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[Board of Voter Registration and Elections]
AND I CALLED TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATIONS AND ELECTIONS.IF YOU STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD CAUSE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
CAN YOU PLEASE STEP UP TO THE MIC PLEASE? THANK YOU.
ARE YOU READY FOR ME TO TALK? YES, MA'AM OKAY.
YEAH, I'M IN GREELEY AND I WAS ONE OF THE 75 CANVASSERS WHO WENT AROUND THROUGHOUT, UH, EIGHT COUNTIES IN, UM, IN OUR STATE HERE.
AND, UH, I HAVE TWO OTHER, OTHER CANVASSERS ARE BEHIND ME.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART, ALL OF THIS.
AND WE CAME UP WITH 71% OF THE, UM, UH, OF THE, WELL WE BOUGHT, WE BOUGHT THE, THE VOTER ROLLS.
AND FROM THAT 71% OF THOSE WERE NOT CORRECT.
SO NO ONE'S CLEANING UP THE VOTER ROLLS.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST THING ON MY LIST OF THE 10 POINT OF 10 POINTS OF TRUE ELECTION INTEGRITY.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GO OVER.
OTHER ONES ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CANVASSING.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO ANYWAY, THE FIRST THING WOULD BE TO CLEAN OUT THE VOTER ROLLS, UM, WHICH NO ONE IS DOING.
I THINK, UH, ERIC DID TWO OF THOSE.
UM, THE OTHER THING WOULD BE TO BAN ALL THE ELECTRONIC ELECTION EQUIPMENT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S SO SAD THAT SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR STATE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT OUR VOTE WAS EVEN COUNTED PROPERLY.
AND, UM, THAT'S, WHAT'S SO FRUSTRATING TO NOT EVEN KNOW FOR SURE THAT OUR VOTE WAS TRUE.
AND NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OFFICE THAT WE DON'T EVEN DIDN'T EVEN, MAYBE NOT HAVE VOTED FOR.
AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE VOTER ID AND PAPER BALLOT ONLY.
AND, UM, THIS WOULD BE SO EASY TO DO.
THERE'S SO MANY EXCUSES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING FOR PAPER BALLOTS.
WHEN THERE'S ONLY IN ALL OF OUR PRECINCTS, THE HIGHEST NUMBER IS 7,000 PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COUNT TO, UH, FOR, FOR PAPER BALLOTS.
AND THEY SAY, OH NO, WE CAN'T DO THIS.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE THOSE MACHINES, NO ONE IS GOING TO BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT THEIR VOTE HAS BEEN COUNTED.
UM, WE NEED TO BAN MAIL IN VOTING.
WE REALLY SHOULD JUST HAVE ONE DAY OF VOTING AND IN THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THE DAY OFF AND HAVE IT BE ELECTION DAY.
THE, THESE ARE THESE 10 ARE, ARE FROM SETH CATCH-ALL, BUT THEY'VE ALSO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE IN ALL OF THE STATES.
THESE ARE WHAT THEY'VE COME UP TO.
ALL OF THIS IS SO SIMPLE AND IT'S MADE SO DIFFICULT THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DOING IT.
AND THERE'S SO MANY WAYS THAT FRAUD CAN HAPPEN AND HAS HAPPENED.
WE FOUND THAT OUT IN EVERY STATE, THEY'VE DONE RESEARCH IN AND YOU CAN'T TELL ANYBODY THAT THAT IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE IT IS OBVIOUSLY TRUE.
AND EVERYBODY, I TALK TO KNOWS THAT IT'S TRUE.
SO IT'S NOT MY THINKING, BUT I TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THIS EVERY DAY, ALL DAY LONG, UM, DRASTICALLY SMALLER PRECINCTS WOULD MAKE IT.
SO THERE WOULD BE LESS, UH, UH, ELECTION PROBLEMS, BANNED BALLOT, HARVESTING, HARVESTING, UM, NEW REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND HEAVY PRISON SENTENCES FOR ALL WHO COMMIT FRAUD.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO ELABORATE ON MORE OF THIS.
SO THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING? NO QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE GETTING ALL THEIR INFORMATION? WHAT INFORMATION ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THAT EVERYTHING'S WRONG? EVERYBODY'S WRONG ON THE LIST? ALL THE MACHINES, YOU DON'T WORK, NOTHING WORKS.
WHERE ARE THEY? WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW THE MACHINES ARE HOOKED UP TO THE INTERNET.
THEY HAVE MODEMS. I HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF GOOGLE.
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THE TOP CYBER PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED AT THE PENTAGON AND EVERYTHING ELSE.I THINK YOU NEED TO TALK TO HIM, RON.
I THINK YOU NEED TO DO YOUR RESEARCH BECAUSE TO EVERYBODY ELSE, THIS IS SO OBVIOUS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS NOT OBVIOUS TO YOU, BUT THIS IS HAPPENING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT STATES.
SO I DON'T HAVE YOU DONE ANY RESEARCH ON IT, RON? I HAVE DONE, I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR 15 YEARS.
THIS NOTHING THAT THE BOATS GO IN IS HOOKED TO THE INTERNET.
WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY SURPRISED DOWN THE LINE WHEN YOU FIND OUT, BECAUSE THAT THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT CORRECT.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO, THEY HAVE, HI, I'M JIM STEVENSON.
AND, UH, I DO RESIDE HERE IN THE COUNTY AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THAT PROBABLY NO ONE HAS PROBABLY EVER PROVIDED TO YOU.
AND IT HAS TO DO WITH MACHINES AND YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME AND MY BACKGROUND.
I WAS A, I WAS A NAVAL OFFICER ON A NUCLEAR SUBMARINE.
I, UH, AFTER MY SERVICE, I WENT TO WORK FOR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND I WORKED ON SOME VERY HIGHLY CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS, TOP SECRET SAP, SCI YOU KNOW, SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAMS, UH, SENSITIVE MINT COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THE UNITED STATES, UH, STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION, TREATY U S TEAM THAT WORKED WITH THE RUSSIANS ON NUCLEAR VERIFICATION, WHATNOT.
SO I'VE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK ON A LOT OF THINGS.
I SPENT 10 YEARS AS A COMPUTER SYSTEMS, DESIGN ENGINEER WORKED ON MISSILE DESIGN.
I'VE WORKED ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS ENGINEERING WITH SANDIA NATIONAL LABS, LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY.
SO I DO HAVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
SO WHAT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IS IS THAT YOU CAN VERY EASILY AFFECT COMPUTERS WITHOUT HAVING THEM EVEN ATTACHED TO THE INTERNET.
HOWEVER, DOMINION ESNS, WHICH WE USE HERE AND HEART, THEY HAVE ALL DESIGNED TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS ONE THING WE HAVE TO KEEP THIS IN MIND.
THERE IS A NUMBER OF, UH, WAYS OF EFFECTING THESE COMPUTERS.
NOW, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS I WORKED ON WAS A, WAS A TOP SECRET PSAP SCI PROGRAM WITH THE NSA DESIGNED DURING THE IRAQ WAR.
I WAS THE TECHNICAL LEAD ON THIS PROGRAM AND WE WERE GOING TO DESIGN AND DEPLOY A SYSTEM, WHICH THE NSA WAS INVOLVED IN WITH US.
BUT THE PURPOSE OF IT WAS TO INVADE THESE, THESE TERRORISTS COMPUTERS AND CELL PHONES, WITHOUT THEM EVEN KNOWING ABOUT, I MEAN, TOTALLY WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE WHATSOEVER, FIND THESE PEOPLE, TRACK THEM DOWN AND ELIMINATE THEM.
WE WERE LOSING A LOT OF SOLDIERS IN IRAQ AT THE TIME FROM IADS.
AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT TO FIND TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN DO THIS.
I HAVEN'T HAD THREE KIDS THAT ARE FEDERAL AGENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
TWO OF THEM ARE OUT THERE IN MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED IN THEIR OFFICE.
THEY SET UP THE VOTING COMPUTER SYSTEM THERE AND THEY HAD AN INDIVIDUAL COME IN WITH NOTHING BUT HIS CELL PHONE IN HIS POCKET WOULD THEY KNOW HOW AND WHAT TO DO.
HE WALKED IN THE ROOM, WENT THROUGH THE ROOM AND LEFT.
AND IN THE PROCESS, HE FLIPPED THE VOTE IN FRONT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE.
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO AN INTERNET.
THERE ARE METHODOLOGIES OUT THERE.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT NYE COUNTY THAT, OKAY.
I JUST SPOKE TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND HE WENT IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM SET UP AND HE WAS ABLE TO FLIP THE VOTES IN FRONT OF THESE PEOPLE.
SOME OF THE THINGS EASILY DONE BY A COUPLE OF KEYSTROKES, ANOTHER WAY HE DID IT.
HE DOWNLOAD AN APP ON HIS PHONE AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, HE FLIPPED THEM UP.
SO THIS KIND OF STUFF HAPPENS.
IT'S VERY, VERY EASY TO DO IT.
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YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.NOW YOU'VE HEARD OF PEGASUS HAVE Y'ALL HEARD OF PEGASUS.
THAT'S LATELY IN THE NEWS, THIS WAS A SOFTWARE THAT WAS DESIGNED PARTLY IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND ISRAEL IS NOW AN INTERNATIONAL COURTS RIGHT NOW FOR SPY SOFTWARE AND 45 DIFFERENT NATIONS ARE IN INVOLVED IN THIS, BUT THIS IS ALL OFF A CELL PHONE, VULNERABILITY AND CELL PHONE AND COMPUTERS ARE ALL THE SAME.
SO WE NEED TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THIS, NOT JUST GIVE IT LIP SERVICE AND SAY, WELL, THERE'S NO PROBLEM HERE WITH THIS EQUIPMENT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR YEARS.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE WERE, THERE WERE FOUR DEMOCRAT, UH, CONGRESS, PEOPLE THREE IN THE SENATE, UH, AND ONE IN THE HOUSE THAT, UH, CALLING FOR THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMPUTER HARDWARE TO BE ELIMINATED.
AND, UH, NOW THAT'S EASILY FOUND YOU CAN RESEARCH THAT IT'S OUT THERE.
THIS IS, I JUST WANT TO ALERT YOU PEOPLE THAT THE HARDWARE IS NOT FAIL SAFE AND IT CAN CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBLEMS IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T HANDLE IT PROPERLY.
AND IF, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU, YOU HAVE TO USE, WHICH I THINK YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION TO SAY, LET'S GET RID OF IT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE KNIGHT COUNTY, LET'S GET RID OF IT.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE PAPER BALLOTS AND, AND COUNTING PAPER BALLOTS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
IT'S AS LONG AS WE'VE GOT, UH, A BIPARTISAN GROUP THAT IS ASSEMBLED FOR THE SAME PURPOSE AND YOU MAKE SURE THE COUNT IS CORRECT, AND YOU MOVE ON FROM THERE AND AVOID ALL OF THIS OTHER BOLOGNA THAT'S HAPPENING IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN.
WHEN IS OUR, UM, EACH SPEAKER HAS FIVE MINUTES.
I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS FIVE MINUTES, RIGHT? BUT I JUST DON'T.
WE HAVE A DEMONSTRATION ON THE MACHINES THAT WE HAVE COMING THIS FRIDAY, FRIDAY AT 10.
SO I REALLY RECOMMEND THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU ATTEND FRIDAY SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR DATA'S ON ONE OF THESE, IT'S NOT ON THE INTERNET.
SO EVERYBODY HAS FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
YOU'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF SOFTWARE.
EMITTING CAN BE CORRUPTED VERY EASILY, NOT JUST SAYING, HEY, LOOK AT THE EQUIPMENT.
MY NAME IS DEBORAH STEVENSON AND I'M A RETIRED ENGINEER AND I HAVE A MASTER'S IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING.
I HAVE NEARLY 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DEVELOPING AND INTEGRATING LARGE SCALE CRITICAL SYSTEMS IN COMPUTER CENTRIC ENVIRONMENTS, SUCH AS HEWLETT PACKARD, MEDTRONIC, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND LOCKHEED MARTIN AEROSPACE AS AN ENGINEER.
YOUR JOB IS BASICALLY TO MAKE SURE THE PERFORMANCE, THE COST AND THE SCHEDULE IS DONE APPROPRIATELY TO THE CUSTOMER'S SPECIFICATIONS.
BUT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO DO RISK MANAGEMENT OVER THE LIFE CYCLE OF A PROGRAM THAT'S TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE SYSTEM THAT'S INVOLVED IN HAVING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TRADE STUDIES THAT DO AN EXHAUSTIVE AMOUNT OF WHAT IF, WHAT IF, WHAT IF AND EVERY TIME THERE'S A, WHAT IF YOU HAVE TO COVER IT WITH THE MITIGATION PLAN? WELL, WITH THESE BLACK BOXES AND THESE VOTING MACHINES, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ENSURE INTEGRITY.
AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THIS.
THERE ARE TOO MANY UNKNOWN AND UNCONTROLLABLE VARIABLES.
AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS WITH THE VENDORS THAT WE HAVE.
THEY ARE UNACCOUNTABLE TO ANYONE WITH THEIR MACHINES.
AND THE THING IS THEY WILL NOT ALLOW YOU OR ANYONE ELSE TO LOOK AT THEIR SOURCE CODE, TO LOOK AT THE HARDWARE THAT'S IN THEM.
AND THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF HARDWARE, YOU'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF ALGORITHMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU CAN'T SEE THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN STRESS TEST.
AND THE PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT'S PROPRIETARY.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S PART OF A BIGGER SYSTEM.
THE SYSTEM THAT WE AS ENGINEERS TO DEAL WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS ARE ACCURATE IS YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE INTEGRATIONS OF THE, OF THE HARDWARE
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AND THE SOFTWARE AND ALL THE THINGS INSIDE.YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW THOSE THINGS WORK SO THAT YOU CAN PUT BETTER PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES ON TOP.
SO YOU CAN CONTROL THOSE UNKNOWNS.
AND THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWING YOU TO DO IT.
IN FACT, THERE WERE THREE OF THEM THAT TESTIFIED IN FRONT OF CONGRESS AND THEY ASKED THESE THREE VENDORS.
THESE, THE, THESE OFFICIALS FROM THESE, UH, FROM THESE MACHINE COMPANIES, WOULD YOU GUARANTEE THAT THESE MACHINES CAN NOT BE HACKED, NOT A ONE UNDER OATH WOULD WE'D GUARANTEE IT.
THEY ALL SAID, NO, THEY CAN'T DO THAT.
THAT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.
I LIKE, UH, SENATOR WIDEN THE DEMOCRAT SENATOR FROM OREGON.
I LIKE HIS, UM, ASSUMPTION OF, OF, YOU KNOW, THE, OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
HE GOES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY ONLY TWO REASONS YOU WOULD WANT THESE MACHINES.
ONE, YOU ARE A VENDOR AND I'M TRYING TO SELL YOU ONE OR TWO.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO THINK REAL SERIOUSLY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THESE ARE COMPLICATED SYSTEMS AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS LIKE MEMORY CARDS, ALGORITHMS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT ARE ALREADY IN THERE AND MODEMS. WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER THING YOU MENTIONED.
YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH.
WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE TO YOU 110 ARTICLES FROM MAINSTREAM MEDIA THAT YOU CAN GO AND LOOK AT EACH ONE.
IT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO HACK THESE MACHINES.
SO IF I CAN, COULD I SUBMIT THAT SOMEHOW TO YOU? SO THERE WERE FROM FORBES, FROM CNN, FROM CBS, IT'S A NONPARTISAN ISSUE.
THAT'S TH THAT'S THE PROBLEM HERE.
WE, AS CITIZENS SHOULD BE CONCERNED, IT'S NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THAT IF I CAN.
SO YOU CAN ALL GO HOME AND DO SOME RESEARCH BEFORE FRIDAY, IF THAT'S OKAY.
WELL, OUR VOTE IS TOO PRECIOUS TO OUR FREEDOM, TO DELEGATE TO A SYSTEM THAT CAN BE COMPROMISED BY DOMESTIC AND OR FOREIGN CRIMINALS.
IN THIS CASE, LESS IS MORE, LET'S GO BACK, LET'S DITCH THESE MACHINES AND GO BACK TO A SIMPLE, MORE TRANSPARENT PROCESS OF BALANCE PAPER BALANCE.
WE NEED TO RESTORE THE INTEGRITY AND WE NEED TO GAIN PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR ELECTION PROCESS.
AND THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY CONVENIENCE WE MIGHT GET FROM MACHINES, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT THEY ALL KNOW IT.
THEY JUST CAN'T PUT THEIR FINGER ON IT.
AND EVEN PEOPLE HAVE, UM, HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S AN ENTIRE SYSTEM.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW EVERYTHING WORKS ON THE CIRCUIT BOARDS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PUT A SYSTEM OF PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE.
I'M A BLUFFED AND RESIDENT AND JUST AN AVERAGE CITIZEN.
MY BACKGROUND IS ART INTERIOR DESIGN AND RETAILING, AND THAT'S IT BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2020, MY PARENTS AND I CAME OVER HERE TO BUFORD, TO VOTE IN PERSON, EARLY VOTING AS MY MOM'S HEALTH WAS VERY, VERY POOR.
AND SHE DIDN'T THINK THAT SHE COULD MAKE IT ON THE TRADITIONAL, UH, VOTING DAY.
AND WE HAD THIS OTHER OPPORTUNITY BACK THEN.
SO WE TOOK IT AND WE PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED TWO BALLOTS TO BE SENT TO OUR HOME FOR MY PARENTS JUST IN CASE.
BUT WE ENDED UP, UH, BEING ABLE TO COME HERE AND VOTE IN PERSON.
AND WE BROUGHT THE, UM, MAIL IN BALLOTS THAT WE DIDN'T USE TO THE, UH, TO THE, WHERE THEY WERE VOTING.
I HANDED THEM TO A POLL WORKER WHO WAS CLUELESS AS TO WHAT TO EVEN DO WITH THEM, WHO KNOWS WHERE THOSE BALLOTS GOT THROWN.
SO, AND THEN WE PROCEEDED TO GO AND VOTE ON THE COMPUTERIZED MACHINES.
AFTER I VOTED, I WAS PAYING EXTRA ATTENTION TO, FOR THE FIRST TIME TO A POLL WORKER WHO SHOWED ME A PRINTOUT OF THE VOTES THAT TO MAKE SURE IS THIS WHO YOU VOTED FOR? AND I SAID, UH, YES.
AND THEN I SAY THAT THAT PIECE OF PAPER SLIP BALLOT IS THEN PUT INTO A SECOND
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MACHINE, WHICH I LEARNED LATER IS A TABULATOR.WELL, MY MACHINE HERE THAT I'VE PUT MIGHT NOT BE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET, BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS OTHER MACHINE FOR AGAIN, WITH MY BACKGROUND, I QUEST I REMEMBER THINKING TO MYSELF, I'M WONDERING IF MY VOTE IS GOING TO COUNT WHERE I WANTED IT TO BE COUNTED.
I HEARD ABOUT FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS, OTHER PEOPLE'S COMPUTERS AND BANKS BEING HACKED.
WELL, WHY NOT THAT OTHER MACHINE? AND THIS IS A PERSON WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
I, THIS WENT THROUGH MY BRAIN TUESDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 3RD, 9:42 PM.
AS WATCHING THE ELECTION RESULTS COME IN ON FOX NEWS IN VIRGINIA, TRUMP WON.
BIDEN ONLY HAD 43% OF THE VOTE.
I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE TV IN DISBELIEF.
THE RACE WAS CALLED WITH A BIG YELLOW CHECK MARK WITH BIDEN, BUT TRUMP WAS 10% AHEAD.
WHAT THINGS JUST DIDN'T ADD UP AS OF JANUARY OF 21, I REACHED OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH MY SAME CONCERNS AND WHO WANTED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS BIZARRE OUTCOME OF THE SELECTION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, WE RESEARCHED DECEASED PEOPLE FROM FUNERAL HOMES, JUST A SMALL GROUP OF US VERY QUICKLY IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUND OVER 4,000 DECEASED PEOPLE WHO WERE STILL ACTIVE ON THE, UM, VOTER REGISTRATION SITE OF BUFORD COUNTY.
WE HAD ONLY JUST SCRAPED THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG AS OUR TEAM GREW.
AND BY SEPTEMBER, I WAS THEN HELPING WITH MORE RESEARCH FOR PREPARING TO DO CANVASSING WITH THESE PEOPLE.
AND I HELPED IN THREE COUNTIES, PARTICULARLY HERE IN BUFORD, WHERE I COULD SPEND MORE TIME.
OUR FINDINGS WERE ASTONISHING.
YOU CERTAINLY MUST KNOW WHAT WE FOUND.
ALSO, DURING THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR, I CONNECTED WITH OTHERS AND, AND THERE, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE A WHOLE ALL ACROSS THIS NATION WHO ARE COMPUTER AND IT SPECIALISTS AND EXPERTS.
I GOT A WHOLE NEW EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT COULD BE DONE TO THESE COMPUTERIZED MACHINES AND TABULATORS AND WHAT WAS DONE AND TO ABSOLUTELY WHAT WENT ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, NOVEMBER 3RD, AND WHAT THE MILITARY KNEW.
IT ALSO HAPPENED TO GO ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AS I WAS WATCHING THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.
THIS LAST NOVEMBER UP IN MY HOME COUNTY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY BERGEN COUNTY WAS BEAT DARK RED AT MIDNIGHT, 12, 15, AND G SOMEHOW IN THE MORNING THAT THE, UH, IT WENT BLUE.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT? IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
I WILL NEVER TRUST VOTING ON A COMPUTERIZED VOTING MACHINE EVER AGAIN.
AND THE POLICIES THAT ARE BEING PUSHED WILL EVENTUALLY ALL HURT YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES BACK.
WE MUST GO BACK TO ONE DAY VOTING, MAKE IT A HOLIDAY.
EVERYBODY HAS 365 DAYS A YEAR TO PREPARE FOR THAT ONE DAY SMALLER PRECINCTS HAND.
AND CERTAINLY NO, DROPBOXES, IT CAN BE DONE.
THEY DID IT AND NOT COUNTY NEVADA.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SO MY NAME IS NANCY PARDO YORK, AND I AM ACTUALLY HALF VENEZUELAN.
AND, UM, I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO REALLY START GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE CANVASSING AFTER I SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS LAST ELECTION.
IN FACT, I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH POLITICS.
I WAS A DEMOCRAT, BUT I TOTALLY TURNED AROUND WHEN THINGS TRANSPIRED IN AFTER THIS LAST ELECTION, BECAUSE I SAW SOMETHING THAT I WITNESSED IN MY OWN COUNTRY THAT I WAS RAISED IN.
AND I WAS TERRIFIED BECAUSE I SAW MY FAMILY GO DOWN THE TUBES.
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MEMBERS.IN FACT, RIGHT BEFORE MY COUSIN PASSED, HER SON SAID, I'M GOING TO WALK TO BRAZIL FROM
AND HE LEFT THREE DAYS LATER, SHE HAD A MASSIVE STROKE AND DIED.
SO YES, I HAD A GENERATION OF FAMILY DOWN THERE FROM THE 17 HUNDREDS.
AND I SAW IT DESTROYED BEFORE MY EYES.
AND THIS COUNTRY IS 50% THERE AND I'M WITNESSING IT.
I AM NOT COMFORTABLE COMING UP HERE AND SPEAKING, BUT I AM DOING THIS BECAUSE I AM TERRIFIED WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M WITNESSING AND WHAT I WITNESSED CANVASSING.
NOW, I'M NOT REALLY GOING TO SPEAK SO MUCH ON THE CANVASSING.
ONLY THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF ISSUES TOOK PLACE AND WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PRESENT ALL OVER BUFORD COUNTY.
AND FOR SOME REASON WE'RE UNABLE TO PRESENT ANYWHERE.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO PRESENT HERE IF WE COULD.
IN FACT, NOT ONLY WOULD WE LIKE TO PRESENT, WE WOULD LOVE TO SET UP A TECHIE TO COME IN WITH THE MACHINE WITH THE BOARD AND MAYBE SEE IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY TO SEE IF OUR MACHINES ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE CON HUNDRED AND 50% SAFE.
AS I HEAR IT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE WE CAN LINE SOMEBODY UP.
AND I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT MY HUSBAND AND I VOTED FOR THE SALES TAX AND WHEN WE WENT IN TO VOTE, THE MACHINE FLIPPED ON ME, NOT ONCE, BUT TIMES, THREE TIMES.
AND I KEPT HITTING IT WITH THAT Q-TIP AND FINALLY IT FLIPPED BACK.
AND WHEN I PRINTED IT OUT, I HAD TO LOOK AT THAT RECEIPT THAT WAS COMING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS CORRECT.
SO I KNOW THAT THOSE MACHINES ARE NOT ACCURATE.
AND I KNOW THAT VENEZUELA USED ESNS.
I NOTED THAT THEY USE SMART MADEC AND I KNOW THAT THEY WERE ALSO INVOLVED WITH DOMINION.
AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT GUIDO, THE LAST MAN THAT RAN FOR PRESIDENT ONE INEVITABLY WON, BUT BECAUSE OF MY DOODLE AND THE DICTATORSHIP, THAT COUNTRY IS WHERE IT IS.
AND WE ARE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION.
NOW I DIDN'T COME HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS.
I CAME HERE TO SPEAK ON ERIC, THE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION INFORMATION, ALL OF THESE CANNABIS THERE'S HERE.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAD DONE ERIC'S JOB.
ERIC DID NOTHING TO CLEAR IT OUT.
ANY VOTER ROLLS, NOTHING WHATSOEVER, BUT WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY REGISTERED PLENTY.
IN FACT, IN 2012, A 5.7 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS IN 2020, WHY WOULD THEY COME UP AND REGISTER 17 MILLION NEW REGISTERED VOTERS WHAT'S WITH THAT.
AND WHEN SOUTH CAROLINA JOINED IN 2018, THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUST GAVE SOUTH CAROLINA $177,000.
NOW, WHAT IS THE ROOT OF THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUST? GEORGE SOROS LEFT-WING VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE DISGUISED AS A VOTER ROLL CLEANUP.
IT'S RUN BY THREE TO FOUR LEFTISTS.
IT MAKES ME SICK THAT WE ARE PAYING THAT KIND OF MONEY AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CLEANING UP THE VOTER ROLLS.
AND WE ARE WILLING TO DO THIS AS CANVASSERS.
WE SPENT OVER $50,000, IF NOT MORE, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL DOING WORK.
NONE OF THIS, NONE OF THIS WAS FUNDED BY ANYONE, NOT PEW CHARITABLE TRUST.
I GET VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT HITS HOME FOR ME.
UM, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS ORGANIZATION COMING IN THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE CLEANING UP THE VOTER ROLLS.
AND IT'S A THIRD PARTY ORGANIZATION THAT IS RUN BY PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW.
AND WE ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED THE INFORMATION.
ERIC PROVIDED MEMBER STATES A TARGET LIST OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE.
AND THEY'RE REQUIRED TO SEND A POSTCARD TO THESE PEOPLE.
WITHIN 30, 90 DAYS, THERE IS NO MANDATE THAT MEMBERS STATES CLEAN
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UP THE VOTER ROLLS.AND THEY DON'T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING.
THEY'D RATHER HAVE A BLIND EYE TO IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? HE SAID, NO, THIS IS OH.
I WAS TALKING TO MYSELF GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WASN'T EVEN PLANNING ON COMING UP HERE.
UM, IT'S JUST MY WIFE, MY NAME'S ROB YORK.
AND I'VE SEEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR FAMILY AND VENEZUELA.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M UP HERE TO SAY, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S TRAGIC.
UM, I RAN AN $800 MILLION BUSINESS FOR A CORPORATION OUT OF LONDON.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, AS YOU ALL KNOW IS THAT EVERY YEAR YOUR BUSINESS IS AUDITED, RIGHT? AND WE WOULD HAVE ERNST AND YOUNG COME IN AND DO A VERY COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE AUDIT OF BUSINESS.
AND I HAD TO ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE FINDINGS THAT CAME OUT DURING THAT AUDIT.
AND I HAD TO PUT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TOGETHER TO ADDRESS IT AS EVERY ORGANIZATION SHOULD DO.
SO I ASK YOU, DO YOU DO THAT KIND OF AUDIT? IS IT, IS IT PUBLIC INFORMATION? IT'S AND I JUST ASKED IF, IF IT, IF THE AUDIT IS REALLY DONE, THEN WHY DO THESE CANVASSERS FIND SO MANY FALSE VOTES? WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S A PROCESS.
PEOPLE LIKE PEOPLE ARE ONLY ARCHIVED AND TAKEN OFF THE VOTER ROLLS AFTER TWO GENERAL ELECTION CYCLES.
SO IF THEY DIED TODAY, THEY MAY NOT BE TAKEN OFF FOR ANOTHER FOUR, SIX YEARS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROCESS.
UM, I'M ASKING, I'M ASKING QUESTION, BUT LET ME READ YOU SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME UP WHILE I WAS LISTENING TO JIM, AND THIS COMES FROM THE GREENVILLE NEWS AND IT SAYS SOMEONE ARMED WITH A SMARTPHONE, PALM PILOT, EVEN A, THIS WAS WRITTEN BY CLEMSON PROFESSOR.
UM, EVEN LIKE THE ONES PURCHASED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA POLL WORKERS, BY THE WAY.
UM, I WAS ALSO ONE OF THE ONES THAT, THAT MY BOAT KEPT SWITCHING BACK DURING THE SALES TECH TAX THING.
IF I HAD NOT WATCHED IT, IT WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE BOAT THAT I DIDN'T CASS NOW WHERE THOSE VOTING MACHINES AUDIT THE QUESTION, IF THEY WERE, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED, RIGHT.
SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED ANYWAY.
LET ME JUST READ THIS, UM, HOLD ON TIME.
SO ASSUME IT WAS BROUGHT BY A NONPROFIT GROUP, PROJECT DEMOCRACY ALLEGES THAT SOUTH CAROLINIANS VOTE IS BEING VIOLATED BECAUSE OF THE VULNERABILITY OF THE STATE 14 YEAR OLD VOTING MACHINES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO HACKING ARE OUR VOTING MACHINES HERE, 14 PLUS FOUR YEARS.
AND SOME HAVE, AND SOME OF THEM ARE EVEN LESS.
IF THEY'RE THAT NEW, THEN WHY IS MACHINE SWITCHING MELBA? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR MACHINE, THERE WAS A CALIBRATION ISSUE.
THAT'S ALL, BUT THAT'S WHY IT PRINTS OUT SO THAT YOU CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE RIGHT.
BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T THEY TRUST THE MACHINES? YOU CAN'T TRUST THE MACHINES.
IF IT'S SLIPPING THE BOAT, THAT'S MORE THAN A CALIBRATION ISSUE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORIGIN OF THAT PROBLEM IS.
AND IF, IF THERE, IF THOSE MACHINES ARE CHECKED BEFORE THE BOAT, THEN HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN? SHOULDN'T THAT SHOULDN'T THEY BE DEALING WITH CALIBRATION BEFORE THOSE MACHINES ARE EVEN TURNED ON.
AND I BET IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT, I'M NOT BEING CRITICAL OF YOU SAYING THAT, BUT NO ONE KNOWS BECAUSE NO, ONE'S LOOKING INTO IT.
WE, DON'T NOT, NOT BEING SARCASTIC TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THEY WORK.
IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, WE LOOK INTO
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IT, THEN HOW CAN I REPORT THAT? WHEN IT HAPPENS, YOU SHOULD BE TELLING YOUR CLERK WHO WILL NOTIFY THE TECH, THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT MACHINE AND THEN THEY SHOULDN'T BE USING IT UNTIL THE CHECK LOOKS AT THAT WAS RECORDED.IT TYPICALLY JUST, I'M ASKING YOU JUST BECAUSE WE HAD, THAT WAS REPORTED.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE MADE HER OPERA OR A SHOT AT TRYING TO GET TO THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, THAT'S NOT OUR JOB.
WELL, NO, THEY WOULDN'T HELP THEM BID ON THESE MACHINES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
YOU GUYS COULD HAVE GONE THERE THEN AND QUESTION EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BUY THE MACHINES AND FURNISH THEM TO US.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH PICKING THE MACHINES.
I'M I'M FRANKLY OFFENDED BY THAT COMMENT CAN HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MACHINES WHO AIN'T NO, EXCUSE ME.
I SAID YOU REPRESENT US AND BUFORD COUNTY.
AND TO SAY, WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
THAT'S AN INSULT, EVERY VOTER, EVERY SINGLE VOTER IN BEAVER COUNTY TO SAY THAT I SAID WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH BUYING THE MACHINES AND SALT BECAUSE YOU SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED WITH OVERSIGHT.
WE ARE INVOLVED IN THE OPEN AND SOLVE TO EVERYONE ELSE.
I JUST WANT TO, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LINK.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU ALL CAN SEE ME AND I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE DECEASED MEMBERS THAT IS ON THAT LIST.
UM, I DO KNOW FOR A FACT THAT I'VE HAD SEVERAL RELATIVES THAT HAVE DIED OUT OF STATE AND THEY LIVED IN SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT SOUTH CAROLINA WAS NEVER NOTIFIED, LIKE SAY BUFORD COUNTY WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BECAUSE THEY DIED OUT OF STATE.
AND IF THEIR FAMILY DON'T REPORT IT, THEN WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING AT ALL THAT THAT PERSON IS STILL ON THAT LIST.
BECAUSE, UH, IF THE FUNERAL HOME DIDN'T NOTIFY OR SOCIAL SECURITY, THEN WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT LET'S LOOK UP OBITUARIES.
WHY CAN'T WE DO THAT? AND TRY THAT OUT.
QUITE A FEW THAT HAD DIED IN COUNTY, AND THIS WAS 10 YEARS AGO AND THEY'RE STILL ON THE VOTER AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASILY.
AND WE FOUND THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SOURCES.
UM, WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT TO SAY IS IF WE WERE GIVEN THAT LATITUDE TO JUST GO PICK A BUNCH OF PEOPLE OUT OF THE OBITUARY COLUMN AND DELETE THEM, THEN THERE'S NO TELLING WHERE THAT WOULD END UP.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION THAT THE PERSON WE HAD A LADY CAME IN, ONE OF THE PRECINCTS IS NOT LONG AGO.
AND SHE WAS COMPLAINING TO OUR POLL MANAGER THAT HER HUSBAND DIED A YEAR AGO.
WE SAID, WELL, WE NEVER GOT A NOTIFICATION.
DID YOU SEND US A DEATH CERTIFICATE? SHE SAID, NO.
HE SAID, IF YOU COULD, YOU'LL BE ON.
AND HE WAS, WE HAVE PUT FOUR, WE HAVE PUT FORMS IN EVERY PRECINCT FOR THAT SITUATION.
BECAUSE THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAPPEN, WE HAVE NO WAY TO CORRECT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT WE PUT A QUESTIONNAIRE AT THE PRECINCT.
PEOPLE CAN FILL IT OUT AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON IT.
AND THEN WE DO REMOVE THE PEOPLE.
IT'S PRETTY EASY TO HAVE FOR EVERY MORTUARY IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AT LEAST THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO REPORT TO THE CORONER'S OFFICE.
THE CORONER'S OFFICE IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE ELECTION OFFICE AND THAT, UM, IT'S FREE.
SO SOMEBODY HAS TO LOOK INTO THE PROCESSES.
THIS IS A SIMPLE, THIS IS SIMPLE STUFF OF LOOKING INTO THE PROCESS.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOUR JOB IS.
ONE OF YOU CAME UP HERE, SAID NOBODY ENTERED IT ENOUGH TO EVEN LOOK AT THEIR BALLOT THAT WAS PRINTED OUT.
FOR OTHER PEOPLE SAID THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T TRUST ANYTHING ABOUT THE ELECTIONS.
SO IF THAT'S TRUE, EVERYBODY OUGHT TO BE CHECKING THE BALLOT WHEN THEY COME OUT OF THERE.
I TELL YOU, THIS IS ACTUALLY, I TOOK IT FOR GRANTED UNTIL THIS LAST ELECTRIC PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET INTEREST IN ELECTIONS UP HERE FOR 10 YEARS.
CAN WE COME BACK AND SPEAK WITH A CANVAS? ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE GOT, WE CAN LOOK INTO, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND MAYBE WE CAN END UP AT A BOARD MEETING OR IN, OR JUST A REGULAR MEETING IN OUR OFFICE.
SHE'S THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS BOARD.
SO THEN, UM, WE'LL COMMUNICATE
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VIA EMAIL, MY EMAIL ADDRESS, IF YOU WANT TO WRITE IT DOWN.HEY, S AS IN SAM, I F AS IN FELIX, EIGHT16@AOL.COM 8 1 6 WEST@AOL.COM.
NOW, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOMEONE HERE AND HERE'S THE THING, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT I DON'T SPEAK ABOUT A LANGUAGE.
I SPEAK SPANISH, I SPEAK ENGLISH.
I DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF THE VOTER MACHINE BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
AND I DON'T THINK 90% OF OUR PEOPLE OUT HERE UNDERSTAND IT EITHER.
IT SHOULD BE AT A FIFTH GRADE LEVEL.
SO IF I WAS ABLE TO LINE UP SOMEONE THAT IS UNDERSTANDS THAT LANGUAGE, AND WE CAN COME IN WITH MR. MACHINES AND SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, HE UNDERSTANDS THE LANGUAGE BETTER THAN ANY OF US IN HERE.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING? WOULD YOU BE WILLING IF WE CAN BRING HIM IN? CAN WE DISCUSS THAT AT A LATER DATE? OR CAN WE DISCUSS THAT AFTER THE MEETING OR AT ANOTHER TIME SO THAT WE CAN GET TO WHOEVER ELSE NEEDS TO SPEAK, BUT YET I'M NOT OPPOSED TO SPEAKING WITH EXPERTS TO HAVE A MACHINE.
YEAH, WELL, LIKE, LIKE WE SAID, FRIDAY, FRIDAY, YOU CAN SEE THE MACHINES UP TOUCH WITH MACHINES AND 10 O'CLOCK FRIDAY AT THE VOTER REGISTRATION OFFICE ON JOHN GALT ROAD.
ANYBODY CAN COME IN THE MEETING, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HOOKED UP AND OPERATIONAL.
THAT'S AT 10 O'CLOCK JOHN GALT ROAD AT THE VOTER REGISTRATION OFFICE.
WHAT IS THE ADDRESS? 15 JOHN GALT ROAD.
I THINK THE STATE REQUIRE SOME SORT OF DEMONSTRATION PRIOR TO AN ELECTION WORTH X NUMBER OF VOTES GET SUBMITTED WHILE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
BUT IF IT HAS BEEN ATTACKED AND CONTAMINATED WITH A SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT WILL ALLOW ALL THIS TESTING TO HAPPEN.
AND THEN AT A CERTAIN POINT DURING THE ELECTION, IT THEN FLIPS THE MOAT AND TRADITIONAL VOTERS SUBTRACTS FROM ANOTHER CANDIDATE, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO OUT OF THE SYSTEM, YOU CAN'T FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF IT, WHICH IS ALREADY PROVEN IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
CAUSE THEY DID THAT DOWN THERE.
THEN YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW BY HAVING A DEMONSTRATION, THAT WHETHER YOUR SYSTEM IS VIABLE OR NOT NOW BEING THE CHAIR OF THE UNIVERSITY, SOUTH CAROLINA ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT.
HE WAS, HE WAS GOING TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE STATES, YOU KNOW, COUNSEL ON, ON THIS.
AND THEY DENIED HIM BECAUSE HE SAID THERE IS NO MACHINE THAT HE CAN TRUST AND WE NEED TO GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT.
HE UNDERSTANDS THE VULNERABILITIES OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT YOU SAID WE SHOULDN'T BE USING COMPUTERS CURRENT.
AND I THINK YOU AS A COUNSELOR AND MAKE THAT DECISION LIKE NINE COUNTY AND SAID, LET'S, LET'S STOP ALL THIS NONSENSE WITH COMPUTERS.
SO ALL THIS STUFF GETS EVALUATED AND WORKED OUT AND LET'S GO BACK TO COUNTING REAL BALANCE THE WAY THEY USED TO DO IN THE OLD DAYS, IT CAN BE DONE EASILY.
WE PROBABLY COULD DO IT FOR THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW, BUT MAKE SURE IT'S BIPARTISAN AND WE CAN, YOU CAN COUNT EVERY BALLOT AND COME UP WITH A VALID NUMBER THAT WAS STAND AND THE ACCOUNTANT 20 TIMES OR MORE TO CONFIRM THAT WE COUNTED THEM LAST.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING THAT YOU HAD SAID SOMETHING ABOUT AUTOMATICALLY COME OFF, THEY DON'T AUTOMATICALLY COME OFF, BUT THEY DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY COME OFF.
I SAID THAT THERE WAS A PROCESS.
SO IT COULD BE FOUR TO SIX YEARS, TWO GENERAL ELECTION CYCLES THAT A VOTER HAS.
I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO A FUNERAL HOUSE.
WE WERE GONE ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2000, YOU KNOW, 4,000 BACK, SEVEN YEARS.
AND I THINK THE GENERAL HUB DIDN'T KNOW THAT
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THAT'S WHERE WE TRUSTED OUR GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CARE OF IT, TO SAMPLE THE EIGHT COUNTIES.SO THERE'S A LOT OF, OKAY, FOR THE VOTER MACHINES I RECOMMEND COMING.
YOU CAN ASK ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS, VERNON, WE'LL GO THROUGH IT STEP BY STEP FROM BEGINNING TO END.
UM, THE, AS FAR AS THE VOTER ROLLS, THAT IS ON OUR AGENDA.
SO WE WILL GET THERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
UM, NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WE NEED.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SERVICE.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, OH MY GOSH.
FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE.
UM, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE MACHINES? WELL, NO, NO.
IT'S BEEN NATIONWIDE NEWS MEDIA SINCE THE 2020 ELECTION.
RIGHT? IS THERE A SHOW OF HANDS? CAN WE GET, WHO WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF GOING TO JUST PAPER BALLOTS, TOTAL PAPER BALLOT.
CAN WE GET A SHOW OF HANDS? WHO WOULD BE NO, NO.
I'M FROM CHICAGO AND I HAVE NO DESIRE TO GO BACK TO PAPER BALLOTS, CHICAGO.
SO I HAVE NO DESIRE TO GO BACK TO PAPER IN CHICAGO WITH PAPER BALLOTS.
I'M JUST SAYING I'M FROM, I JUST SAID I'M FROM CHICAGO.
I HAVE NO DESIRE TO GO BACK TO PAPER.
BUT ON THIS VERY, VERY SERIOUS NOTE, IF YOU KNOWINGLY ALLOW FRAUDULENT MACHINES, IF YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE MACHINES, RIGHT.
AND IF YOU KNOWINGLY PARTICIPATE IN THAT TYPE OF ELECTION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TREASON.
I MEAN, THIS IS A CRIME OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEFT OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE, AND THE CRIME, THE PUNISHMENT FOR THE CRIME, THE TREASON.
I MEAN, I LOVE YOU ALL DEARLY.
I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GO BEFORE A FIRING SQUAD.
I'M SAYING IF YOU KNOWINGLY PARTICIPATE RIGHT HERE, I THINK THAT ONE OF US WOULD KNOWINGLY PUT A MACHINE OUT THERE.
THAT'S GOING TO SWITCH ALL THE VOTES.
I JUST ASKED YOU, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH MACHINES? OH, YOU SEE ARTICLES ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.
BUT THEN AGAIN, THESE KIND PEOPLE HAVE ASKED YOU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND HOW CAN WE HELP YOU TO GET RID OF THE MACHINES? UNLESS WE CAN PROVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EFFECTIVE, SAFE, AND EFFECTIVE.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE CASE.
WELL, COURSE THIS GENTLEMEN, THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE GOING TO CONVINCE HIM NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY DOES.
WE WILL NEVER CONVINCE HIM NO MATTER WHAT YOUR RATE OF OVER THE SHEETS.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK, OKAY.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA COMMUNICATE WITH THE OTHER STATES WHEN SOMEBODY MOVES EITHER.
OR MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF STATES THAT ARE I'VE.
I FORGET THE TERM, BUT THEY'RE FRIENDLY WITH US AND THEY WILL NOTIFY US.
BUT IN GENERAL, THEY DON'T HAVE TO, IN A LOT OF THEM DON'T I MOVED HERE FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
HOW DOES GETTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS, NORTH CAROLINA DOWN HERE.
SO I COULD'VE VERY EASILY VOTED IN BOTH STATES.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A STUDY THAT A NEWSPAPER SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN CLEVELAND DID WHERE THEY CLEVELAND, OHIO, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CLEVELAND GO TODAY TO COUNTY.
AND SOMEHOW I DON'T REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF IT, BUT I REMEMBER THE ARTICLE, THEY MERGED THE ROLES BETWEEN WHATEVER KEN CLEVELAND IS IN KAKA COUNTY AND DADE COUNTY.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WERE 21,000 PEOPLE THAT WERE RAISED, HEARD IN BOTH COUNTIES.
AND, UM, I COULD BE DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.
BUT WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT, IT WAS, I WAS SHOCKED THAT THERE WERE THAT MANY GO HUG AND THIS WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO.
SO I'M, I'M SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS NEXT.
UM, MINUTES FROM THE MEETING ON MARCH 23RD, 2022.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING AT OR TO ADD OR ANY CHANGES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SECOND, MR. WEDGWORTH AND SECOND, THE LIEN MITCHELL ALL IN FAVOR.
I'M FINISHED BUSINESS LIST OF POLL WORKERS.
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WAS TO HAVE A MAN BY THE END OF MARCH FOR THIS UPCOMING ELECTION, SO THAT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET REGISTERED FOR TRAINING.IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE THAT YET, CAN YOU PLEASE DO IT? I KNOW SOME OF US ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FINDING ENOUGH POLL MANAGERS AND WHATNOT, AND IT'S, UM, THAT'S STILL THE CASE GET WITH WENDELL AND HE CAN HELP YOU OUT OR TAKE TO THE MASTER LIST.
UM, BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD MEMBERS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO NOTIFY POLL MANAGERS OF THEIR ASSIGNMENTS.
AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FOLKS IN JUNE IS A VERY BUSY MONTH.
FOLKS ARE GOING OFF TO GRADUATIONS AND VACATIONING.
SO WE NEED TO KNOW WE NEED TO HAVE YOUR LIST.
AND I'LL TELL YOU A LOT OF POLL MANAGERS ARE OUT THERE WHO WILL LOVE TO WORK.
SO PLEASE EXHAUST YOUR LIST OR GO THROUGH YOUR MASTER DATABASE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE CONTACTED ALL OF THOSE FOLKS WHO MAY BE WILLING TO WORK AND GET THAT INTO US SO THAT WE CAN NOTIFY THEM AND GET THEM SET UP FOR TRAINING.
AND WINDOW MAY HAVE SOMETHING THAT HE WANTS TO SAY, BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION COMING UP.
SO WE ARE, WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THAT.
MR. WEDGE WORD, MR. WORDS WERE PASSED AWAY.
UM, HIS SON, JAMES, ANYWAY, SO PLEASE DO THE BEST YOU CAN.
AND IF YOU NEED HELP, ONCE YOU HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL OF YOUR POLL MANAGERS, THAT'S ON YOUR LIST AND WE'LL KNOW, WE'LL DO HIS BEST TO TRY AND HELP YOU OUT.
UM, YES, SHE WERE COMING OVER AND SHE BOUGHT IT.
IN FACT, WE HAVE TO GET PAST, ONLY USE IT, THE OLD PEOPLE THAT WE USE ALL THE TIME, THOSE PEOPLE ARE GO ON THE ROLES WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN CALLED.
AND THAT'S HOW, WHEN YOU SAY, WELL, WHO IS SHE? WELL, THAT'S WHY YOU SIGNED UP AS WELL.
WE WOULD ASK YOU OR ASK YOU, INVITE YOU.
I TRIED TO GO ON, YOU KNOW, AND TAKE THAT COURSE, MAP IT THREE TIMES AND IT ALWAYS STOPS SIX AND FOUR.
IS THAT WHERE IT IS? AND IT'S FUNNY.
AND HONESTLY, I GOT, SO CREST READY YOU COME BACK ON
AND WE WANT THE TECHNICAL TECHNICAL, WE DO EVERYTHING, INVESTMENTS, EVERYTHING.
SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING
PLEASE CALL OTHER PEOPLE USE, YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT NAME, BUT CALL IT
UM, BUT WE CALL THOSE OTHER NAMES.
DON'T KNOW TO FEEL A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WALMART HAS NEVER BEEN CALLED REALLY KNOW UP AND GET COMMITTEE REPORTS.
WE HAD A FACILITIES MEETING, UH, THIS WEEK AND WE HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET EXTRA STORAGE SPACE.
WE ASKED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND THEY SAID, HOLD ON, WE'RE GETTING SOME MORE SPACE FOR THE COUNTY.
AND THEY SAID THAT WE, WE INCREASED OUR SIZE OF OUR WAREHOUSE AS YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY BUILT A WAREHOUSE ON THE BACK OF OUR BUILDING ABOUT WHAT TWO, THREE YEARS AGO, FOUR, PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO.
NOW WE'RE TIME PLUS ANYBODY SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND WE GOT THE NEW VOTING EQUIPMENT IN, WHICH IS TWICE THE SIZE OF WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.
AND WE FILLED UP THE WAREHOUSE WE BUILT.
SO WE'RE NOW LOOKING FOR EXTRA SPACE TO STORE
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THINGS IN OFF TIME.SO WE HAVE ROOM TO WORK ON ALL THE, UH, VOTING, UH, EQUIPMENT.
SO WE MET, I MET WITH ONE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. MCKELLEN, AND HE MET WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND GOT AN IMPROVEMENT THAT WE COULD COMPLETELY RENOVATE THE PILLOW MANUFACTURING BUILDING SPACE THAT THEY HAD OFFERED NUTS THAT WE SAID WAS UNSUITABLE TO PUT THE MACHINES IN BECAUSE IT WAS SO WELL, IT WAS A MESS.
AND HE WENT WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
HE GOT APPROVAL THAT THEY WOULD COMPLETELY RENOVATE THE SPACE FOR OUR USE, UH, INCLUDING HAVING THE MOLD AND FILL THREE REMOVED OUT OF THE BUILDING, OLD CARPET REMOVED AND REPLACED, UH, WITH FLOORING THAT WE COULD ROLL IN MACHINES AROUND, UM, ENTIRE SPACE, TOTALLY SECURE, AND EVEN A SMALLER SECONDARY SPACE.
IF WE NEEDED TO BE SECURED SEPARATELY AND SPACE WOULD HAVE A WORKABLE TRUCK INTEREST IN THAT MEETING.
UM, I WAS ASKED TO, OR WE DECIDED WE WOULD WRITE A LETTER TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND YOU'VE GOT A DRAFT IT IN YOUR NOTES THERE WITH A BIG YELLOW DRAFT WRITTEN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO READ IT OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND READ? THE FIRST THING WE ASKED WAS THEY SAID WE HAD NO WAY TO INCREASING THE SIZE OF OUR WAREHOUSE, WHERE WE ARE.
UM, BUT WE NEVER GOT ANY RATIONALE OR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY MADE THAT DECISION.
WAS IT NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON THE LOT OR IT COST TOO MUCH OR WHATEVER.
SO THE FIRST PARAGRAPH IN THIS LETTER ASKS THEM TO GIVE US A ASSESSMENT OF WHY THEY MADE THAT DECISION, THAT WE COULDN'T INCREASE THE SIZE OF OUR PRESENT WAREHOUSE.
UM, YOU WANT ME TO READ THE JANE OR EVERYBODY WANTS YOU TO READ IT ON THEIR OWN OR WE CAN READ IT ONE OF THE THINGS, I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ACCEPT AS THE LAST COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS BOARD BREAKING IS THAT THERE ARE OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS WITH FACILITY NEEDS.
HOWEVER, PROVIDING THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO PROPERLY OFFICIAL ENSURE THAT THE ELECTION EQUIPMENT ARE SECURED PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
WE'RE ASKING THAT OUR REQUEST BE PLACED IN THE PRIORITY LIST OF PROJECTS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
CONSIDERING THE FACT WE HAVE A LARGE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER AND NEEDS A SPACE, IDEALLY IN SEPTEMBER PRIOR TO THAT ELECTION, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE FOLLOWING A SCOPE OF WORK TO BE COMPLETED WITH THE TIMELINE IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS, A PLAN AND A TIMELINE FOR THE WORK TO BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER AND COMMITMENT FROM THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY TO ADHERE TO THE ABOVE TIMING.
UM, I'M HOPING THEY WILL RESPOND TO THAT IN A POSITIVE WAY AND COME BACK AND SAY THAT YOU COULD DO IT IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR CHANGES OR COMMENTS ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE? I DON'T KNOW.
IT HAS AN ALARM SYSTEM IN THERE TO KNOW WHERE YOU CAN GET IN AND OUT WITHOUT A CARD OR SOME KIND OF ACCEPTING, UH, DOCUMENTATION IN YOUR HAND TO GET INTO THE BUILDING.
SO NOBODY ELSE CAN GO IN THERE.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS STORAGE LOCATION.
HOW LIMITED ARE WE TALKING NUMBERS? THREE, A THREE PAGE.
OUR VOTING MACHINES RIGHT NOW ARE HOUSED AT
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OUR FACILITY ON JOHN GOT ROAD AND IT'S BEHIND LOCK AND KEYS AND ONLY CERTAIN PERSONNEL IN THE OFFICE CAN EVEN ACCESS IT.SO WE HAVE A STANDARD THAT'S BEEN SET FORTH BY THE, I THINK IT'S SLED AND SOME OTHER SECURITY AGENCY MAY RECOMMENDATION TO THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION.
AND THAT'S PASSED DOWN TO THE COUNTIES ON SECURITY IS A BIG ISSUE.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT IS SECURED AT ALL TIMES.
AND SO WE EVEN LIMIT STAFF TO, TO VISIT THAT AREA WHERE WE STILL ARE BOARDING EQUIPMENT.
THIS IS THE SAME EQUIPMENT THAT WAS USED AT THE 2020 ELECTION.
SO I'LL KEEP YOU, SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE EQUIPMENT? GET IT READY FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION THAT'S COMING UP IN.
WE HAVE QUALIFIED PEOPLE ON STAFF THAT PREPARE THOSE MACHINES.
WELL, YOU HAVE TO PUT THE ELECTIONS ON THEM.
EVERY ELECTION IS DIFFERENT, SO YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE MEMORY CARDS.
NOW, NOW, NOW THAT'S, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK IN A PUBLIC FORUM ABOUT SECURITY MATTERS WITH OUR MACHINE, BUT WE WILL BE HAPPY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT PROCESS TO YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO KEEP THE LOGS IN THE BETTER IN THE MACHINE FOR A PERIOD OF 22 MONTHS, ALL WE'RE GOING TO WATCH IT.
YOU'RE GOING INTO A MACHINE AND YOU'RE MAKING CHANGES IN THE MACHINE.
THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LOGS THAT ARE PART OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM.
EVERY, EVERY ERROR ON THE HARD DRIVES AND WHATNOT, THERE'S A LOG THAT IS KEPT UP ANYTHING THAT GOES INTO THAT MACHINE.
AND IF YOU'RE IN THERE AND YOU'RE ANSWERING ANY OF THESE MACHINES AND CHANGING THE INFORMATION, WE REALLY MUST MOVE ON.
PLEASE COME TO THE DEMONSTRATION ON FRIDAY, WHERE WE CAN, WHERE WE CAN SHOW YOU THAT PROCESS AND EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU.
YOU CAN SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
THE TECH, THE TECHNICAL PART OF IT.
OF COURSE, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE FOLKS WITH THOSE KINDS OF EXPERIENCE.
BUT, UM, THE LOGS ARE NOT PHYSICALLY FROM ONE ELECTION TO THE OTHER.
YOU, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE MEMORY CHIP IN THE COMPUTER.
WHEN DID THERE ON FRIDAY, YOU CAN ASK ALL THESE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO RON, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING BACK TO YOUR LETTER? JUST NEED A MOTION THAT THIS LETTER MEET MEETS EVERYBODY'S, UM, VIEW, AND THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SEND IT FROM THE BOARD TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
SO, UM, AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF THE CHAIRMAN, THE VICE CHAIRMAN AND THE TREASURER AND THE SECRETARY TYPICALLY.
UM, AND SO SINCE CRAIG IS NOW, THE SECRETARY CAN NOT ALSO HOLD THE TREASURER IN OUR CASE, THE FINANCE CHAIR.
SO, UM, MYSOLINE MITCHELL IS GOING TO BE THE FINANCE CHAIR FROM NOW ON.
AND THEN JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD THAT SHE IS OUR NEW FINANCE CHAIR AND CRAIG IS NO LONGER THE FINANCE CHAIR.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW YOU SAID I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING THE FINANCE CHAIR AND IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT THAT'S OKAY.
UM, LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE BURN DAY, WE HAD ADMITTED THE MESS MEETING.
UM, BEVERLY IS NOT HERE FOR THE RE PRECINCT THING, BUT WE HAVE NOT MET EITHER, UM, RULES COMMITTEE, MR. ROWE.
UM, TODAY WE HAVE TAKEN A LOOK.
WE BEING THE RULES COMMITTEE AND SPECIAL THANKS TO CAROLYN AND HER DAD AND MR. MR. PROBABLY THE NEW, UH, CHAIR.
UM, WE GOT THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE GUTS OF IT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING A COUPLE OF APPENDIXES THAT WE THINK FIT MAKES, MAKES, MAKES SENSE.
I'M GOING TO BE CALLING A MEETING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE DID SIT DOWN WITH WHAT WE HAVE AT THAT POINT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY CHANGING THE MISSION STATEMENT, PERHAPS LET'S, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN IDENTIFYING BY POSITION EACH OF
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THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD UP TO DATE, THIS GENTLEMAN'S SIGNATURE GOES OFF.THAT YOUNG LADY SIGNATURE GOES ON.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF NEXT, NEXT TIME AROUND.
WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE PRETTY DARN CLOSE TO FINISHING OFF.
NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE NEW BUSINESS.
UM, THE CITY OF BUFORD WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER, UM, THE RUNNING OF THEIR ELECTIONS TO VIEW FOR COUNTY.
UM, WE EVEN RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MAMMARY AND THEY, AND IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN THEIR BOARD, WHICH USUALLY NEEDS TO BE FOR OURS WHEN WE DO OUR CANVAS HEARINGS WILL BE DISBANDED AND THEY WON'T HAVE THAT AND THAT RESPONSIBILITY WILL FALL SOLELY ON US.
UM, SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO VOTE ON THAT ISSUE, CORRECT.
WE WILL, THEN WE WILL THEN TURN IT OVER TO COUNTY COUNCIL SO THAT THEY CAN DO AN ORDINANCE AND VICE VERSA.
SO I NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TRANSFER OF ELECTIONS FROM THE CITY OF BUFORD TO OUR COUNTY BOARD.
DO I HEAR A SECOND, MR. ROWE? ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED.
UM, THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION MEETING, UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I GOT UP AND SPOKE ABOUT A NUMBER OF THE ISSUES THAT WE, AS THE BOARD WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.
UM, ONE OF THEM WAS ASKING THEM THAT WHEN THEY ARE WRITING LAWS FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR OR UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT THEY CONSIDER INCREASING THE NUMBER OF VOTERS ALLOWED PER PRECINCT.
AND WITH THE NEW CENSUS, WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME OF THEM THAT HAVE GONE OVER IN THE LAST DECADE DOWN.
SO WE'RE ASKING IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER INCREASING THE, THE NUMBER LEGALLY ALLOWED.
UM, AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE EARLY VOTING, THE PRECINCTS THAT ARE ALLOWED BY THEIR LAWS, THAT THEY ARE BY THEIR BILLS, THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON VOTING ON.
UM, SOME OF THEM SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A VOTING PRECINCT PER SQUARE MILES.
WE ASKED THEM TO RECONSIDER IF IT COMES BACK TO THE HOUSE TO MAKE THAT JUST, UM, UM, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF VOTERS IN THAT AREA, INSTEAD OF JUST THE SQUARE MILEAGE, BECAUSE SOME COUNTIES OURS INCLUDED, IF YOU DID IT BY SQUARE MILEAGE, YOU'D HAVE, WE'D HAVE TO MAN AND HAVE A VOTING PRECINCT WHERE THERE WOULD BE A HUNDRED VOTERS IN IT, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THEN OPENING, UM, THE BILLS AND THE CURRENT LAWS STATE THAT FOR THE EARLY VOTING AND THE, UM, IN-PERSON ABSENTEE THAT THE VOTER REGISTRATION OFFICE BE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, WE ASKED THAT THEY CHANGED THE WORDING.
SO THAT, THAT IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS AND FOR MUNICIPAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS ONLY MONDAY TO FRIDAY.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, HILTON HAD IS HAVING THIS SPECIAL ELECTION ON THE 31ST.
AND SO THAT WOULD MEAN WE WOULD HAVE TO OPEN THE BUFORD VOTER REGISTRATION OFFICE ON SATURDAYS.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DRIVE FROM HILTON HEADS TO BUFORD TO VOTE ON SATURDAYS.
SO, AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I SPOKE ABOUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S IT.
SO I DID, I BRIEFED THEM, THEY ASK QUESTIONS, THEY WANT TO GET SOME OF OUR REQUESTS IN WRITING JUST THAT THEY HAVE IT FOR, UM, FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND THEN MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEY DO WANT TO KEEP OPEN THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH US IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS MOVING FORWARD.
REFERENCE IN THIS PSD QUOTE, SPECIAL ELECTION.
I TELL WENDELL ABOUT THIS TODAY.
I SAY, WE'RE HAVING A GENERAL, WE'RE HAVING A ELECTION TWO WEEKS LATER AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE RULES THAT IF THERE'S A VACANCY ON THE PSD, YOU GOT SO MANY DAYS IS YOU GOT TO HAVE THE LUNCH, BUT IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF CRAZY.
WE'RE DOING ON MAY 31ST BECAUSE THAT FALLS WITHIN THE RULES SEEMS KIND OF CRAZY THAT WE GOT SEVEN OR EIGHT PRECINCTS THAT ARE HAVING THAT ELECTION.
WHEN WE GOT TO SET UP ONE, TWO WEEKS LATER, AND THESE, WE NEED TO ASK THE LEGISLATURE, UH, DELEGATION, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT COULD BE LIKE, IF YOU GOT ANOTHER ELECTION COMING IN IT'S WITHIN X AMOUNT OF DAYS THAT IT COULD BE DONE, THEN AS OPPOSED TO WHERE IT'S NOW, IT'S JUST A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS.
WELL, THERE ARE RULES ALREADY ESTABLISHED FOR THAT.
I THINK IT'S 180 DAYS BEFORE A GENERAL ELECTION THAT THIS IS
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A PRIMARY AND THERE ARE NO OTHER ELECTION HELD ON A PRIMARY BECAUSE THE PRIMARIES PARTY DRIVEN AND THEY PAY FOR THOSE ELECTIONS.SO EVEN THOUGH WE CALL THEM ANY ELECTION, IT'S NOT REALLY ANY ELECTION, IT'S THE PRIMARY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING TO HAVE THIS SPECIAL ELECTION ON THE 31ST, NOT ON THE 14TH.
WELL, NO, IT'S BECAUSE THAT WAS THE TIMEFRAME ESTABLISHED BY THE MUNICIPALITIES.
AND THAT'S WHEN IT FELL NOW, DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELECTION REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE AN ELECTION.
CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS AFTER A RESIGNATION OR DEATH, OR SOMEBODY IS KICKED OUT OF OFFICE OR WHATEVER, MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS ARE DIFFERENT FROM GENERAL ELECTION.
SO GENERAL ELECTIONS ARE USUALLY PLAN IN ADVANCE.
SO WE ALREADY KNOW THOSE DATES.
IT'S USUALLY IN JUNE FOR PRIMARIES IN NOVEMBER FOR GENERAL, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A SPECIAL, DEPENDING ON HOW THE LAWS ARE WRITTEN, IT WILL FALL ON CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS AFTER THE OFFICE WAS VACANT.
SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO DETERMINING WHETHER AN ELECTION IS, IS HELL, BUT YOU'RE SAYING WE COULDN'T HAVE THE PSD ELECTION ON JUNE THE 14TH, BECAUSE JUNE 14TH, SO PRIMARY BY PARTIES.
SO WE HAVE COUNTIES THAT HAVE AN ELECTION EVERY TUESDAY ON US AND THEY CAN'T COMBINE THEM.
IT DEPENDS ON WHEN A VACANCY OCCURS AND YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
ONCE THE VACANCY OCCURS, YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF WEEKS.
AND IT'S ALWAYS THAT TUESDAY THAT'S WHEN THAT ELECTION IS GOING TO BE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE AND NOBODY EVEN KNOWS THAT THEIR PSD ELECTION, I FOUND ONE PERSON THAT KNEW ABOUT IT OUT OF EVERYBODY I'VE TALKED TO.
SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE A BIG TURNOUT.
WE DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE A HIGH TURNOUT IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS I'M PREDICTING A VERY LOW TURNOUT.
OH, YOU NEED TO GET OUT THERE, LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ELECTIONS GOING ON.
WELL, I TRIED TO DO THAT AND THEY REALLY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AREN'T REALLY INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS A HOUSE STATE OR SOMETHING, THAT'D BE INTERESTING, BUT WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN THE VOTER REGISTRATION OFFICE LAST MONDAY, WE RECEIVED A 100 LETTERS FROM MRS. PART OF YORK.
AND MS. BARTON THAT 50 EACH STATING THEY'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED HOW THEY WENT AROUND AND FOUND PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT, UM, NO LONGER RESIDENTS IS, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WERE JUST DECEASED OR NO LONGER RESIDENCES, BUT WE HAVE A HUNDRED INDIVIDUAL LETTERS.
THEY STATED THAT THERE'S 316 TOTAL.
THEY JUST GAVE US A HUNDRED UPFRONT.
UM, AND THEY, UM, ARE CHALLENGING THE VALIDITY OF THOSE VOTER REGISTRATIONS.
AND THAT'S WHAT EACH LETTER INDICATES.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW OUR STAFF IS IN THE PROCESS OF VALIDATING THOSE VOTERS, UM, IN OUR SYSTEM EITHER BY CALLING TO SEE IF THEY'VE BEEN NOTIFIED OF AN ADVERSE CHANGE, ET CETERA.
UM, WHAT I NEED FROM THE BOARD IS OUR NEXT COURSE OF ACTION BECAUSE THE LAW THAT THEY'RE REFERENCING STATES THAT IF THEY CHALLENGE IT, THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, MEET AS A BOARD.
AND WE HAVE TO HEAR BOTH SIDES, THE CHALLENGERS AND THE VOTERS SIDE ON WHETHER OR NOT THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION SHOULD STAND.
AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE TO HIRE A COURT REPORTER.
AND WE ALSO HAVE TO NOTIFY BOTH PARTIES OF WHEN THE HEARING IS GOING TO BE HELD.
AND WITH 316, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A ONE DAY THING.
UM, BUT SO OUR NEXT COURSE OF ACTION IN SPEAKING WITH MARIE IS THE ONES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO, A LOT OF THEM THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO EITHER CONFIRM OR DENY, RIGHT.
UM, BUT THE REST OF THEM, WE WOULD NEED TO SEND OUT CONFIRMATION CARDS MUCH LIKE THE SEC DOES WHEN THEY'RE VERIFYING AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
IF WE DON'T RECEIVE THEM BACK.
AND WE COULD EVEN PUT ON THE CONFIRMATION CARD, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T HEAR BACK FROM YOU BY SUCH AND SUCH DATE, MARIE CAN EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT AS FAR AS MY KNOWLEDGE OF THAT GOES, NO, WE HAVE, UM, ABILITY TO CHANGE THE VOTER STATUS IN THE SYSTEM, BUT WE HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS TO THAT.
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WHEN THERE IS AN ADDRESS CHANGE, WE MUST RECEIVE A REQUEST FROM THE VOTER TO CHANGE THE ADDRESS.NOW, WHEN WE DO THE VERIFICATION PROCESS AND SEND OUT CONFIRMATION CARDS, OH, WE ARE ASKING TO, I MEAN, FROM THE VOTERS IS TO RETURN THAT INFORMATION TO US SO THAT WE CAN UPDATE OUR VOTER ROLES.
AND, UM, MOST OF THE TIME, UM, HALF OF THE LETTERS ARE SENT BACK TO US.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST NOT DELIVERED THE OTHER HALF OF THE TIME, WE MAY BE RECEIVING A, A STICKER FROM THE POST OFFICE THAT THIS PERSON MAY HAVE MOVED.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE CAN CHANGE THE STATUS AND THE VOTERS RECORD TO INACTIVE.
BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT AUTOMATICALLY.
WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE VOTER TO BE NOTIFIED AND THEN WE COULD CHANGE THEIR STATUS IN THE RECORD.
SO I THINK THE REQUEST, UM, MS. YORK AND MS. BARTON IS THAT WE KNOW THAT LEGALLY, WE ONLY HAVE 10 DAYS, WHICH IS TOMORROW, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO NOTIFY A HUNDRED VOTERS AND, UM, SET UP A HEARING, CONVENE THE BOARD TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THE CHALLENGES.
SO WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO LIKE MS. JEAN SAID IS FIRST, LET'S GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SEE WHO WILL RESPOND.
AND THOSE THAT DID NOT RESPOND, WE CAN TAKE SOME ACTIONS AS TO MAKE THEM INACTIVE.
FOR THOSE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THAT HAVE ALREADY CHANGED.
THEY ADDRESS, UPDATED THEIR ADDRESSES.
UM, WE FOUND THAT OUT AND SOME OF THOSE ARE YOUR CARVER VOTERS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE MILITARY OR VOTING OVER FROM OVERSEAS.
UM, AND THEY ARE USING THOSE ADDRESSES.
SO WE WILL COMPILE A SPREADSHEET OF SOME SORT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MANY VOTERS FROM THE 100 THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED, UM, EITHER MOVED OR POTENTIALLY MOVED.
THE ONES THAT ARE YOU ARE COVID VOTERS, THE ONE WHO HAVE ALREADY UPDATED, WHATEVER WE FIND AND NOTIFY YOU ON THAT.
AND WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU WILL NO LONGER CHALLENGE THOSE VOTERS.
AND SO THE ONLY ONE THAT WOULD BE LEFT WOULD BE THE ONES WHO WE MAY NOT HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THAT IS YET, BUT WE WILL ASK FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING FOR THE JUNE PRIMARIES AND TRAINING POLL MANAGERS.
AND THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO, WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IN ORDER TO MAKE A RULING ON ANY DISPOSITION OF ANY OF THOSE LETTERS.
THAT'S IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THOSE PEOPLE, WE JUST KEEP THEM ON THE ROLLS FOREVER.
AND DEFINITELY IF YOU EVER HEAR, OKAY, IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM THEM, THEN WE CAN CHANGE THEIR STATUS TO INACTIVE.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
IF WE SHOULD PUT A TIMEFRAME ON THERE, GIVE THEM A LEASE UNTIL THE END OF MAY TO RESPOND.
AND IF THEY DON'T RESPOND BY THE END OF MAY, THEN WE CAN TAKE FURTHER ACTION.
THAT WAS A LOT OF THE RESEARCH WE DID BY MAILING OUT TO THESE ADDRESSES.
AND IT CAME BACK UNDELIVERABLE WITH THE YELLOW STICKER FROM THE POST OFFICE, OR I DON'T KNOW, OR IF THEY WERE DECEASED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF WHAT WE DID.
ALL THAT RESEARCH AND SIGNED PEOPLE AFFIDAVITS THAT WE'VE HAD NOTARIZED.
WE GOT A TON OF THAT, SO WILL GET MORE OF THESE WATERS, RIGHT? SO WE, UM, WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
SO, UM, IS IT OKAY IF I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO OVERWHELM, I'M ALREADY OVERWHELMED.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE.
LIKE I SAID, WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE TO DO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE VERIFICATION PROCESS AND UNDERSTAND
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THAT, UM, CLIMBING FOR AN ELECTION TRAINING POLE MANAGERS, AND WE HAVE ALL THE WORKING ON IT, BUT IT DOES TAKE TIME.AND I HAVE TO SAY, I APPRECIATE YOU.
WE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS, I WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE LEERY.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW GOING FORWARD, THOUGH, FOR CLEANING UP THESE VOTER ROLLS, YOU GOT 71%.
I GUESS THAT'S THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW IS SENDING OUT THE CONFIRMATION CARDS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
BUT IF SOMEBODY SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, VOTED IN THIS NOVEMBER, WE'RE NOT INACTIVELY CHECKING EVERY SINGLE VOTER, EVERY ELECTION OR EVERY AFTER EVERY ELECTION, LIKE, OKAY, DID THEY DIE NOW? BECAUSE IF THEY VOTED IN NOVEMBER, THEN IF THEY DON'T VOTE FOR A COUPLE OF GENERAL ELECTIONS, THAT'S WHEN THEIR FLAG DOES INACTIVE.
THIS PERSON HASN'T BEEN VOTING.
AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY THAT HAPPENS.
MAYBE, MAYBE THEY'RE DECEASED.
MAYBE THEY DECIDED NOT TO VOTE.
SO AFTER I THINK HOW MANY TIMES HAVE
THEY MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OR TWO.
AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ALL OF THE FILES BECAUSE I'M WORKING ON SOME AND STAFF MEMBERS ARE WORKING ON SOME.
AND FROM THE ONE I FOUND, I THINK THAT WAS ONLY ONE PERSON THAT VOTED BACK IN 2012 OR SOMETHING.
AND HAVEN'T VOTED SINCE THEN, BUT TYPICALLY THEY ARE VOTING.
SOME OF THEM VOTED IN THE LAST NOVEMBER ELECTION.
SO AGAIN, WE WILL STILL SEND THE CARDS FOR VERIFICATION AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ESTABLISHED SHOULD BE CHANGED.
AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHO THOSE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY THEY ARE.
WE MAY BE MISINTERPRETED, BUT JUST TO ADD IT A LOT.
AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT, WERE THERE ANY ITEMS IN THAT BATCH? YEAH.
THEY VOTED IN 2020 THROUGH THE CANVAS, SAY WE GO TO THE HOUSE AND THEN FIND THE OWNER OF THAT ADDRESS THAT ARE YOU MRS. SO-AND-SO.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE
NO, THEY HAVEN'T LIVED HERE IN
AND SO NOW WE DO HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FOLKS THAT WE CAN TALK AT OUR MANPOWER TOWARDS, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
AND I'M SURE THAT WE'LL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENT TO THE ROLE.
ALL RIGHT, MARIE, YOUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT PLEASE.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH DUE TO IT'S VERY SHORT.
WE ONLY HAVE TWO OVERVIEWS ELECTIONS UPDATE AND SOME MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE HILTON HEAD PSD ELECTION IN-PERSON ABSENTEE WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, MAY THE SECOND.
WE WILL BE OPEN FROM NINE TO FOUR AND WE WILL BE OPEN IN ALL THREE LOCATIONS.
WE WILL BE CONCENTRATING ON HILTON HEAD, BUT WE WILL HAVE VOTING MACHINES AVAILABLE IN BLUFFTON AND BUFORD, JUST IN CASE ANYONE DROPS BY OUR OFFICE AND WANT TO VOTE ABSENTEE IN PERSON.
YOU THINK SOMEBODY MIGHT COME FROM HILTON HEAD TO BE FOR DEVOTE IN THE PSD ELECTION? YEAH.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO MAY LIVE ON HILTON HEAD, BUT WORK IN BUFORD.
AND WHILE THEY ARE IN BEEF, THEY MAY WANT TO VOTE IN THE PSD ELECTION.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ALL THREE OF OUR EARLY VOTING SITES.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T CALL IT THAT WE DON'T HAVE EARLY VOTING IN PERSON ABSENTEE SITES, BUT AS EVERY MINDER IN-PERSON ABSENTEE PROCESSES WILL BE REVERTING BACK TO WHAT WE CALL THE PRE COVID PROCEDURES.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, UM, WHEN YOU COME TO VOTE IN PERSON, YOU
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WILL BE ISSUED ABOUT CARD.THAT BALLOT CARD WILL BE TAKEN TO THE VOTING MACHINE.
ALONG WITH A BALLOT HERE IN OUR ENVELOPE, YOU WILL MAKE YOUR SELECTION, REVIEW IT, MAKING SURE THAT YOUR SELECTION IS CORRECT.
YOU WILL THEN TAKE YOUR BALLOT CARD AND PLACE IT IN AN ENVELOPE.
IT WILL BE SEALED AND PLACED IN A BALLOT BOX.
YOU WILL NOT BE SCARING YOUR BALLOTS AT THE IN-PERSON ABSENTEE PRECINCT FOR THIS ELECTION, NOR THE JUNE ELECTION.
IF EARLY VOTING, IF THAT EARLY VOTING BILL DOESN'T PASS THAT WE WILL BE DOING THAT AT ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS.
UM, WE, WE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE PUBLIC TESTS FOR THE PSD WILL BEAT FRIDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK ON JOHN GALT ROAD.
AND THAT'S OUR MAIN OFFICE AND THE JUNE PRIMARIES THEY'RE PUBLIC TESTS WILL BE MADE A 13.
WE WILL BE OPENING UP THE IN-PERSON ABSENTEE FOR THE JUNE PRIMARIES ON MAY THE 16TH.
SO PRIMARY FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION, WE ARE SENDING OUT YOUR COVER BALLOTS, WHICH IS DUE OUT BY THE 30TH OF APRIL AND AGAIN, TRAINING FOR THE, OH, I'M SORRY.
I THINK THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE, BUT THE TRAINING, MR. MR. WEDGWORTH THE TRAINING FOR THE PSD ELECTION POLL MANAGERS WILL BE ON MAY THE 12TH.
AND SO WE WILL HAVE A SESSION AT 10 O'CLOCK AND ONE AT THREE.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE AS FAR, UM, THE JUNE PRIMARY WORKSHOP SPONSORED ABOUT S EDC IS ON THURSDAY THAT'S TOMORROW.
AND I WILL BE IN COLUMBIA FOR THAT WORKSHOP.
I THINK WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
ONE THING I DO NEED TO MENTION IS THAT, UM, THE PARTIES, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY THE 29TH TO SUBMIT A LIST OF PROSPECTIVE MANAGERS FOR EACH PRECINCT TO SUE THE OFFICE.
GLENDALE IS GOING THROUGH THAT LIST.
THE STATUS OF THOSE POLL MANAGERS, AND YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A COPY OF IT.
MOST OF THOSE FOLKS ARE ALREADY SCHEDULED TO WORK, BUT JUST IN CASE THEY ARE NOT, YOU WILL KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
SO WE WILL NEED TO TRY AND PLACE AT LEAST ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PARTY AT THE MOST, AT THE THREE SITE IN EVERY PRECINCT, EVERY PRECINCT.
SO IT'S NOT WHAT I AM GOING DOWN.
AND THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE SOMEONE, I KNOW EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH, BUT SELFISH, DEZ THEY'RE BEING SKETCHY BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T WORKED IN A LONG TIME.
SO WHEN I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, YOU MIGHT FIND YOUR PEOPLE RIGHT HERE AND YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM A HALL.
DO YOU NEED SOMEBODY? BECAUSE, UM, I HAVEN'T.
I KNOW BECAUSE THEIR NAMES ON THE PLACE NUMBER OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW THE NAMES.
WELL, I MEAN, THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY WHO, PEOPLE WHO WORK, NOBODY'S CALLING AT ALL.
SO WHEN YOU SEE ACTIVE NEXT TO THEIR STATUS, IT WILL HELP.
I'M GOING TO SEND YOU YOUR PRESENTS.
I MIGHT
THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME SO FAR.
AND AS LOOSE DESIGN, THIS IS SHORT.
THAT MEANS I'LL HAVE A LOT OF,
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WE UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.SO YOU, YOU, EXCEPT FOR ONE TIME, YEAH.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME, THE PEOPLE WHO I AM ASSIGNED ALREADY.
SO YOU SHOULD KNOW, THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING.
AND THEN THAT YOU LOOK AS AN ADJUSTMENT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OR WHATEVER.
LET ME KNOW IF I NEED TO CLEAN IT UP, WHATEVER SOMETHING, LET ME DOWN.
SHE GOES, WELL, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO SET UP TO BE BLUNT, PICK THEIR OWN CLASSES AND STUFF.
I'M TAKING A MINUTE TO TALK THROUGH IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO SIGN THEM UP ON TOP OF THE FOOD BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE INCLUDED.
AND MOST OF THEM, ONCE THEY DO IT, THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THEMSELVES.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE TIME TO SAY, HEY, FOLLOW ME.
AND WE GO STEP ON DEPTH AND THEY SIGN UP FOR CLASS AND THEY'RE EXCITED.
AND MOST OF THESE DONE NOW THE NEXT TIME, OKAY.
PERMIT ME TO GO IN AND SIGN SOMEBODY UP.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, WHICH IS THE EARLY VOTING BILL.
AND THAT BILL IS IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY OF NOT PASSING THIS SESSION.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE FULL FORCE GOING BACK AND TRAINING ON THE OLD PROCESSES BECAUSE THIS BILL MAY NOT PASS.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO PASS.
SO, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE GLIMMER OF HOPE.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT WILL NOT AT THIS STAGE REDISTRICTING.
UM, WE HAVE UPDATED ALL OF OUR VOTERS RECORD WITH THE NEW DISTRICT INFORMATION.
AND SO THEY ARE READY FOR BOTH ELECTIONS.
UM, WE'VE RECEIVED THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD DISTRICT CHANGES THIS PAST WEEK.
AND WE WILL NOT BE UPDATING THAT PORTION OF THE VOTERS RECORD UNTIL AFTER THE JUNE PRIMARIES.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE, THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION IS BUILDING THOSE OUT.
THEY BUILDING THOSE DATABASES RIGHT NOW, AND WE DON'T WANT TO UPSET ANYTHING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED THAT THEY'RE ALL IN THERE CORRECTLY, AND WE DON'T WANT ANY CHANGES TO THAT.
AND WE WILL GO BACK AND INPUT THE DISTRICTS FOR THE HILTON HEAD TOWN COUNCIL SEATS, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ON THE JUNE PRIMARY.
THEY, THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON A NEW PHONE GREETING FOR THE OFFICE.
AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO OR ATTEMPTING TO DO IS TRY TO ANSWER SOME OF THE COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS UPFRONT WHEN SOMEONE CALLED INTO THE OFFICE.
SO VOTERS WILL BE GOING THROUGH A PROP STATE, DIFFERENT COMMS STAGES.
IF YOU CALLING ABOUT BECOMING A POLL MANAGER, PRESS A CERTAIN NUMBER, AND THEY WILL DIRECT YOU STRAIGHT TO HOW TO BECOME A POOR MANAGER.
IF YOU ARE CALLING ABOUT THE STATUS OF YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO GO TO A CERTAIN PLACE.
AND THEN IF YOU CAN'T, IF WE CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IN ONE OF THOSE PROMPTS, UM, YOU WILL THEN BE CONNECTED TO A LIVE PERSON.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET THIS DOWN BECAUSE WE DID GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN WE ARE IN THAT ELECTION MODE, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS VERY, VERY BUSY.
AND SO WE DON'T ALWAYS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN A PERSON IS CALLING.
SO MOST OF THOSE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED, JUST AUTOMATED SO AUTOMATICALLY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO.
AND THAT SHOULD BE IN EFFECT HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE JUNE PRIMARIES, WE GOT A TEST AT FIRST.
NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST THROW IT OUT THERE.
AND WE, WE WILL HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO TWEAK IT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WORKS, WHAT WILL NOT WORK, WHAT WE MAY ADD, WHAT WE MAY TAKE AWAY FROM IT AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO WE WILL, IT'S EXPERIMENTAL RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M HOPING THAT IT WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH A LIVE PERSON AT THE OFFICE.
JUST THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE QUESTION.
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OKAY.UM, THE SCARE MEDIA CONFERENCE, SOME OF YOU WHO ATTENDED YOU ALL THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING AND THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DID.
I THINK ALL THE FOLKS THAT CAME, UM, ENJOYED THEMSELVES, UM, YOU GUYS, UM, Y'ALL REALLY MADE ME PROUD.
SO THERE WERE A LOT OF TALK AFTER THE CONFERENCE ABOUT HOW MUCH FUN THEY HAD AND THE INFORMATION THAT THEY RECEIVED, THE VENDORS WERE THERE AND THEY HAD DEMONSTRATIONS AND IT WAS JUST ALL, ALL AROUND WELL SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE.
LET'S SAY THAT THE ATTENDANCE WAS TWICE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT WHY THE ATTENDANCE WAS TWICE, WHAT THE NORMAL NUMBER.
I THINK PEOPLE JUST WANT IT TO COME TO BUFORD, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
BUT IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT'S LIKELY NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM KNOW SHE LIVES ANOTHER LIFE WHO HAPPENS TO BE PRESIDENT OF SCARE, WHICH IS QUITE ODD.
SO THEY WANTED TO IMPRESS ME NOW.
NO, NO, WE, WE PROMOTED IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURE AND ANY OF THE PRESIDENTS COULD DO THAT IS I THINK THE FED HAS A LOT OF HISTORY AND SOME OF THE FOLKS FROM THE UPSTATE, THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MUCH WATER, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
SO IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
WE GOT TO EXPOSE PEOPLE TO OUR QUAINT LITTLE TOWN AND, UM, AND THEY LEARNED SOME OF THE HISTORY OF BUFORD.
SO I THINK IT WORKED WELL, UM, FOR THE ECONOMY, A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DIDN'T WANT TO COME BACK ON VACATION.
UM, THE ANNUAL CONFERENCES PLAN NEXT YEAR IN FEBRUARY, AND YOU WILL BE GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON THAT LATER ON.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY HILTON HEAD.
WHAT KIND OF PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT.
IF YOU LIVE ON THE NORTHERN AND OF HILTON HEAD, YOU MAY BE IN THAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS FOR YOU MAYBE.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK YOUR SNAPS TO SEE IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THAT DISTRICT.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO ADD? NO.
UM, CRAIG IS EXCITED THAT HE HAS TAKEN ON TWO NEW PRECINCTS.
HE NOW GETS TO CHESSY ONE AND TWO, WHICH DRIVE YOU FOR JASPER COMP HEALTH AND I'LL PUMP THAT'S IT.
UM, SO THOSE ARE NO LONGER CAROLINE FURMAN'S RESPONSIBILITY.
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO STEP OUTSIDE OF THAT CITY.
UM, NEXT, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, IF WE FOLLOW THE SCHEDULE IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 25TH, BUT SINCE WE ARE MEETING THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON JUNE 2ND FOR THE CANVAS HEARING FOR THE PSD, UM, IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, WE CAN MOVE IT TO JUNE 2ND, FOLLOWING THE CANVAS HEARING.
I JUST NEED A MOTION, JIM, UM, UM, FOR AN, A DEBT SECOND.
AND PLEASE KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 15 JOHN GALT ROAD.
SO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.