check In Date Time
YOUNG, MARGUERITE BAILEY 805019905 01-017-088 11/7/2017 8:12:44 AM
YOUNG, MARK ALEXANDER 917443469 01-017-088 11/7/2017 6:21:14 AM
YOUNG, ZACHARY CLINTON 026693044 01-017-088 11/7/2017 12:10:34 PM
ZACCAGNI, PATRICIA LEE 917145628 01-017-088 11/7/2017 2:06:14 PM
ZAMAN, WAHEED-UZ 698128226 01-017-088 11/7/2017 3:35:20 PM
ZARIN, BABAK AKBARI 047258584 01-017-088 11/7/2017 7:07:47 AM
ZAYLOR, EMILY ANNE 389071727 01-017-088 11/7/2017 6:15:41 PM
ZBRZEZNJ, DEBRA JEAN 920234154 01-017-088 11/7/2017 7:03:14 AM
ZEIGLER, EDWARD C 919281751 01-017-088 11/7/2017 7:00:39 PM
ZEIGLER, JAMNIAN YUENYAO 281416184 01-017-088 11/7/2017 6:40:55 PM
ZELLI, MARY DIANE 810019625 01-017-088 11/7/2017 9:47:04 AM
ZIES, DEBORAH LEE 920349582 01-017-088 11/7/2017 2:24:48 PM
ZIMMERMAN, ADAM EUGENE 920283445 01-017-088 11/7/2017 5:39:11 PM
ZINS, CONNOR PAUL 841941648 01-017-088 11/7/2017 3:59:20 PM
ZIRKLE, CARL STEVEN 802020123 01-017-088 11/7/2017 9:01:47 AM
ZOROYA, NOAH LOUIS 451032848 01-017-088 11/7/2017 11:10:30 AM
ZUBICK, MELISSA OLIN 710001785 01-017-088 11/7/2017 9:22:17 AM
ZUBICK, MICHAEL ANDREW 711001785 01-017-088 11/7/2017 9:25:02 AM
ZUCCARO, DANIELLE ANNE 378396083 01-017-088 11/7/2017 7:37:09 AM
ZUKOR, TEVYA M 917218319 01-017-088 11/7/2017 7:53:51 AM
ZUZA, LAUREN ASHLEY 088195715 01-017-088 11/7/2017 6:10:17 PM
Total Checked In for House District 088 3989
Total Checked In 6711

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Attachment I
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Attachment K
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Attachment L
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Exhibit 2
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA DIVISION

Kenneth J. Lecky, et al.

Plaintiffs,
Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-01336-TSE-IDD
v.

Virginia State Board of Elections, et al.

Defendants.

DECLARATION OF DOLORES (“D.D.”) LECKY

I, Dolores (“D.D.”) Lecky, swear under penalty of perjury that the following is true and correct.

1. I reside at 1205 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401. Since October 2016, I
have been registered to vote at this address.

2. I am a U.S. citizen.

3. To the best of my knowledge, my address, 1205 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia


22401 is located in Virginia House of Delegates District 28.

4. On June 13, 2017, I voted in the Democratic primary election, including for the office of
Governor. No House of Delegates election was listed on my primary ballot. I understand
that no Democratic primary election was held in 2017 for either House district in
Fredericksburg, House District 28 or House District 88.

5. On November 7, 2017, I arrived at my polling place at 9 a.m. or shortly thereafter to cast


my ballot for the 2017 general election.

6. My polling place is located at the VFW at 2701 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg
Virginia 22401.

7. After showing the poll worker my photo identification, the poll worker handed me a
ballot for House District 88.

8. I knew that the ballot I was given by the poll worker was for House District 88 because it
listed candidates Steve Aycock and Mark Cole, both of whom I knew were running to
represent House District 88.

9. I previously volunteered for Joshua Cole’s campaign, so I knew he was running to


represent House District 28 and expected to see Joshua Cole’s name listed on my ballot.
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10. Upon realizing I had received a ballot for House District 88, I notified the poll worker
that I should have received a ballot for House District 28, as that was my correct district.

11. The poll worker proceeded to explain that the poll book listed me as registered in House
District 88.

12. Despite receiving a ballot for House District 88, I still cast my ballot to ensure that I
could vote for statewide offices, voting for all of the Democratic candidates on the ticket.

13. Next, before leaving my polling place, I informed Aaron Markel and Rene Rodriguez,
members of the Fredericksburg City Electoral Board who were present, that I had
received the incorrect ballot. They pointed me to a map hanging in the polling place
which showed that my address was well within the House District 28 boundaries and that
I should have received a ballot in House District 28. In that conversation, I was asked
what House District my primary ballot listed earlier in 2017, despite there not having
been a 2017 Democratic primary for the House of Delegates election in Fredericksburg.

14. Markel and Rodriguez also called the Virginia State Board of Elections, who stated that I
was required to vote in House District 88 pursuant to the information in the poll book.

15. Markel and Rodriguez concluded that the map must have been wrong and removed the
map from the polling place.

16. During this time, I also notified Jason Graham, Chairman of the Fredericksburg
Democrats, of my issues at the polling place through Facebook Messenger. I wanted to
notify him of what could potentially be a major issue.

17. Upon further research when I got home, I confirmed that I should have received a ballot
for House District 28.

18. I knew that I should have received a ballot for House District 28 because the legislature’s
website confirmed that I was registered to vote in House District 28.

19. There was also a gentleman who resides in the 1100 block of Charles Street with
identical voting issues at my polling place. He thought he should have received a ballot
for House District 28 but instead had received a ballot for House District 88. Aaron
Markel wrote down his name and address.

20. I informed my husband, Kenneth Lecky, who resides and is registered at the same
address, that I received a House District 88 ballot before he voted at the same polling
place in the afternoon.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and accurate to the best of my
knowledge and belief and that this declaration was executed on the 28th day of December, 2017,
in Virginia.

DATED: December 28, 2017 _________________________


Dolores Lecky

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