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CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY.[I. Call to Order Followed by Pledge of Allegiance]
GOOD AFTERNOON.THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE BLIND 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.
GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO OUR SEPTEMBER 27TH BOARD VOTE OF REGISTRATION IN THE ELECTIONS MEETING.
[II. Public Comments ]
FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.UH, IF WE HAVE ANYONE OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
HI, MY NAME IS HELGA CRANDALL.
I LIVE IN THE MOSSY OAK SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY OF BUFORD.
I HAVE WORKED AT ALL ELECTIONS SINCE 2017 AS EITHER A POLL MANAGER OR A POLL CLERK.
ELECTION INTEGRITY AND VOTER CONFIDENCE IS A HOT BUTTON ISSUE IN APRIL.
RASMUS AND POLL, UH, THIS QUESTION FOR SIX DAYS.
HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT CHEATING AFFECTED THE OUTCOME OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? 80% REPUBLICAN 64 DEPEN, 64% INDEPENDENT, AND 45% DEMOCRAT ANSWERED, YES.
CHEATING AFFECTED THE OUTCOME OF THE 2020 ELECTION.
THAT IS 62% OF THOSE SURVEYED THAT, UM, THAT THERE WAS CHEATING.
AMERICAN VOTERS HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS.
IN THE ELECTION PROCESS, WE HAVE HEARD MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES SAY THAT THERE WAS ELECTION FRAUD IN THEIR RACES.
HILLARY CLINTON, KAMALA HARRIS, STACEY ABRAMS, ELIZABETH WARREN.
AND IN THESE LAST YEARS, DONALD TRUMP, WE EVEN HAD AN INCIDENT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT AFFECTED THE CONFIDENCE OF OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS WHEN VOTERS IN DISTRICT SIX AND EIGHT WERE NOT REGISTERED PROPERLY AFTER REDISTRICTING.
AND THE INCORRECT BALLOT STYLE WAS GIVEN TO THEM AT THEIR POLLING AREAS.
ELECTION INTEGRITY AND VOTER CONFIDENCE IS SOMETHING THAT ALL ELECTION BOARDS SHOULD HAVE ON THEIR AGENDAS.
I BELIEVE THAT ELECTION BOARDS SHOULD BE ACTIVE, NOT PASSIVE IN SUGGESTIONS AND ACTIONS TO SHUT DOWN BAD ACTORS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC AS FIRST IN THE SOUTH FOR BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.
WE CAN SET THE GOLD STANDARD FOR ELECTION EXCELLENCE, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ALL CAN WORK TOGETHER IN A NONPARTISAN WAY TO ACHIEVE THIS EXCELLENCE.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE R N C WROTE RESOLUTION URGING A RETURN TO EXCELLENCE IN AMERICA, VOTING AND ELECTIONS.
AGAIN, VOTER CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTION INTEGRITY IS LOW, AND WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT ALL VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS TO REPAIR THIS.
I AM AWARE THAT YOU ALL ARE SERVING ON THIS BOARD IN A NON-PARTISAN ROLE, AND I AM APPROACHING YOU TODAY IN A NON-PARTISAN ROLE AS WELL.
THE FOLLOWING KEY FACTORS ARE ADDRESSED, ENCOURAGING AND MAXIMIZING PARTICIPATION, MAINTAINING STATE NOT FEDERAL CONTROL, ENSURING SWIFT AND ACCURATE RESULTS, KEEPING IT LOCAL AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISPERSED POLLING PLACES ENSURING THAT ONLY US CITIZENS VOTE, PROVIDING A NON-ELECTRIC OPTION FOR VOTERS.
PAPER BALLOT SYSTEMS THAT ARE AUDITABLE AND VOTER VERIFIABLE, VERIFIABLE.
WE ARE IN A LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW, BREAKING DOWN THIS RESOLUTION, LOOKING AT THE PROBLEMS AND THE SOLUTIONS.
WE'RE ADDRESSING THE ES AND THE RESOLVES BACK TO BACK.
WE ARE EDUCATING VOTERS AS WELL AS OUR LEGISLATOR, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT BY SENDING OUT LETTERS WITH SMALL BITES WEEKLY.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND GET THEM TO WRITE LEGISLATION THAT RETURNS ELECTION INTEGRITY TO EXCELLENCE AND INCREASES CONFIDENCE BACK TO OUR ELECTION PROCESSES.
I HAVE BROUGHT EACH OF YOU A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION, THE FIRST TWO LETTERS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SENT OUT AND THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEND YOU COPIES OF ALL THE LETTERS THAT WE PLAN ON SENDING OUT BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 9TH, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN ALSO BE INFORMED AND EDUCATED AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW OF A CENTRAL, I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE A CENTRAL EMAIL, UH, OR A LIST OF YOUR WORK
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EMAILS THAT I CAN REACH YOU BY? IF NOT, I HAVE INCLUDED MY CONTACT INFORMATION IN THIS PACKET SO THAT YOU CAN CONTACT ME AND I PROMISE I WILL NOT GIVE OUT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES IF YOU DO NOT WANT ME TO.AND PASS 'EM THIS WAY, PLEASE.
HI, I AM NANCY, A PART OF YORK, AND I LIVE IN BLUFFTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND ON WHAT HELGA WAS SPEAKING WITH THE R N C RESOLUTION, IT WOULD BE GREAT THAT WE AS A STATE THAT IS GOING TO BE FIRST IN THE PRIMARIES IN JANUARY TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS.
IT'S AN AMAZING, UH, OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK TO THIS.
UM, I I'M ALSO REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS SMALL PRECINCT.
THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD, UH, PLACE TO BE, UH, AS FAR AS WE NEED TO BE AS FAR AS HAVING THE, OUR PRECINCTS DOWN TO 1500.
I I REALLY HONOR THAT AND I RESPECT THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL.
UM, THE REASON I AM HERE IS A CONCERN, UM, WITH WHAT TRANSPIRED IN LAHAINA AND, UH, THE FACT THAT THERE COULD BE ANOTHER FALSE FLAG HERE IN OUR COUNTRY.
ARE WE PREPARED FOR THAT? WE ARE FIRST IN THE PRIMARY.
ARE WE ACTUALLY PREPARED AS A POLL WORKER? WERE WE REALLY PREPARED TO HAVE A PAPER BALLOT, UM, SITUATION WHERE WE COULD COUNT OUR BALLOTS IF WE HAD NO ELECTRONICS? I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN THROUGH A SITUATION WITH HI HURRICANE ANDREW, WHERE WE WERE OUT OF ELECTRICITY FOR THREE AND A HALF WEEKS.
ARE WE PREPARED AS A STATE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH, UM, ELECTIONS, UH, AT A PRECINCT LEVER LEVEL AND NOT HAVE ELECTRONICS? IF A SITUATION DOES OCCUR WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE, UH, UM, COMPUTERS WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE CELL PHONES, ARE WE ABLE TO ACT ON THAT? IS THERE A PLAN? UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE AS THE BOARD AND THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER THAT GOLD STANDARD AND LOOK TO, UM, EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN DO IN RESEARCH THIS AND MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND MAYBE FOLLOW SOME OF THE R N C RESOLUTIONS AND PO POSSIBLY LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS IN CASE WE END UP IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
UM, CAN WE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY BE PREPARED IN CASE THERE IS AN EMERGENCY? WE ARE FIRST IN THE PRIMARIES AND WE DO WANT TO SET THAT GOLD STANDARD AND I REALLY HONOR THE POSITION THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE IN AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS SMALLER PRECINCTS.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
[III. Minutes from Meeting on: July 26, 2023 – Board Meeting]
OUR MINUTES FROM OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.UM, DID EVERYONE GET A COPY OF THE MINUTES? THEY HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO READ OVER IT.
CAN I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE NOTES AS WRITTEN.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY THAT SWEENEY AND SECOND BY ELIZABETH AND ALSO BY, UH, BEVERLY.
DO, UH, AS A SECOND TO ACCEPT IT READY FOR QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAYS AYE.
UM, NUMBER FOUR SAYS UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NOW.
[V. Committee Reports]
WILL MOVE TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.UH, FIRST ON THE LIST IS FACILITIES COMMITTEE.
DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? I I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT ON THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE, BUT I'D LIKE TO COMMENT IF I MAY, ON, UM, SOME OF THE OBSERVATION BY OUR TWO SPEAKERS FOR THIS MORNING.
I AGREE WITH YOU THAT A CONTU CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN
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IS SOMETHING THAT IS, THAT IS CRITICAL FOR ANY ORGANIZATION, PARTICULARLY AN ORGANIZATION OF THIS NATURE.SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET IN PLACE WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT A PLAN IN CASE THERE'S A LOSS OF ELECTRICITY OR SOME OTHER, UH, EVENT.
AND IN THE GOVERNMENT, WE CALL IT CONTINUITY OF OPERATION PLAN, UH, A CO PLAN, SOMETHING THAT I'M, I'M VERY INVOLVED WITH IN, IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE.
THAT'S SOMETHING IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THAT'S SOMETHING I HOPE THAT WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, TRY TO FACILITATE PRIOR TO THE NEXT MAJOR ELECTION, UM, IN 2024 IN TERMS OF, OF FALSE FLAG PREVENTION.
UM, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST AND I THINK THEY WILL CONTINUE TO, TO OCCUR IN THE FUTURE, SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR.
SO THAT ALSO IS A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION AND ONE THAT I HOPE THAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL, WILL MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO PREVENT THAT FROM OCCURRING HERE IN BEAUFORD COUNTY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS.
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, UH, LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS HAD AN ACTION ITEM TO FOLLOW UP ON A REVIEW OF SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION SEVEN SEVEN 1000, WHICH PERTAINS TO POOLING PRECINCTS FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
UH, UPON A FURTHER REVIEW OF DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS OF OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, UM, I HAVE DECIDED TO, UH, TABLE THAT ISSUE, UH, UNTIL AFTER, UH, BILL H 37 34 WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH.
THAT'S THE BILL THAT IS, UH, LOOKING TO KIND OF UNIFY THE REQUIRED DATE FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
UM, POOLING PRECINCTS FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION IS A, A DIFFERENT ISSUE THAN WE ADDRESSED IN 7, 7, 1 10 AND THE PROPOSED BILL FOR THAT.
UM, SO WE WILL JUST TABLE THAT UNTIL, UM, WE KNOW WHAT CHANGES WILL BE MADE REGARDING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
UM, I SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE PRECINCT COMMITTEE ON THE 20TH OF SEPTEMBER ASKING IF THERE IS A REASON WHY WE SHOULD MEET PRIOR TO OUR IDENTIFICATION OF NEW POLLING PLACES.
AND I DID NOT HEAR ANY, UM, COMMENTS, BUT, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ONCE WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY IDENTIFIED NEW POLLING PLACES AND THEY HAVE BEEN FINALIZED AND COMPILED, THEN THE RE PRECINCT COMMITTEE SHOULD MEET.
HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE REASONS WHY WE SHOULD MEET BEFORE THIS PROCESS IS FINALIZED, THEN PLEASE NOTIFY ME.
UM, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY DISCUSS WHATEVER, UM, CONCERNS OR WHATEVER, UM, THINGS THAT MAY NEED TO TAKE PLACE THROUGH DISCUSSION AND MEETING.
SO WE MET ON, UM, JULY THE SIXTH AND, UH, WENT THROUGH AND MADE A LOT OF CHANGES TO THE RULES AND THOSE HAVE BEEN PRINTED, SENT TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.
AND A FEW DAYS AGO THERE WERE SOME RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO BE MADE, WHICH WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO REVIEW YET.
SO WE'LL TABLE THE, UH, ANY VOTE ON THE RULES UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
WE'LL HAVE A MEETING HERE BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
[VI. New Business]
TO EXCUSE ME, TO NEW BUSINESS.FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND, UM, THE LEADERS OF THE BOARD WHO HAVE, UM, TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEIR TIME TO DILIGENTLY DO RESEARCH, UH, ET CETERA IN OUR OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURES MANUAL.
AND AS CRAIG SAID, THAT COMMITTEE WILL, UH, GET TOGETHER AND GO BACK OVER AND REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THINGS PERFECTED AS WELL AS POSSIBLE.
AND, UH, IN ANY MANUAL, WE, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE PLACES WHERE YOU MAY HAVE TO DO SOME REVISION AND DATE IT SO THAT
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WAY IT WOULD REFLECT ON THOSE CHANGES.AND ALSO, UH, TO, UH, MATT SWEENEY FOR HIS PROMPT ACTIONS ON, EXCUSE ME, ON WORKING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OUR POLLING PLACES WILL BE EQUIPPED FOR THE 2024 ELECTION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR ELECTION STARTING, UH, WITH OUR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
UH, WE WILL BE MEETING, UH, IN ORDER TO GO OVER EVERYTHING.
AND I AM HOPING THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS, ALL BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE PRECINCTS WILL UH, BE AT THAT MEETING.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE THAT MEETING, UH, BEFORE OUR REGULAR OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING.
SO EVERYONE WILL BE ABREAST TO, UM, WHAT ALL IS NEEDED FOR OUR 2024, UH, PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND GOING FORWARD, UH, THE, EXCUSE ME, MY APOLOGY, MY THROAT DISTRAUGHT.
UH, THE OTHER NOTE ALSO IS THAT, UH, WE ARE NOW GETTING READY TO, UH, MOVE INTO OUR EARLY VOTING AND, UH, I KNOW WE WILL HAVE ALL HANDS ON DECK, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, ASSIST WHEREVER WE ARE NEEDED.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE VERIFY WITH, UH, MS. MARIE, THE DIRECTOR ON WHERE WE CAN HELP THAT AT THE MAIN OFFICE.
AND, UM, THAT WAY WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE IN ON TIME AND OUR RESULTS ARE ACCURATE, AND THAT ALSO ALL OF OUR POLL WORKERS ARE TRAINED PROPERLY AND THAT ALL POLL WORKERS KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A WAY THAT THEY CAN CONTACT AND ESPECIALLY OUR CLERKS TO CONTACT THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, YOU MAY NOT BE OVER THAT POLLING LOCATION, BUT SHOULD A CLERK CALL YOU BECAUSE THEY HAVE A QUESTION AND THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REACH, UM, THE BOARD MEMBER FOR THAT POLLING LOCATION, UM, MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL ALL BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM IN THAT WAY.
WE WILL ALL BE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE SAME COMMON GOAL, AND THAT IS ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AT OUR VERY, VERY BEST AND DOING A GOOD JOB TO REPRESENT GIFORD COUNTY AND THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT, UM, WE KNOW OUR JOB AND WE ARE GOING TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ONLY COUPLE OF THINGS I HAD THAT WAS MAJOR, THE OPERATIONS MANUAL THAT CRAIG SPOKE ABOUT AND ALSO THE B M D THAT, UM, MRS. SWEENEY WILL GET WITH ALSO, UM, FOR THE UPCOMING, EXCUSE ME, NOVEMBER ELECTION.
I'VE ASKED, UH, A FEW OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, UM, ABOUT, UH, SERVING ON THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT HELPING WITH THE DATA FROM NOVEMBER, FROM THE NOVEMBER ELECTION JUST TO SEE EXACTLY, UM, WHERE WE ARE.
SO THAT WAY WHEN WE, UH, REPORT THANK YOU, WE'LL BE READY FOR FEBRUARY AND GOING FORWARD, AS WE WILL BE VERY BUSY FROM FEBRUARY STRAIGHT THROUGH MAYBE DECEMBER OF 2024, UM, BEVERLY DORE SAID SHE WOULD SERVE ON THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE ALONG WITH MATT SWEENEY AND CRAIG.
UM, THEY WILL REVIEW THE RESULTS, UM, AND GET BACK TO US AND, UH, LET US KNOW THEIR FINDINGS.
UM, THAT IS, UM, ALL THAT I HAVE, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? OH, AND ONE LAST THING I SHOULD HAVE REPORTED.
I GOT AN EMAIL ON YESTERDAY FROM MR. LUCAS.
HE'S, UM, OUT OF THE STATE, UM, FOR A WEDDING.
SO HE'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY.
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I, AND MR. WEDGWORTH, HE IS NOT HERE FOR THE RECORDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DOCUMENT THAT PROPERLY.[VII. Director’s Report]
ARE NOW READY FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, PLEASE.I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO MOVE IT
UM, WE GONNA STICK TO OUR FOUR MAJOR CATEGORIES THAT WE TYPICALLY TALK ABOUT, UM, WHICH IS, UM, LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, UM, ELECTION UPDATES, FACILITY UPDATES, AND LITTLE TIDBITS OF THINGS THAT'S GOING ON THAT DON'T FIT UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ON THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE IS THE BILL THAT WAS PASSED BACK IN JUNE ON THE HILTON HEAD PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE.
UM, THEY WILL HAVE NEW DISTRICTS, UM, AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT ON HILTON HEAD, WHICH IS ALSO EFFECTIVE IN 2024.
UM, I SPOKE WITH THE MANAGER OF THE P S D ON YESTERDAY AND THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON, UM, THE REDISTRICTING OF THE P SS D UM, DISTRICTS.
IT'S GONNA BE SEVEN DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE FOUR, FOUR DISTRICTS, BUT I THINK TWO OF THOSE DISTRICTS HAVE TWO MEMBERS.
SO ANYWAY, IT'S GONNA BE SEVEN INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS AND THEY WILL BE HOLDING PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, PUBLIC SESSIONS FOR COMMENTS.
SO AS SOON AS THEY GET THAT INFORMATION, UM, TO US, WE WILL INCORPORATE THOSE INTO OUR VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM.
UM, I COULD NOT TELL YOU A DEADLINE YET, BUT TO ME AS SOON AS HE CAN, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON WITH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO, UM, GET IT DONE.
UM, NEW POLL WORKER TRAINING UPDATE OUT OF THE INITIATIVE THAT WE DID STARTING I THINK BACK IN MARCH.
UM, WE'VE HAD SIX SESSIONS TRAINING NEW POLL WORKERS AND WE ENDED UP WITH 76.
IT COULD BE BETTER, BUT I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD 76 PEOPLE THAT WERE INTERESTED SO FAR AS, YOU KNOW, SERVING AS NEW POLL WORKERS.
THE RECRUITMENT IS ONGOING, SO CONSTANTLY CONTINUOUSLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BECOME POLL WORKERS.
I BELIEVE A LOT OF THE TIME IF FOLKS ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, THEY WILL BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND THAT WOULD MAKE THE ELECTIONS, UM, INTEGRITY.
OH, IT WILL SHOW UP THE ELECTION INTEGRITY BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS.
UM, SINCE WE MET LAST, WE'VE HAVE ADDED ON A NEW ELECTION, WHICH IS A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.
WE WILL BE, UH, REPLACING THE MAYOR DUE TO HIS RESIGNATION.
UM, CANDIDATE FILING WILL OPEN ON OCTOBER THE SIXTH AT NOON, AND IT WILL CLOSE ON OCTOBER THE 16TH AT NOON.
AND THE ELECTION WILL BE ON DECEMBER THE 12TH OF 2023.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING NEW TO ADD TO OUR AGENDA.
UM, BEING THAT THE CITY OF BEAUFORT ELECTION, UM, HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO OUR BOARD, YOU WILL BE CERTIFYING THOSE ELECTION RESULTS.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE BRIEFING SCHEDULED FOR THE UPCOMING, UM, NOVEMBER 7TH ELECTION.
WE'VE, WE'VE GOT TWO EXTRA SESSION THAT WE ADDED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND ENROLL IN ONE OF THE SESSION.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UM, BEFORE, WE WERE HOPING THAT EVERYONE INCLUDING BOARD MEMBERS ENROLL IN A SESSION.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE IF THERE IS, UM, A POLL WORKER FOR SOME REASON THAT CANNOT MAKE ONE OF THE SCHEDULED SESSION,
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GUESS WHAT? WHO'S GONNA BE DOING THE TRAINING? IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU MAY BE DOING THE TRAINING.HOWEVER, UM, WE WILL TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THEM AS BEST WE CAN.
SO WHAT WE DID IS MAKE SURE ANYONE THAT'S WORKING IN THE ELECTION, THEY SHOULD BE HERE THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION.
WE SCHEDULE ONE THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION.
SO THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAN MAKE ANY OF THE OTHERS SHOULD, UM, BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT ONE.
AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR, UM, ISSUE THAT YOU ENCOUNTER WHEN YOU ARE TALKING TO YOUR POLL MANAGERS, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN HELP WITH THOSE SITUATIONS.
ALRIGHT, AND BOARD MEMBERS JUST IS JUST A REMINDER THAT WHEN YOU CALL YOUR POLL WORKERS, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU LET THEM KNOW WHERE THEY WILL BE WORKING ONCE YOU HAVE DETERMINED WHAT PRECINCT OR POLLING LOCATION THEY WILL BE WORKING AT, SEND THAT INFORMATION INTO THE OFFICE TO JEAN.
AND JEAN WILL IN TURN, UM, RECONFIRM THAT BY SENDING THEM AN EMAIL, LETTING THEM KNOW THE POLLING PLACE THAT THEY WILL BE WORKING AT AND THE POSITION THAT THEY WILL BE IN IF THEY'RE GONNA BE A CLERK OR POLL MANAGER.
AND SO SHE WILL SEND THAT TO THEM AS SOON AS SHE, UM, GET THAT LIST FROM YOU.
AND THEY WILL, UM, IN TURN ENROLL IN ONE OF THOSE SESSIONS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
UM, BOARD MEMBERS, THAT'S THE WEBSITE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT THEY NEED TO GO TO.
YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THAT WEBSITE AND SIGN UP FOR ONE OF THE BRIEFING SESSIONS, WHICHEVER ONE IS MORE CONVENIENT FOR YOU.
AND YOU CAN COME TO MORE THAN ONE IF YOU LIKE.
UM, OUR 2023 DATABASE HAS BEEN TESTED.
UM, NEW VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS ARE SET TO BE MAILED TO SEVERAL OF OUR VOTERS WHOSE POLLING LOCATION HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST ELECTION.
AND THESE ARE THEM LISTED BLUFFTON TWO B, WHICH IS A POLLING, UH, PRECINCT THAT'S BEEN REPORTING TO, UM, THE BUCK WALTER GYMNASIUM.
WE HAVE FOUR PRECINCTS, UM, VOTING THERE.
THIS ONE WILL COME OUT FROM BUCK WALTER AND GO TO THE E MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO THOSE FOLKS WILL BE GETTING A NEW VOTER REGISTRATION CARD.
UM, ROSE HILL, WE HAD THEM SCHEDULED AT, UM, I THINK THEY WERE AT THE BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION, WHICH IS CARLETON POINT.
UM, IT TOOK LIKE ALMOST TWO YEARS, SO THEY'VE BEEN VOTING AT THE OTHER PLACE, UM, SINCE THEN.
SO THEY WILL BE GOING BACK HOME TO ROSE HILL.
THEY WILL BE GETTING A VOTER REGISTRATION CARD TO REMIND ALL THOSE VOTERS WHERE TO GO.
UM, PALMETTO BLUFF IS A NEW LOCATION.
UM, THEY WILL BE REPORTING TO THE PALMETTO BLUFF, UM, P O A MEETING ROOM AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME WE USE THAT FACILITY.
SO THOSE FOLKS WILL BE NOTIFIED TO REPORT THERE.
HILTON HEAD TWO A IS INDIGO PINES.
THEY'VE BEEN AT THE LIBRARY BECAUSE OF COVERT AND DUE TO COVER THEY WERE NOT ALLOWING US TO USE INDIGO PINES, BUT NOW THEY ARE LETTING US, UM, DO THAT.
SO THEY ARE GOING BACK HOME TO THEIR ORIGINAL POLLING LOCATION.
UM, HILTON HEAD THREE IS A NEW LOCATION.
THEY WILL BE REPORTING TO PALMETTO GOLF CLUB AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE GETTING THESE VOTER REGISTRATION CARD AND I'M, WE WILL ALSO BE PUTTING UP SIGNS AT THEIR LOCATIONS TO REDIRECT THEM IF THEY FOR SOME REASON DIDN'T OPEN THE ENVELOPE TO SEE WHERE THEY WILL BE GOING.
UM, THE CYPRUS IS IN THE SAME SITUATION.
WE WERE TEMPORARILY REMOVED FROM THE CYPRUS BECAUSE IT'S A ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
SO HILTON HEAD FULL B WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE CYPRUS AND PLANTATION.
UM, HILTON HEAD FIVE A WILL BE GOING TO THE PLANTATION HOUSE.
UM, THEY USED TO GO TO DOLPHIN HEAD AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO USE DOLPHIN HEAD FOR THIS ELECTION.
AND I'M KIND OF THINKING, UM, FUTURE ELECTIONS AS WELL.
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A NEW HOME FOR HILTON HEAD FIVE A, THEY WILL BE VOTING AT THE PLANTATION HOUSE ON HILTON HEAD, UM, THE UNIFORM AND OVERSEE VOTERS, YOUR KAVA VOTERS FOR THE 2023 ELECTIONS.UM, THOSE BALLOTS WERE ALREADY SENT OUT.
UM, IT WAS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY.
UM, I WOULD WANT TO COMMEND OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR BEATING THE BUSHES, LOOKING FOR NEW POLLING LOCATIONS.
AND SO THIS IS KINDA LIKE AN UPDATE TO THE LIST THAT WE HAD THE LAST TIME.
UM, THE, THE NEW ONES ARE REALLY STARTING WITH THE BOTTOM ONE, WHICH IS MAY RIVER AND, UM, BROAD RIVER VILLAGE, UM, MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS A, UM, HARVEY COMPLEX.
UH, YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A COMPLEX RIGHT ON HIGHWAY ONE 70.
WE HAVE NOT MET WITH THEM YET.
UH, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM ON TOMORROW, UM, TO EVALUATE THE, UM, THE FACILITIES AND UM, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL MEET OUR STANDARDS AND IF THEY DO, THEY HAVE PRETTY MUCH COMMITTED TO LETTING US USING THEM.
UM, THE MAY RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH, UM, HAS AGREED TO LET US USE THEM.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE YET TO EVALUATE IT, BUT THEY HAVE AGREED.
SO WE WILL BE SETTING UP AN APPOINTMENT TO EVALUATE THAT.
AND THE NEXT PAGE, UM, ALL NEW.
SO YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELVES.
UM, THE MAY RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE ALREADY, RIGHT? MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, UM, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS AGREED TO LET US U USE MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, UM, WHICH IS BIG.
UM, THAT'S A BIG THING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE GROWTH IS IN THE, UH, NEW RIVER MAY RIVER AREA OF BLUFFTON.
SO THE HIGH SCHOOL IS NOW AVAILABLE TO US.
BROAD RIVER ELEMENTARY, OKER T ELEMENTARY, RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY, BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS, WAS A TEMPORARY LOCATION, BUT THEY HAVE AGREED TO LET US USE THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.
HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY HAS ALSO AGREED, UM, THE, DID I, OH, THE HAVEN, I THINK I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
THE HAVEN IS TENTATIVELY, UM, A NEW, WE MAY BE USING THAT ONE AS A BACKUP BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE SAME LO UH, PRECINCT AS MARIE RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IF WE GET BOTH OF 'EM, IF ONE OR NOT IS NOT AVAILABLE, WE COULD GO TO THE OTHER.
THANK YOU ALL, BUT DO NOT STOP.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL NEW PRECINCT THAT I WAS ABLE POLLING PLACE OKAY.
THAT I WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM TODAY.
I DID E EMAIL YOU THE, UM, PERTINENT INFORMATION REGARDING THE MAILING ADDRESS, THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS, THE CONTACT PERSON, THE TELEPHONE NUMBER, ET CETERA.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THAT ONE.
LIKE I SAID, THIS, UM, KEEP IT COMING.
WE NEED AS MANY PLACES AS WE CAN GET.
AND ONE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ON THE LIST I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM TOO, IS THE 1100 BOUNDARY STREET, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWNTOWN.
USED TO BE THE OLD BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
SO I MIGHT BE OUTTA GREEN STREET GYM.
SINCE WE, WE HAVE, UH, AN ELECTION, UH, OUR ELECTIONS ARE, ARE COMING UP PRETTY CLOSE, HOW QUICKLY COULD WE GET, UM, NOTIFICATION TO ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THEIR NEW POLLING PLACES? UM, THE CARDS ARE BEING PROCESSED RIGHT NOW.
AND WILL IT, WILL HE IDENTIFY THESE PLACES AS WELL? I'M SORRY? WILL HE IDENTIFY THESE NEW PLACES AS WELL? YEAH, NO, THE ONLY PLACES THAT, THE ONES THAT WILL BE GETTING NEW CARDS ARE THE, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MOVING THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND THAT'S ONLY TWO OF 'EM, WHICH WILL BE PALMETTO BLUFF AND PALMETTO HALL.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO NEW ONES.
THESE OTHER ONES WILL NOT GO ONLINE UNTIL 2024 WHEN WE IMPLEMENT THE NEW PRECINCTS.
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WE'LL NOTIFY THEM AGAIN IN THE BEGINNING OF 2024? YES, SIR.NOW, I MUST TELL YOU, THEY WILL BE RECEIVING VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS AND WE WILL MAKE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EVERYBODY TO LOOK FOR THOSE VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS IN THE MAIL BECAUSE IT'S A TENDENCY FOR A LOT OF 'EM TO BE RETURNED TO US.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME THAT A VOTER CAN REGISTER TO VOTE TODAY.
WE SEND 'EM A CARD AND IT GETS RETURNED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AT THAT ADDRESS.
UM, BUT WHEN WE DO THOSE MASS MAIL OUT, WE DO GET A LOT OF 'EM BACK AND IT ALSO HELP US TO HELP CLEAN UP OUR ROLES BECAUSE THEN WHEN THE CARDS RETURNED, WE WILL THEN KNOW THAT THIS VOTER MAY NO LONGER BE AT THIS RESIDENT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT TO GET THE WIRING INTO THE, UM, EARLY VOTING SITE AT THE BLUFFTON RECREATION GYM.
UH, WE WENT OUT THERE AND DID THE PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OR ASSESSMENT OF THINGS THAT THEY MAY NEED AND THEY WILL BE BACK OUT THERE, UM, VERY SOON AND SHOULD BE READY BEFORE WE OPEN UP EARLY VOTING FOR THIS ELECTION.
AN UPDATE ON THE ADDITION TO THE FACILITY AT UM, 15 JOHN GOT ROAD, IT'S MOVING ALONG VERY WELL AND, UM, THEY HAVE THE DIRT OUT THERE ALREADY.
UM, THEY HAVE MOVED THE WIRING FOR THE AIR CONDITION TO ANOTHER SIDE SO THAT IT WOULDN'T INTERFERE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BACK.
AND, UM, JUST GOT WORD A FEW MINUTES AGO THAT THE COMPLETION DATE WILL BE JANUARY OF 2024, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT SOONER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED.
UM, I'M SORRY, MAY I ASK A QUESTION AT SOME POINT? I, I DUNNO WHAT'S PROPER.
I DON'T, I ALREADY HAVE PUBLIC PHONE.
IS IT? APOLOGIZE? YEAH, I DON'T THINK SO.
UM, THAT'S ONLY DOING PUBLIC COMMENTS ALREADY.
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE POLL WORKER DATABASE, DIDN'T WE? ANYWAY, UM, WE ARE, UM, WORKING ON THE POLL WORKERS DATABASE AS WELL.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT BULLET IS FOR.
I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY FROM THE LAST SLIDE, BUT SOME GOOD NEWS.
JEAN AND I DID TWO FIVE MINUTE SEGMENTS ON 8 4 3 T V W H H I, UM, BACK ON SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH.
AND I'M HOPING SOME OF YOU GUYS SAW IT.
IT WAS JUST, UM, TIDBIT INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTIONS, ELECTION INTEGRITY, UM, POLL WORKERS, UM, ABOUT THE ABSENTEE PROCESSES AND IT, IT WAS REALLY QUICK, BUT IT WAS TO THE POINT.
AND ON SEPTEMBER THE 18TH, JEAN ALSO DID ANOTHER ONE, UM, ABOUT REGISTERING VOTERS AND ABOUT POLL WORKERS.
SO WE ARE OUT THERE, UM, ON THE MEDIA.
WE ARE GONNA BE DOING SOME MORE, UM, MEDIA BLASTS JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND, UM, ELECTION DATES NOW 2023 ELECTION, UM, WHICH IS IN NOVEMBER.
UM, PLEASE KNOW THAT THAT'S A COUNTYWIDE ELECTION.
SO ALL OF US ARE INVOLVED IN THAT.
INITIALLY IT STARTED OUT BEING JUST FOR TWO MUNICIPAL, UH, THREE MUNICIPALITIES.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE FRI ISLAND THAT'S DOING A REFERENDUM ON THAT BALLOT.
UM, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS DOING A REFERENDUM.
THE TONGUE OF YI HAVE THEIR ELECTION AS WELL.
SO IT'S A LOT IN THIS LITTLE OFF ELECTION YEAR THAT'S GOING ON.
UM, ON NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH RESULTS FOR THE ELECTION WILL BE PUBLICIZED ON THE STATE
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WEBSITE SE VOTES GOV WEBSITE, LIKE YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE IT.ELECTION RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED.
STATE, I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
YOU ALLUDED THAT WHEN YOU SEND OUT VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS AND THEIR RETURN IS UNDELIVERABLE, THAT YOU USE THAT TO CLEAN UP THE VOTER ROLLS.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE PROCESS THAT YOU USE WHEN THAT COMES BACK SPECIFICALLY? YEAH.
UM, WHEN WE SEND THOSE OUT, SOMETIMES THE POST OFFICE WILL PUT A YELLOW, WE CALL IT A YELLOW STICKER YEAH.
ON THERE TO TELL US THAT THIS PERSON HAS NEW, IT'S A FORWARDING ADDRESS.
THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES, I'M SORRY, LIKE A FORWARDING ADDRESS STICKER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH.
IT'S EITHER A FORWARDING ADDRESS OR I'LL SAY UNDELIVERABLE FOR WHATEVER REASON MM-HMM.
BUT WHEN WE, WHEN WE CAN'T, WHEN WE SEE THAT, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE VOTER, UM, AT LEAST RECOMMEND THAT THEY BE PLACED ON AN INACTIVE STATUS.
IF THEY HAVE MOVED OUTTA THAT AREA.
NOW, IF THEY'VE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION WITHIN BUFORT COUNTY, WHAT DO YOU DO? ACCORDING TO THE STICKER? IF THEY HAVE RULES, EVEN IF WE PUT INACTIVE RULES WHERE THEY COME TO VOTE, IF THEY SHOW UP TO VOTE, THEY CAN BE.
SO THEY'LL BE REACTIVATED THEN AND HAVE TO VOTE A PROVISIONAL BALLOT I ASSUME, OR A FAIL SAFE? FAIL SAFE? NOT NECESSARILY.
IF THEY ARE IN THE SYSTEM AND WE LOG THEM IN AS INACTIVE MOVE, BUT THEY DIDN'T MOVE MM-HMM.
BUT IF THEY'VE ACTUALLY MOVED, BUT YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING, YOU DON'T ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE VOTER OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
IF THEY ACTUALLY MOVE, WE CAN UPDATE THEIR ADDRESS.
UM, AT THAT TIME WE HEARD VOTING, BUT IF, UM, YEAH, I KNEW THAT IF YOU MOVE OUT OF THAT PRECINCT TO ANOTHER PRECINCT RIGHT.
TO ANOTHER LOCATION, THEN UM, THAT WOULD PROBABLY CREATE A FAIL SAFE ISSUE.
BUT BEING THAT THIS IS A ONE BALLOT QUESTION, KINDA LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THEIR PRECINCT AND THEY, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO, BUT YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE TO FOLLOW UP, YOU DON'T TRY TO ATTEMPT TO CALL 'EM OR SEND SOMETHING TO, TO THE NEW ADDRESS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE? NO.
AND SEE THE STATE ACTIVELY DO THAT AS WELL.
MATTER OF FACT, THEY JUST SENT OUT A MAIL OUT LAST MONTH AND THE DEADLINE TO RECEIVE THOSE RESPONSE, UM, THOSE RESPONSES WAS LIKE SEPTEMBER THE 11TH.
SO, UM, IF THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM JUST A QUESTION.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A FOUR MEMBER AUDIT TEAM AND, UH, SS E C FIELD REPRESENTATIVE VISITED THE DEPARTMENT.
WAS THERE ANY WRITTEN REPORT OR ANY FEEDBACK THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE DEPARTMENT? UM, NOT YET.
UM, THIS IS A NEW PROJECT AS THE STATE HAS IMPLEMENTED, SO THEY WILL BE AUDITED EVERY COUNTY AND, UM, ONES TO BE POSITIVE.
UM, I THINK THE AUDIT WENT WELL.
OF COURSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE END RESULTS ARE GOING TO BE.
UM, BUT THEY DID SAY THAT, UM, THE RESULTS WILL BE DISCUSSED PRIOR TO PUBLICATION.
I JUST WANTED THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY OR, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY NEW CHANGES OR SUGGESTIONS.
JUST THE TAXABLE LEVEL OF INFORMATION.
UM, THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AND UM, WE HAD EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED.
WE HAD TO SEND TO THEM IN THREE, FOUR DIFFERENT EMAILS BECAUSE IT WAS TOO BRIEF SEND IN ONE EMAIL.
BUT I THINK WE, WE DID, WELL I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ASSESSMENT OF THINGS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY MUCH WHAT THEY COULD SEE AND WHAT WE COULD PRODUCE.
ANYONE ELSE? UM, REGARDING THE, UH, CONTINUED OBJECTIVE TO IDENTIFY NEW POLLING LOCATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NEW ONES ADDED TO THE LIST RECENTLY.
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OF TARGET AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE RISK STILL IS A NEED FOR NEW LOCATIONS? CAN WE, CAN WE HONE IN ON A LITTLE BIT MORE GEOGRAPHICALLY ON WHERE, WHERE WE NEED NEW LOCATIONS? BLUFFTON, BL MOSTLY MM-HMM.SO WHAT WE WILL DO, WE CAN LOOK AT, SEE WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S HAPPENED ALREADY WHERE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PRECINCTS OR SEVERAL LOCATION AND UM, THEY'RE SO CLOSE TOGETHER, THE PRECINCTS ARE ALL IN THE SAME HOLY LOCATION.
SO, UM, WHICH KIND OF LIKE REPEAT THE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO HAVE ONE PRECINCT FOR POLLING LOCATION, BUT IF ALL THE POLLING LOCATIONS SAY THE SAME THING, IF WE GET AN EXEMPTION, WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THAT AS WELL.
[VIII. Closing Comments]
COMMENTS.ANYBODY HAVE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS? I'LL MAKE ONE.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, AGAIN, TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY AND, UM, GETTING POLLING, UM, LOCATIONS AND TO UM, ASSURE ASSURE US THAT UM, WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH, UH, POLL WORKERS FOR THE, UH, NOVEMBER ELECTION.
AND, UM, I WANT TO, UH, THANK CRAIG PELLEY, UH, FOR HIS ASSISTANCE IN BEING A TEAM PLAYER BECAUSE, UH, AS EVERYONE KNOW, BLUFFTON IS, UH, JUST GROWING AND GROWING AND UH, I WAS ABLE TO, UM, HAVE 11 OF HIS WORKERS HOOVER VOLUNTEERING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT.
AND THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL TEAMWORK
SO THAT'S HOW WE WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
WE, WE HELP OUT, UH, EACH OTHER IN ORDER TO, UH, GET THE JOB DONE.
AND UH, I THANK EVERYONE ON THE BOARD FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND ALL THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
I'VE BEEN UNDER THE WEATHER FOR THE LAST WEEK OR TWO, SO I MAY HAVE MISSED SOME TELEPHONE CALLS AND, UH, EMAILS BECAUSE OF SPECTRUM.
YOU KNOW, THE INTERNET HAVE INTERNET PROBLEM WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF RAIN AND YOU HAVE INTERNET WITHOUT IT FOR A WHOLE WEEK OR TWO.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE IN IGNORING CALLS.
I BELIEVE IN MAKING THEM EVEN IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATE.
SO I DO APOLOGIZE IF I MISS ANYONE'S, UM, EMAIL OR PHONE CALL.
AND AGAIN, I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
[IX. Announcements]
OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 25TH.UH, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVE.
IT'S NOW ADJOURNED AT 2:50 PM.