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GOOD AFTERNOON TODAY IS FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH.
AND AT THIS TIME I, UM, RECONVENE OUR, THE CERTIFICATION HEARING FOR THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS OF BEAVER COUNTY.
UM, CAN WE PLEASE ALL SANFORD 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.
UM, AT THIS TIME, ONE MINUTE, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM? I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I AM DULY QUALIFIED, THAT I AM DUALLY QUALIFIED, ACCORDING TO THE TRUST OF THIS STATE, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE, TO EXERCISE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, TO WHICH I HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO EXERCISE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, TO WHICH I'VE BEEN APPOINTED.
AND THEN I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND THAT I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, THEREOF, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE AND, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE AND OF THE UNITED STATES.
SO HELP ME, GOD, LORD, WILL YOU PLEASE RISE TO DO YOUR, TO TAKE YOUR OATH AS WELL? I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I AM DUALLY QUALIFIED, QUALIFIED, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE TO EXERCISE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OFFICE, TO WHICH I HAVE BEEN APPOINTED, WHICH I HAVE, AND THAT I WILL, AND I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, MY ABILITY TO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES THEREOF IS CHARGED AND PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE AND OF THE UNITED STATES.
SO YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR PREVIOUS, WE HAD OUR PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED CANVAS HEARING, UM, AND OUR INTENTION WAS TO CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF THE JUNE 14TH PRIMARY HELD ON TUESDAY.
UM, DURING THAT MEETING, WELL, DURING RECESS, WE WERE ASKED BY THE STATE TO RE TABULATE ALL OF THE BALLOTS FOR THE ENTIRE ELECTION.
THIS WAS TO INCLUDE MALIN, ABSENTEE, FAIL, SAFE, UM, EARLY VOTING ELECTION DAY RESULTS.
AND THE PROVISIONAL THAT WE APPROVED AND ACCEPTED DURING THE CANVAS HEARING, WHAT THEY WANTED IN RETURN WAS A COPY OF OUR RESULTS, THE UNOFFICIAL RESULTS.
AFTER THAT, THEY ALSO WANTED A COPY OF ALL THE ZERO TAPES FOR EACH PRECINCT AND LOCATION AND THE RESULTS TAPES FOR EACH PRECINCT AND LOCATION, AS WELL AS THE ELECTION NIGHT REPORT THAT IF IT WAS ELECTION NIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED TO UPDATE SC VOTES.
SO WE PUT OUT THE NOTICE THAT WE WERE GOING TO RECONVENE TODAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 24 HOURS LATER, WE STARTED THE TABULATION AT ONE O'CLOCK YESTERDAY.
WE HAD TO GET EVERYTHING READY BECAUSE WE HAD TO GET ALL THE MACHINES SET UP TO BE ABLE TO READ THESE BALLOTS AGAIN.
SO WE STARTED TABULATING PROBABLY LIKE THE FIRST BALLOT WENT THROUGH A SCANNER AROUND 2:00 PM YESTERDAY.
WE CONTINUED WITH THE USE OF EIGHT SCANNERS, SIX THAT YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR PRECINCT ON ELECTION DAY AND TWO, WHICH ARE MUCH LARGER AND CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE VOLUME AT A TIME WITH THE USE OF THOSE EIGHT SCANNERS, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND OUR STAFF AND MARIE SMALLS HERE AS A TEAM, WE SCANNED EACH AND EVERY VALID ONE VOCATION AT A TIME.
AND WE FINISHED THAT TABULATION BETWEEN NINE 30 AND 10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, AT WHICH TIME WE HAD TAKEN ALL OF THE RESULTS TAPES IN ZERO TAPES AND, UM, AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT THE STATE REQUIRED FROM US.
AND WE SENT THAT TO THEM FOR REVIEW AND THEY HAVE SINCE REVIEWED OUR UNOFFICIAL RESULTS, UM, ALL OF OUR ZERO TAPES AND OUR, UM, RESULTS TAPES, UM, FOR EVERY SINGLE, UM, I SAY PRECINCT, BUT TO INCLUDE MALIN, ABSENTEE,
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FAIL, SAFE, PROVISIONAL, EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY VOTING.UM, AND THEY SAY THAT EVERYTHING MATCHES EVERYTHING, ALL OF THE RESULTS TAPES MATCH TO WHAT OUR REPORT SAYS.
ALONG WITH THAT, WHEN WE WERE CONDUCTING THIS EACH AND EVERY TIME WE COMPLETED A PRECINCT, WE LOOKED AT THE REPORT THAT SAID PRECINCT ONE HAD, I DUNNO, 457 VOTES.
AND WHEN WE SCAN THE BALLOTS, WE TOO CAME UP WITH 450.
SO EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THIS ELECTION, EVERY SINGLE PRECINCT MATCHED EXACTLY TO WHAT THE, UM, THE RESULTS TAPES FROM THOSE LOCATIONS DID BY ELECTION DAY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE STATE HAS LOOKED AT EVERYTHING.
THEY DEEMED THAT IT ALL MATCHED AND THEY GAVE US THE GO-AHEAD TO GO AHEAD AND CERTIFY THE SELECTION.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MOVE INTO THIS.
AND WE WENT INTO THIS PROCESS VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE HAD A GAME PLAN BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THERE WERE, UM, 31,000 BALLOTS WERE CAST.
SO WE HAD TO SCAN THEM EACH INDIVIDUALLY.
SO WE WENT INTO IT TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE, UM, TRANSPARENT AND WITH COMPLETE ELECTION INTEGRITY IN MIND.
SO THERE WAS A TEAM OF US BACK THERE ALL NIGHT FROM ONE O'CLOCK UNTIL SOME OF US HAVEN'T EVEN GONE HOME YET.
THERE WERE WITNESSES ALL NIGHT.
WE HAD, UM, SPECTATORS THAT CAME TO WATCH CANDIDATES REPRESENTATIVE FROM CANDIDATES, POLITICAL PARTIES, PRIVATE CITIZENS.
SO WE DID HAVE PEOPLE IN THERE, UM, UP UNTIL IT GOT FAIRLY LATE AT NIGHT.
SO, AND THEY WERE, THEY TOO WERE LOOKING AT OUR RESULTS TAPES AND OUR, UM, ZERO TAPES AND WHATNOT.
SO THERE WERE PEOPLE HERE OBSERVING THE PROCESS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THE CANVAS PORTION OF OUR, THE CERTIFICATION PORTION OF OUR, UM, MEETING TODAY.
AND SO WE WILL, I WILL READ IN THE RESULTS OF EACH OF THE RACES.
CAUSE IT IS UNOFFICIAL RAIN, 98 OUT OF 98 PRECINCTS REPORTING, BUT DON'T, WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT TO BE OKAY.
THAT, UM, 95 OUT OF 95 ABSENTEE OR EARLY PRECINCTS ARE REPORTING 150,109 REGISTERED VOTERS BALLOTS CAST IN TOTAL WERE 30 1059.
REPUBLICAN BALLOTS CAST 23,868 DEMOCRATIC BALLOTS CAST 7,191 FOR A VOTER TURNOUT OF 20.6, 9% IN THE, IN THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR'S RACE.
HENRY MCMASTER'S HAD 19,635 VOTES HARRISON.
MUSSELWHITE HAD 3,386 VOTES HENRY MCMASTER'S WON THAT RACE BY 85.2, 9% REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATE KEITH BLANCHFORD HAD 6,327 VOTES.
MARK HAMMON WON THAT RACE WITH 68.64% OF THE VOTES IN BUFORD COUNTY.
UM, REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL RACE, LAUREN MARTEL, 9,270 VOTES.
HE WON THE RACE IN BUFORD COUNTY WITH 55.3, 1% OF THE VOTES REPUBLICAN STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
BRIAN CHAPMAN, 3,415 KIZZY GIBSON, 1,570 LINDA LIVE VENTAS WELLS.
UM, ELLEN WEAVER WON THE RACE IN BUFORD COUNTY WITH A MARGIN OF 27% OF THE VOTES
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REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, BILL BLEDSOE, 7,178, BOB ROCHER, 2,822 HUGH WEATHER'S, 8,764 AND BUFORD COUNTY HUGH WEATHER'S ONE WITH 46.71% OF THE VOTE REPUBLICAN US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT ONE, KATIE ARRINGTON, 10,708.NANCY MAKES 12,380 LENZ PIPER LOOMIS 3003.
NANCY MAY SWAN IN BUFORD COUNTY WITH 52.8, 2% OF THE VOTES REPUBLICAN STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 1 21, ERIC ERICKSON, 955, TIMOTHY SWAIN, 372 ERIC ERICKSON, ONE IN BUFORD COUNTY WITH 71.9% OF THE VOTES REPUBLICAN SHERIFF PJ TANNER, 14,447.
JOE JOE WARD WARD, 8,708 PJ TANNER ONE IN BUFORD COUNTY WITH 62.39% OF THE VOTE.
REPUBLICAN AUDITOR, DAVID CAD, 13,315, WILLIE TRL, 6,496.
DAVID CAD WON IN BUFORD COUNTY WITH 67.2, 1% OF THE VOTE REPUBLICAN COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, DAVID BARTHOLOMEW, 1,333, PAUL SOMERVILLE, 1,208.
DAVID BARTHOLOMEW WON WITH 52.46% OF THE VOTE REPUBLICAN COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, ALICE HOWARD, 1060 JOSH SCARLATTI 925.
ALICE HOWARD WON WITH 53.4% OF THE VOTE REPUBLICAN COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, MICHAEL COVERT, 1,130 TAB TO BERNEKE 1,433 TAB TO BURN BERNANKE ONE WITH 55.91% OF THE VOTE REPUBLICAN COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT, PAULA BROWN, 1,243 JOHNS MARTLEY 999 PAULA BROWN, ONE WITH 55.4, 4% OF THE VOTE REPUBLICAN COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, MARK LAWSON 959 SHELLY WEST HODGES, 472 MARK LAWSON, ONE WITH 67.2% 0.02% OF THE VOTE REPUBLICAN COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 11, TAMMY RATES, 1,786 STEW RODMAN 901 TAMMY READS ONE WITH 66.4% 47% OF THE VOTE.
ONE WITH 83.3, 6% OF THE VOTE.
REPUBLICAN QUESTION NUMBER TWO.
IN FAVOR OF THE QUESTION HAD 71.9, 8% OF THE VOTE REPUBLICAN QUESTION THREE.
UM, HAD 88.5, 8% OF THE VOTE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT, GOVERNOR CARLTON VOID 153, JOE CUNNINGHAM, 5,572 MIA MCLEOD, 1,226, CALVIN CJ MACK MACMILLAN, 89, WILLIAM H. WILLIAMS 91, JOE CUNNINGHAM ONE IN BUFORD COUNTY WITH 78.1, 4% OF THE VOTE.
DEMOCRATIC STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
GARY L. BURGESS 2034, LISA ELLIS, 3,790 JERRY GAUVIN 837 LISA ELLIS, ONE IN BUFORD COUNTY WITH 56.9% OF THE VOTE DEMOCRATIC US SENATE, KATHERINE FLEMING, BRUCE, 2,808.
ANGELA GREER OR GATOR 1,582 CRYSTAL MATTHEWS, 2,209 AND BUFORD COUNTY KATHERINE FLEMING.
BRUCE HAD ONE WITH 43.17% OF THE VOTE DEMOCRATIC STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 1 21, MARVIN LAMAR BOWENS, 181 MICHAEL F RIVER SR 1,259 MICHAEL RIVERS, ONE IN BUFORD COUNTY WITH
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87.4, 3% OF THE BOATS.AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO CERTIFY THESE RESULTS AND MAKE THEM OFFICIAL.
SECOND, BEVERLY SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED IT IS SO MOVED THAT THESE RESULTS HAVE NOW BECOME OFFICIAL AND WE DO ALREADY HAVE THOSE OFFICIALS.
DO I NEED TO DO ANYTHING? OKAY.
UM, AT THIS TIME I JUST HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE, UM, FOR YOUR EDUCATION.
UM, THERE WILL BE TO STATEWIDE RUNOFFS ON TWO WEEKS FROM THE PASSAGE, WHICH IS WHAT DATE THE 28TH ON JUNE 28TH.
IF YOU DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE JUNE 14TH PRIMARY, YOU CAN VOTE ON ELECTION DAY IN ANY PARTIES IN ANY PARTY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ON THAT DAY, THE TWO RACES ARE OVER FOR REPUBLICAN STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION AND ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE US SENATE.
SO, BUT IF YOU DID VOTE IN A PRIMARY ON JUNE 14, YOU CAN ONLY VOTE IN THAT PRIMARY ON JUNE 28TH.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VOTERS OF BUFORD COUNTY WERE THE SAME, THE SAME PARTY YOU VOTED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UM, DEMOCRATIC WERE NOT FOR US SENATE.
AND THERE ARE NO LOCAL RUNOFFS AT THIS TIME OR AT ALL, THERE ARE NO LOCAL RUNOFF IN BUFORD COUNTY.
THEY WILL ONLY BE THESE STATEWIDE RACES.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NOPE.
OH, THE ENR REPORTS THAT WAS SENT TO THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, UM, WILL BE UPDATED, ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY, THEY'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF CERTIFYING THE RESULTS FOR THE STATE, BUT IT, THE ELECTION NIGHT REPORT.
SO THOSE NUMBERS ON S C VOTES.GOV WILL BE UPDATED.
THEY JUST WILL NOT BE AN IMMEDIATE UPDATE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.