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CHRONIC AND A DEBRIEFING MEETING. >> I GUESS WE'LL START WITH THE WAY EVERYONE HAS ONE DOG INDIVISIBLE WITH SLEEP UNTIL THIS IS ALL WRONG.
WE USUALLY OPEN UP MEETINGS WITH COMMENTS FROM VISITORS IF THEY GO OVER ANY COURSE AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT I GUESS BECAUSE OF BUILDING CLUES. BUT WE HAD A COMMENT SET IN FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS . BEAUFORT CHAPTER LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF BEAUFORT EXPRESSES THANKS TO OUR STAFF THE LEADERSHIP, THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE BOARD BEFORE THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTION BOTH EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT AND COMMITMENT IN ADMINISTERING THE 2020 ELECTION.
WE ARE GRATEFUL AS WELL FOR THE ASSISTANCE AND RESPONSES THE QUESTIONS WE ENCOUNTERED DURING OUR WORK TO REGISTER VOTERS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO VOTE. THE BOARD TIMELY RESPONSES ENABLED US TO BETTER COMMUNICATE ACCURATE INFORMATION THAT'S FROM AND BAND WHO JOINED ON SEVERAL MEETINGS IN THE PAST. APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS.
I'D JUST LIKE TO START OFF THIS MEETING BY SAYING THAT WE DO THIS AFTER EVERY ELECTION WE
HAVE DEBRIEF. >> THIS ELECTION WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN SOME IN THE PAST FOR SEVERAL REASONS. THINKING THROUGH THE WHOLE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS ELECTION WE ENDED UP WITH SAID MADE HUNDRED EXTRA POLL WORKERS WHICH WAS A GOOD THING BUT
DEFINITE. >> HE PRESENTED A CHALLENGE IN TRYING TO GET ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE TRAINED TRYING TO GET HIM UP THE CURVE OF WHAT ELECTIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. PLUS TRYING TO GET THEM TO BRIEFINGS BEFORE EVERY ELECTION WE HAVE A BRIEFING WHICH IS THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LAW AND TRYING TO GET THE PEOPLE INTO THE WEBEX MEETINGS AND GET THEM SIGNED UP AND SIGNED ON AND GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO THEIR END OF IT WAS DEFINITELY YES. CHALLENGE WE HAD SOME NEW
EQUIPMENT THIS TIME WHICH WAS FANTASTIC EQUIPMENT. >> IT CAME A LITTLE LATE SO WE WERE ALL KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK AND WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. WE MISSED A COUPLE OF LITTLE STEP.
IT DIDN'T HURT ANYTHING AS FAR AS THE ELECTION WENT. BUT KEPT THE EQUIPMENT FROM WORKING AT IT 100 PERCENT EFFECTIVE WHICH RIGHT AT FIRST HOT SPOTS WERE TURNED ON AND SO FORTH AND WE JUST ACTUALLY DIDN'T REALIZE HOW THEY WERE TO TURN ON AND HOW THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK. BUT THE ELECTION ACTUALLY FROM ALL I CAN HEAR FROM CLERKS ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTY CAME UP VERY WELL AND EFFICIENT. WHAT WE GOT UP AND RUNNING IN GOT THE LITTLE STUMBLING BLOCKS THE WAY IN THE MORNING. I THINK WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT HERE AS WE DO AFTER EVERY ELECTION AND I'M NOT SURE HOW WE CORRECT IT BUT MAYBE WE'LL COME UP WITH THE ANSWERS TODAY ABOUT HOW TO COMMUNICATE ACROSS THE COUNTY, HOW TO GET THINGS LOOKED UP IN THE OFFICE DURING THE DAY WHEN ISSUES COME UP, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHICH WAY WE OUGHT TO GO WITH IT.
WE HAVE HAD THAT PROBLEM FOR YEARS BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T INCREASE OUR PHONE SERVICE ONCE EVERY YEAR FOR X NUMBER OF LINES AND SO FORTH PLUS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TRAINED AND IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST TRAINING A COWORKER THAT HAS TO BE THERE AND HELP A VOTER GO TO BALLOT MARKING MACHINE AND GET THAT DONE. IT'S HOW TO ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT COME IN FROM THE VEAL AND THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AND CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMS. BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED LEAST THINK ABOUT ONE MORE TIME AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT A MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS.
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND I THINK WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS
GO AT ADAM WITH A DEFINITION AND STICK WITH THAT. >> AND TALK ABOUT THAT
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PARTICULAR ISSUE AND THEN WE'LL CHANGE TO A NEXT STEP. IF YOU TALK ABOUT THAT INSTEAD JUMPING ALL AROUND OH THIS HAPPENED AT THE PRECINCT BUT THAT HAPPENED WITH MY PHONE CALL HIM AND THIS HAPPENED WITH THE TRUCK THAT CAME AND WHATEVER.INSTEAD OF JUST JUMP IN HERE I'M SCARED ALL OVER THE PLACE. I THINK ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO ALLUDE TO IS COMMUNICATION WITH COMMUNICATION ON ELECTION DAY BUT ALSO COMMUNICATION THIS YEAR.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I LEFT OUT OF MY EQUATION WHAT GOOGLE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH WAS CODED TRYING TO DO ELECTIONS, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE BRIEFINGS.
WHEN YOU GOT COVERED AND YOU HAVE TO GET EVERYBODY ON A TV OR A WEBEX OR THIS THAT OR THE OTHER WAS A TOTAL NIGHTMARE WHAT WE DID AND HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND JUST TELL ALL.
POLL WORKERS IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION. HEY COME TO X PLACE LIKE A LIBRARY AND WHOEVER SHOWS UP AND SIGN AND ZONE WE WILL HAVE A BRIEFING.
WE'LL GET EVERYBODY COVERED . PEOPLE CAN DO THAT FAIRLY EASILY.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET WEBEX AND HOW TO GET ON YOUR COMPUTER AND BE THERE AT THAT TIME TO SIGN IN. YADA YADA. YEAH.
THAT IS A DEFINITE PROBLEM OR IT WAS A DEFINITE PROBLEM. BUT I WOULDN'T OPEN IT UP AND SAY LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS BEFORE AND DURING THE ELECTION THAT SHIPS. THERE IS SOMETHING FLAMING THAT YOU'D RATHER TALK ABOUT FIRST.
I MEAN WE'RE GOING TO GET TO FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT IF YOU WANT THE SAME THING ,JIM, JUST THAT I WOULD SECOND RON'S THOUGHTS AND ABOUT THE NEED TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT OUR COMMUNICATIONS WHEN I SAY THAT I MEAN BETWEEN BOARD STAFF, PUBLIC STAFF WE DID THE DIFFERENT THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS AND NOT BE SHY NOT BE RELUCTANT TO TO TO DRAW OUT WHAT WE THINK ARE THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED UNDER COMMUNICATIONS.
I. I UNDERSTAND FULL WELL THAT THIS COUNTY LIKE EVERY OTHER COUNTY IN SOUTH CHINA AND EVERY OTHER COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES WAS HIT VERY HARD WITH JUST AN ENORMOUS TASK TO DELIVER AN ELECTION LIKE NO OTHER.
AND IT REALLY STRAINED OUR EFFORTS TO TRY TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER.
I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE WERE EFFORTS MADE AFTER HOURS TO TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I WAS ABLE TO BRING TO THE FORE BEFORE THE ELECTION AND DURING THE ELECTION ON THE ON THE 3RD. BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE WE TAKE A HARD LOOK AT HOW THIS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS WOULD WORK BEST FOR US GIVEN THE EXPERIENCE WE JUST HAD.
CAN WE ANTICIPATE OR EXPECT THAT KIND OF ELECTION EVERY TIME? PROBABLY NOT. BUT WE GOT COTTLE SHORT ON A COUPLE OF ISSUES.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE BEFORE AND THAT IS THE ABILITY ON ELECTION DAY FOR PEOPLE PARTICULARLY SINCE WE HAD AS MANY NEW PEOPLE OUT THERE TO BE ABLE TO REACH UP THE QUOTE THE OFFICE JOHN GALT AND AND EXPLAIN AND HAVE HAVEN'T DETERMINATION MADE.
IT WAS MOST OFTEN BECAUSE WE SIMPLY COULDN'T GET THROUGH. NOW I KNOW THAT'S WHY WE PAY CLERKS THE HANDSOME AMOUNT THAT WE DO TO MAKE THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT YOU CAN'T REACH SOMEBODY. BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A VERY CLOSE LOOK AT HOW THAT'S BEING DONE NOW. WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE BEING GOING TO BE SERVED? WILL IT BE A PRIORITY OF POSITION MEANING A CLERK HAS TO KNOW THAT THAT THE PERSON THAT SHE OR HE SHE HE OR SHE CAN CALL ME CAN CALL THE REST OF IT AND ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB ON THAT.
FRANKLY, WE'RE SORT OF HAD WITH MY MIND HAVING BEEN IN THE SAME PLACE NOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS I'VE SEEN HOW THIS HAS TAKEN ON ITS OWN IDENTITY THAT WOULD BE LADY'S DOWN AND DOWN DOWNTOWN.
BUT I'M SPEAKING MORE TO A GENERALIZED APPROACH TO COMMUNICATIONS, MORE INFORMATION BEING GIVEN TO THE CLERKS TO BEEF BEEF BEFORE HAND AND THEN WE'VE GOT CUT SHORT ON A COUPLE OF VERY SPECIFIC AREAS MOST MOST OBVIOUSLY THE NEW MACHINES PEOPLE WHO HAD EXPERIENCE SEEM TO JUMP RIGHT IN BUT THAT COMMUNICATIONS COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE MORE DIRECT BEFORE WE BEFORE WE SHOWED UP ON ON ELECTION DAY IT WAS NOT ENOUGH.
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THE REPORT I GOT BACK FROM MY CLERKS WAS THE PLACE THAT WE FELT WE NEEDED TO HAVE MORE ASSISTANCE AND MORE FOCUS WAS INDEED THE VERY THING THAT WAS GOING TO DETERMINE OUR FATE AS A AS A COUNTY WHICH IS HOW ARE WE ABLE TO PROCESS THESE VOTERS.THAT WOULD BE THE ONE COMMENT I WOULD MAKE THAT THAT IS ACROSS THE BOARD THAT NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT ABOUT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED. I'M SURE I HAVE OTHER FOLKS BUT I KNOW OTHER FOLKS WANT TO GET IN THERE TO HELP HIM MAKE SOME COMMENT.
RON, YOU WERE YOU WERE AFFECTED. THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED ELECTION BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS ELECTION AS A STANDARD.
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO EXPECT BOTH IN THE MIDTERM AND THE NEXT YEAR IN THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ACTION. AND YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT IS IS HOW CAN WE AS THE COMMISSIONERS HELP THE FACT THAT IF WE HAVING A PHONE LINES THEN THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD DO TO ANSWER THE PHONES IF YOU KNOW IT SEEMS THAT WE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PERSONNEL DURING THE ELECTION AND THAT'S OKAY AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE AS COMMISSIONERS CAN HELP.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY MY CLERKS ARE WILLING TO HELP OUT, YOU KNOW AND I EVEN HAD SOME POLL WORKERS THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP OUT TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP OUT.
SO YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN DO OF COURSE IF WE DON'T HAVE PHONE LINES, NOT MUCH WE CAN DO WELL THE PHONE LINE IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. BUT A COUPLE OF TIMES I GOT THROUGH AND I'VE GOT SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO IT WAS AND I TOLD HIM WHAT MY PROBLEM WAS. I WANTED TO LOOK IT UP AND OH OK.
WELL, I'LL LET IT GO. IT MIGHT TAKE AND THEY WERE GONE FOREVER.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT. I HAD TO GO ASK SOMEBODY.
I DON'T BEGRUDGE HIM THAT. BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN MAKE THE PHONE GO AND YOU GET SOMEBODY.
BUT ■THEYDIDN'TREALLYKNOWHOW&-PY EYES SOMEONE BORN TURN ON TRAFFIC AS WE MOVE FURTHER MARSEILLE. SO WE'VE HOW WITH THE TRACKING SYSTEM.
AND WE HAVE A BUNCH OF GUYS. THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT ALL THREE OF US HAVE THE ADDED RIGHTS TO GO IN THERE AND TO UPDATE THE VOTERS INFORMATION INSIDE OUT THAT THE POLLING SYSTEM ITSELF. SO A LOT OF OUR STAFF THAT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE CALLS THEY HAD TO COME BACK TO OUR AREA TO KIND OF THE TALK RADIO OR MICHAEL OR CRAIG TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE VOTER INFORMATION BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS WONDERFUL.
SO ONCE WE FOUND THAT I HAD TO GO AND ENOUGH TO ORDER STUFF MANUALLY WHICH IS ANOTHER SETBACK THAT WE HAD DURING THE ELECTION DAY. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS LOSING 9 PERCENT. THEY WERE GOING IN WHICH IS WHY YOU GUYS HAD TO DEAL WITH A PROVISIONAL BALLOTS BECAUSE OF THE NEW POLLING SYSTEM AND HOW WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A VOTER YOU COULD SEARCH FOR BY THE REGISTRATION NUMBER LIKE YOU NORMALLY DO.
SO YOU HAD MAYBE TAKE THE NAMES IN AND ONE OF THE ONES YOU GOT THAT CAN'T GO TO JAMES IT WAS A LITTLE BIT EASIER. NO, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE ALSO HAD HOLES WHERE WERE THEY WHEN YOU CALL AND THEY'LL SAY WELL LET ME FIND OUT REAL QUICK. THEY WERE COMING BACK TO ME.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME I HAD SOME WE WERE ALL ON CALLS AND I WAS TRYING TO TROUBLESHOOT ANOTHER ONE. SO THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ACHILLES HEELS OF THIS ELECTION WAS THAT OUR NEW PUBLIC SYSTEM WAS GETTING LARGER AND GETTING USED TO THE BEGINNING STAGES.
WELL, AND MY NURSE YOU KNOW, REAL QUICK AND THERE WAS A LOT BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT BIT STRUGGLING TRYING TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE. IT WAS A CHALLENGE BUT WE GET DIFFERENT. I'M SORRY, HONEY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON ELECTION DAY.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE OF BEFORE THE ELECTION IN MY FOLKS WHEN THEY CALLED IN ON ELECTION DAY. THEY HAD NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER.
EVERY TIME THEY CALLED IN THEY GOT TO SOMEBODY RIGHT AWAY. THE ISSUE THAT THAT THAT WE HAD
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WAS PRE ELECTION DAY, YOU KNOW, FINDING OUT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS OUR BALLOT HER YOU KNOW, THEIR ABSENTEE BALLOT INFORMATION POLL WORKERS CALLING OUT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WORKING AND YOU KNOW, JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT CALLS. YES. AND YOU KNOW AND I DON'T MIND GETTING CALLS FROM FROM FOLKS IN MY AREA IF WE CAN YOU KNOW, I COULD USE MY CELL PHONE.I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS PRE-ELECTION. AND I REALLY THINK I KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD THE ISSUE ON ELECTION DAY. WELL, WE SEEM TO BE DOING FINE GETTING THROUGH. WELL, OK. SO WE WORRY THROUGH THE LIES THE POLL WORKERS IS NOT PRIOR TO THE ELECTION. THEY DON'T HELP ANSWER THE PHONES. AND AFTER A WHILE WE HAVE THEM GOING TO A POINT WHERE THEY COULD LOOK UP VOTERS IN THE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM, ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THEY WOULD EVEN EVEN DO AN E-MAIL. BUT OF COURSE THAT'S A LEARNING PROCESS SO EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS THAT US GETTING THE POLL WORKERS IS NOT A BIG GAME.
GARY NAIRN, LOOK AT LOOK UP A VOTER FILING FOR ME TO RESPOND TO E-MAILS, REFINING TO PHONE CALLS AND WE WERE PROBABLY TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM THE ELECTION. YOU KNOW, BY THAT TIME SO THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS YEAH, I KNOW IT WAS A LITTLE BIT ROUGH. BUT OF COURSE WHEN YOU OPEN UP IN-PERSON ABSENTEE AND IT'S BEEN FIVE TO SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE AT THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT A DAY STAFF WAS PRETTY TIRED OF TRYING TO DEAL WITH THAT SITUATION AND STILL TRYING TO HELP TRAIN PEOPLE ON THE JOB WITH THE PHONES AND COMPUTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON PRIOR TO THE ELECTION. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL LOOK INTO TOO BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF POLL WORKERS OUT THAT WERE WILLING TO WORK. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TRAIN THEM ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO LEARN IN ORDER TO HELP LEAST THAT, YOU KNOW, BE SUCCESSFUL. SO WE ALREADY HAD THAT AS WELL .
OTHER AREAS THAT WE WILL BE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE. >> SO MARY, IF IN FACT WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE TRAINED AND THEY COME IN AND OFFER TO HELP.
DO WE HAVE AN PHONE LINE FOR THEM TO TAKE THEM? THAT'S A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE LIMITATIONS AS WELL. YEAH. WE HAVE WE HAVE LIMITATIONS WITH THE PHONE LINES THAT THESE PHONE LINES ARE WITH THE COUNTY.
THEY'RE IN THEIR LAND. I MEAN NOT LANDLINES. THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING IN AN AIRPORT CALLED PHONE LINES. A NEIGHBOR WHO IS BUYING A LAND ABLE TO THE INTERNET.
SO WITH THAT MODEL LINE CAN USE IS LIMITED TO OUR BUILDING SPACE.
SO I COULD HAVE I WISH I COULD HAVE 40 LINES UP THERE. BUT EVEN IF I WERE TO HAVE 40 LINES, I WOULDN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE WE WOULD BRING IN THE POOL WHAT WE WOULD BRING IN WE WOULD HAVE TO STILL TRAIN THEM TO LEARN EVEN THE BASIC STUFF AS FAR AS HOW FOR VOTER INFORMATION IS THE BUT JUST RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF OUR BUILDING AND BECAUSE THE SIZE AND ALSO BECAUSE OF HOW MANY PORTS WE CAN ACTUALLY USE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CONTACT YOUR I.T. DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY GET ALL LINES PUT IN THERE.
THAT'S A LOT OF EXTRA WORK. BUT I MEAN THAT'S THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO IN THE FUTURE TO FIND OUT HOW TO GO TO STREAMLINE THEM A LOT BETTER WITH FUTURE ELECTIONS.
SO IF WE TRAIN THEM 60 DAYS AND 90 DAYS 90 DAYS IN ADVANCE FROM TRYING TO MAKE SENSE AND THEN HAVE THEM START WORKING EARLIER, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH LINES FOR THEM TO WORK OR ENOUGH MACHINES FOR THEM TO LOG IN TO GET ACCESS. THAT'S THE THING YOU THINK THAT
THE PHONE LINES YOU TO PUT A COMPUTER WITH A UNIFORM OR TWO. >> YOU GOT IT.
I MEAN IT'S IT'S A LOT. OH, IT'S NOT. I WISH IT WAS EASY THAT LIKE IT IS A LOT OF WORK EVEN TRYING TO GET EXTRA COMPUTERS OR ARE LOCKED IN IN HILTON HEAD LOCATIONS WAS A CHALLENGE FOR ME. BUT I HOPE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM TO GET A COMEDY BY THE RESOURCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AND THE BUILDING SPACE AND THE LIMITATION THAT WE HAVE A GLOBAL LOCATION. AND THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WITH THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION WITH THE VOLUME OF THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS THE CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE DIFFERENT FROM RADIO ELECTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING ABOUT ALL THOSE WE EARLIER THAN THEY NORMALLY WOULD HAVE ASKED ABOUT THAT WE PEOPLE OUT IF OUR VALUES OF JULY. WE DID LOVE OUR OUT WITH EVER GOING OUT OF NOVEMBER.
AND ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT WITH 56 PERCENT OF THE QUESTIONS ARE COMING IN AS WELL.
AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW, WE PUT A CALL OUT FOR HELP FOR OUR POLL WORKERS AND WE HAD TWELVE HUNDRED PLUS APPLIED IN ALL CALLS AND COMPANY.
WELL, ACTUALLY IN THE PHONE IS WORK AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET.
WELL, YOU KNOW THAT WAS COMING AT THE SAME TIME. SO YOU LOOKING INTO BUYING THAT
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WAS COMING IN. IT WAS JUST A PERFECT STORM. THAT'S WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO.SO I MEAN IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS TOTALLY UNANTICIPATED. WE HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE THAT. SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SAY IT CAN BE THE STAND AND BE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE TO EXPECT. WELL, YOU KNOW, WE GOT PEOPLE CALL OKATIE YOU KNOW WE ARE PRETTY MUCH SET. YEAH.
WOULD YOU CALL THE NUMBER THAT YOU NEED TO FUTURE? WELL, I THINK THE OTHER SIDE OF HARD WOULD ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO HANDLE THAT PART OF IT. SOME PEOPLE HAVE THAT KIND OF ISSUE WITH SO.
>> SO IF WE GET QUESTION AFTER QUESTION AFTER QUESTION, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT WE CAN NOTIFY OR SEND SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, ON THE WEB SITE OR WHATEVER THAT WE'RE GETTING THESE QUESTIONS YOU'LL HAVE YOU KNOW, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION LIST OR SOMETHING? BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT THE QUESTIONS I GOT WERE ALL THE SAME JUST ABOUT THAT AND A LOT OF IT A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND THAT'S WHY WE LIKE KRISTIN TO BE HERE. YOU KNOW, WE GO LENSES THAT WE GET OUTSIDE.
YOU HAVE ABOUT A VALID WE'VE NEVER SEEN A BALLOT. NO, NO.
I MEAN GET ANXIOUS. I THINK GENERALLY MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S A WE ANNOUNCED THAT WE WOULD NEVER FIGURE THIS OUT SO THAT WE COULD LET THE CANDIDATES SET IT. SO THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN SEE TO IT THAT I HAVE NO IDEA.
BUT EVEN 90 PERCENT OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN WE PUT IT OUT.
WE DID PUT OUT. BUT 90 PERCENT OF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER DONE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BEFORE. RIGHT. SO IT'S ALL NEW TO THEM TOO.
SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO NOTIFY THAT COMMUNICATIONS APPLES MODEL THAT WE DO GET A LOT OF HARD WIRED CALLS LINE THAT WE THREATENED TO LIKE THIS ON OUR WEBSITE. LET'S GO TO SYMBOLS DOT GOV. WHICH IS WHERE I'M ALSO THE ANSWER IS HARD TO LAUGH AT THOSE QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF THE FIGHTING POLICIES MIGHT GET EVEN, YOU KNOW, A FALSE ONE TIME MAGAZINE CALLS THE AVERAGE CALL TIME FOR ME IS ALMOST FIVE TO 10 MINUTES BECAUSE THE VOTER IS WHAT A POTENTIAL CLASS CUSTOMER IS ASKING MULTIPLE QUESTIONS ALONG WITH IT WITH A ONE QUESTION OR THEY MIGHT ASK YOU KNOW THIS EVEN SIMPLE QUESTIONS AND HAS NO PROBLEM WITH IT. BUT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU ANSWER THAT ONE YOU TAKE THAT ONE BEFORE IMPORTANT PERSON IS ONE MOMENT.
AND OF COURSE YOU GOT SIX OR SEVEN LINES. ALL RIGHT.
REAGAN OVER BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS A QUESTION WHERE THEY ARE ASKING ABOUT THEIR BALLOTS AND OR THE MAIL ABOUT THE E-MAILS ABOUT NOW OR OTHER GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT HE MIGHT HAVE INSISTED WAS ONE WITH THE CURRENT ELECTION. SO IT IS A BUT HE IS A IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FACE ALSO LET ME SAY BUT THIS ELECTION HAS BEEN ONE OF THE REGULATION WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD A HIGH VOLUME OF CALLS FOR THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY DID PHONE WAS RINGING FOR PUNDITS.
I MEAN AROUND THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WE CAN AND YOU KNOW FOR PEOPLE OVERSEAS OR EVEN PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT EVERY PARTICULAR QUESTION THEY COULD POSSIBLY ASK AND OH BUT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET OUR STAFF AS WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM OUT AT LEAST ESPECIALLY E-MAILS
ASKING YOU KNOW, STORIES. >> WELL, THE OTHER THING WE'RE THE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IT OH
US ASKING US HOW DO I GET THE TRAINING PROGRAM? >> HOW DO I GET IN THE BRIEFING? I GET HOW TO DO THAT. AND THEN WE DIDN'T KNOW ACTUALLY WHAT TO TELL HIM. SO WE'D SAY WE'D LIKE TO GET A WHOLE WINDOW WHICH WE COULDN'T GET HOLD A WINDOW OF WINDOW WAS COVERED UP TO HIS EARS IN PEOPLE AND PHONE CALLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THAT DID BECOME BETTER WHEN WE WHEN WE WERE GIVEN THE LOG IN FOR THE BRIEFINGS AND TOLD HEY, IF THEY CALL OUR COMMISSIONER WE COULD GIVE THAT TO INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF YOU WHICH WE COULDN'T OR YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME WE COULDN'T BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE EITHER IN A BRIEFING OR SOME SORT OF TRAINING.
>> SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM. WE NEED TO THINK WAY THROUGH THAT.
AND GIVING US SOME INFORMATION WE CAN PASS ALONG TO THE POLL WORKERS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT.
BUT 30 SOMETHING PEOPLE WEB MEETING. BUT WE FINALLY RELINQUISH THAT
TOWARD THE END OF WHAT ARE THE COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS? >> I KNOW YOU'VE HAD SOME TRYING TO DEAL WITH POLL WORKERS. WELL, CRAIG, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF WE TALK ABOUT THE THE ISSUE, THE TRAINING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE CAN ALSO HELP WITH TRAINING. YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE DO A WEBEX OR WE ACTUALLY RECORD THE TRAINING SESSION AND LET THEM ASK QUESTIONS LATER. YOU KNOW, SOME WAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUALLY HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF TRAINING AND MY PERSONAL OPINION IS WE CUT THE TRAIN DOWN TO AN HOUR AND MAYBE BREAK IT UP INTO THREE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS SO YOU HAVE YOU KNOW,
YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT. WHAT DID I TELL YOU HERE? >> SO YOU HAVE THOSE SO YOU
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HAVE THOSE THE TRAINING CLASS FOR JUST PROVISIONAL SO YOU HAVE AN HOUR JUST FOR PROVISIONAL BECAUSE I THINK YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAD A NEW MACHINE THISYEAR AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO LOOK UP SOMEBODY. >> IT DIDN'T SCAN THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE RIGHT AWAY. THEY IMMEDIATELY DID A PROVISIONAL AND LUCKILY I CALLED A LOT OF THOSE IN HOURS BUT I DIDN'T CATCH ON. AND THE OTHER IS, YOU KNOW, OPENING CLOSING, YOU KNOW, SO AND SOME OF THAT STUFF COULD BE DONE BY THE COMMISSIONERS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE OPENING CLOSINGS BEFORE. WE YOU KNOW, WE WERE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO LIVE THROUGH IT AND DIED THROUGH IT. AND THE OTHER WOULD BE JUST YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION WHEN SOMEBODY WALKS IN THE DOOR, YOU KNOW, TAKE THEM TO THE STEPS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST THING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE POLL THE BALLOT MARKING DEVICE, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE SCANNER. SO IF WE CAN DIVIDE IT UP MAYBE INTO THREE DIFFERENT CLASSES BECAUSE OUR YOU KNOW, I HEARD FROM THE POLL WORKERS THEY THOUGHT WAS A GREAT CLASS BUT A LOT OF THEM SAID THEY JUST GOT FRUSTRATED AND GOT SIDETRACKED FOR TRYING TO SIT THERE FOR THREE HOURS. THERE WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR THEM ON THE PHONE OR ON THE COMPUTER OR WHATEVER SELF THERE'S SOME WAY WE COULD BREAK IT DOWN.
AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP. YEAH.
AND I'M HAPPY TO DO THE CLASSES AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME OF US HAVE DONE MANY TRAINING CLASSES BEFORE. SO AGAIN, WHATEVER COMMISSIONERS CAN DO TO HELP,
I'LL GIVE YOU MORE TIME TO LOOK BACK TO THE OFFICE. >> DO YOU THINK SOME COMMUNICATION YOU HAVE? I DON'T THIS IS A LINE OF COMMUNICATION BUT THE CONCERN WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE TWO PRECINCTS THAT WE HAVE AT LADIES AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE OR MORE COMMUNICATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO LET THE VOTERS KNOW THAT THE WHERE THE TWO HAD A SEPARATE TWO PRECINCTS ONCE THEY GOT OVER THERE BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF VOTERS FROM THREE FROM ONE BE GOING THREE B BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GO AROUND TO THE BACK TO THAT PRECINCT. AND THAT CAUSED A LOT OF CONFUSION AS WELL AS FOR BALLOTS AND PROVISIONAL BALLOTS AS WELL UNTIL THEY REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE THAT GROUP THAT WAS IN THE THREE B PRECINCT WAS ALL NEW WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE PERSON. SO WE SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE COMMUNICATION TO THE VOTERS TO LET THEM KNOW AND THEN THAT WAS ONLY THE SECOND TIME THAT WE HAD HELD ELECTION WHERE THAT PRECINCT WAS MOVED FROM THE AIRPORT TO LADIES ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HOW TO NOTIFY THE VOTERS IN ADVANCE OF THAT.
THIS IS NOW GOING TO BE THE PRECINCT AND TO DIFFERENTIATE THE TWO.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS THE POLL WORKERS FROM 3 B HAD TO MOVE THE MATERIAL AND THE MACHINES FROM ONE BE AROUND TO 3 B BECAUSE THE MACHINES WERE ONLY DELIVERED AT 1 B AND NOT 3 B. SO WHEN YOU SET UP YOUR DELIVERY FOR YOUR EQUIPMENT IF YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PRECINCTS AND TO PUT THE THREE B EQUIPMENT IN THREE B AND SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE THAT EQUIPMENT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT FAILED ARE BROKEN. THEN WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN LIABLE FOR THAT WAS THEIR CONCERN.
BUT THEY DID THE BEST THEY COULD AND THEY DIDN'T MOVE AND GET SET UP ON TIME.
SO THAT NEED TO BE COMMUNICATED SPEED MONITOR EQUIPMENT PART WHEN WE DELIVER MARK GUYS DELIVER ON FRIDAY ALL THIS EQUIPMENT HAS TO BE SECURE IN A ROOM IN THE SCHOOL SO WE CAN MOVE IT OUT IN AN OPEN AREA OF OPEN SPACE BECAUSE THIS IS A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR EQUIPMENT.
SO WHEN MY DRIVERS DELIVER THEY CAN THEY CAN THEY COORDINATE WITH THE JANITORIAL THE CUSTODIANS BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT WHEN WE WORK WITH THE SCHOOL WITH ONE POINT OF CONTACT. SO WHEN HE DROPPED THE EQUIPMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT HAS TO GO IN TO EITHER A STORAGE CLOSET OR SOMEPLACE WHERE IT'S THE KID.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE IN THAT ONE AREA. SO WHATEVER THE CUSTODIAL SERVICES WHERE WHO IS THERE, THEY WILL TELL HIM, OK. THIS IS YOU PUT THE EQUIPMENT RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE WILL HAVE A SECURE ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO ON AFTER ELECTION NIGHT THEY HAVE TO MOVE BACK TO THEIR SAME SPOT BECAUSE THAT'S THE SECURE HOME AND THEY WANT TO LOCK IT UP AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THE NEXT MORNING WHEN THE SCHOOL IS OPEN TO PICK UP ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN.
SO UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE THESE DELIVERED ON A FRIDAY FROM TWO, THREE DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION THEY HAVE TO BE SECURE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM OUT EVEN IF THERE'S NO ONE YOU KNOW, GOOD THINGS. WE STILL HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL SO AND STILL YOU'D LIKE ONE OF THE ROOMS IS IN THE GYMNASIUM AND THEY USE IT LIKE A MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AND IT ALL ONE WITH THE CAFETERIA AND SO THEY STILL HAVE KIDS EATING SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO
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BUY INTO TAMPER WITH ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THAT'S THE THAT'S A SECURITY ISSUE.THOSE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT HIGH PRIORITY THAT WE HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO DELIVERY OF OUR EQUIPMENT. WE CAN'T EVEN STORE IT OUT BECAUSE SOMEONE WOULD TAKE A PHOTO REAL QUICK AND PUT IT ON THE NEWS MEDIA OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND NOW THEY'D BE ALL OUT
THERE. >> SO HOPEFULLY NOT YOU UNDERSTAND IT.
LET'S TALK MY RECOMMENDATION FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS BECAUSE WE CAN'T USE THE AIRPORT DUE TO COPE WITH 19 AND BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING SOME RENOVATIONS OVER THERE IS I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE COULD HAVE MERGED THEM TOGETHER AS ONE THAT WOULD CREATE ONE LOCATION, ONE ONE
ROOM. >> WE COULD USE THE CAFETERIA WHICH IS A BIG AREA AND NOW DELFIN BECAUSE IT ISN'T THE NEW VOTING SYSTEM WE HAVE IT CAN ALLOW IT JUST LIKE WE HAVE WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER POLLING LOCATIONS THAT WE DO COMBINED. IT WOULD ELIMINATE ALL THAT HEADACHE THAT WE JUST SAID YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD TO PULL. SO WHEN PEOPLE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY NEED TO GO BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THEY WOULD EMERGED ON ONE BALLOT MARKING DEVICE LIKE WE NORMALLY DO AND NO OF THIS THAT THESE TWO HUNDRED SCANNER THEN EVERYBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO CHECK IN NO MATTER WHICH WHICH PRECINCT THEY BELONG TO.
AND THAT WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF THOSE THOSE ISSUES IN THE FUTURE ELECTIONS THAT WE CAN DO THAT I CAN RECOMMEND THAT WHAT THEY JUST SAID WOULD COOL. BUT SOME OF OUR POOL MANAGERS AND THE CLERKS DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN ONE ROOM ALL DAY LONG 14 TO 15 PEOPLE WORKING AND THEN WE HAD THE INFLUX OF EXTRA FOLDERS THAT WE DIDN'T NORMALLY HAVE.
SO THAT WAS OTHER CONCERN, SAYS MAYBE ONCE ALL IS BLOW OVER THERE WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY WERE NOT AMENABLE TO THAT PERMANENTLY AT
THIS LOCATION OR EVENTUALLY. >> WELL, LET ME GO BACK TO THE AIRPORT.
THAT IS A QUESTION I STILL WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT BECAUSE THE AIRPORT WHICH IS THE ONE THAT NOBODY NOBODY IS AMERICAN. AND THERE WAS A LARGE TABLE IN THERE LIKE A LEGAL BALANCING WHEN YOU PUT THE MOVE. AND SO IT WAS JUST WHAT IT WAS WITH THE RESTRICTION WE HAVE A COLGAN 19 SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL GO OUT THE DOOR IMMEDIATELY.
YOU CAN'T PUT INSIDE THE LOBBY BECAUSE DESPERATE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS GOING ON HERE. SO THAT WAS THE ONLY ROLE WE CAN.
HE WAS LIKE WAIT AS A MEETING ROOM. DO YOU THINK EVERY AREA OVER THERE, THE CAFETERIA THE BIGGER YOUR CHARACTER USING HIS OWN FINGER TO SOMEONE OTHER THINGS THAT WILL BE BRIEFING WHERE YOU'RE WHERE YOU ARE THE WHOLE PICTURE.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT I UNDERSTAND . BUT I WANT TO BE AMENABLE TO THE WORKERS WHO AGREED TO WORK AND UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE WERE IN AND THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE TOGETHER ALL DAY LONG WITH THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE AT EXPECT TO HAVE.
YOU HAD SEVEN, EIGHT, EIGHT PEOPLE FOR EACH PRECINCT. SO THAT'S 60 PEOPLE, RIGHT? DATA STATIONARY ALL DAY LONG IN ADDITION TO THE VOTERS COMING IN.
THEY DID NOT WANT TO INTERMINGLE LIKE THEY EXIST. SO THEY WANTED TO REMAIN SEPARATE. SO WE HAD THE MOST IMPORTANT ROOM IN THE CAFETERIA FOR THE TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. BUT THE CONCERN WAS WITH THEM HAVING TO MOVE THE EQUIPMENT FROM ONE BE AROUND THREE, BE WITHOUT MAKING SURE THAT NOTHING WAS DAMAGED OR ANYTHING AND WANTED TO KNOW WHO WAS GOING TO BE LIABLE IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN.
SO THEY JUST WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE DID THAT COMMUNICATE THAT IF IT POSSIBLE TO DELIVER THE EQUIPMENT TO THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS BUT NOT AS YOU SAID A SECURITY ISSUE THEN NOW WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS. AND WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET WITH THE CUSTODIAL STAFF PRIOR TO SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE IT.
BUT THE CUSTODIAL STAFF COULD ASSIST THEM WITH MOVING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SECURE.
YES, MA'AM. AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE PLACED SIGNS AT THE AIRPORT TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE AIRPORT WOULD MOVE TO LADIES AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEN WE HAD SIGNS OUT IN THE FRONT LADIES ALLEN ELEMENTARY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE AIRPORT PRECINCT.
BUT THIS TIME WE DIDN'T DO THAT. AND WE HAD PEOPLE GOING TO AIRPORT THEN COME IN TO LADIES ALLEN BUT GOING TO ONE B AND NOT THREE B.
SO THAT CAUSED A LOT OF CONFUSION. SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION IF WE COULD HAVE DID I? I KNEW ABOUT IT BUT I THOUGHT THAT VOTERS WERE ALREADY CONTACTED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT AIRPORT WAS GOING TO BE BACK LADIES AT AN ELEMENTARY BUT THEN PEOPLE HAD AND THEN HE HAD US A BOGUS SIGN ON THE WINDOW AT THE AIRPORT SENDING PEOPLE TO KOSOVO. SO WANTED TO WORK ON THE LEFT FROM LADIES AND WHEN IT TOOK THAT SIGN DOWN SO PEOPLE KNEW THAT THE COME TO LADIES ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NOT GO TO KOOSER. SO GOING BACK TO THE COMMUNICATION, A LOT OF IT COULD HAVE BEEN AND A LITTLE BIT BETTER CAUSE YOU KNOW, I'M A WELL WE KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FROM THE BEGINNING.
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>> SO WHEN WE ADVERTISED WE ADVERTISED THAT THAT PRECINCT WAS GONNA BE AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. AND TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BLAME ANYBODY ABOUT ANYTHING BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT COMMUNICATION IS IS FAR MORE MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. BUT THAT WAS COMMUNICATED IN THE NEWSPAPERS.
IT WAS ON OUR WEB SITE AND UNFORTUNATELY I THINK YOU FORGOT TO TAKE THE SIGNS TO PUT THEM OUT THERE. BUT THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE USUALLY THE ONES THAT'S OUT THERE MAKING SURE THAT THE PRECINCTS LABEL AND KNOWING THE DIRECTING VOTERS WE HAVE TO GO WE CREATE THE SIGNS AND YOU GUYS PUT THEM OUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO ON ELECTION DAY, YOU KNOW VERY SELDOM ARE WE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY WORKING WITH THE PRECINCT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS DO THERE. I THANK GOD ALL FOR BEING ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ARMS AND LEGS TO DO THAT. AND MAKING SURE EVERY PRECINCT IS YOU KNOW, WE COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OF YOU EVERY EVERY TIME THERE'S AN ELECTION OR WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GO AND IT'S OUT THERE ON THE WEB SITE.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T USE THE WEB SITE. AND SOME PEOPLE THIS THEIR FIRST TIME VOTING OR HAD VOTED IN THE LAST 10 OR 12 YEARS AND THEY WENT TO WHERE THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED TO GOING. BUT THE INFORMATION WAS OUT THERE AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SENT A NOTICE TO EVERY PERSON. BUT THE WAY THE LAW IS WRITTEN WE DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO IN ORDER TO NOTIFY VOTERS OF THOSE PRECINCTS A LOCATION THAT IF WE HAD MADE A CHANGE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS THEN YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE TO SEND SOMETHING PERSONALLY TO THEIR HOMES.
BUT WE WERE WITHIN A TIMEFRAME OF HOW TO NOTIFY AND WHICH WE DID.
SO AGAIN COMMUNICATION YOU KNOW, WE ALL NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO SEE DONE. WE CAN'T JUST EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THANK YOU. ONE WITH LINES THE NEXT ELECTION THIS BOARD IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS ONE. WHEN IS THE NEXT YOU KNOW, WEEKLY? WE HAVE A SCAN SHOWED 20 22 ELECTION FOR THE GOVERNOR. MIDTERM ELECTIONS BUT THEY WILL POSSIBLY BE A SPECIAL ELECTION BUT THAT WILL PROBABLY BE WITH THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.
SO YOU GUYS ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH THAT. YOU CAN GO TO KANSAS CITY DOES HAVE THEIR OWN COMMISSION AND SO THEY WILL BE CERTIFYING THEIR OWN ELECTION.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHEN THAT IS GOING TO BE BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE SOMETIME IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY MAYBE NOW FEBRUARY OR MARCH. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE BUT WHENEVER THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WAS SUCCESSFULLY ELECTED AS MAYOR OF THE CITY, HE'S CURRENTLY HOLDING A SEAT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.
AS SOON AS HE VACATES THAT POSITION THEN IT'LL BE 13 WEEKS FROM THAT POINT ON THAT THAT ELECTION WILL BE CONDUCTED. SO ONCE WE GET THE NOTIFICATION FROM THE CITY OF BEAUFORT WE'D
KNOW WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION. >> WHY ARE YOU THERE? CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? THIS IS ANOTHER SUBJECT. I DON'T KNOW.
WE'LL GET TO IT OR NOT. BUT WHY YOU THERE? THERE WAS A CONCERN AT ONE OF MY PRECINCT A REFERENCE TO VOTERS REQUEST ASSISTANCE OF THE POLL WORKERS.
THEY DO EXPLAIN THAT PROCESS SO THE PUBLIC IS UNDERSTOOD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VOTER SHOULD WITH THE VOTER. ASK WHAT THE POLL WORKERS SHOULD BE DOING BECAUSE THEY ASSAULTED THEY THEY ACCUSE THE POLL MANAGER OF ASSISTANT VOTER TOO AGGRESSIVELY IN THEIR OPINION AND THEY GOT TO BE KIND OF UGLY. POLL MANAGERS ALL TALK TO EXPLAIN TO THE VOTER AS THEY ARE TAKING THEM TO THE BALLOT MARKING VISE ON HOW THE MACHINES WORK. AND ONCE THEY GET THERE THEY HAVE A LITTLE BRIEF PERIOD OF EXCELLENT OF EXPLAINING HOW THE BALLOT MARKING THE BANKS WORK ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE TO VOTERS IF THEY ASK FOR IT. AND SO POLL MANAGERS AGAIN IN THEIR TRAINING THEY ARE TAUGHT IF YOU IF YOU ASKS IF I WANT ACTUALLY FOR ASSISTANCE THEY NEED TO BE TWO PEOPLE AVAILABLE FOR ASSISTANCE WHICH MEANS TWO POLL MANAGERS. ONE WILL BE THERE ASSISTING THE POLL WORKER AND THE OTHER ONE WILL BE OBSERVING THE PROCESS JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOBODY BEING ACCUSED OF TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE VOTER ON VOTING A PARTICULAR WAY.
THE SECOND HALF TO THAT IS IF THE VOTER COMES WITH SOMEONE THAT THEY BRING SOMEONE WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO HELP OR TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THEM, THEN A POLL MANAGER WILL STILL
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NEED TO OBSERVE THAT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTER PRIVACY IS STILL ADHERED TO SO IT CAN BE DONE EITHER WAY. BUT A SYSTEM IS ONLY AVAILABLE IF THE VOTER REQUESTED WE DO NOT OFFER ASSISTANCE TO ANYONE AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TEACHING POOL MANAGERS THAT WE DON'T OFFER ASSISTANCE. IT MUST BE AKSEL BUT IN THIS CASE THE INDIVIDUAL DID ASK BUT THE POLL WATCHER ACCUSED THE MANAGER OF INFLUENCING THE VOTE.IT'S OK WE UNDERSTAND POLL MANAGERS ARE THERE TO DO A PARTICULAR JOB.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE IS THAT OUR POLL WORKERS UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND YOU HAVE THE BOARD UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS BECAUSE IF THE VOTER IS ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE AND WE ARE THERE TO PROVIDE THAT ASSISTANCE FOR THE VOTER ALONG WITH A SECOND POLL MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS STAY INTACT.
SO IS OK WHAT THEY THINK AND WHAT THEY ACCUSE US OF IF WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. I'M FINE WITH THAT. JUST A NOTE YOU'RE COMING UP HERE FOR PEOPLE GO INTO THE AIRPORT ONCE YOU FIND OUT. YOU CAN TAKE A POLL MANAGER FOR BOTH OF THOSE TWO PRECINCTS AND ASSIGN THEM TO GO TO THE AIRPORT, PUT A SIGN ON THEIR RIGHT. LEON OR WHATEVER YOU DO TO STAY THERE, REDIRECT PEOPLE HAD PLENTY OF PEOPLE. BUT I MEAN THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ON IMPULSE WHEN HE REALIZES WE HAD A PROBLEM AT ST. LUKE'S. WE HAD TO MOVE WE HAD TWO PRECINCTS ON ONE SIDE OF OUR CHURCH. WE HAD TO MOVE OUT OF A NURSING HOME WHICH WAS TWO OTHER PRECINCTS. I TRIED THREE OTHER BUILDINGS.
I COULDN'T GET ANYBODY. LET ME PUT THERE. SO I PUT A IN BLUES THEME LIKE HALF THE PEOPLE FROM THOSE TWO PRECINCTS WENT TO THE OTHER OR THE OTHER TWO WERE VERY FEW BUNCH OF THOSE CAME THEY JUST SWITCHED PLACES. BUT WE FOUND A GUY THAT HAD HE GOT A TAP ON HIS PHONE. LET'S SEE VOTES. HE COULD JUST TYPE IN TOLD YOU VEHEMENTLY. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE YOU KNOW WHICH WAS MEANT THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT. BUT HE SHOWED ME HOW TO PUT IT ON.
BUT THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN DO ON THE FLY BUT THAT IS A PROBLEM.
MARTIN NO, IT BECOMES VERY CONFUSING. OK.
DID WE FINISH COMMUNICATE ASIANS? HAVE WE GOT ANYTHING ELSE ON COMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU WANT TO BRING ABOUT ISSUES AT THE PRECINCT THAT'S JUST HAPPENS TO
BE THE NEXT THING. >> LISTEN, HERE'S WHAT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HOTSPOTS TURNED
DOWN THAT WERE JUST GOOD. >> WE WERE NEW AND WAS JUST SOMETHING WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
PLUS THE VERY CLEVERLY HID THE OWN UP SO YOU COULDN'T SEE IT THAT THEY EVEN LET IT STANDING ON TOP OF IT. ONE THING THAT WE NEED THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T AWARE OF OR AT LEAST THAT I SAW PRECINCTS WHERE WE HAD PEOPLE THAT CAME WITH THEIR BALLOT SENT THAT AND THEY REMARKED THAT YES, THEY HAD THEIR BALLOT. WE SAID NO, YOU CAN'T TURN IT IN HERE. IF YOU GO TO THE OFFICE ON HILTON HEAD SHE GAVE CHRIS GAVE THOSE PEOPLE, TOOK THEIR BALLOT, GAVE THEM A LETTER. THEY CAME BACK.
SOME OF THE CLERKS SAID WE REALLY HADN'T DONE THAT BEFORE VERY MUCH.
WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT. BUT SOME OF THE COLLECTORS DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEN IF WE GOT A HOLD OF VERNON HE COULD CLEAR THAT OFF WITH THE AP IS OFTEN THE MACHINE BACK AT THE PRECINCT THEN THEY COULD BOOT ON THE MACHINE. THAT IS ONLY A HANDFUL THAT HADN'T HAPPENED YET. BUT IT DIDN'T NEED TO HAPPEN. THE CODE IN THE MORNING THAT AGAIN WAS JUST BECAUSE OF LAST MINUTE PUT ALL TOGETHER AND WE INADVERTENTLY DIDN'T HAVE THE CODE SENT TO GET INTO THE APB. VOTERS ARE STILL NOT BEING SENT TO THE PREVIOUS PRECINCT.
INSTEAD OF GIVING A PROVISIONAL BALLOT I'M NOT SURE WE'VE DONE A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAPPEN AS OFTEN AS WE WOULD LIKE.
BUT AND THEN THAT VOTER DRAWN TO THE WRONG PRECINCT ANY OTHER ISSUES AT THE PRECINCT WOULD BRING THAT NOT A QUESTION. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE THAT CODE BUT. WELL THAT IT JUST WASN'T GIVEN ANYBODY.
YOU'VE BEEN CALLED IN RIGHT AWAY. YOU GAVE IT TO YOU AND GOT IT OUT TO EVERYBODY. WE GOT UP AND RUNNING PRETTY QUICK WITH THAT.
BUT JUST A FOLLOW UP BECAUSE THOSE MACHINES GETTING HERE SO LATE THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED
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BEFORE AND I DON'T THINK IT WILL EVER HAPPEN. YEP.THAT WAS THE QUESTION. SHE SAID GOOD THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE THAT CODE WHICH I MEAN I GOT IT RIGHT AWAY. GO WE COULD, JEANNE. SO I CALLED IN AND THEY GAVE IT TO ME. SO WE GOT THEM RUNNING BUT THEY SHOWED THAT THE CALL AND ONE OF THE MAIN CODE THAT WAS MISSING WAS SOME THE LAST MINUTE THAT I'M I MEAN I MEAN WE GOT TRAINED ON THIS. THIS THIS WHOLE POLE EXPRESS POLL BUT IT WAS LIKE SUPER MACHINE LAST MINUTE FOR US AND MY GUYS. SO WE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH AND PROGRAMED EVERYTHING WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE WHOLE SYSTEM HAS TO RESET ITSELF.
WHEN YOU UPDATED SO THERE WAS A ONE THAT INITIAL COLON IT THEREBY NEEDED TO GET INTO WAS THE ONE THAT I LEFT OFF OF MY TECHNICIANS HAD ALL THE TECHNICIANS HAD TO GO IN, ALL THE CLERKS HAD IT IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE SO IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE YELLOW THE YELLOW LAMINATED SHEET THAT HAD ALL THE PASSWORDS AND EVERYTHING AND THEY NEED TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS ONE CODE THAT WAS MISSING THAT EVEN I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE NEEDED TO USE. SO FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS WHEN WE DO HAVE ELECTIONS ALL DAY WE'LL BE PROVIDED NO ONE TO TALK TO THEM BUT EACH ONE OF HE WILL HAVE IT ALL. SO MAKE SURE THAT EACH TIME ANY PROGRAM ON ELECTION I'LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
ALSO KNOWN AS SOMEBODY WHO REQUESTED KEYS TO THE MACHINES FOR COMMISSIONERS OF WHICH NOT A BAD IDEA. I'VE NEVER NEEDED NO FORWARD REALLY BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS RIGHT THERE BUT I CAN SEE WHERE YOU COULD GET NANCY ABOUT SOMEBODY EXITING IN THIS PLACE A NUMBER FOR SECURITY PURPOSES . WHAT I DO IS WE HAVE TECHNICIANS. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. I HAVE 14 TECHNICIANS STARTING MEETINGS STARTING THIS ELECTION. SO I HAVE 13 TECHNICIANS.
EACH ONE OF THEM ARE ASSIGNED TO THEIR PHONE LOCATIONS. THIS IS WHY I GIVE IT TO OUR TECHNICIANS BECAUSE I WOULD WE TRAIN. I TRAIN THEM.
WE TRAIN THEM THOROUGHLY TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND OUT THOSE THOSE EQUIPMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR EQUIPMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT THERE'S TWO HUNDRED. YOU KNOW, YOU BREAK ONE THING ON THE AIR.
I GUESS WE GOT TO SEND IT BACK AND GET IT ARMY. SO WHAT I DO I'LL ALWAYS ENCOURAGE OUR CLERKS YOU KNOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A TECHNICIAN LIST AND MY TECHNICIANS HAVE THE SAME CONTACT LIST OF ALL THE CLERKS THAT MARKS HAVE TO CONTACT ROY ONE OF OUR TECHNICIANS. SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS THEN ALL YOU NEED DO IS CONTACT THEIR TECHNICIAN. NOW IF THE TECHNICIAN CAN'T BE THERE IN TIME, THEN THIS IS WHERE THE TRAINING CAME IN WHERE IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE SCANNER WHERE THE SCANNER STOPPED WORKING SO THEY CAN'T PROCEED. THE BALLOT CARDS GO.
THEY NEED THESE DAYS THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED TO USE THE EMERGENCY LATCH TO DO THE EMERGENCY BALLOTS FOR DAYS. AND THAT'S THAT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE TOOL THAT WE'VE USED IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS WHERE IT HAD HAPPENED TO CERTAIN PRECINCTS.
AND SO THERE'S THERE'S OTHER ROBO. UNTIL THEN WE HAVE WITHIN REASON WHY WE DON'T GIVE A LOT OF KEYS OUT BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERYTHING WE GET OUT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD LOVE MY TECHNICIAN TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE THOROUGHLY TRAINED TO GO IN THERE AND FIX A PAPER VALVE JAM IF THERE EVER EVER WANT ANYTHING THAT I SHOW THEM EVERY COMPARTMENT AND AND THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
TECHNICIANS I'VE DONE AMAZING JOB AS FAR AS SHOOTING ANYTHING WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME AND CALLED. YEAH, WE'VE HAD ONE ELECTION WHERE WE HAD A CLERK WHO WAS MY TECHNICIAN BECAUSE YOU KNOW NO ONE BUT WHEN I DO THE PROCEDURE I TRAINED CLERKS.
THE TECHNICIANS THAT DO IS WHEN THEY GO IN THERE TO TROUBLESHOOT ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. THEY TAKE THE CLERK OR DON'T TAKE A POLL MANAGER WITH THEM SO THAT THEY WON'T BE A WITNESS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE POLL WATCHERS A BY IN THEIR POLLING LOCATION, THE FIRST INITIAL QUESTION IS WHY IS HE OR SHE MESSING WITH THIS VOTING MACHINE? SO THEY GO IN THERE AND THE TECHNICIAN WAS TROUBLESHOOTING A BALLOT AND JAM OUTSIDE OF THE D'S TO HYPER SCANNER AND THE POLL WORKER DECIDED TO THE POLL CLERK DECIDED TO WIND UP OUR TECHNICIAN LAB. THERE WAS ANOTHER JAM THAT'S HAPPENED. SO THE CLERK DECIDED TO GO AND DO THE SAME THING BECAUSE SHE WATCHED WHAT THE TECHNICIAN DID. AND IT ACTUALLY MADE IT WORSE.
BUT LUCKILY MY TECHNICIAN WAS WITHIN FIVE MINUTES AWAY. SO THEN WE GOT BACK WHEN I WENT UP THERE TO ALSO AND I HAD TO LET THEM KNOW THEY DO NOT TOUCH UNLESS YOU WANNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS THING. AND SO THEY THEY THEY THEY BACKED OFF FROM ME BUT SOMETIMES I GET ANXIOUS BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE WELL I SAID WELL I WAS JUST USE THE EMERGENCY ISSUE. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU TRAIN.
OH I DIDN'T YOU KNOW. BUT YOU KNOW THEY THEY UNDERSTOOD AFTERWARDS THAT I WAS THE ONE THAT ASKED FOR FOUR KEY. NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT IT THAT THE TECHNICIAN HAS A KEY THAT'S MUCH BETTER. I'D RATHER NOT HAVE A KEY.
YES, SIR. AND LET'S TAKE IT HOME WITH ME. LOSE IT.
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RIGHT, ZELDA? THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. ALL RIGHT.LET ME SAY THIS LAST ELECTION 13 TECHNICIANS SO YOU HAD YOUR TECHNICIAN THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO YOUR AREAS. HE ONLY HAD PRETTY MUCH. HE WAS FOUR MONTHS TO THREE LOCATIONS HAD TO DEAL WITH AND HE WAS JUST AT TWO PRECINCTS ALL THE SAME SITTING IN OF COURSE THE ONE IN OKATIE AND IN MOST OF OUR TECHNICIANS WE HAD THIS TIME THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO A LITTLE BIT LESS POLLING LOCATIONS BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A LOT OF ISSUES OR THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONCERNS WITH THINGS THEY MIGHT HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEW POLL BOOKS. THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO SPREAD THEM OUT A LOT MORE. SO WE ACTUALLY ADDED I THINK TO TWO MORE NEW TECHNICIANS THAT CAME FROM OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT. AND THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB ALSO.
THEY WERE I THINK THE ONE THAT WENT OVER TO YOUR SCHOOL AND STUFF.
SO HE WAS TRAINED WE TRAINED HIM WITHIN TWO DAYS IN LEAGUE TO GO REALLY FAST.
THE I DON'T THINK I EVER HAD ANY SITUATIONS WHERE ANYTHING WENT WRONG.
TECHNICIANS THEY PICKED UP REALLY FAST BUT EVERYTHING I WENT THROUGH THOSE MACHINES I THINK OUR STATE OF THE ART THAT I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH WITH WHAT WE HAD AND THE WAY THEY
WERE SET UP. >> YES. I MEAN WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THIS PAST QUARTER WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES. I MEAN THEY WORKED FLAWLESSLY AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NOW THAT WE KNOW WE GOT WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO
UTILIZE THEM BETTER GOING FORWARD. >> THAT WILL BE THE FEATURES THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF DOING SOME MORE HANDS ON TRAINING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE POLL BOOKS AND WE'RE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING IN WITH THE LATER ON AND ONCE THEY FINISH WITH THESE RUNOFF ELECTIONS WELL WE'LL START GETTING WITH THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES WITH ALL THE THINGS WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON OUT ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE NOTICE WITH THE POLL BOOKS RIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.
THEY DID NOT DISCUSS WITH DOES SO MANY THINGS BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. YOU NEED A VOTER REGISTRATION NUMBER NEXUS IN RIGHT.
WE NEED WHAT WAS ON THE VERGE OF NEW VOTER REGISTRATION AND THERE IS A LOT OF ANXIETY, JERRY, BY THE PERSON WITH THE HYPHENS EVEN IF THEY'RE BEING YOU COULDN'T WE COULD CHANGE YOU UP. WE MUST DO AN ADMINISTRATOR INSIDE THAT YOU ONCE YOU FOUND HIM YOU COULDN'T PUT HIM IN THERE BECAUSE WOULDN'T TAKE EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY DID NOT THEY RIGHT WHEN THEY PUT IT TO THE EMERGENCY. WELL ONCE IT WORKS AND ONCE YOU GET A STREET WORTHWHILE STATEMENT HE DID IT OUTSTANDING . SO IT IS ANOTHER THING THEY GIVE HIMSELF WHAT ABOUT AND THEY DIDN'T DO THAT. THAT'S SOME STAND WITH MACHINES . YOU KNOW WE HAVE FIVE FAIRLY NEW COMMISSIONERS, THREE REALLY NEW AND TWO NEW AND SO DO WE NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT MORE MACHINES IN THE IN OUR BEAUFORT OFFICE AND IN THE BLUFFTON OFFICE FOR FOUR IN-PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING? WELL, YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT COMANDANTE 90 SEE MY FOLKS. THAT'S THAT'S MY ARE RESTRICTED IT. THAT'S WHY WE HAD WHAT YOU SAW IN UNDERHILL AND THAT WAS A TYPE OF FEAR THAT WAS EVEN WE WERE PRESENT THAT ONE SQUEEZING THAT BY YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE VOTERS TO SPEED THE PROCESS UP. BUT AT OUR BLUFFTON OFFICE WE'RE LIMITED BY SPACE ALSO AND OF COURSE AN HOUR BEFORE IT WAS AS YOU SAW IN OUR VOTING ROOM WERE LOOTED ALSO BY THE DISTANCE THAT WE CAN HAVE WHERE WE ALL AND NOT JUST DID THIS WITH COVID 19 IT'S VOTER PRIVACY ALSO. RIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE'VE HAD WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OFF IN 20 19 BACK IN NOVEMBER WITH OUR FIRST GENERAL ELECTION WHERE WE WE GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ACROSS THE STATE WITH A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WITH VOTERS FEELING LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PRIVACY.
SO WHEN WE ELIMINATED THAT THAT BY TALKING WITH THE COUNTIES WITH CHARLESTON COUNTY SHOWING US HOW WE CAN DO THE PROPERTY SCREEN PANELS A CERTAIN WAY AND WE WE GOT THAT PROCESS AND VOTERS LOVE THAT IN THE NEXT. BUT THEN OF COURSE NOW WE FELT THE JUNE PRIMARY COVID 19 IS NOW IN FULL FORCE AND SO NOW WE HAD TO LIMIT OUR DISTANCING AND VOTER PRIVACY AT THE SAME TIME.
SO IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR US BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING ARE AMAZING VOTERS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE ALSO PROTECTING THEIR PRIVACY FOR NOBODY. IT JUST CAN'T BE LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE VOTING AND HOW YOU'RE VOTING BECAUSE THAT TAKES AWAY THE VOTERS RUNNING AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO. AND I WOULD LOVE IT IF COVID 19 WERE TO YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET PAST THIS AND WE CAN PROBABLY ADD MORE VOTING BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTER PRIVACY IS ENFORCED ALSO TO WHERE VOTERS GO AND CAN WALK AWAY FEELING CONFIDENT, KNOWING THAT THEY CAST A BALLOT AND KNOW WHY I WAS ABLE TO SEE
WHAT THEY WERE VOTING. >> DO YOU THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF MACHINES WE HAVE OKATIE YOU KNOW IT'S A TRICK QUESTION BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE IS A BIG
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QUESTION BUT IT'S IS IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE EVEN WITH 19 AWAY WE STILL WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE HAD A LOT MORE IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LOOKING AT OUR FACILITIES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN IT'S NOT JUST BY ADDING QUANTITY, IT'S ABOUT ADDING IN SPACE. AND ALSO YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT HOW THESE ARE INDIVIDUALLY POWERED EQUIPMENT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD OUR PREVIOUS EQUIPMENT THAT WE USED TO USE FOR 14 YEARS, IT WAS ALL YOU DAISY CHAIN THEM TOGETHER AND ONE COULD DRAW POWER FROM 10 FOR FROM THE. BUT NOW THESE ARE INDIVIDUALLY POWERED.SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT FACILITIES THAT WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE NO EXTENSION CORDS.
THERE'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE WE ALWAYS FACE AND OF COURSE SURGE PROTECTORS AND OF COURSE THE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS BECAUSE YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE LIKE ESPECIALLY FOR EXAMPLE HAD THE BULK OF THE GYMNASIUM UP ONE OUTLET IN THEIR GYM FLOOR. THAT'S AT THE BLUFFTON RECREATION CENTER ALSO THE GYM THAT WE DID THAT WE USE FOR A MODEL PATIENT ALSO WITH THERE.
THEY HAVE TWO OUTLETS, ONE THAT'S INSIDE THE KITCHEN AND ONE IS ELENA GYM FLOOR ALSO.
SO NOW YOU HAVE I DIDN'T GIVE THEM. IF I WERE TO GIVE THEM 10 THAT'S 10 OF THEM THAT'S RUNNING OFF AT THAT CLOSE INCLUDING THE 200 THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXPRESS POLL BOOKS THAT WE PLACE WOULD EVEN GORYEO THOSE HAVE TO BE POWERED UP BECAUSE THEY CAN THEY CAN LAST FOR MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE HOURS WITHOUT BATTERY ON.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU STILL WANT TO HAVE THEM PLUGGED UP AND IN ANY OTHER DEVICE THAT NEEDS TO BE PLUGGED THE BALL. SO THAT'S GOING OUT OF ONE. SO NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POWER SURGE IN THE BUILDING. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAD WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO SOME EVALUATION SO AND ALSO IN THAT'S THE FUTURE THING WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS IN THESE POLLING LOCATIONS THAT WE KNOW WE'RE HAD SOME ISSUES MAYBE GOING ON IN THE FUTURE.
SO MURRAY CALLED ME LIKE TODAY AND ASKED ME TO GO IN ON THEIR HELP AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE IN-PERSON ABSENTEE BALLOT.
THEY WERE JUST OVERWHELMED AND UNFORTUNATELY I WAS JUST I WAS HIT COMPLETELY BUSY ALMOST EVERY EVERY DAY FOR 30 DAYS. SO SO. SO NOW MY CONCERN IS WE HAVE THE EVERYBODY WAITED IN LINE FOR THE ABSENTEE IN PERSON. NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT ELECTION BECAUSE IN SOME CASES THEY GOT IT IN AND UP ON THE DAY OF ELECTIONS IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. YEAH. THEY'RE GOING TO SAY WELL WHY WOULD I WANT TO DO THAT AFTER YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED TO DOING IT SO.
SO WE JUST SAID WE'LL DO IT OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND WE'LL KIND OF MAKE SURE WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HELP YOU COME UP WITH ENOUGH. I THINK AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO VOTE FOR IS FOR 2022 WHICH WILL BE OUR TO RACE. SO THIS IS WHERE WE WILL FIND A WAY TO SEE WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE A BIGGER TURNOUT. WE DO KNOW THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO BE UP FOR ELECTION AND ALSO SAID THAT TIM SCOTT'S POSITION WILL BE UP FOR ELECTION. SO THOSE MIGHT BE THE TWO BIGGEST.
BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME SMALLER AND SMALLER SEATS THAT MIGHT BE CONTESTED AND MOST PEOPLE MIGHT BE PARTICIPATING IN. BUT OF COURSE THAT BEING ONE MIGHT BE 20 24.
BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS ON. BUT RIGHT NOW.
WE WENT THROUGH THIS ONE WHICH WAS THE BIG ELECTION WHICH WHICH SET RECORDS FOR EVERY STATE. YOU KNOW, EVERY STATE HAS NEVER SEEN HAVING PEOPLE VOTING SINCE 2008. RIGHT. JIM, UNDER THE GENERAL HEADING OF PRECINCTS, DO WE KEEP. I'M JUST JUST CURIOUS. DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO OR DO WE
KEEP NUMBERS ON THE ON WHICH EXCUSE PEOPLE USE? >> I MEAN DO DO WE.
DO WE MAKE ANY EFFORT TO DO THAT IN ATHENS, MARIA? 65 IS USUALLY THE TOP ALL THE 865 RIBAUT COALITION DIVIDING UP ALL OF THIS ELECTION CALLED BUT PROBABLY PLAYED OUT BUT TYPICALLY OLDER AGE 65 IS AGE 65. THIS WILL CAN ONLY PLAY OUT COVID CAN ONLY PLAY OUT IF THE EMERGENCY DOES NOT END WHICH WAS IN GENERAL PRIMARY AND READ THIS CORRELATION. SO THIS CORRELATION IN JUNE PRIMARY WAS THAT THE AVERAGE WAS WAS READ REASON NUMBER 18 WHICH WAS ACTUALLY REPLACED BY SAUDI PEOPLE WHO VOTE OR WHO WERE 70 EVENTS OR IMPORTANCE AND SOME RELIGIOUS PRACTICES REASONS.
BUT THE AVERAGE IS USUALLY A SIXTY FIVE SECOND PLACE WOULD BE NUMBER 10.
VACATION. WELL AGAIN THE ONES TO TWO THAT WE'VE HAD WITH CODED IN OUR
MIDST COME OUT ON TOP. CORRECT. >> THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE STILL THEY STILL ARE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS THIS THE EMERGENCY IS DECLARED OVER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER ELECTIONS WHERE COVID IS A GUEST IN TERMS OF A NUMBER ONE ISSUE. I'M JUST SAYING WE MAY HAVE TO YOU KNOW, WE MAY WANT TO LOOK FORWARD AND SAY WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN.
MAYBE NOT AT THE VOLUME THAT WE HAD IN 2020 IN 2020. BUT PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE
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FACT THAT AS LONG AS THERE IS AN EMERGENCY IN PLACE DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO ELECTIONS THE SAME THE SAME AS WE HAVE BEGUN TO DO THEM THIS YEAR.OUR AND THAT'S THE WAY. WE HAVE ALREADY AND WE HAVE ALL OUR POLLING 19.
RIGHT. ALL OF OUR EVERYTHING THAT'S PPE EQUIPMENT AND STUFF.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR WOULD HAVE TO DECLARE FOR A SPECIFIC ELECTION. RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE THAT REASON AGAIN. BUT UNTIL THEN AND LIKE EVEN BEFORE THIS WHEN THIS ELECTION WAS GOING ON, THEY DIDN'T DECLARE THE STATE OF EMERGENCY RIGHT AWAY.
YOU KNOW, PROMISED EVERYTHING WAS THEY DID THEN EVERYBODY IN THE STATE WAS ABLE TO USE THAT REASON TO TO VOTE ABSENTEE. BUT BEFORE THAT IT WAS A WHAT WE WILL CALL THE AVERAGES LIKE
65 OR OLDER. >> YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF PRECINCTS, SOMETHING THAT
CAME UP NOT A LOT BUT I HEARD IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES. >> PEOPLE WAITED IN LINE AT A PRECINCT, GOT IN THERE AND THEY SAID OH SORRY, YOU'RE IN THE WRONG PRECINCT.
YOU NEED TO GO UP TO WHEREVER. AND THEY SAID OH MY GOSH, I'M NOT GOING TO GO UP THERE.
WAIT ANOTHER TWO HOURS IN LINE WITH THAT VERY PREVALENT ARGUMENT YOU GUYS GOES INTO.
YOU SEE IT? YEAH, WELL I GOT TO SAY IT. HE HASN'T GOT QUITE A FEW.
I DIDN'T YOU KNOW THAT. ADD ONTO THAT RON. I'M TRYING TO THINK A LITTLE WHILE WE WERE ABLE TO DO AND IT'S THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WALK THEM NEXT DOOR AND TAKE THEM TO THE FRONT OF THE LOT. OK. GOT TO BE NICE IF YOU HAD A LETTER OR SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD GIVE THEM THAT I COULD TAKE FROM YOUR POLL TO ANOTHER POLL. NATE, GO STRAIGHT TO ANOTHER PRECINCT AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. AFTER WAITING TWO HOURS THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING IS MAYBE IT WAS TREVOR BUT WE COULDN'T COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF A LETTER OR SOME SORT OF A NEW RESERVE CARD SOMETHING THEY COULD TAKE AND THEY COULD GET IT CAUSE THEN YOU GOT TO EXPLAIN LOOK PEOPLE AT THE FED WAIT UNTIL SOMEBODY COMES UP THE FRONT.
BUT ANYWAY, I JUST HAPPEN TO GO ON TO SEVERAL OF THOSE ANY OTHER GROUP? YEAH. I HAD A QUESTION ANGST ABOUT GETTING A BI LINGUAL MACHINE
THAT WAS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PASSED OUT BY A LEGISLATOR. >> YES.
THAT'S NOT FOR OUR DECISION TO MAKE. THAT'S THE LEGISLATURE AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE. THINGS LIKE CALIFORNIA, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS PASSED IN THEIR LEGISLATURE THAT THEY HAVE A MULTIPLE BILINGUAL WAS LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF NATIONALITIES OF PEOPLE. BUT THINGS DON'T GET A LOT OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
THIS STATE LEGISLATURE WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN OFF ON IT IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE APPROVED. ALSO BASED ON THE CENSUS THE CENSUS OFFICE POPULATION OF SOME OF THE STATES 20 26 SPEAKING PEOPLE ARE YES.
>> REAL QUICK. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE ONE WE USE IS WE PUT THE EXTRA EXTRA PEOPLE THROUGH IF YOU WILL WANTS TO GO UP AND DOWN THE LINE AND REMIND THEM WHERE THEY ARE. WE USED PEOPLE TO DO THAT. NOW THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT OH, THAT'S RIGHT. I FORGOT I'M I TO BE. THEY DIDN'T KNOW NECESSARILY THE NAMES WITH THE NUMBERS IN THE LETTER BUT THEY WERE SIMPLY REMINDING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO HOPEFULLY STAVE OFF SOME OF THIS. I'VE BEEN IN LINE TWO HOURS KIND OF THING THAT MAYBE THEY CAN BE IN LINE 10 MINUTES THEY SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THAT WAS ONE THING. PLUS WE MADE SURE THE FIRST THINGS WE DID.
I SAID I WANT A PLANE BACK FROM EACH OF YOU AS TO HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN ONE DOOR AND COME OUT ANOTHER. WE DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY PASSING ANYBODY ELSE ALL DAY LONG.
OK. THAT'S IT. ONE THING THAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SOME I GUESS WE'VE COVERED PRECINCT ISSUES. ONE THING YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT. AND I'LL JUST VERBALIZE IT HERE .
I WAS GOING HOME HELPING THE GUYS DELIVER THE EQUIPMENT CAUSE I HAD KEYS THAT TWO OR THREE OF THE PLACES. AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT WE NEED TO BE MORE DILIGENT IN TYING THOSE MACHINES TO THE WALL. I SAW A COUPLE OF THEM GOT DUMPED IN AMERICA.
THOSE BIG BOB DALE TRUCK WOULD YOU TURN A CORNER THAT YOU REALLY LEAN AND WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DIDN'T HURT ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY ALL WORKED FINE.
BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE TIMED. YES.
THERE. AND THAT'S ONE THING I TALKED WITH THE GUYS ABOUT.
SO WE IT. I DO HAVE SOME CALL WITH CHAFFETZ NOW AND ALSO WE'VE PROVIDED A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN PRIVATE PROVIDES SOME MORE GEAR FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S INSIDE SOME MORE WHAT HERE FOR THE LONG GLOVES AND THINGS OF THAT YOU LIKE NOT JUST THE PPE GLOVES BUT ACTUAL GLOVES THAT THEY CAN USE TO GRAB THINGS AS FAR AS GETTING AROUND.
ESPECIALLY IN THE DELIVERY TRUCKS AND AT THE WE THEY CAME BACK AND HE DID THE DELIVERIES WE WERE ABLE TO SIT OUT OF ALL THE GUYS THAT CAME BACK AND THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME SAYS
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ANYTHING WE KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THEY WERE TELLING ME ABOUT AN JUST SO HAPPENED THAT I HAD FINALLY GOT SOME CARGO STRAPS IN THERE.SO THOSE THINGS WERE I MEAN HE THE THING IS IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGE ME USING MY GOD YOU HAUL TRUCKS BECAUSE THEY'RE LIMITED INTO WHERE YOU GET CHAPMAN NOW.
BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING INTO SOME OTHER TYPES OF WE CAN ACTUALLY USE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS IN PLACE BECAUSE THE ISSUE COMES NOT WHEN THE TRUCKS FULL.
THE ISSUE COMES WHEN THE TRUCK GETS IMPACTFUL HALF FULL WHEN YOU GET TO ALMOST 9 PERCENT.
YOU DON'T LOSE A 50 PERCENT OF YOUR LOCATIONS. SO THE DIESEL HYBRID IS A BIG SCANNER WHICH IS TOP HEAVY WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST GRIPES I HAVE BECAUSE SOMEONE'S DEVELOPED WORK WORKER AWAY. THOMPSON. ALSO THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
YOU'VE GOT THIS BIG WHEEL AND THESE LITTLE WHEELS WERE LOST THE BEST OF WORK SO YOU CAN PUT LOTS OF A SMALL WHEN YOU GET THE BIG WHEELS AND TAKE OVER. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WERE WORKING WELL RIGHT NOW. EVEN MY GUYS RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN FIND OUT HOW WE'RE WORKING SECURING THOSE THINGS. A LOT BETTER IN THE TRUCKS.
BUT LET YOU SAY WHEN YOU MAKE A SHARP TURN OR EVEN JUST TURN A LEFT TURN OR RIGHT TURN EVEN WHEN YOU'RE BEING CAREFUL SOMETHING'S GOING TO LEAN OVER OR FALL OVER EVEN WITH THE SLIGHTEST BUMP. RIGHT HERE ON THE FREEZING A GLORIA POTTS COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE CLERK THERE PROVIDED ME WITH CONCERNS OF NO LIGHTING IN THE PARKING LOT.
THE MALE RESTROOM BROKE IN THE DRIVE. WE NEED TO BE REPAID.
THE BUILDING LIGHTS OUT IN THE FRONT AND ON THE SIDE DOOR STUMPS NEED TO BE REMOVED.
>> BATHROOM STALLS DO NOT LOCK BLIND. THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN.
THE URINALS IN THE BATHROOM FOR THE MALES WERE NOT WORKING AND THE LEVEL OF THE PARKING LOTS AS THE CARS HIT THE GROUND. SHE SAID THAT THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE WATER HAVE A SMELL FOUL ODOR IN THE THEY FOUND MOLD IN THE BUILDING AS WELL. I TOLD HER THAT I WAS SURE HER
LIST WHEN HE HAD IT ON YOU'RE OPEN. >> WE HAD TO REPORT IT TO OUR PARKS AND LEAVE SERVICES. WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THAT? OKAY.
>> WHEN WE REVIEW THIS FIGURE TO WHERE WE CAN MORE EFFICIENTLY GET POLL WORKERS INTO THE SYSTEM AND SO FORTH BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THAT CAME UNDER COMMUNICATION BUT IT ALSO COMES UNDER YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT YOU TRYING TO GET THE POLL WORKERS IN LINE TO WORK BUT THEN YOU'RE OUT RUNNING TRAINING SESSIONS, YOU KNOW, HALF THE DAY.
>> SO NOBODY CAN GET A HOLD OF ANYBODY. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CORRECT THAT FAR, FAR. AND IS THAT REALLY TELLING? YEAH.
THIS TIME AND PREVENT IT FROM NEXT TIME. I DON'T HOW YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GONNA BE GOING TO HAVE TO BE RUNNING MEETINGS MAKING MAYBE SOME OF US CAN RUN SOME LITTLE MEETINGS IN FREE. YOU CAN GET BACK TO TRAINING OR SIGN AND OWN POLL WORKERS AND GET THEM TRAINED AND SO FORTH. YOU COMMENT ON THAT. I MEAN WE RECOGNIZE THAT BETWEEN MYSELF AND WENT UP TO TRAINING TWO WEEKS OR THREE WEEKS TO BE FULLY ELECTION IS PRETTY MUCH PARALYZED AND WE HIRED A TWO PERSON TO ASSIST WITH TRAINING EXCEPT THAT THEN SHE'LL BE THE EMPLOYEE WHO DOESN'T KNOW THE SYSTEM WELL ENOUGH YET TO DO THAT.
BUT WE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE TRAINING PROCESS AND HER INPUT.
THE MAN IS GOING TO BE PARAMOUNT AND WE GONNA BE DOING IT TO HELP HER UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW TO TRAIN. SO WE GONNA BE TRAINING THE TRAINER AND AND SO IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS WE'RE HOPING THAT ALL OF THIS WILL BE RESOLVED. WE'LL HAVE EXPERIENCED AN EXPERIENCED TRAINER ON BOARD. SO. SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WILL KNOW LET MYSELF. WE CAN'T DO IT ALL. AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE SOLICITING THE HELP OF THE INFERNO IS ALSO PART OF THAT TRAINING PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAD TWO AND THREE SESSIONS GOING ON AT ONE TIME AND OF COURSE THERE WERE SOME LIMITATIONS WE HAD BECAUSE OF WHEN WE RECEIVE THE NEW EQUIPMENT AND ALL OF US TRYING TO GET UP TO ON THE NEW EQUIPMENT KIND OF PUT SOME LIMITATIONS ON HOW THAT INFORMATION WAS DISSEMINATED.
BUT OVERALL I STILL THINK THAT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME THAT WE HAD TO PERFORM I THINK THE POLL WORKERS AND YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB. YOU DON'T ALLOW ANYBODY TO BEAT
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UP ON MY POLL WORK BECAUSE I DON'T CARE WHAT KIND OF MISTAKES THEY MAKE.I JUST DON'T ALLOW THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY ARE OUT THERE DOING THE BEST THAT THEY CAN.
AND AND I APPRECIATE THEM AND I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT BEING A POLL WORKER IS NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS. IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO A POLL AND SITTING THERE YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE RULES AND REGULATION THAT GOES ALONG WITH YOUR DUTIES.
AND IF WE CAN'T IF WE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT POLL WORKERS ARE DISSEMINATING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES IN THE ELECTION.
SO WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT JUST ANY OLD BODY COULD JUST SHOW UP AND SAY I WANT TO BE A POLL WORKER. YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES AND THE PROCEDURES AND THAT GOES FOR YOU ALL AS WELL. AND SO AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT YOU BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR FOR THE BOARD. I MEAN FOR FOUR VOTERS BECAUSE IF THERE IS INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT'S NOT CORRECT. IF YOU KNOW THAT IS NOT CORRECT ,IT'S UP TO YOU TO MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT AND CORRECT PEOPLE. WE DON'T WANT THIS INFORMATION BEING SPREAD IN THE WRONG AND B FOR COUNTY WHEN WE KNOW BETTER ,YOU KNOW AND NOT THAT WE ARE ALWAYS PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOUTH CAROLINA LAWS THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA AND CALIFORNIA OR MICHIGAN WHERE OTHER FOLKS COME FROM. SO WE GOT TO STICK TO WHAT'S WHAT'S TRUE IN OUR STATE, WHAT LAWS THAT GOVERN OUR ELECTIONS IN OUR STATE AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AS WELL BECAUSE YOU ARE OUT THERE AND YOU HAVE TO DISBAND ANY MISINFORMATION ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA LAWS? NO, THEY WERE NOT. NO VOTER FRAUD IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THERE WAS NO VOTER FRAUD IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
OK. DON'T EVEN ANTICIPATE OR ENTERTAIN THAT THERE WAS WHEN YOU WERE A PART OF THE PROCESS YOU KNEW WHAT IT TO MAKE THE PROCESS LEGITIMATE.
YOU KNEW WHAT IT TOOK TO CERTIFY THE ELECTION. YOU KNOW THAT.
SO WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU MIGHT BE GETTING FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES, IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE YOU KNOW BETTER. AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S TRUE THAT I TAKE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE GET CALLS ALL THE TIME ABOUT YOU DOING THIS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
ARE YOU DOING THIS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY? AND IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW, ALL WE KNOW IS WHAT WE KNOW. AND YOU KNOW, I CAN'T I CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR WHAT HAPPENS ELSEWHERE. OK. SO THAT'S WHY WE GO TO TRAINING CLASSES. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY YOU LEARN ELECTION LAWS.
THAT'S WHY YOU ALL HAVE THAT BOOK OF SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTION CODES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE. THAT'S WHAT WE OPERATE BY. AND IT'S UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO I DON'T ALLOW FOLKS GOING AROUND SAYING THAT WE DIDN'T DO WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO IN BEFORE COUNTY AND POLL WORKERS ARE OUT THERE AND THEY ARE RECEIVING PEOPLE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WE WANT TO EDUCATE THEM TO THE POINT WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE IN EXPLAINING TO VOTERS WHY THEY DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE TO SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING A SYSTEM WE KNOW WHAT OUR LAWS ARE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO PROVIDING A SYSTEM I DON'T CARE WHAT THE POLL MANAGERS I MEAN THE POLL WATCHERS ARE SAYING I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
I CARE ABOUT YOU KNOWING WHAT YOU DOING AND YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND WITH ME SAYING ALL OF THAT, I JUST WANT I CAN THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND ALL THAT YOU PUT UNITY INTO IN THIS ELECTION.
WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS A CHALLENGING ELECTION AND I THINK YOU ALL STOOD UP.
YOU YOU PERFORMED MAGNIFICENTLY . YOU WERE THERE WHEN WE NEEDED YOU. YOU ROLLED UP YOUR SLEEVE AND YOU COUNTED BALLOTS YOU OPEN OFTEN LOOKS THAT YOU DID WHAT YOU NEEDED TO DO AS A BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ELECTION WAS A SUCCESS. AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK ALL OF THE COMMUNITY HELPERS AND BUSINESSES WHO PARTICIPATED IN PROVIDING DRINKS AND FOOD AND SNACKS AND WHATEVER THEY DID TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE STRESS ON POOL MANAGERS AND EVEN THE VOTERS WHO WERE STANDING IN LINE FOR IN-PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING AND ON ELECTION DAY. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, HELPED. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AMAZING. I JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY SUBCONSCIOUSLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ELECTION WORKED AND IT WORKED THE BEST THEY COULD WITHIN THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE WERE GIVEN THE CALL AT 19 AND I WANT TO. MOST OF ALL THANK THE STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE I THINK THEY STOOD THE TEST YOU KNOW, THEY WERE THERE FOR EARLY MORNINGS
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AND THEY WERE THEY HAVE A LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING OR EARLY EARLY MORNINGS AND SOMETIMES THEY WERE THEY ALL MORNING AND ALL NIGHT. AND MY STAFF, YOU KNOW, THEY NEVER COMPLAIN. WE WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT OR NOT. THEY NEVER COMPLAIN.AND ALL I NEEDED TO DO WAS GIVE THEM A DIRECTIVE AND THEY FOLLOWED IT OUT AND THEY MAY COME BACK ONCE OR TWICE TO MAKE SURE THEY KNEW WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.
BUT THEY DID IT. THEY DID IT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BEFORE KIND OF VOTER REGISTRATION ELECTIONS STAFF FOR DOING SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB AND HANGING IN THERE AND NEVER GAVE NOW WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES BUT WE OVERCAME MOST OF THEM.
YOU KNOW, WE STILL ARE LEARNING AND WE STILL LEARN FROM SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULDN'T OVERCOME. BUT OVERALL I THINK I THINK THE ELECTION WENT WELL.
YEAH, SOME REPORTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WORKERS ARE THAT YOUR WORKERS? THAT WAS PRIMARILY ONE THE BEST EXPERIENCES I HAD DURING THE WHOLE ELECTION PROCESS WAS COMING IN THERE AND HELPING THEM OPEN A BALLOT AND WRITE. RIGHT.
RIGHT. HOW MANY POSTAL WORKERS WERE YOU? GO AHEAD AND GO HOME NOW. WE'RE GOING TO GO HOME. I MEAN THEY WANTED TO STAY.
DO YOU SEE THAT JOB GET FINISHED? RIGHT.
RIGHT. AND THAT'S STILL THAT'S THE POLL WORKERS NOT POLL WORKERS LIKE YOU. I'M TELLING YOU THEY'RE THE BEST IN THE STATE.
ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS MAKE A PHONE CALL AND THEY WERE THERE. JIMMY ON THE MONEY AND THEY PERFORMED AND THEY DIDN'T PLAN TODAY TO SAY WOULDN'T YOU NEED US NOW? YES. COME ON. AND THEY CAME AND THEY WERE OPENING BALANCE AND DO WHATEVER THEY NEEDED TO DO. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY I THINK THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS DID IT AND THEY DIDN'T COMPLAIN.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE THAT WE A. WE HAD SOME LITTLE BUMPS IN THE ROAD BUT WE STILL CAME OUT ON TOP AND I LECTURE TO CERTIFY WE.
AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO PREPARING FOR 2022. WE FEEL THE THE SHE WILL MAKE A
GOOD PROFIT. WELL, I'M RIGHT. >> IT'S A BROAD THING.
IS IT FOR A RUN? YES. SORRY I'M NOT WITH YOU.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE MARIE COMMENTS AND I THINK THEY WERE RIGHT ON A COUPLE OF THINGS ON COMMUNICATIONS THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING.
I DO AGREE THAT WHEN YOU BREAK UP THE TRAINING INTO A COUPLE DIFFERENT SESSIONS INSTEAD OF ONE ONE SESSION THOUGH THERE'S SOME COMPLAINTS I HEAR FROM PEOPLE THEN I WOULD ASK IF THE NEXT TIME WE COULD HAVE A SPECIAL LINE TELEPHONE LINE FOR BOARD MEMBERS WHO NEED TO CALL IN AND GET A QUICK ANSWER TO SOMETHING AND I APPRECIATE ALL THEY WANT TO KNOW AND EVERYBODY IS DOING AND I KNOW THEY CAN GET BACK TO US FOR DAYS TIME. SO MAYBE WE COULD SPEAK A LINE THAT WE COULD GET THROUGH ON. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO TRAINS THE TOLL MANAGERS BECAUSE EVERYTHING WENT ON WITHOUT A HITCH IN MY PRETTY THING.
THE CLERK HANDLED EVERYTHING BEAUTIFULLY AND ALL THESE NEW MANAGERS WERE EXCELLENT.
I HAD NO PROBLEM AT ALL OF THEIR SO TRUE THAT ONCE AGAIN TO ORLANDO MARIE AND DANA BRINGING THE MACHINES AND DOING ALL OF THAT. I WAS PLEASED TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT WENT SO WELL. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.
FROM BURNEY WHO WANTED MARIE, WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT? THE NECK THAT ADJACENT TO THE OFFICE MORE PARKING SPACE FOR THE NEXT ELECTION AND MOVING FORWARD, IS IT STILL IN THE POSSIBILITY FOR SO FAR AS THE PROPERTY ADJACENT PROPERTY IS CONCERNED? WE TURN THAT OVER TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE OR BUY PROPERTY SO THAT WAS TURNED OVER TO THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM HIM ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT AND EVEN IF THAT PROPERTY IS NOT AVAILABLE, THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL PROPERTY IN THE COMPLEX THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT. BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO PURSUE ADDITIONAL SPACE.
NOT IF NOT FOR VOTING FOR TRAINING PURPOSES. AND WE HAVE WE'VE OUTGROWN
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BUILDING. WE HAVE NO ROOM. WE CAN'T EVEN WORK IN THE ROAD.DID IT SO SO I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL THAT WOULD WORK WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO BUDGETARY MATTERS BUT OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN NEED AND HOW IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE HANDLE I DON'T
KNOW. >> YOU KNOW, WE HAD A MEETING BLOW OVER TO READ AND I BOTH CONTACTED THE NEW STANDARD ADMINISTRATOR AND HE SAID ARE YOU GOING TO YOU KNOW, HE WOULD TAKE IT ON BOARD. HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE SAYING SO FORTH.
BUT HE ADMITTED HE IS ONE OR A PAPER HANGER TRYING TO GET IN LINE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT THING. SO WE'RE STILL PUSHING ON THAT. WE DON'T WE HAVE NO DEAL WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT LAND NEXT DOOR. BUT SHE SAID SO WE NEED A NEW BUILDING OR ANOTHER BUILDING TO PUT SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN HERE.
EVERYTHING WE'RE GETTING IS SO HUGE. SHE HAS TAKEN UP THE WHOLE PLACE NOW WE'VE GOT SOME STUFF IN THERE THAT WE DON'T NEED ANY LONGER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT BUT WE'VE GOT SOME TV RAILS AND TAKE AS MUCH ROOM AS A SCANNING SETUP. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW THINGS IN THERE THAT WE DON'T NEED ANY LONGER. BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT WE DON'T USE ALL THE TIME.
SO THAT IS A PROBLEM. I'M TRYING TO LOOK THROUGH I'VE GOT SOME NOTES HERE.
ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT THE NEEDS ARE MET? I WANT TO COMMENT.
OK. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE HALF DAY WORKERS AND I THINK NEXT YEAR WE STILL NEED TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THAT. AND I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF MY WORKERS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, ABOUT HALF A WORKER.
AND I SAID WE DON'T HAVE ANY HERE. AND I WAS AMAZED THAT AFTER THE ELECTION IS OVER, NOBODY EVERYBODY THAT I TALKED TO SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO WORK ANOTHER ELECTION AND NOBODY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT HALF DAY. IT WAS LIKE I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT DAVID BASS SO FAST. I MEAN I WAS HAS LOUIE LOUIE LOUIE LOUIE MADE A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE UP OF WE DID HAVE SOME SOME POLL WORKERS OUT OF THE CHECHESSEE AREA THAT WAS REALLY UPSET ABOUT US NOT DOING WHAT WE.
>> WE SAW IT ALL AND VISITED DANIEL SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND IT WAS CLEAR WHY YOUNG DAVID BECAUSE IT WAS A SLIPPERY SLOW AND NOBODY ELSE IN THE STATE DOES IT.
AND WE PULLED THE STATE ABOUT HIS AND BEING DETERMINED. AND WHEN I HAD OFFERED UP WHICH I FELT WAS A GOOD IDEA AND EVEN THE PULL THE COMMISSIONER THERE HE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
WE ALWAYS NEEDED HELP. WE DIDN'T PASS PERSON AND THEY COULD HAVE DONE THEY LAID IT OUT. WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE POLICY ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WANT TO DO AS WELL SINCE WE CAN'T SPLIT THEM ALTHOUGH WILL ONE PERSON COME IN AND SAY WE'LL DO IT AND TAKE THE MONEY AND IT'S PLAYED AMONGST OURSELVES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK WELL WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING WHY DON'T YOU JUST COME AND WORK IN PERSON AND YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING YOU WANT TO DO NOW IS WORK HALF A DAY AND YOU CAN COME IN AND DO IT ANYTIME YOU LIKE WHERE IT HAPPENED AND PUT IT IN FRONT OF SO MANY PARTISAN ABSENTEES. YEAH.
PERSONALLY I A TEAM BUILDING YOU KNOW COMING TO HAVE THESE YOU KNOW WE NEED HELP.
DATA YOU KNOW BECAUSE WE WERE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE TO WORK IN PERSON.
THE WHOLE TIME. AND SO WE DO IT OVER THERE AND THEY JUST COVERS NOBODY KNOWS IT. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN IT CAME DOWN AND IT HAMPERS ANYTHING THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO WORK PEOPLE IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT. NO ON I THINK THAT IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. AND IT'S PROBABLY A BETTER SITUATION FOR SOMEBODY WANTING TO HAVE A DAY BECAUSE WE REALLY CAN'T DO IT ON ELECTION DAY.
IT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION. WELL, ACTUALLY BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MORNING AND YOU DON'T COME IN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA WORK. WHEREAS OR IN PARTNERSHIP IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE ALREADY THE STAFF IS THERE WORKING. SO YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT HAVING A THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING PROBABLY DIVERT PEOPLE FROM NOW OR WHENEVER THEY COME AND ASK THAT KIND OF QUESTION. WELL, THE THING THAT SCARES IT IS INSTEAD OF 70 PEOPLE ALL NEED 140 100 PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ROMNEY JUST HAVING A HANDFUL OF EVERYBODY WANTED TO HAVE AN OFFICE AND WE HAVE I I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT PEOPLE MORE THAN HALF OF MY STAFF TO BE LEAVING AT NOON AND HAVE A NEW STAFF COME IN.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT. SO THEN WHAT IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP? RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, JEFF, SOME OF HIS FRIENDS IN THE VIDEO JOIN THE
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WARNING FOR I SEE SOME COMMENT GERALD TRAINING. HEY BUDDY.HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON TRAINING FOR THIS? LET ME GET TRAINING.
JIM, YOU KNOW WE KNOW THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION IS TWO YEARS AWAY.
RIGHT. LET'S LET'S TRY TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE MEANTIME, NOT JUST AS A RESPONSE SIX WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME BUT PERHAPS SET A TIME FRAME BASED ON WHAT WHAT THE WORK SCHEDULES ARE TO MAKE IT TO MAKE THEIR TRAINING AVAILABLE, MAKE IT MANDATORY,
OF COURSE. >> BUT HAD IT LONG BEFORE THAT AGAIN SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
WE ALSO CHANGES IN THIS THING. IN THIS ELECTION IT KIND OF HAD US THINKING WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? BUT AS FAR AS TRAINING GOES, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT PERHAPS MORE CONTROL THAN ANY OTHER PART OF THIS WHOLE EFFORT . AND THAT IS TO DELIVER THE TRAINING AGAINININININININININ DON'T W
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.