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. SHE'S GOING TO BE OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON.
[I. Call to Order Followed by Pledge of Allegiance]
THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF PARDONS RIGHT THE STATION AND ELECTIONS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. IT'S 28TH DAY OF JUNE 2023 AND THE TIME IS TWO OR THREE.PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 25 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOW PUBLIC
[II. Public Comments]
COMMENTS. IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY, PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND HAVE 5 MINUTES TO DELIVER YOUR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT THERE IS NO COMMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.[III. Minutes from Meeting on: May 24, 2023 – Board Meeting]
NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO OUR MINUTES FROM OUR LAST BOARD MEETING WHICH WAS HELD MAY 24TH 23. DID EVERYONE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I HOPE YOU DID TO READ OVER THE MINUTES AND IF YOU HAVE I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION PLEASE WHEN YOU MAKE THE MOTION PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME THAT ARE MAKING THIS MOTION AND WHOEVER DID IT ALSO DO THE SAME.WE CAN HAVE GOOD INFORMATION FOR OUR RECORD SO DON'T MOVE THIS MOTION FOR A MINUTE TO BE APPROVED. ALL RIGHT THERE SECOND CORRECTLY SECOND FRANK KELLY.
OKAY. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECOND THAT OUR MINUTES FROM MAY 24TH BOARD MEETING BE ACCEPTED READY FOR QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR I ALL RIGHT AYES HAVE
[IV. Introduction of New Board Members]
IT THANK INTRODUCTION OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME IF YOU WOULD EVEN STAND TO RAISE YOUR HAND SO EVERYONE THAT WATCHING TODAY WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PUT A NAME WITH THE FACE GOING TO SPOT TO MY LEFT MR. JAMES JIM BAKKER THIS MR. BARTHOLOMEW LET THEM SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEMSELVES, OKAY MR. BACA WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A LITTLE HIGHLIGHT ABOUT YOURSELF PLEASE SIR, I HAVE BEEN KIND OF ASSOCIATED WITH YOU FOR ACCOUNTING A NUMBER OF YEARS STARTING OFF WITH TWO AND COMING ON FAMILY VACATIONS.WE HAD WE BOUGHT A LOT IN NORFOLK COUNTY 2000 BUILT THE HOUSE AND 2012 AND MOVED KIND OF SEMI FULL TIME IN 2015. AND I'M ALSO INVOLVED AS A OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING INVOLVED IN AS MANY THINGS AS I CAN HELP THIS BOY OUT WITH. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WELCOME WELCOME.
NEXT WE HAVE DON LUCAS AND DONALD LUCAS LIKE JIM'S YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU IF YOU DON'T SPEAK INTO THE MIKE. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO YOU MIGHT WANT TO SIT DOWN SO THAT THEY CAN GET YOU GUYS. I'M DONALD LUCAS AND LIKE JIM MENTIONED, WE STARTED COMING DOWN HERE FOR VACATIONS IN THE EIGHTIES AND SO WE KNEW EARLY ON THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD EVENTUALLY WIND UP. WE ACTUALLY MOVED DOWN HERE MY WIFE KAREN AND I NINE YEARS AGO FOR LAST EIGHT YEARS OR SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN ELECTION ACTIVITY ONE YEAR AS A POLL MANAGER AND THE REMAINING SEVEN OR SO I GUESS AS A POLL CLERK AT PRECINCT SEE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND I LOOK FORWARD TO INVOLVEMENT WITH THIS WITH THIS DISTINGUISHED AND I HOPE WE CAN BETTER SERVE THE CONSTITUENTS OF COUNTY.
THANK YOU AND WELCOME ABOARD. ELIZABETH JOHNSON HELLO, I'M ELIZABETH JOHNSON AND I ALSO AM NOT A NATIVE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AM I? WE MOVED IN 2015.
I LIVE ON LADIES ISLAND AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ELECTIONS.
I INITIALLY WAS A POLL WATCHER . I WAS A POLL MANAGER AND THEN I SAW SEVERAL IN ELECTIONS AS A POLL CLERK AND I HOPEFUL THAT I CAN DO A JOB THAT WILL MAKE THE VOTING EXPERIENCE PLEASANT AND COMFORTABLE FOR OUR VOTERS AND SO THEY'LL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTIONS AND WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE I'M HOPEFUL THAT I CAN IT THANK YOU THANK
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YOU AND WELCOME ABOARD MR. HERBERT FOR IT MY NAME IS HERBERT FORD.I AM A FIFTH GENERATION NATIVE FROM HILTON HEAD. UNLIKE MY COLLEAGUES I DIDN'T MOVE. THIS IS HOME. I RETIRED IN 2009 FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RETURNED TO HILTON HEAD AND IMMEDIATELY MYSELF INTO THE COMMUNITY.
HE SPENT 12 YEARS AS A COMMISSIONER FOR THE HILTON OUTHIT HILTON HEAD ISLAND PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE THAT POSITION TERMINATED TO END OF LAST YEAR AND.
I FOUND MYSELF BEING NOMINATED TO SERVE ON THIS DISTINGUISHED AND NOW I HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TO SERVE IN A NONPARTIZAN ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ELECTION PROCESS IS ONE THAT IS OPEN TO ANY AND EVERYONE WHO IS QUALIFIED VOTE AND TO MAKE SURE OUR PROCESS IS SMOOTH AND RAN IN A CERTAIN WAY SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EXPERIENCE. I'M QUITE PROUD TOO TO SERVE IN A NONPARTIZAN ROLE. MY CAREER WAS SERVING IN A NONPARTIZAN ROLE TO SERVE OUR NATION. SO AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVING OUR NATION I FIND MYSELF STILL SERVING MY COMMUNITY. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EXPERIENCE.
THANK YOU AND WELCOME ABOARD. ALL RIGHT. THAT HI MY NAME IS MATT SWEENEY. LIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE I'VE BEEN ON HILTON HEAD FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AND MOVE IT MOVING IN 2015 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AS A FULL MANAGER A FULL CLARK FOR THE PAST ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND HAD THE HONOR OF BEING NOMINATED BY OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION TO THIS BOARD AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING MY BEST TO SERVE THE BOARD AND SERVE THE VOTERS IN NEWPORT COUNTY. THANK YOU AND WELCOME ABOARD
[V. Unfinished Business]
RIGHT NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS SO I HOPE THAT YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THROUGH COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AS A NICE QUITE CLEAR PIECE PAPER LIKE THIS WITH THE COMMITTEES LISTED ON THE COMMITTEES WE ALWAYS WANTING AND HOPING THAT WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE TO CHAIR THE COMMITTEE AND BY CHAIRING COMMITTEE YOU WILL CALL MEETINGS EITHER IN PERSON OR BY ZOOM.SO THAT'S WHY WE WOULD NEED A CHAIR TO CHAIR THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES? I'M HOPING THAT SINCE WE NOW HAVE A FULL BOARD THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM HAVING SOMEONE TO CHAIR THE COMMITTEES AND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT SOME OF THE COMMITTEES ALREADY HAVE A CHAIRPERSON AND WE HAVE SOME THAT DO NOT HAVE A CHAIR.
THE FIRST COMMITTEE IS OUR RULES COMMITTEE AND YOU HAVE YOUR INFORMATION OUT.
YOU SEE THE IN-DEPTH OUTLINE ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT COMMITTEE AND WHAT ALL THAT HAS TO DO. WE ARE WORKING ON THE RULES AND IT SHOULD BE FINISHED SHORTLY IN A FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS AND WE WILL THEN GET IT AND THE BOARD WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT AND IF THEY NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OR RECOMMENDATION IT WILL HAPPEN AT THAT TIME IN THE SETTING AND THEN WE WILL SEND IT BACK OVER TO MR. MARIE, THE DIRECTOR AND HER AND HER STAFF THEY WILL PUT THE BOOKLET TOGETHER. WE WILL ALL THEN HAVE A COPY OF THE RULES AND EVERY OTHER COMMITTEE THAT IS IN THERE. OKAY.
SO FOR THE RULES SURE. GO AHEAD. SO BEING PART OF THE RULES COMMITTEE, JEAN AND CAROLINE AND I WORKED ON IT A YEAR AGO SO THE BOOK IS ALMOST YOU CAN WRITE ONE BOOK IS ALMOST DONE. WE JUST REALLY NEED TO FINALIZE IT AND WE NEED TO FINALIZE IT QUICKLY TO GET IT BACK IN FRONT OF THE BOARD SO WE CAN VOTE ON IT ALL RIGHT.
SO THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO DO JUST FINALIZED YES. OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. SO I'M SO GLAD YOU READ IT. I WAS GOING ASK SOMEBODY ELSE I THINK YOU'RE THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB. I THINK YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE . YEAH. YEAH.
SO WE DO NEED THE CHAIR FOR THE RULES. SO IF SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE A TO NOMINATE SOMEONE OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT I MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND CORRECT NOMINATE CRAIG THAT RIGHT IS SECOND THE RIGHT WE WANT TO CLOSE ON. CRAIG PELLEY ALL RIGHT.
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CRAIG PELLEY CONGRATULATE US AND WE KNOW THAT THE BOOK IS GOING TO PASS OKAY.SO CAN WE VOTE ON CRAIG TALLY EVERYONE OKAY I UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR PELLEY ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU CRAIG. PELLEY AS OUR CHAIR AND RIGHT NOW HE ALREADY TWO PEOPLE THAT SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE JAMES AND ELIZABETH JOHNSON NEXT IS OUR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND MATTHEW'S. HE DIDN'T WAIT.
HE CONTACTED ME AND SAID I WILL CHAIR THAT COMMITTEE AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKE WHEN PEOPLE LIKE TO STEP FORWARD AND SAY GUESS WHAT I WILL DO THIS MATT IS CHAIRING THAT COMMITTEE JAMES PACKER IS THAT COMMITTEE BEVERLY DOOR AND CRAIG PELLEY LATER ON WHEN WE GET TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS WE WILL THEN HEAR FROM THE DIFFERENT CHAIRS WHO CHAIRING THESE VARIOUS COMMITTEES ON FINANCE WE DON'T HAVE A CHAIR FOR THAT COMMITTEE SO WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE AND WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO NOMINATE I'D BE WILLING TO CHAIR THAT. ALL RIGHT.
THANK MISS THE BACK DOOR. ALL RIGHT. MR. BAKKER SAID THAT HE WILL CHAIR THAT COMMITTEE OF THE ONLY OPPOSITIONS IN HIM. NO, MY SECOND.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF MR. BAKKER BEING THE CHAIR FOR FINANCE SAY I RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
WHO SHOULD BE SCARED, MR. WELCOME ABOARD. YOU WILL HAVE ELIZABETH JOHNSON JOINING YOU DONALD LUCAS AND JAMES WEDGEWORTH NEXT OUR FACILITIES COMMITTEE WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE ON THERE. I'M GOING TO JUST GO AHEAD ON AND ADD MYSELF ILENE MITCHELL TO THAT COMMITTEE. OH, I CAN'T CAN I WILL MAKE HER ALL ALONE.
OH WOW. I GOT A BIG ROLE. THANK YOU.
SO WE HAVE DEFINITELY DORE AND HERBERT FOURTH. WE NEED A CHAIR FOR THAT COMMITTEE. YES, I RECOMMEND HERBERT FOR. HE'S A NATIVE ISLANDER AND HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PARAMETERS AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF AREA IN WHICH HE LIVE AND GREW UP FURTHER FACILITIES SECOND THE FIELD FACILITIES RIGHT HERE.
ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVING A SECOND CAN WE VOTE ON HERBERT FORWARD FOR CHAIR ALL RIGHT OKAY MOTION WAS FOUNDED BY JIM DUNN.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY I'M RIGHT NOW CHAIR YEAH.
IF YOU COULD HAVE A LOOSE ENGAGEMENT IT WOULD BE OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
MR. WEDGEWORTH, DID YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH THEY SAID THEY WANTED A FINANCE PERSON, A BANKER ON THAT AND. OKAY, I WILL.
I WILL CERTAINLY. OKAY, GOOD RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT.
I'LL SECOND MR. WENTWORTH'S NOMINATION. OKAY.
SPEND MOTION AND PROBABLY SECOND THAT MR. WENTWORTH BE ADDED TO THE FACILITY IS ALL IN FAVORS OH RIGHT OKAY WE'RE DOING GREAT TODAY NEXT WE HAVE REPRESENTING AND DEFINITELY DOOR IS THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE WE HAVE JAMES PACKER HERBERT FORD YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE HOW 2 TO 4? YEAH. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO BEVERLY DORE IS THE CHAIR AND WE ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE FOUR AND YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD BE IN A QUORUM SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO TROUBLE. SO SOMEONE TO WHETHER I'VE NOMINATED MYSELF TO COME OUT BUT JAMES WEDGEWORTH WILL COME OFF MATT SWEENEY'S OKAY MATT SACRAMENTO AND WHO ELSE WE NEED ONE OTHER PERSON BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY HAVE FOUR TO GO TO HAVE OR YOU WANT BUT JAMES WENTWORTH IS ALREADY THERE HE'S ON THERE I NEED SOMEONE ELSE FROM REPRIS RENTING TO MOVE TO FACILITIES. MADAM CHAIR, MY SECOND WAS SECONDING JAMES'S NOMINATION TO MOVE UP THE COMMITTEE. RIGHT. YEAH, I GOT THAT.
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME MOVE OFF. NO, I MEAN DO YOU WANT TO MOVE? I'D LIKE TO STAY ON THAT.OKAY, SO I NEED SOMEBODY ELSE. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR. OKAY, SO I'LL GET ONE, TWO, THREE. WHO WHO WAS THE LAST ONE TO PUT THEIR NAME IN? NO, I SHOULD I DON'T. DO YOU HAVE THAT MR. BAXTER? MR. BAXTER ALREADY HAS THREE.
OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT MR. LUCAS? HE'S ONLY GOT ONE TWO.
HE GOT TWO FOR FINANCIAL REASONS. OKAY.
THREE, FOUR. WHO GOT? OH, I'M SORRY.
I'M JUST TALKING MYSELF. OH, OKAY. OKAY.
SO WE HAVE I CAN REMOVE MYSELF FROM OKAY. DON LUCAS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO MOVE TO TWO FACILITIES? UM, YEAH. OKAY.
SO I'M GOING TO ADD DON LUCAS TO FACILITY JAMES GO TO FACILITIES WHO JAMES IS EMPHASIZE. YEAH I GOT JAMES WHICH WE HAVE FOR ONE MORE RIGHT.
YEAH THEY SAID FOUR RIGHT BECAUSE JAMES WEDGEWORTH BEVERLEY DOOR HERBERT FORD CHAIR AND AND I'M GOING TO MOVE. YEAH YEAH RIGHT TWO FACILITIES TO GO TO THINKING I CAN DO THAT I MEAN TWO FACILITIES FACILITIES IS GOING TO FACILITIES OKAY ALL RIGHT WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATED LIST OF EVERYTHING.
[VI. Committee Reports]
OKAY. NOW WE MOVE TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS FACILITIES.MS.. MARIE, DO HAVE ANY UPDATES SO YOU WANT TO GIVE IT LATER IN YOUR DIRECTORS REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THAT'S IT'S THE SAME. OKAY. I'M SORRY.
GO AHEAD. NO, NO. FINANCE IS THAT DID WE SWITCH OVER FROM SWITCH OVER TO I MEAN THE FIRST WE SWITCH OVER SO WE'LL GET OUR BUDGET ON FRIDAY . OKAY? OKAY.
THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. NOW WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME INFORMATION LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS THE BILL H4217 WHICH IS FOR REPRIS SOMETHING AND B FOR COUNTY WAS PASSED BY THE SENATE ON THIRD READING ON JUNE 14TH SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR ON JUNE 19TH AND IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST 2024 THAT BILL IS NOW CALLED ACT 82. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU REPRESENTING COMMITTEE BEVERLY DOOR. THERE ARE NO OTHER UPDATES OTHER THAN WHAT HAS JUST BEEN PRESENTED. UM WE WILL SCHEDULE MEETINGS AS THE NEED ARISES.
MY REPORT COINCIDES WITH WHAT HAS BEEN SAID. OKAY RULES COMMITTEE YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE? WELL JUST YEAH. WE'LL TRY TO MEET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS THING DONE. IT'S BEEN WHAT, TWO YEARS? OKAY, SO WE NEED SOME UPDATES SO HOPEFULLY WE MEET NEXT WEEK . OKAY.
[VII. New Business]
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW WE ARE AT NEW BUSINESS STATUS UPDATE OF POLLING LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE COMING FROM THIS BRIEF.OKAY, I REALLY DO HAVE THAT IN MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT SO WE CAN WE WANT TO REFER TO THE
[VIII. Director’s Report]
DIRECTOR'S DIRECTOR'S REPORT. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE WILL WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU MARIE WITH THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. OKAY.WE GOT TO FOLLOW THE SAME OUTLINE THAT WE TYPICALLY DO OR .
YOU DO, MR. SWEENEY. PRETTY MUCH REPORT IT TO ON HOUSE BILL 42.
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LET THIS ONE GO. JUST JUMP IN. OKAY.4217 I WANT US TO IF YOU RUN OUR LEGISLATORS TO PLEASE THANK THEM FOR GETTING THIS DONE BECAUSE THEY DID THIS IN THE EXTENDED SESSION, IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE REGULAR SESSION.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE WHEN YOU SEE THEM THANK THEM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID ON GETTING THIS ACCOMPLISHED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT EASY IT TOOK IT TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS AND BUT THEY GOT IT DONE WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE AS A BOARD A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO GET IN PLACE.
ARE YOU DOING SOMETHING TO GET IN PLACE? NEW POLLING LOCATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE THESE NEW PRECINCTS AND SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS TALK ABOUT THIS NEXT SLIDE WHERE WE HAVE THE LEGISLATION CONSIDERATION. THIS A BILL THAT'S ALREADY OR A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT'S ALREADY A PART OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTION LAWS IS CALLED 7-79 TEN. NOW YOU KNOW THE WAY WE ARE SITUATED IN BEAUFORT COUNTY OUR POLLING LOCATIONS ARE USUALLY IN ENCOMPASS IN MORE THAN ONE PRECINCT BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE SO FEW FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE EVERY PRECINCT BE IN AN INDIVIDUAL POLLING PLACE.
WELL ACCORDING TO 7-7-9 TEN THE WAY THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN WE SHOULD HAVE ONE PRECINCT PER POLLING LOCATION WHICH MEANS WE ARE NOT COMPLIANT AND WE DON'T WANT TO NOT COMPLY WITH THE LAWS. HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT WITH THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF POLLING FACILITIES WE HAVE ALREADY EXISTING THE ONES THAT WE ARE SOLICITING TO BECOME POLLING LOCATIONS? I DON'T KNOW BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND IS THAT THIS BOARD AND NOW THAT WE DO HAVE A CHAIR OF OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ALONG WITH THE CHAIR IN A LETTER TO OUR DELEGATION MEMBERS ASKING THEM FOR LEGISLATION TO EXEMPT COUNTY FROM THIS PARTICULAR PIECE, LEGISLATION WHICH RECOMMENDS OR WHICH REALLY PRETTY MUCH TELL US WE ARE NOT COMPLYING. IN ORDER FOR US TO COMPLY WE HAVE TO GET THE LAW CHANGED OR I DON'T KNOW WE WILL BE NOT YOU KNOW NON. SO IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE I WOULD SAY IT'S SIMPLE TO DO NOW WITH THE LEGISLATORS AGREE WITH US THAT THEY WANT ALL US TO COMPLY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT'S JUST OCCURRING IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
IT'S ACROSS THE STATE. ALL RIGHT. SO INSTEAD OF JUST ASKING FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY TO BE EXEMPT, WHICH IS WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SO THAT WE CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE IF THEY WOULD CHANGE THIS LAW IT WOULD AFFECT ALL OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE BOARD THE OPTION WHERE PRECINCTS ARE. YOU KNOW, WE ARE PULLING AND PRECINCTS ARE HELD BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN BEATING THE BUSH FOR THE LAST THE BUSHES FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TRYING TO FIND POLLING TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW PRECINCTS.
AND WE ARE NOT HAVING A WHOLE LOT OF LUCK. OKAY.
SO WE ARE NOW I THINK AND FURTHER ON IN THE REPORT I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED FAR. WE WILL CONTINUOUSLY BE NON-COMPLIANT IF WE CAN'T GET SOMETHING DONE AND I HOPE OUR LEGISLATURE WILL WORK WITH US TO TO HELP US GET EXEMPT FROM THIS PROVISION OF ELECTION LAWS OR COME UP SOME IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN GET AN EXEMPTION IN OUR COUNTY IF NOT FOR THE WHOLE STATE. AND I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY OF CONFUSING BUT IF YOU WOULD READ WHAT IT SAYS IT DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE BUT IT ACTUALLY SAYING TO US ONE PRECINCT PER LOCATION AND NOW WE HAVE 126 PRECINCTS AND YOU
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KNOW WE ONLY HAVE 62 LOCATIONS RIGHT NOW. MARY, SINCE THIS IS A STATEWIDE CHALLENGE, HAVE YOU HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SCC ABOUT AN EFFORT ON THEIR PART? SBC ISH THREW IT BACK TO US DESPITE BEING A STATEWIDE IT'S JUST THEY PRETTY MUCH ARE TELLING US WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT ON OUR LOCAL LEVEL. THEY'RE SO UPSET ABOUT TEXAS COMING NICE AND SAYING THEY JUST CAN'T CONSIDER IT. OKAY SO HOW WOULD THIS BE AN ISSUE TO PRESENT AT THESE FAIR CONFERENCE SINCE IT AFFECTS NO WHAT COULD SCARE AND NOT TAKE A POSITION ON IT? NO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T NEED TO TAKE A POSITION DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY ALL SAID DO IS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE WE ASK OUR BOARD TO DO IS MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO OUR DELEGATES AND MEMBERS TO LOOK AT THIS BILL AND RECONSIDER THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN THAT WOULD GIVE US OR GIVE THE COUNTY OUR COUNTY IF NOT THE WHOLE STATE THE FLEXIBILITY ON WHERE WE PUT PRECINCTS BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS IT'S A STATEWIDE ISSUE THERE JUST NOT ENOUGH FACILITIES OUT THERE HAVE A HOUSE EVEN THOUGH OUR POPULATION IS GROWING AND Y'ALL KNOW HOW IT GREW IN THE LAST TEN YEARS THAT IN ORDER FOR US COMPLY WE HAD TO CREATE NEW PRECINCTS TO COMPLY WITH THAT PROVISION OF THE LAW THAT SAY WE SHOULDN'T HAVE MORE THAN 1500 VOTERS IN A PRECINCT RIGHT IN MUSCOGEE IS THAT WE ASK SCARE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE SC SBC NOT NOT THAT THEY HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE CHANGE BUT THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALL OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE CONCERNED US AS INDIVIDUAL SBC DOESN'T MAKE LAWS THAT THEY WOULD DO THE SAME THING WE ARE DOING IS GOING TO THE LEGISLATORS TO MAKE TO MAKE THE CHANGES BUT THEY DID NOT WANT TO FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE RECEIVE THEY ARE TAKING A BACK SEAT TO IT RIGHT NOW AND PUTTING THAT ON THE COUNTY'S OKAY HERBERT FORWARD YOUR NEXT AND THEN THAT WINDOW JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES WE ARE ASKING OUR LEGISLATOR TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND THE CORRECT SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF LOCATIONS AND WE CAN WE CAN SUBSTANTIATE THAT TO THEM THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE SEARCHED HIGH AND WIDE AND WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED OR WILLING TO SERVE AS AS A POLLING LOCATION. CORRECT.WE HAVE SOME PLACES BUT NOT ME OR ENOUGH AND WE I THINK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WE HAVE CONTACTED I MEAN WE JUST PULL UP A GOOGLE MAP AND JUST LOOKED AT EVERY LOCATIONS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY AND CONTACT SOME OF THOSE FACILITIES AND WE EVEN CONTACTED SOME OF THE PARTY MEMBERS THAT MAY HAVE SOME INFLUENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, TALK OUR BEHALF TO LET US USE CLUBHOUSES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, CHURCHES AND SOME OF THEM SAID NO, JUST PLAIN OUT NO AND THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR A WHILE. BUT NOW THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE FORE FOREFRONT. YOU KNOW IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER APPROACH SINCE WE CAN'T COMPLY WITH THE LAW MAYBE THE LAW CAN COMPLY WITH US.
ALL RIGHT. WINDOW AND WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT PAGE PRIOR TO THIS ONE YOU SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW THAT IS THE LAW IN THE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW WE WENT TO DISCUSSION AND WE DISCUSSED IT AND IF THEY TOOK THOSE WORDS OUT EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE EVERYBODY WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE. THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO. THEY JUST TAKE THOSE WORDS OUT OF THE LAW.
IT WOULD BRING EVERYBODY INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE PRECINCT OF AS RESIDENTS.
YEAH. WHAT IS SAYING IS IF YOU WHERE YOU WHATEVER PRECINCT YOU IN YOU HAVE TO VOTE IN THAT PRECINCT YOUR LOCATION. THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SAYING.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO INTERPRET IT. YOU'RE WHEREVER YOU WHATEVER PRECINCT YOU IN YOU HAVE TO VOTE IN A LOCATION IN THAT PRECINCT AND.
THIS IS WHICH THEY'RE DOING NOW. NO, NO NO NO.
YOU 1 TO 3 ALL BOWLING GREEN STREET NUMBER TWO IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S IN BEFORE TWO.
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SO WHEN YOU HAVE A CO-LOCATED POLLING LOCATE CO-LOCATED PRECINCT THAT A POLLING LOCATION THREE OF THOSE PEOPLE THREE OF THOSE GROUPS ARE VOTING OUT OF THEIR PRECINCT THEY'RE NOT IN THEIR PRECINCT VOTING. SO WE WE EVERYBODY WE'RE DOING THE WHOLE IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. YEAH BUT YEAH WE NOBODY IN THE STATE IS IN COMPLIANCE NO COUNTY IN THE STATE IS IN COMPLIANCE TECHNICALLY BUT IF THEY TOOK THOSE SIX WORDS OUT OF THAT LAW EVERYBODY WOULD BEEN COMPLYING.THAT'S THE ONLY PART THAT'S THE ISSUE WE HAVE AND WE ARE SLOWLY GETTING PLACES BUT THERE'S NO WAY WE I MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET 100 2126 BUT AS YOU KNOW IN SUN CITY WE DON'T EVEN HAVE FOR ANY YEAH SO I'VE SEEN IT BURN HAS A FACILITY IN THREE OF THOSE PRECINCTS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WE TALKED ABOUT WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND A PLACE IN CITY IN THAT PRECINCT AND WE HAVE ONE IN 234567 THAT THE LAW SAYS THAT THEY NEED TO BE VOTING PROBABLY SOMEBODY'S HOUSE IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT BUT THAT'S THE LAW IS SAYING WOW SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING THAT IF COULD GO TO THEM WHAT OUR VIEW AS A BOARD GO TO THEM WHAT SUGGESTION THAT HEY WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THE LAW. TECHNICALLY NOBODY IN THE STATE IS IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. BUT IF YOU WERE TO REMOVE THESE SIX WORDS FROM THE LEGISLATURE IN EVERY COUNTY THE STATE WOULD NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT MANDATING THE SITUATION AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. BOTTOM LINE IT CAN'T HAPPEN.
IN THE LANGUAGE HERE ITEM B IT TALKS ABOUT VOTING CERTIFICATE IS THAT THE SAME A VOTER REGISTRATION CARD? YES. SO IS THERE AN EXCEPTION BUILT IN HERE BECAUSE IT SAYS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED ON HIS VOTING CERTIFICATE THE ONLY EXEMPTION WOULD BE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. SO AS SPECIFIED OH I WANTED TO USE THAT TOO BUT THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING THAT THE WAY THE LAW IS THAT'S TELLING US THAT IF I HAVE THREE PRECINCTS REPORTING TO ONE LOCATION I'M NOT IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE. SOMEBODY THAT'S IN SAY BEAUFORT ONE IS LIVING OUTSIDE OF WHERE THEIR POLLING LOCATION IS AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIKE FOR OUR BLOCK WALTER'S AND SOMEBODY IS NOT LIVING AT THE ADDRESS OF BOB WALTERS IT'S OKAY IF IT'S NOT ONE THING IT'S THE OTHER. RIGHT? OKAY.
THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE HAPPY TO TAKE THIS UP AND WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
THANK YOU. OKAY, LIZ, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK BECAUSE EVEN IF WE GOT ENOUGH POLLING IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS, THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE IN ALL THE PRECINCTS. WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE TO FIND A POLLING IN EVERY PRECINCT.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE FIND MORE LOCATIONS. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO IT EVEN MAKES IF WE IF WE'RE DILIGENT AND LUCKY AND FOUND MORE LOCATIONS IT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM RIGHT? YEAH.
OKAY SO THE I THINK IT'S COMING HOME NOW I THINK I THINK IT'S MAKING IT TOOK US ALMOST A HALF A DAY DISCUSSING IT OVER AND OVER TO TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE BUT.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT SAYS. YES, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BUT WE UNDERSTAND YES, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. YOU'RE RIGHT.
ANYONE ELSE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION BUT I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THIS FROM THE OPTIC OF ACTUAL LEGISLATOR AND HE OR SHE IS PROBABLY THAT IN IN SOME OF THEIR DISTRICTS FOR EXAMPLE IT WOULD BE A HARDSHIP FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO GET THROUGH A PRECINCT THAT IS NOT WITHIN THEIR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF OF THE RURAL AREAS HERE IN THE STATE AND THEY TRYING TO PUT THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT A FORMAL LEGISLATOR WOULD WHAT WOULD SAY IS THAT THEY WOULD AGREE WITH THIS LANGUAGE SO GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO CONVINCE THEM NOT TO HAVE THESE SIX WORDS IN THE LEGISLATION AGREE WITH YOU BUT I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT IT AS A FORMER LEGISLATOR THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY WERE THINKING.
THEY ADD THOSE WORDS IT'S TO THINK ABOUT THOSE RURAL AREAS. A PERSON MAY NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION WHATEVER THE CASE IS, IT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO AN AREA OUTSIDE OF THEIR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY. SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
YEAH, AND I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WHEN THE LAWS WERE WRITTEN I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO PROBABLY WAS THE MINDSET BUT WITH THE GROWTH OVER THE YEARS THAT'S BECOMING
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A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. AND YOU KNOW IN BEAUFORT COUNTY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SO FEW FACILITIES BUT THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT RIGHT. IT WAS JUST WHAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US, YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME.AND SO NOW THAT IT'S BECOMING AN ISSUE WE REALLY NEED TO AND THAT'S WE DO IS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN WE FIND OURSELVES FIND LAWS ARE KIND OF LIKE PENALIZING THE VOTERS AND FOR NOT HAVING A PLACE FOR THEM WITHIN THEIR PRECINCT BUT IT'S ALMOST I WOULDN'T SAY IMPOSSIBLE BUT IT'S IT'S GOT TO BE IMPOSSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT AND TO ADD TO YOU WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS TRUE FOR WHEN WE STUDY THE MAPS BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THOSE MAPS. BUT WHEN WE STUDY THOSE MAPS SOMETIMES THE PRECINCT THAT THEY'RE VOTING IN IS NOT IN THEIR PRECINCT BUT IT'S CLOSER THAN WHERE TO WHERE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND IN THEIR PRECINCT PLANTATION HOUSES THAT IS THAT A THERE ARE THREE THREE CONJOINING PRECINCTS THAT VOTED PLANTATION HOUSING ALL RIGHT THERE.
SO THEY'RE JUST CROSSING THE LINE SO TO SPEAK AND IN THE PLANTATION HOUSE AND THEY'RE CLOSER THAN IF THEY WENT TOO FAR IN IN YOUR PRECINCT TRYING TO VOTE BECAUSE THE HILL HAD SOME ARE PRETTY SPREAD OUT TOO OKAY OKAY ALL RIGHT THANK YOU ALL FOR INDULGING ME.
THE ELECTIONS UP FOR THE UPDATED ELECTIONS REPORT WE ALREADY HAD ON OUR CALENDAR TOWN OF PORT ROYAL BLUFFTON IN THE TOWN OF GMAC JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SINCE WE LAST WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT THE FRIPP ISLAND PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT IS PROPOSING A REFERENDUM FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT AND JUST LAST WEEK LIKE THURSDAY FRIDAY WE WE LEARNED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS ALSO PROPOSING A REFERENDUM WHICH MEANS THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A COUNTY WIDE ELECTION COME NOVEMBER SEVEN, 2023.
SO WHEN I KNEW BOARD MEMBERS WERE THINKING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE GETTING AWAY WITH NOT HAVING AN ELECTION TO DEAL WITH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT.
YOU WILL GET YOUR FEET WET BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION COMES ON SO YOU WILL GET SOME EXPERIENCE IN A NOT SO STRESSFUL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR SO JUST GEAR UP FOR THAT GET INTO THE RIGHT MINDSET BECAUSE WE ALL WILL BE WORKING OKAY.
NEW POLL WORKERS TRAINING IS GOING GREAT. WE ONLY HAVE TWO REMAINING FOR THIS YEAR SO FAR LESS WE FIND A REASON TO HAVE ADDITIONAL SATURDAY THE 29TH I THINK WE HAVE 14 PEOPLE ENROLLED IN THAT SESSION RIGHT NOW SO THERE ARE ROOM FOR MORE AND THEN THE LAST ONE FOR THE YEAR WILL BE AUGUST THE FIFTH. WE ONLY HAVE LIKE FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE SO ANYONE WHO ARE HELPING US TO RECRUIT NEW POLL MANAGERS KNOW THOSE DATES ARE VACANT OR OPEN AND WITH AN ELECTION COMING UP WE NEED POLL WORKERS NOT THAT WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE SOME BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL POLL WORKERS.
OUR COMMUNITY FORUMS. I THINK THAT WE'VE DOING A GOOD JOB JEAN IS DOING A GREAT JOB AND CONDUCTING THOSE SESSIONS. THE NEXT TO AVAILABLE SESSION WILL BE JULY 5TH AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING THOSE PEOPLE NOT JUST IN THE BLUFFTON COMMUNITY TO COME OUT BUT THOSE PEOPLE IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL. THE WHOLE PURPOSE THE COMMUNITY FORUM IS TO MAKE THE BOARD VOTER REGISTRATION AVAILABLE TO ALL VOTERS, GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT OUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES ARE AND FOR THEM TO ASK QUESTIONS OF US OF THINGS THAT THEY DON'T OR THINGS THAT THEY MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE OF THEM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN LISTENING FOR IS WHEN ALL HELP ME TO REALIZE THAT WE
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ARE NOT DOING THIS IS IN VAIN IS WHEN I HEAR ONE OF THE PARTIES SAY OH I DID NOT KNOW THAT. SO THAT MEANT THAT THEY LEARNED SOMETHING AT THAT SESSION.WHEN YOU SEE WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEN THEY STOP ASKING QUESTIONS THE LIGHTS START COMING ON AND THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO BE AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY WHAT WE DO IS NOT IN SECRET. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE ARE NOT APPROACHABLE. WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES ARE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ELECTIONS IN OUR COUNTY AND IN OUR STATE SO INSIDE COME ON INVITE YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
I BROUGHT MY HUSBAND TO MAKE SURE. WE HAVE AN AUDIENCE JEAN BRING IT OUR KIDS THAT MAKES YOU KNOW WE JUST WANT TO BE EXPOSED TO WHAT WE DO.
YEAH AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE COMING OUT AS WELL SO THAT'S GOOD.
CONTINUE TO COME OUT TO ASK WHAT LEVEL COMMUNITY PRESENCE OR YOU SEEING AT THIS JUNCTURE.
WELL THE FIRST SESSION WE HAD THREE BUT WE GOT TWO POLL MANAGERS SO I CONSIDER THAT A SUCCESS THE SECOND SESSION WE HAD ABOUT 12 OR 13 IN ATTENDANCE AND SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE FELT THE FIFTH WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE OR WISHFUL THINKING BUT I'M GOING TO SAY I'M GOING TO SPEAK IT INTO EXISTENCE HOW ARE YOU ADVERTISING THESE THE PUBLIC WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE COUNTY WEBSITE WE'VE SENT IT OUT TO DIFFERENT MEDIA IS ON FACEBOOK. WE SEND IT OUT TO THE PARTIES I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE WILL BE THE WEBSITE COUNTY CHANNEL YOU HAVE TO CAPTURE. WE SAID IT LIKE SHE SAID TO THE PARTY TO SEND IT TO OR TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE REGISTRATION DRIVES . WE SENT OUT SOME OF THE PACKET AND THEY POSTED ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA I GOT IT ON OURS AND IT'S BEING FROM OURS SO THEN I HUNG UP FLIERS WITH A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS AND WE'RE USING CENTER AS AN AVENUE TO MEET THAT COMMUNITY WHERE MAYBE A NOTICE OR SOMETHING USE THEM AS A WHAT WHEN YOU THE SAME HERE WHEN THE EVENT WAS PIN CENTER OR ANY OF THE INSTITUTE OR ONE ISLAND AWAY AROUND IT THAT SPECIFICALLY NO I'M JUST THINKING IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA WELL I'M YEAH YOU KNOW WHATEVER I SAID WE PICKED CERTAIN MEDIAS TO TO PUBLICIZE IT I DON'T THINK WE WENT DIRECTLY TO ANY ONE PARTICULAR FACILITY OR AGENCY BUT THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE WILL TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE IF YOU KNOW THANK YOU. OKAY. OH GOOD.
SO TALKING ABOUT BEATING THE BUSHES FACILITIES FOR POLLING LOCATIONS SO FAR WE HAVE GOTTEN CONFIRMATIONS ON OUR PALMETTO BLUFF IN BLUFFTON ON BATTERY CREEK SCHOOL, PALMETTO HALL ON HILTON HEAD THE FIRST ZION BAPTIST CHURCH IN BLUFFTON AND THE FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST ON HILTON HEAD. THESE FACILITIES HAVE AGREED TO BE POLLING LOCATIONS FOR US SO WE STILL WORKING ON ADDITIONAL POLLING LOCATIONS TO ADD TO OUR DATABASE SO IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL. WE NEED EVERYBODY WORKING ON THIS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE CONTACTED DIFFERENT FACILITIES AND BROUGHT THEM BACK TO US AND WE WERE ABLE TO TO TO THESE FOLKS AND THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH US SO THAT'S GOOD. MR. WEDGEWORTH WE NEED OYSTER REEF AND BEAR BEAR BEAR CREEK BEAR CREEK THEY'VE SAID NO BUT I'M STILL WORKING ON OYSTER. YOU TALK TO THEM TOO? YEAH. IF WE GET THEM WE'RE COMING CLOSER TO COMPLIANCE.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVING MORE PLACES TRYING. BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT OF ALL THAT WAS A GREAT COMMENT. HALL WAS A GREAT SUGGESTION.
IT ACTUALLY TOOK IN THE WHOLE PRECINCT SO WE KIND MADE IT WORK BUT IT WORKED FOR THEM
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BECAUSE ONLY THEIR PEOPLE WILL BE THERE AND I THINK MR. WHAT'S HER NAME? MELINDA TURNER AND MELINDA TURNER AND STRUAN COURTNEY STREWN A LIVE THERE AND WORK THERE SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER SWITCHING THEM FROM PLANTATION HOUSE TO ACTUALLY BE IN THERE RUNNING SOMETHING KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU OKAY THIS NEXT SLIDE IS GREAT NEWS I'M ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE ON THE 26 OF JUNE THE UF COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITY AND SAFETY COMMITTEE MET AND APPROVED OUR CONTRACT FOR $385,000 FOR OUR NEW ADDITION AND IT WILL BE GOING TO COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE 10TH OF JULY FOR FINAL APPROVAL AND AFTER THAT WE ARE HOPING THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN ON THE ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE FOR OUR OFFICE CAN'T WAIT TO ATTACH TO THE SAME FACILITY, ATTACH THE CURRENT FACILITY THAT'S THE CURRENT FACILITY, RIGHT? I MEAN OKAY SO I'LL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YES MARY THAT IS THAT GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR WHAT YOU NEED FOR NOW SO SO SO IN AN IDEAL WORLD WHAT WOULD YOU WHAT WOULD YOU ENVISION? WELL WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED A WHOLE NEW BUILDING FOR WORLD THE FACILITY THAT WE HAVE NOW WAS PURCHASED BY THE COUNTY I THINK ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO AND WE'VE ALREADY ADDED ON IT ONCE SO THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND ADDITION AS SOON AS WE DID THE LAST WE GOT DIFFERENT ELECTION EQUIPMENT WHICH KIND OF TOOK ALL THE SPACE MUCH BIGGER BULKIER STUFF TOOK ALL THE SPACE WITH ADDITIONAL PRECINCTS BEING ADDED WE NEED THE ADDITIONAL SPACE AND WORKSPACE WE DON'T HAVE WORKSPACE WE HAVE SPACE TO PUT THE EQUIPMENT BUT WE CAN'T WORK IN THE AREA BECAUSE WE HAVE NO ROOM TO TURN AROUND.SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL ACCOMMODATE US AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER I RETIRE RIGHT.
WELL I GUESS THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE $385,000 DOESN'T DOESN'T BUY A LOT.
IT'S SOME IS THIS THE 1818. YEAH I THINK WE'RE RUNNING 18,000.
I THINK IT'S LIKE IT'S THIS IT IT IT IT WILL IT WILL CARRY US FOR ABOUT NEXT FIVE SIX YEARS NOW WHAT WE ARE HOPING THAT THE FUTURE ELECTION EQUIPMENT WON'T BE AS BIG ALTHOUGH YEAH SO DOES THAT NOW THAT'S JUST THE BUILDING. WHAT ABOUT THE SECURITY ENHANCEMENT THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO OH ALL THAT IS THAT WILL BE YOU KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDRESSED IN OUR COUNTY BUDGET. YEAH OKAY WELL IT HAS TO IN OUR COUNTY BUDGET YOU KNOW THEY KNOW WHAT THE CAMERAS, WINDOWS AND DOORS WE LOOKED AT THEM BULLETPROOF AND EVERYTHING CAMERAS IN AROUND THE FACILITY AND THE DOORS SPECIAL LOCKS ON THE OTHER DOORS EVERYTHING ALL THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED WITH CAPITAL BUDGET INPUT AND EVERYTHING AND THEY KNOW WE NEEDED ALL OF THAT AND THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SO IT KIND OF TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PRIORITY. OKAY.
OKAY, OKAY. WE PROPOSING ANOTHER BOARD WORKSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSE REASON WHY WE WANT TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE FIVE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND WHAT WE DISCOVERED FROM THAT LAST SESSION THAT IT WAS AN EYE OPENER TO A LOT OF THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS AT THAT TIME ABOUT OUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES AND THE DETAIL THIS THE BOARD WORKSHOP WILL BE A WHOLE LOT MORE DETAILED THAN WHAT WE WOULD DO IN A COMMUNITY FORUM SO SOMETIME IN AUGUST WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU? I WILL SEND OUT A SURVEY SO YOU GUYS CAN TELL ME WHAT IS A BETTER DAY FOR YOU TO DO THIS? BUT I'M LOOKING LIKE THE FIRST PART OF AUGUST MAYBE TO GET THIS WORKSHOP DONE. IT'S GOING TO BE AN ALL DAY WORKSHOP SO IT'S AND IT'S GOING TO BE OUR OFFICE AND THAT WILL INCLUDE A TOUR OF OUR FACILITY
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AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HOUSED SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW WHAT YOU WORKING WITH MARY WE ALSO WERE DISCUSSING GIVE ME ALL A WINDSHIELD TOUR AS WELL BECAUSE SOME Y'ALL MAY NOT KNOW WHERE YOU YOU PEOPLE WHERE YOU PRE THINGS ARE WELL WE GOTTEN TO THAT YET OKAY AND WHAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED IS CPR AND AID TRAINING FOR STAFF WE WERE WE HAD A STAFF MEETING ONE DAY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE INCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE DOING OUR EARLY VOTING PERIODS WHERE WE HAVE LITTLE MINOR ISSUES OF PEOPLE COLLAPSING FAINTING FROM FROM STANDING IN LINE.SO WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR STAFF TO GET CERTIFIED IN FOUR IN CPR AND HOW TO WORK FOR A THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE YET THAT WE WILL BE GETTING I'M HOPING SOON BUT IT JUST TO BE ABLE TO HELP SOMEONE IF THEY NEED HELP MEDICALLY UNTIL EMS ARRIVES SO WE WILL HAVE THAT SESSIONS OR SCHEDULE ON THE 16TH IS BEING CONDUCTED OUR EMS DEPARTMENT AND AFTER THE SESSION STAFF WILL BE CERTIFIED IN CPR AND FIRST AID TRAINING WILL TAKE THAT AND ALSO SCARE MEDIA CONFERENCE YOU SHOULD A FIRE MARY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ACTUALLY PURCHASED YOUR ADT EQUIPMENT OR NOT BUT THERE'S AN CALLED ARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE ON HILTON HEAD WHERE ARE LOOKING FOR SITES TO ACTUALLY PUT THE EQUIPMENT AND THEY ARE PAYING FOR IT THEMSELVES THEY COST ABOUT $2,000 APIECE BUT THEY ARE DONATING IT TO ORGANIZATIONS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT. I HAVE THAT INFORMATION BACK AT MY OFFICE AT HOME I CAN GET THAT TO YOU BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS FOR LOCATIONS TO ACTUALLY PUT THE EQUIPMENT AND THEY PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES. THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THE LADY WHO RUNS IT IS OUT OF ENGLAND BUT SHE'S BEEN LIVING IN THE STATES FOR QUITE SOME TIME SO IF YOU HAVEN'T PURCHASE IT OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE IT SHE MIGHT BE WILLING TO DO THAT ON. YOUR BEHALF? YEAH I THINK WE WERE WORKING WITH OUR RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE ACTUALLY WE HAVE ONE THEY JUST THEY'RE WAITING ON THE CABINET TO PUT IT ON THE WALL.
OKAY THEY HAVE THEY BUT WE HAD THIS OUT THERE FOR LIKE TWO YEARS NOW SO THEY SAY THEY HAVE IT. WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE CABINET TO PUT IT ON THE WALL IN THE OFFICE SPACE BUT WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT THE OTHER THEY THEY PROVIDE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE CABINET HAVING ONE INSTALLED AT MY CHURCH WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THAT'S A GOOD PIECE OF INFORMATION TO KNOW. OH, THANK YOU.
HAVE WE CONSIDERED THE FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING SOME OF THIS TRAINING FOR CLERKS AND OUR POLL MANAGERS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST EARLY VOTING WHERE THESE KIND OF THINGS COULD HAPPEN AND YOU KNOW, AT LEAST BEING TOLD HOW TO PROCEED WHEN A VOTER KEELS OVER OR WHATEVER YOU MEAN FIRST DAY OF TRAINING FOR POLL MANAGERS? YEAH, WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW IT'S NOT SUCH A BAD IDEA BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT AND HOW IT COULD BE DONE IF IF WE TAKE THAT ROUTE. YEAH AND I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IF NOT GOING TO GET ANY EQUIPMENT AT EVERY ONE OF YOUR PRECINCT LOCATIONS BUT JUST YOU KNOW FIRST THEY AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF THAT HAPPENS YEAH THAT'S A DIFFERENT LEVEL CLASS AND THAT'S THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE BUT WE CAN WORK ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE FUTURE. OKAY BUT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO OH SOME OF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SCARE IS BUT WE WILL WE WILL HAVE A SCARE CONFERENCE ON JULY 13TH SCARE IS TO SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF REGISTERED AND ELECTION OFFICIALS AND IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU ALL ARE MEMBERS OF AS A BOARD MEMBER AND THE CONFERENCE IS USUALLY THESE KIND OF EDUCATIONAL SESSION AND IT'S ALSO DESIGNED TO HAVE SOME FUN BUT THIS ONE IS ALL WORK AND NO PLAY. IT'S ONLY ONE DAY SO IT'S THAT FULL OF WORK AND I THINK
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THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING A CLASS BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY'RE GOING TO OFFER CLASS FOR NON BOARD MEMBERS FOR STAFF MEMBERS I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CLASS GOING TO BE YET.I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION BUT AS SOON AS I GET IT I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THIS SESSION PLEASE CONTACT ME OR CHRIS AND SO WE CAN MAKE PROVISIONS FOR YOU TO GO NOW WE ONLY HAVE SOME OF THAT SOME STAFF WILL BE GOING BUT WE JUST GOT TO DRIVE UP ON THAT DAY AND COME BACK. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND SPEND THE NIGHT IN THAT USUALLY WEEK HALLOWEEN THIS IS YEAH I DARE I'M ESTIMATE YOU OR I DON'T HAVE ON THE LIST SO WHAT'S THE LOCATION OF THAT IT'S AT IT'S IN BERKELEY COUNTY IT'S GOING TO BE AT BERKELEY ELECTRIC CO-OP YOU SHOULD HAVE A FLIER SO AT THE LAST PAGE I THINK IN YOUR IN YOUR PACKET OH TWO OF THE LINEUP OF THE PROGRAM THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR BOARD PACKET AND THIS IS KIND OF LAST MINUTE I KNOW BECAUSE I JUST GOT IT LAST WEEK SO BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IF IF YOU THINK THAT YOU MIGHT WANT GO JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL MAKE THE ACCOMMODATIONS. OH I'M I'M NOT I GUESS FOR THIS NOVEMBER WE WERE PLANNING FOR THE 2024 ELECTION BUT FOR THIS NOVEMBER YOU WILL HAVE ALL NEW ELECTION SUPPLIES.
BOXES. THE WHEELS ARE FALLING, SOME OF THEM THE HANDLES ARE SNAPPING OFF. SOME OF THEM WE BE REPLACING ALL OF THOSE.
SO YOU WILL HAVE THE CLERKS HAVE A NEW CARRIER FOR THEIR SUPPLIES.
YOU WILL HAVE NEW PROVISIONAL BALLOT BAGS AND NEW TRANSFER POUCHES.
SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING THE TRAINING. AND FOR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOU WILL A SCHEDULE OF ALL THE BRIEFING AND WE DO RECOMMEND THAT YOU ATTEND AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE BRIEFINGS AND REASON FOR THAT BEING IS THAT TYPICALLY SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE TO TRAIN SOME OF YOUR POLL MANAGERS IF THEY CANNOT MAKE ANY OF THE SCHEDULE BRIEFING YOU MAY BE THE ONE ENDING UP HAVING TO TRAIN THEM AND SO YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT SO WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT YOU COME TO A TRAINING WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL THE MATERIAL THAT YOU WOULD NEED FOR THE TRAINING AND A SIGN IN SHEET WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR BOARD MEMBER MEAN FOR POOR MANAGERS TO SIGN IN WHEN THEY ATTEND A TRAINING. SO WE WILL DO THAT. YOU WILL GET THAT SCHEDULE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS PROBABLY. WE DID HAVE SCHEDULED MEETINGS ALREADY BUT BEING THAT NOW WE HAVE A COUNTY WHILE THE ELECTION WE HAVE TO EXPAND THOSE TRAINING DATES AND BUT IT WILL BE IN OCTOBER AND IT WILL BE BEFORE THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD WHICH IS TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO ELECTION. WE DO HAVE SAD NEWS Y'ALL WE LOSING ONE OF OUR VERY OWN CRAIG IS GOING TO BE LEAVING HE'S GOING TO BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY BUT HE DID PROMISE TO BACK AND HELP US OUT DURING ELECTIONS AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT REPLACING ONE OF OUR TEMPORARY PART TIME IS A REGULAR TIME POSITION BUT WE ONLY USE THOSE PEOPLE DOING ELECTION TIME SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SEASONAL TYPE POSITION. OH THAT'S IT.
ANY THIS THIS IS CURRENT OR PAST PRECINCTS THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE DECREASING WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGE SO FAR AS PRECINCT ASSIGNMENTS WHAT ALI AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ABOUT THIS? YEAH. YEAH I CAN.
OKAY, EVERYBODY YOU HAVE THIS HELP. OKAY, THIS IS OUR OUR YOU GOT IT. OH, OKAY. YEAH.
THIS IS SAYING THIS IS OUR PREVIOUS AM I CORRECT PRESETS WE DON'T HAVE THE NEW PRESENTS
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ADDED IN IS THAT TRUE QUESTION. YEAH RIGHT SO THE NEW PRESETS ARE NOT ADDED AND THESE ARE THE OLDER PRESETS THE HIGHLIGHTED COLOR THAT MEANS THAT'S YOUR PRESET WHERE IS HIGHLIGHTED.SO MINE IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH MY SO THESE ARE MY PRESETS TO YOUR RIGHT THOSE BE YOUR PRESETS OKAY SO EVERYONE IF YOU NOTICE WHAT IS HIGHLIGHTED THAT IS YOUR PRESET AND POLLING PLACE AND THE ASSIGNMENTS WERE DONE IN ACCORDANCE TO YOUR APPOINTMENT SO I KNOW IT'S NOT IDEAL BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS FOR NOW WHERE WHOEVER YOU REPLACING ON THE BOARD YOU'LL BE ASSIGNED TO PRECINCTS NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN SWITCH WITH SOMEONE IF IT'S MORE CONVENIENT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE BUT THAT WOULD BE NEGOTIATED BETWEEN YOU AND THAT PERSON THAT YOU WANT TO SWITCH BACK OKAY BUT FOR NOW IT IS WHAT IT IS NOW MR. WEDGEWORTH MIGHT WANT GIVE UP HIS MORE THAN THREE THINGS ON HILTON HEAD FOR ELSE AND COME OVER TO MY SIDE ALLISON EDDIE OUR OH THAT'S ALL THEY NEED MAKE AN OFFER BUT YOU KNOW BUT SERIOUSLY YOU KNOW THAT'S ABOUT THE FAIREST WAY WE COULD DO IT RIGHT NOW THE BOARD CHAIR AND I TALKED ABOUT IT IT'S NOT PRETTY BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS AND WHEN THE NEW PRECINCTS GO INTO EFFECT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT I GUESS REALIGNING THEM TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE EVEN FOR EVERYBODY.
SO WE KNOW BLUFFTON WAS KIND OF LIKE LOADED DOWN WITH NEW PRECINCTS AND SO MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SOME OF THOSE NEWER PRECINCTS.
BUT WE ONLY HAVE NINE MEMBERS SO WHATEVER IT IS IT'S GOING TO BE DIVIDED ABOUT THE NINE BOARD MEMBERS. BUT IT WILL BE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND FINAL APPROVAL BEFORE IT'S AND DO WE HAVE A DATE FOR THE COUNTY ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER THE 776 AND THESE BE THE PRECINCTS WE WILL BE USING NOVEMBER THIS YEAR. WE ARE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE NEW PRECINCTS NOW SOME OF THE POLLING LOCATIONS MAY CHANGE BECAUSE WE GOTTEN CONFIRMATION FROM SOME OF THESE POLLING LOCATIONS WE MAY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THEM OVER THEIR NEW LOCATIONS BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IF IT CHANGES AND BETWEEN JEAN AND I MOSTLY JEAN YOUR PEOPLE WILL BE YOU YOU WILL LIKE THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS. YOU WILL GET THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA THAT ALREADY THEY KNOW THEIR AREA AND THEIR PRECINCTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THIS AND GETTING YOU THOSE LIST OF NAMES FOR AND IT WILL BE A MASTER LIST OF YOUR PEOPLE IN THOSE PRECINCTS AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE YOUR PEOPLE IN OTHER WORDS YOU WON'T BE ENCROACHING ON ANOTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHEN WE GIVE YOU THAT LIST. SO EVERYBODY ALL UNITS SHOULD BE GOOD TO FOR ANYWHERE YOU WANT THEM TO GO. OTHER PEOPLE WHO LIVE ELSE BUT DON'T WANT TO WORK IN THEIR AREA THEY'RE ALREADY ASSIGNED TO THEIR BOARD MEMBER DOES UNDERSTAND WANT TO SAY THAT LIKE SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WORK SOME CITY THEY DON'T WANT THEY WANT TO WORK OUTSIDE OF SUN CITY SO WE HAD THEM LOCKED IN TO WHOEVER THE WOMAN THEY WORK SO YOU WOULDN'T SEE THEIR NAME IN OTHER WORDS BUT EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WE GIVE YOU PROBABLY SOMEBODY LIVES WHERE YOU ARE AND WOULD WORK IN THE AREA OF ONE OF THE PRECINCTS THAT YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO WE'LL WE'LL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALIGN THAT AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT READY FOR YOU LIKE THE MIDDLE OF ALL NO LATER THAN AUGUST 18 AUGUST 18TH AND AND WHEN YOU GET THOSE WHEN YOU GET YOU A POOL MANAGER DATABASE I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONTACT YOUR PEOPLE AND LET THEM KNOW WHO YOU ARE. YOU CAN DO IT BY EMAIL. YOU CAN DO IT BY REGULAR MAIL.
YOU CAN DO IT BY TELEPHONE CALL. YOU KNOW THE OTHER WAY YOU WANT TO DO IT BUT LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED THAT YOU REPRESENTING THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTION AND YOU GET ASSIGNED TO WORK WITH THEM ON FOR ELECTIONS AND YOU
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KNOW, OFFER YOURSELF UP TO THEM SO THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WHEN YOU CALL THEM TO WORK IN AN ELECTION, YOU KNOW TO SAY YEAH I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. YOU WE DON'T WANT THEM TO JUST HEAR FROM YOU WITHOUT WHO YOU ARE. SO AS SOON AS YOU GET THAT LIST GO AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM. LET THEM KNOW YOU WILL BE BACK IN TOUCH WITH THEM IF YOU NEED THEM TO WORK IN THE ELECTION. OKAY NOW ARE ALL OF MY NORTH OF THE BROAD HERE AND I DON'T WHERE ANY OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE SO SHOULD I SHOULD I MAKE A TRIP OVER HERE JUST TO TO RIDE AROUND AND TRY TO FIND OUT? WE'LL GO WITH YEAH, WE'LL GO WITH YOU.THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN I SAID THE WINDSHIELD TOUR BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE YOUR PEOPLE ARE SO WHAT WE WOULD DO WAS WE WOULD TRY TO SET UP A DAY WHERE ME AND JEAN AND ONE OTHER MICHAEL OR WHATEVER AND WE GO OUT INTO SUBURBAN AND POINT OUT YOU ARE THIS IS SO SO THIS IS SO AND SO THIS IS SO YOU'LL KNOW WHERE ALL OF THEM BUT WE WANT YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE BECAUSE ON ELECTION DAY.
THAT'S WHEN YOU GO OUT TO CHECK YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT YOU DIDN'T NEED, KNOW WHERE TO GO TO CHECK ON WHEN EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ELECTION STARTS I'LL PUT YOU ON SPEED DIAL.
ALL MARIE, ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOU THAT THAT'S I'M FINISHED. OH, OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD FOR PERMISSION TO HAVE THE CHAIR TO SEND A WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE DELEGATION TO ALLOW THE MULTIPLE PRESENTS AT A POLLING PLACE AND OUR CHAIR WILL WORK ON GETTING THAT LETTER DRAFTED. YEAH.
AND THEN YOU'LL COME TO THE COMMITTEE. YEAH.
AND MAKE SURE MAYBE WE WILL GET A COPY AND THE BOARD AND WE'LL LOOK IT OVER SO WE CAN GET I I .
SURE. SO CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THAT I SO MOVE SECOND GRADE.
OKAY ALL IN FAVOR OKAY. MOTION HAS BEEN CARRIED THAT WE WILL HAVE A LETTER DRAFTED SO
[IX. Closing Comments]
WE CAN GET STARTED ON THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE BECAUSE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE . NOW CLOSING COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AGAIN WELCOME TO OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND I KNOW ALREADY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND EVERYONE IS COMING WITH A LOT OF OFFER AND A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THAT WE USE AND WE ALWAYS CAN GET HELP WHEN NEEDED AND AGAIN FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED FORUM ALSO I GOT EMAILS THAT THEY ATTENDED THE. FOREMAN WAS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE FORUM AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T ATTENDED YET I WILL BE GREAT FOR YOU TO ATTEND THE NEXT ONE THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 5TH AND BEAUTIFUL CROWD AT BLUFFTON THE BLUFFTON LIBRARY.WE'RE SHOOTING FOR 50. WE'RE SHOOTING FOR THREE AT LEAST SHOOTING FOR 50 AT LEAST.
YOU KNOW MAKE. SURE. THAT ANNOUNCEMENT GOES OUT FOR THOSE OF YOU YOU KNOW, WHO GO GOING TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY MAKE SURE THAT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT GET OUT. I'VE ALREADY SENT IT TO OUR AND IT WILL BE OUT THERE SO CAN GET IT SO WE CAN LIKE MARI SAID WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO WORK AS POLL MANAGERS WHEN THEY SEE AND KNOW THE NEED OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR COUNTY BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST FOR ONE OR TWO IT'S FOR ALL OF US AND WE WANT TO DO A VERY GOOD JOB AND THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS AND ALL OF THE ELECTIONS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST AND GIVING UP OUR BEST TO MAKE OURSELVES LOOK GOOD AND ALSO OUR COUNTY LOOK GOOD.
MADAM CHAIR. YES I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED UTILIZING THE CHURCHES A MEANS OF COMMUNICATING TO PEOPLE IN THOSE PARTICULAR AND I REALLY THINK THAT IN THE ST HELENA COMMUNITY IT'S VERY VERY USEFUL .
YOU KNOW WE SENT OUT WHAT WE SENT OUT THERE AND PEOPLE USUALLY RESPOND WHO MAY NOT RESPOND TO THE ALLEN PACKET OF THE GAZETTE NO OTHER USUAL PROTOCOLS FOR ANNOUNCING THEY
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DON'T FEEL WELCOME ANY OTHER CLOSING COMMENTS? NO CLOSING COMMENTS WELL WE JOURNAL OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING OUR NEXT BOARD IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 26TH.GO AHEAD AND MAY WE ADJOURN. THE MEETING HAS BEEN WE DID ALL OF THAT I THOUGHT THEY NEED IT BUT OCH MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 3:13 P.M. AND WE HAVE HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
WE GOT A LOT DONE TODAY. THANK YOU ALL. PLEASE HAVE A SAFE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY. BE SAFE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.