[I. Call to Order ] [00:00:08] THE SEPTEMBER 24TH 2025 BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY IS CALLED ORDER IT'S 2:04 P.M. ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT FOR MR. WHO WILL WILL BE A FEW MINUTES LATE WE'LL GET STARTED WITHOUT HER SO CAN WE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEASE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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 IN IT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. [III. Approval of Agenda] MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN FOR SECOND MR. COOPER SECONDED BY ILENE ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENTS SEEING NO PUBLIC PRESIDENT I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM AND THAT'S [V. Minutes from Meeting on:] MEETING MINUTES FROM THE MEETING AUGUST 20TH. THOSE WHO ARE SENT OUT THIS MORNING CHRIS DO WE HAVE COPIES OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? OKAY. ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED CAN YOU PRINT THOSE OUT FOR US PLEASE. SO WILL IF IF EVERYBODY'S IN FAVOR WE CAN POSTPONE THIS AGENDA ITEM FIVE UNTIL AFTER THE DIRECTORS REPORT WHEN WE'VE HAD A CHANCE REVIEW THE WRITTEN MEETING MINUTES FOR THE COVER UP OKAY I'M GOING TO ONE TOPIC AGAIN. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM OH THIS IS SEPTEMBER 4TH TO AUGUST 20TH IS IN HERE TO OH WE JUST IN BERLIN THANK YOU. I'M SORRY SORRY LET'S JUST TAKE A MINUTE LET EVERYBODY REVIEW THESE. THEY WERE SENT ELECTRONIC CLE LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK KNOW I THINK THAT IF THERE'S ANY SCRIVENER ERRORS WE DO THAT AFTER WE APPROVE THEM [00:05:29] I DON'T KNOW WHAT YES I HAVE PEOPLE I GOT THE PROMOTION TO ACCEPT MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST 20TH AS WRITTEN I DON'T MOVE. OKAY ANY COMMENTS ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I OKAY MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 2025 SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING AS WRITTEN EILEEN MITCHELL SO MOVE WITH ANY NECESSARY CHANGES OR CORRECTION THE SECOND ANY COMMENTS ALL IN FAVOR I THANK [VI. Committee Reports (If Any)] YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX THE COMMITTEE REPORTS WE'LL START WITH RULES JOHNSON THE RULES COMMITTEE MEN AND FINALIZED THE OPERATIONS MANUAL IT WAS SENT ELECTRONICALLY TO EVERYONE SINCE THAT TIME THERE WERE SOME VERY MINOR EDITS THAT HAD TO DEAL WITH SPELLING ERRORS COMMAS BEING INSERTED A COUPLE OF CAPITALIZATIONS BUT THE SUBSTANCE IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS WAS TEN IF IT'S IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW AND AGAIN THEN I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT A NEW OPERATOR'S MANUAL AS WRITTEN AND PRESENTED INDIVIDUAL STANDARD. I DO HAVE A COMMENT. MM HMM. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO REVISE THIS, ESPECIALLY CHANGING THE FORMAT. I THINK IT'S IT'S FINE THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN BUT I JUST WANT LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT REGARDING TITLE 17 WHERE OUR THIS IS ESSENTIALLY OUR BYLAWS WE HAVE DECIDED THAT CANNOT PARTICIPATE ELECTRONICALLY THAT'S MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT'S IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS CAUSE THE LAW SAYS EXPLICITLY THAT WE CAN PARTICIPATE ELECTRONIC FOR COUNTY CANVASS MEETINGS FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS IT'S SILENT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS BUT IT'S EXPLICIT THAT EVEN THE STATE CANVASING BOARD CAN MEET ELECTRONICALLY SO I'M TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE FOR US. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS THAT WE ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE STATE I THINK THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD WITH THIS AS IT'S WRITTEN MOTION THAT IF OKAY ALL IN FAVOR I THANK YOU AND ONE ADDITIONAL THING YOU THINK THEY PUT IN TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FORMATTING MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS CORRECT ALL. RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT BUDGET AND FINANCE MR. BAKKER NO FORMAL REPORT WE JUST HELD OUR MEETING ONE HOUR AGO WE REVIEWED BUDGET PERFORMANCE OR PERFORMANCE VERSUS BUDGET FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STATUS OF SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING AND WENDEL DID [00:10:01] REPORT THAT WORK IS STARTING A PEO IS BEING PUT IN PLACE TO START ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN WORK FOR THE GENERATOR THE STATUS OF OTHER PROJECTS IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY ARE WAS NOT REPORTED. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT AND WE DISCUSSED ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR SUBMITTAL TO THE 2027 BUDGET AND FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL ITEMS ARE WE WORKING ON THE DETAILS FOR THAT REQUEST. YES AT THE STATUS. I HAVE A QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. YOU SAID IN YOUR MEETING WAS THAT WHEN TODAY ABOUT DISCUSSING FOUR OR FIVE PROJECTS FOR THE 2027 BUDGET TO SUBMIT TO SCENARIO FOR BUT CAN YOU SHARE THAT WITH US? YEAH I KNOW YOU WANT TO REVIEW THEM. THESE WERE AND I TALKED IN TALKING WITH THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WAS TO TONIGHT SHE SAID REALLY AT THIS POINT NOBODY SUBMITTING ANYTHING BECAUSE NORMALLY IT WOULD BE OCTOBER TO START MAKING SUBMITTALS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. HOWEVER THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR MR. BAKKER WANTED US TO GO AND START LOOKING AT IDEAS THAT WE MIGHT SUBMIT SOME OF THESE WE CAN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE SECURITY TYPE ISSUES BUT ONE OF THEM A COUPLE OF THEM ARE WE WERE LOOKING AT ELECTRICAL FOR A NEW SECTION OF THE WAREHOUSE. THOSE ARE LIKE THE DROPDOWN PLUG IN CORDS TO CHARGE THE MACHINES AND STUFF AND WE'RE WORKING ON THEM ACTUALLY THE REST OF THEM ALL SECURITY. SO I'LL JUST ADD THIS COMMITTEE ACTUALLY I GOT ENOUGH AS THE TOOLS WERE IN FINANCE YOU CAN LOOK AT THEM ON THEIR OKAY THANK YOU. AND THE OTHER QUESTION FOR MR. BAKKER. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO FACILITIES MR. FORD TO CHAIR OUR WEIGHT THIS FACILITY THAT REALLY HAD A MEETING BUT JUST WANTED TO COMMENT IN REFERENCE TO OUR AUGUST MINISTER WE JUST PASSED REGARDING THE CLUB AT SHELL HOUSE DURING THAT TIME WE STATED THAT WE HAD VISITED WITH THE SHELL HALL THE SHELL HALL COMMUNITY WE THEIR CLUBHOUSE FOR FOR VOTING AND AND NOW WANT US TO USE THE CLUBHOUSE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT OUTSIDE RESIDENTS IN THE STAFF HAS NOT FOLLOW UP YET THEM REGARDING THIS ISSUE BUT THEY ARE PLANS TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AGAIN TO DISCUSS THIS AND SEE IF WE CAN CONVINCE THEM TO SAY THE UTILITY AND THE VALUE OF THAT PRECINCT BEING A VOTING LOCATION BUT THE STAFF HAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH GETTING PREPARED FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. IF THAT IS COMPLETED THEN THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE WILL WORK WITH THE STAFF TO GET BACK WITH CHERYL HALL AS WELL AS OTHER LOCATIONS TO POTENTIALLY BE PRETTY LOCATION NOW FOR FACILITIES ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. FORD? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT FOR THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION HAD MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 4TH AND DURING THAT MEETING THEY PRESENTED TO MARIE SMALLS A RESOLUTION HONORING HER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND BEAUFORT GOVERNMENT. THERE WERE A LOT OF VERY NICE PERSONAL MADE BY DELEGATION MEMBERS. THE DELEGATION ALSO NOMINATED DON LUCAS THE OPEN SEAT. SO MR. LUCAS WILL GO THROUGH THE VETTING PROCESS WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE PRIOR TO HIS APPOINTMENT I PRESENTED TO THE DELEGATION THE THREE ISSUES THAT WE AS A BOARD HAD APPROVED ON JULY 17TH REGARDING POLL WORKER PAY LOCAL LEGISLATION FOR PULLING PRECINCTS ON ELECTION DAY AND THE EQUIPMENT PURCHASE PROCESS. WHETHER THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNTY AND STATE AND SO THE DELEGATION SUGGESTED THAT WE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN INCREMENTAL PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND NEW TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES SUCH AS THE DIAZ THREE HUNDREDS WHICH WE HAD LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S PENDING I HAVEN'T HAD ANY FOLLOW UP ON THAT BUT I EXPECT THAT WILL DO OUR BEST TO SUPPORT DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE FCC ON [00:15:03] EQUIPMENT PURCHASES REGARDING S 36 THAT WAS A BILL FILED BY SENATOR CAMPS IN LAST YEAR. MR. SAMPSON THAT HE WILL BE PUSHING THAT BILL AGAIN IN THE NEXT SESSION. THAT'S THE BILL THAT ALLOWS PRECINCT SIZES TO GROW FROM 1500 TO 3000 AND GIVES TO THE COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION TO PULL POLLING PLACES ELECTION DAY. SO WE AS A LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL MEET TO DISCUSS A RESOLUTION THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY. AND FINALLY MR. KURZMAN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, PRESENTED ME TO ME ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD A FRAMED COPY OF H 4350 THAT'S THE BILL THAT PASSED THIS YEAR TO ADD EIGHT NEW PRECINCTS TO BEAUFORT COUNTY AND HE PRESENTED IT AS A RECORD FOR PASSING A BILL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IT WAS 32 DAYS FROM FILING SIGNING BY THE GOVERNOR SO I BROUGHT THAT FRAMED OVER HERE. WE'LL HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO HANG THAT IN THE OFFICE AND THAT'S IT FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR? ME. OKAY. NEXT IS COMMITTEE. MISS DORR, THERE IS NO REPORTED TIME. [VII. Unfinished Business] OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. ITEM SEVEN IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS. THE ONLY THING I HAD ON MY LIST WAS THE SHELL HALL COMMUNITY POWA. SO MR. FORD ADDRESSED ALREADY. IS THERE ANY OTHER UNFINISHED BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED? OKAY. [VIII. New Business] OBVIOUSLY NONE WILL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. THERE IS A LET'S SEE AN CHECHESSEE ONE IS CURRENTLY A PRECINCT THAT IS WITHIN A A SINGLE COMMUNITY. HOWEVER THERE IS A SMALL NUMBER OF HOMES 3040 HOMES THAT ARE AND ARE IN CHECHESSEE THREE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THE TAKE A LOOK AT MOVING THE BOUNDARY LINE PURCHASING ONE AND THREE TO MAKE CHECHESSEE A FULLY SELF-CONTAINED PRECINCT WITHIN . THE COMMUNITY OF CLOSING. YEAH HOW MANY RESIDENTS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE. APPROXIMATELY 60. YEAH THERE'S ABOUT THERE'S ABOUT ACTUALLY THERE'S ABOUT. THE COMPLICATION HERE IS THAT THE WAY THE LINES WERE DRAWN SPRING ISLAND DRIVE WHICH RUNS KIND OF EAST AND WEST THE EVEN NUMBER OF HOMES ARE IN CHECHESSEE ONE. THE ODD NUMBER ARE IN CHECHESSEE THREE AND THEN PRECINCT LINE EXTENDS OVER TO SPRING ISLAND. SO IT KIND OF SEGREGATES KALOTI . RIGHT. BUT THE THOUGHT HERE WOULD BE I'VE SPOKEN TO GENERAL MANAGER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE POPPY . THEY'RE WILLING TO CONSIDER USING ONE OF THEIR FACILITIES AS A VOTING LOCATION IF IT COULD ALL BE CONTAINED TO CALABAR THE ISLAND. SO IF WE COULD CHANGE THAT LINE MOVE IT NORTH A LITTLE BIT AND CUT IT OFF SO IT DOESN'T GO TO SPRING ISLAND YOU COULD CREATE CHECHESSEE ONE PRECINCT WOULD THEN BE ALL INCLUSIVE CALABAR SEA ISLAND AND THE OTHER VOTERS ON SPRING ISLAND WOULD BE IN CHECHESSEE THREE AND THEY WOULD BE VOTING AT LOCATION THAT IS ALREADY IN CHECHESSEE THREE. OH WELL THE TOTAL EXCEED 1500 TO BE LESS THAN 50 OF US BE ABLE BETWEEN 902,000. AND AS FAR AS TIMING IS CONCERNED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD TRY TO DO BY THE NOVEMBER 26 ELECTION. YEAH. OKAY. AND I THINK I THINK WHAT IS NEEDED AT THIS POINT IS PROBABLY HAVE SET UP A MEETING WITH THE STAFF AND THE GM BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE OF POSSIBILITIES BUT MY CONCERN IS AVAILABILITY OF ENVISAGE ABILITY FOR CURBSIDE VOTING HANDICAP LOCATION AND YOUR PLACE WHERE IT IS. WELL ANOTHER THING IS WE WANT WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T EITHER WE HAVE IT IN JUNE OR DON'T DO IT BECAUSE JUNE VOTERS [00:20:03] DETERMINE WHO'S IN IN NOVEMBER. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT BY JUNE OR WE CAN'T DO IT AT ALL UNTIL AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK ON THAT. I'D LIKE TO CERTAINLY HAVE YOU ALL TAKE A LOOK. THERE'S TWO POSSIBLE LOCATIONS BUT AGAIN I'M NOT. NEITHER ONE IS PERFECT BECAUSE VISIBILITY FOR CURBSIDE AND HANDICAPPED NOW WHERE WE ARE SWIMMING THAT'S TO COME ON THE SO WILL THERE BE TIME TO TO MEET THE NOVEMBER ELECTION TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND STILL HAVE TIME TO IMPLEMENT IT BEFORE JUNE? YEAH IN IT BECAUSE OF THE THE LADY OUT IN THE CAMP IN BLUFFTON REMEMBER WE DID THAT. IT WASN'T IT WASN'T THAT DIFFICULT. WE MADE THAT MOVE. SO I THINK WE CAN DO I THINK WE CAN GET IT DONE. YEAH. WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR OR I GUESS THE ELECTION COMMISSION WE'LL TRY TO DO IT UP TO DECEMBER. YEAH I GUESS REALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW I CAN CALL SCHEDULING OBVIOUSLY LOT OF WORK AND AND THIS WOULD BE A CHANGE THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE FISCAL AFFAIRS RIGHT ALONE. RIGHT. THERE'S NO LEDGER THERE'S NO LEGISLATION REQUIRED I DON'T THINK. NO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE YEAH WE DIDN'T HAVE GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT WITH WITH THE LADY OUT IN YEAH. G.I.S AND ALL THAT SO WE WERE IN THAT LINE YEAH. OKAY THAT'S CHECHESSEE ONE AND THREE AND THREE SO THAT WILL MAKE CHECHESSEE ONE FULLY SELF-CONTAINED IN CARLOW AC OKAY. I DON'T THINK A VOTE IS REQUIRED ON THAT. IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS ? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WHEN WILL THERE AND MAYBE THEY ALREADY ARE MAPS BE AVAILABLE OF THE NEW PRECINCTS THAT WE CREATED SO AS AN EXAMPLE I NOW IN LADIES ISLAND ONE D AS OPPOSED TO 1B1 WILL THERE BE NEW MAPS FOR ONE D AND ONE B AND ALL THE OTHER CHANGES I BELIEVE THE COUNTY GIS MAPS ARE ALREADY UPDATED THEY'RE UPDATED YES I LOOKED AT THEM ALL THE TIME SO YEAH OKAY I JUST WONDERED IF THEY WERE READY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE THE DIRECTORS REPORT MR. ROBERSON [IX. Director's Report] OH TO CLOSE THE DOOR THERE I GUESS THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE LOBBY A PERSONAL LOBBY, SOMEBODY IN THE LOBBY. NO, NO. WHAT DID YOU DO AWAY? JUST DISAPPEARED BECAUSE OF ONE THING. DO YOU STILL SEE IT THERE? PEOPLE NEARBY GET THE UPDATE ONE THIS MORNING I HAD READ RE OKAY YOU UPDATED HERE ON THIS OBJECT IT WAS PASSED DOWN THAT'S THE ONE YOU RAN YESTERDAY NO THAT NOT THE UPDATE NO I GOT IT I HAVE IT THE DIFFERENCE IS ONE NEW PAGE IT'S ONE PAGE. YES I DID I JUST IN NOT ABLE TO PRINT IT DON'T YOU STILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP YOUR IT IT IS GO UP YOU SHOULD GO. OKAY ALL RIGHT. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. UM, WELL, DO YOU KNOW GREAT. I GOT IT. I GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANTED Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY SEEN BUT JUST WANT TO GO OVER ALL YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME ELECTION UPDATES ONCE AGAIN [00:25:01] CREATE REITERATE, KEEP THE PRECINCT UPDATES AND MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES ONCE AGAIN ON TIME OF ELECTION OF NOVEMBER MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS . WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL SEATS IN PORT ROYAL TWO COUNCIL SEATS IN BLUFFTON MR. ADDRESS WITHDREW FROM THE ELECTION SO WE WILL NOT HAVE A RUNOFF IN THESE ELECTIONS. SO EXCUSE ME WHEN THAT MEANS TWO PEOPLE FILED IN PORT ROYAL AND TWO PEOPLE NET FILED IN BLUFFTON. RIGHT? OKAY SO WE WILL NOT HAVE A RUNOFF AND THEN THE MAYOR AND THE TOWN COUNCIL SEATS WE WOULDN'T BE INVOLVED IN ANY RUNOFF IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION ANYWAY. THEY ENDED THEIR FILING PERIOD ON THE 5TH OF SEPTEMBER. SO ALL OF THAT IS DONE. THE PUBLIC NOTICES BOTH PARTIES WENT OUT ALREADY. THE FIRST ONE WENT OUT ON SEPTEMBER THE FIFTH, THE SECOND ON THE 19TH. SO SOMEONE ASKED THE QUESTION HOW DO THEY KNOW THEIR VOTING PLACE CHANGED OR ANYTHING THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE PUBLIC NOTICE SO THAT THOSE ARE THE ACCESSES WE SAID AND ALL TO DO ANY OTHER MEDIA PURPOSES WE WILL DO A HAND COUNT AUDIT ON THE FIFTH WHICH IS THE NEXT DAY AT 10:00 HERE IN OUR OFFICE WE WILL PICK A COUNT PRECINCT FOR BLUFFTON IN A PRECINCT FOR PORT ROYAL DO THE HAND AUDIT IS NOT REQUIRED BY THE STATE BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO ONE AND WE DO HAVE A RECORD OF IT ON OUR WEBSITE WHEN WE DO DO THEM SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE DID AND IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AND. A NOTICE WILL GO OUT FOR THAT. THE CAMPUS HEARINGS FOR OF THOSE WILL BE ON NOVEMBER THE SIXTH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WILL DO THEIR OWN CANVASS HEARING HERE AT 10:00 AND THEN OFFICES OUR BOARD WILL TAKE CARE OF THE CANVASS HEARING FOR PORT ROYAL AT 10:30 A.M. DOES DOES THE BLUFFTON CANVASS DO THEY DO THEIR OWN HAND COUNT AUDIT OR THEY WILL DEPEND WE STILL DO A HAND COUNT. WE'LL DO WE STILL DO BUT THEY THEIR MSE WILL TAKE CARE OF THEIR YOU KNOW THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS HERE LIKE JUST LIKE YOU GUYS WILL EXCEPT THEY DO IT FOR OKAY THE REGISTRATION ONCE AGAIN ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO HAS NOT REGISTERED FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS OBVIOUSLY IN PERSON IS FRIDAY OCTOBER 3RD, FOUR OR FIVE EMAIL FAX OR ONLINE IS SUNDAY THE FIFTH BY 1159 AT NIGHT BY MAIL THEY MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MONDAY OCTOBER THE SIX. ONCE AGAIN TWO EARLY VOTING CENTERS WILL BE OPEN TO 23 TO 20 FOURTH ON THE 27TH THROUGH 31ST ONE WILL BE AT THE BUF ACCOUNT HERE IN THE MAIN OFFICE IN THIS AND THE OTHER ONE WILL BE AT THE BLUFFTON REC CENTER GYMNASIUM. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR PMDS HERE ON THIS SIDE BECAUSE THIS IS THE SMALLER OF THE TWO ELECTIONS AND I HOPE WE GET YOU HOPE TO GET USED AND THEN IN BLUFFTON WE'RE GOING SIX ONCE AGAIN THEY WILL COME UP FOR EARLY VOTING IS TWO WEEKS BUT WE DON'T FORESEE HAVING TO USE MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WILL COME THEY COME STEADILY AND IT'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH THE ROOM AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE OVER THERE WHEN. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, SIR. WHAT'S THE PAVING STATUS OF BLUFFTON REC CENTER TO THE PAVING PAVING THE PARKING LOT PAVING THAT THAT IS STILL ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH US TO SEE HOW PEOPLE THAT PROJECT SO IT FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF ALL THE AP PROJECTS THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH NO STANDARD SO TO SPEAK AS FAR PUBLIC STATUS FOR ANY OF US TO KNOW ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. SO WE WE WE PRAY THAT BY JUNE WILL BE STRAIGHT. I HAVE A FEELING THAT BY JUNE THEY SHOULD HAVE IT BUT DEFINITELY WON'T BE DONE IN NOVEMBER. OKAY, MY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE WHAT IS YOUR FORECAST THAT OVERALL TURNOUT FOR THE ELECTIONS OH 20 NOT HOW MANY 29,353 BURNING TOTAL PEOPLE COMING OR FOR THE ELECTION HE'S GONNA PUT UP YEAR OVER YEAR MATTHEW YOU HAVE A THE 9780 DOWN ELIGIBLE VOTERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BETWEEN OF THEM BELONG IN THE COUNTY MVC RIGHT WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO AND YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY THAT MEAN LIKE PERCENTAGE WISE YEAH HAVE YOU MADE AN ASSUMPTION OF WHAT THE TURNOUT WOULD BE LIKE 2021 I THINK WE HAD IN BLUFFTON 17% OVERALL TURNOUT AND THAT WAS INCLUDING A STATEWIDE REFERENDUM QUESTION OR NOT A STATEWIDE COUNTYWIDE KIND OF REFERENDUM. RIGHT. SO HAD TO COME OUT WITH A PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE REFERENDUM IT WOULD BE 1513 IF THAT IF THAT PROBABLY LEFT THE [00:30:10] BOOK TO MATT I CAN ATTEST AND I USUALLY TALK ABOUT IT MY ISSUES THAT BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN OUT REGULAR OKAY THANK YOU OKAY WE'LL BRING IN OUR TEMPORARY FULL TIME STAFF ON NEXT MONDAY AND IT ALL WE HAVE IN BETWEEN WELL WITH THE BLUFFTON MVC AS WELL AND. THE BLUFFTON OFFICE ON MYRTLE PARK HAS BEEN OPEN SINCE MONDAY BECAUSE FOUR FOUR BASICALLY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT IT OPEN NOW BECAUSE REGISTRATION OPPORTUNITIES AND BLUFFTON IS UP AT THE POP UP TO ME AND I ANSWERED IT BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER WOULD HAVE BEEN BUT IT'S PERSON THERE'S A HE WANTS TO DO IT OTHER THAN HIM OH YOU MEAN WRITING HIS NAME IN WHAT TO GO ASK HIM IF HE ENOUGH IT IT'S BE RUN HE HAD TO HAVE TO SAID IT IS INTENT IS GONE SO IF YOU HAVE AN INTENT AND YOU AND WITHDREW SO HIS INTENT IS GONE IF YOU HAVE AN INTENT AND YOU CAN WRITE A WRITE A WRITE IN THAT'S WHEN IT COUNTS BUT THIS WON'T COUNT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE AN INTENT BUT BECAUSE HE WITHDREW HIMSELF BUT THAT'S LIKE SAYING DONALD RIGHT DOWN DOUBLED AND DONALD UP WINS WEEK DIDN'T INTEND TO WRITE SO WE CAN'T COUNT HIM SO THAT'S THAT'S THE PROCESS BEHIND THAT IF I WHAT IF I CHANGE MY MIND AFTER I WITHDREW THIS HAVE THAT LETTER HE HAS TO THAT THE DOCUMENTATION INTO US THAT HE INTENDS TO RUN FOR THAT A WRITE IN PERSON CAN HAVE AN INTENT AND WE HAVE TO HAVE IT ON FILE BUT IF THERE'S NOTHING IN A PERSON INTENTIONS WE CAN PUT TO YOUR QUESTION ELAINE I BELIEVE IF CANDIDATE WHO WITHDREW CHANGES THEIR MIND AND THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION THEY CAN SUBMIT A LETTER AND SAY WELL I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED AND THEN VOTERS CAN CERTAINLY WRITE IN THEIR NAME AND ALAN DID LINE TO AND IF YOU DON'T MEET DEADLINE AND HE HE CHANGED HIS MIND BUT IT'S THE DEADLINE THAT HE STARTED THE WRITE IN PROCESS WE YOU KNOW WE CAN LOOK AT WE TAKE ON A FOR WRITE IN THAT'S RIGHT SO THE FILING DEADLINE IS TO BE ON THE BALLOT A NEW FILING FEE THAT'S RIGHT. BUT RIGHT INS DO NOT HAVE TO PAY A FEE, RIGHT? WELL, A LOT OF TIME IT MAY BE OPEN TO. JUST GET OUT THERE AND GET OFF OTHERS AND SAY WRITE MY NAME IN AND THAT WOULD COUNT. THINK THERE'S A PROCESS TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WHAT WE'LL DO WE WILL LOOK UP WHAT THE LAW SAYS AND ALSO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT AND WE'LL GET A STATEMENT OUT TO YOU IF YOU REMEMBER REMEMBER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SEAT? THEY ARE RIGHT IN PROCESS. YES. WHEREBY THE SPELLINGS ARE CONSIDERED THE SPELLINGS FOR THE NAME ETC. THAT'S ALL INVOLVED WITH THE YEAH WELL SPELLINGS I CONSIDERED BECAUSE IF IT'S ANYWHERE CLOSE BUT WRITE INS OR OR THEIR OFFICE NOTHING ELSE AND IT DOESN'T COUNT THOSE ARE AT THE READY ANYBODY CAN VIEW YOU STILL HAVE [00:35:02] AT SOME POINT YOU'RE NOT ON THE BALLOT BUT AS A CHAIR THIS SOUNDS LIKE A I WOULD RUN A LEGAL UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE DECISION ON THIS AT THIS POINT APRIL AND IT'S AGAINST THE LAW WHAT WE MAY I WOULD RECOMMEND WE GET A LEGAL INTERPRETATION REGARDING AND THEY PREVENT THE COURT BECAUSE AS YOU'RE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY YOU HAVE THEM IN REINSTITUTING AS A CANDIDATE OR HAVING ITSELF REINSTITUTED AS CANDIDATE YES OR HE COULD HAVE SOMEONE ELSE TO EDIT IT SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A RUNOFF. THAT'S WHEN I START I WOULD THINK THAT WE NEED IF HE GARNERS WELL WE CAN THROW THOSE TWO PEOPLE AGAINST ALICIA YET SO WE WILL IT THAT YES MR. ROBERTSON YOU MENTIONED YOU'D SPEAK WITH THE SCC COULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE A STATEMENT TO SEND TO THE BOARD AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN THESE ARE POLLING LOCATIONS FOR ELECTIONS WE THEM IN THE LAST MEETING AS WELL NOW TO BOTH OF WHICH WE THINK GOD OKAY ALL OF OUR POLL WORKERS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED AND MADE AWARE OF THEIR TRAINING. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR SOME MORE WORK BECAUSE WE DO WE ARE LOOKING AT A FEW PLACES WHERE WE WANTED MAYBE SHOW HIM UP A LITTLE BIT MORE SO WE ARE YOU KNOW, WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE SORT OF INTERESTED IN WORKING FOLKS GETTING A LIST OF WORKERS AND ARE CONTACTING THEM ABOUT COMING TO ANYTHING FOR US AND THAT'S AROUND 2526 IN THE TWENTIES NOW AS OF YET IT'S EITHER ALL OF THEM HAVE CLERKS RIGHT NOW THE ROUTE WE ARE GOING IS OBVIOUSLY WITH THE LEAD CLERKS IN SOME PLACES THAT HAVE MORE IN LINE NOT WE'RE NOT HAVING TOO BIG SUPPLY BAGS. WE HAVEN'T LIKE WE DID IN THE PAST WHEN IT'S A SMALL ELECTION LIKE THIS BUT WE HAVE A SUPPLY BACK THERE THAT WILL HAVE INFORMATION FOR BOTH PRECINCTS IN THERE, THAT KIND OF THING INSTEAD OF DOING ALL THAT EXTRA WORK THAT DOESN'T TO BE DONE ESPECIALLY IF THE TURNOUT IS AS AS WE PREDICT IT COULD BE. BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE ALL THE INFORMATION IN THERE FOR BOTH PRECINCTS WILL BE THE LEAD LITERATURE WILL BE BE ON TO PICK UP SUPPLIES OR WHAT HAVE YOU. OKAY. THE THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE INVOLVED YOU HAVE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED YOUR YOUR LIST AND EVERYTHING OF WORK. YEAH I WANT TO CALL THEM AND TALK TO THEM AND REMIND THEM AS WELL DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES ON THE THIRD FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AS WELL FROM HERE FROM 11 ALSO LOCAL WELL THROUGH THE ISSUES THAT BROUGHT ME TO DO AN ELECTION WILL BE DONE AT THAT TIME AS WELL EVERYBODY GRASP OKAY ALL RIGHT WELL WE HAVE ANY NEW CLERKS WORKING THIS ELECTION THAT IS BRAND NEW. NO, NO BRAND NEW BRAND. WHAT WE DO FIRST WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FIRST TIMERS WORKING JUST TO KEEP THEM ACCLIMATED AS TO WHAT COULD HAPPEN. BUT NO FIRST TIME CLERKS, FIRST TIME CLERK NO WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. WELL, I'M A FIRST TIME AS A AS A REAL I'M NOT A REAL CLERK. HE'S A HE WAS AN ASSISTANT CLERK IN TRAINING THIS HIS FIRST TIME AS A CLERK BUT HE'S WORKING WITH A NUMBER EXPERIENCED YEAH OKAY YEAH. ONLY ONE PERSON IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. OKAY. A MANDATORY BRIEFING BEEN SET UP FOR THE SEVENTH AND THE NINTH THE SEVENTH IN BLUFFTON AT 930 IN THE MORNING TO 11:30 A.M. HERE ON THE NINTH FROM 6 TO 8 THAT'S OCTOBER RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH HE'S I'M SORRY OCTOBER PROOFREADER I WASN'T ONLY ONE OCTOBER . ALL RIGHT I'M SORRY ALL THESE OCTOBER UP AND ALSO WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU IS OF THEM SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU TRAIN FOR ALL OF YOU WORKERS IN THE ELECTION. [00:40:01] WELL THE TESTING FOR ALL BALLOT STYLES, PAPER AND THEY WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. THAT'S RIGHT B SEPTEMBER PERIOD. YEAH YEAH SORRY I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MEMBERS FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT ASSIGNED TO OVERSEE PRECINCTS FOR THIS ELECTION. ARE THERE OTHER DUTIES THAT WE'D LIKE THEM TO DO SUCH AS WORKING IN THE OFFICE HERE HELPING WITH UP WELL EXIT THEY'RE WAY THE SAME WAY WOULD I WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE THE PAST IT'S NOT LIKE I MISSED FOUR ROLLS ON ON THAT BEFORE SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME IN WE WOULD APPRECIATE HOW BEING HONEST WITH YOU YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AS WELL AS WELL IT HAVE TO BE A GREETER SO YOU STAND AT THE DOOR AND READ THE PEOPLE IN AND YOUR EARLY VOTING. YEAH WALK OUT ACCORDING TO EVERYBODY IF YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT I WAS THINKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ELECTION DAY YOU ELECTION DAY I THINK AND I THINK THE MORE IMMEDIATE BUT EVEN THEN JUST THINKING IN THE PAST AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE PAST IT WAS HEAVILY IN THAT LINK AND TALK TO THAT AS WELL I THINK THEY WOULD LIKE IF ANYTHING IT WOULD BE A CLOSING AND I MEAN THAT CLOSING WOULD BE PROPER DROP OFF YOU HELP FILL IT UP BECAUSE IT JUST TO HELP KEEP IT STREAM A LITTLE BIT MORE PROMINENT HERE AT ALL BUT DEFINITELY A LOT. YES MA'AM. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS I THINK YOU WANT OR AT LEAST THIS I CAN'T SPEAK FOR MR. FORD. I MEAN I DO PRECINCTS IN THIS ELECTION KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COME HELP YOU RACE AND DO A CHALLENGE WITH EACH OTHER FOR ANSWERS. SO WHO ARE THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO DO NOT HAVE ON ELECTION DAY AND ME AND YOU THAT'S IT. JUST THE OF US MIGHT WIN THIS WEEK. YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING EITHER THREE YOGA SO YEAH A COUPLE OF YOU ONLY HAVE LIKE THREE YOU YEAH. IN MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IS MY SHELDON PRECINCTS I THINK LAST TIME THEY HAD A MUNICIPAL ELECTION I THINK THEY HAD THREE PEOPLE VOTE AND IT WAS PART OF A BIGGER ELECTION SO. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK KATHY WILL BE PLACED ON THE ON THE FIRST I MEAN ON THE 2ND OF OCTOBER AT ONE HERE HERE BACK IN THE OFFICE AND THE SECOND TEST WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE 30TH 10:00 AND TRAINING FOR THE TAKES OCTOBER 216 AND YOU TELL ME FOR TEXTBOOK SELECT ALL RIGHT OR WHAT IF I GET FIVE AND THEN TWO ON THIS DAY WEEK ON PRIMARY YOU KNOW I HAD SENT OUT 136 DIGITAL YOU HAVE A BALLOT AND MAYBE 25 MINUTES THAT YEAH SO I THINK THAT FOR US BECAUSE I'M SURE SOMEONE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT ENHANCED BALLOT IS COME TO BE ABLE TO UPLOAD THE BALLOT THE WHAT WE DO IS ONCE WE A DATABASE AND SO OVER 15 AND IT WAS WE DID I FOUND AND ONCE WE DO THAT AND SEND THEM OUT ELECTRONICALLY TO THE PROFILE OF EVERYBODY ON YOUR PROPERTY WE SENT OUT TO THEM THAT REQUEST IS AUTOMATICALLY SENT TO THE EMAIL ACCOUNTS AND THEN THEY MELTED AND THEN WE TRY TO WRITE BACK TO BACK IF [00:45:09] IT'S THROUGH A SECURE SYSTEM SECURES TO AN AUTOMATION I THINK WE APPROVED BACKING FROM SECURES OUR VOTE IN ALL OF OUR PART OF TRIP KEEP UP IN IS ALSO ENCRYPTED SO WE NEVER KNOW WHO GETS WHAT WHEN IT COMES BACK WE NEVER KNOW ANYTHING LIKE THAT WE WHO THE VOTER IS THAT RETURNED A BALLOT BUT A SPECIFIC BALLOT ONCE JUST ENCRYPTED AND RETURNED TO US WE HAVE NO IDEA WHOSE IT IS OR ANYTHING. UM ALSO YOU COVER FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW IS FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY WHO IS NOT STATIONED OR IS NOT IN COUNTY AND ANY OVERSEAS CITIZENS THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON CRUISE SHIPS OR JUST VACATIONING THEY HAVE TO BE LIVING OVER THERE THERE AS A LAST AS OF WHEN I TAKE THIS WE HAD TEN ABSENTEE THAT IF WE GET ANY MORE I'M SURE BUT I DON'T THINK SO YEAH SO WE'VE ONLY HAD TEN ABSENTEE REQUESTS FOR BALLOTS FOR THIS ELECTION THAT'S FOR NONMILITARY CIVILIANS OUR MILITARY HERE IS OUR TRAINING OUR LAST CLASS BEFORE THE 17TH WHICH WAS LAST WEDNESDAY WE HAD 30 PEOPLE SIGNED UP AND 26 SHOWED UP HERE . YOUR DISTRIBUTIONS THIS IS WHAT YOU ENDED UP WITH FOR THE YEAR . SO OUR WINNER WAS MR. COOPER AND TO MAKE IT PERSONAL HOPEFULLY MR. LUKE NO, I'M SORRY MR. COOPER IS THE WINNER HANDS DOWN 36 PEOPLE SO SO I'M SITTING WITH THEM LOVED IT. WE HAD 211 FOR THE YEAR. OKAY. AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WE WILL SHOW YOU OUR DATE FOR NEXT YEAR'S TRAINING. WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THOSE WORKED ON. I'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THEM. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE OUT BEFORE THE OCTOBER MEETING SO YOU'LL KNOW WHEN WE HAVE CLASSES NEXT YEAR I DID ACTUALLY GET SOMEONE TO SIGN UP FOR ONE OF THEM SO I HAVE ONE PERSON REGISTERED A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT IS MR. BACKER KIND OF MENTIONED EARLIER THE ONE THAT WE DO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IS THAT THEIR PURCHASE ORDER IS IN PROGRESS TO DO NOT DESIGN FOR OUR PURCHASE ORDER AND IT IS FUNDED AND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY INFORMATION AMY OCTOBER WOULD BE THE MONTH THAT WE START MAKING SUBMISSIONS FOR 27 OUT BUT SHE SAID NOBODY'S MAKING ANY SO SHE DIDN'T WANT ANY THEY DON'T WANT ANYBODY MAKING SUBMISSIONS THAT THEY'RE STILL STRAIGHTENING OUT ALL THE ISSUES WITH THE PAST ONES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. SO DID SHE SAY NOVEMBER IS WHEN THEY'D LIKE THOSE HAVE ANY OTHER TIME OKAY SHE BASICALLY SAID TALK WITH THE FINANCE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER RIGHT NOW NO BUT THEY DON'T WANT ANY SUBMISSIONS UNTIL THEY GET WHAT THEY NEED TO CLEAR IT UP CLEAN UP AN EMAIL, ASK US WHEN THEY WANT SUBMISSIONS OR TELL US WHEN THEY WANT SUBMISSION. OKAY BUT WE'RE WE'RE PROCEEDING TO PREPARE THEM ANYWAY SO THAT WE'LL BE READY YEAH YEAH. OKAY. AND THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PLANNING IS THAT DONE IN-HOUSE OR IS THAT A THIRD PARTY AS THIRD PARTY? YEAH. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE GO OUT FOR BID FOR OR THE ZIP DEPARTMENT GOES OUT TO BID FOR? I WOULD THEY DO THEY DO BECAUSE THE THIRD PARTY WE HAVE TO HMM SO WE DON'T I MEAN WE HAD NOTHING TO DO ABOUT THIS BUT THEY HAVE TO BID IT OUT BASED ON THE COST OF IT. THEY HAVE TO BE ARE IN I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS MEANS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PURCHASE ORDER OR THE PURCHASE ORDER AND EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE AND WHOEVER WILL WIN THE BID GETS IT SO BUT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THAT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THIS IS THE BASIC PRECINCT REPORTS AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS PRECINCTS LAST MEETING I THINK WE HAD ONE OR MEETING FOR LAST. WE HAD ONE PRECINCT THAT WAS UNDER I MEAN OVER 15 NOW WE GOT TWO AND THEY HAPPENED TO BE NEW RIVER TWO TO THE NEW RIVER SITE PRECINCTS. SO ONES I THINK IT LIKE 1593 [00:50:04] AND THE OTHER ONES 1540. OKAY. AND HERE WAS THE BREAKDOWN OF SINGLE AND CO-LOCATED SITES AND THOSE PROBABLY AREN'T GOING TO CHANGE ANYTIME SOON. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS. WE SELL HALL AND HOPEFULLY TO JESSE YOU KNOW THIS MAY CHANGE HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT TO CHANGE THAT'S I LIKE I'M GLAD THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AN OPTION FOR US AND HERE IS THE LOCATION OF THE LOCATIONS I MEAN THE VOTING LOCATIONS FOR EVERYBODY 74 OF THEM ARE WITHIN THEIR POLLING PLACE AND 60 OF THEM ARE SO WE'RE 55 AND 45% WITH THOSE OVER HUNDRED AND 34. AND THEN LASTLY 42 OF THEM ARE ADJACENT TEN OF THEM OR AT LEAST TWO AWAY FIVE OR AT LEAST THREE AWAY IN THAT SAME CITY EVERY TIME YOU SEE THAT THREE THAT'S ONE CITY. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW. SO YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 57 THAT ARE ONCE AGAIN NOT IN THEIR PRECINCT. WENDELL, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES, BECAUSE BE INTERPRETING THIS INFORMATION INCORRECTLY IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE PRECINCTS WITH POLLING PLACES OUT OF PRECINCT RIGHT 616 AND DOWN BELOW IT SAYS HOW WOULD I INTERPRET THAT TO HAVE A 57 BECAUSE ONE OF THE IS WHICH WAS THREE OF THEM WHERE THEY WERE LIKE THREE OF THEM WHERE THEY WERE LIKE NOT IN THEIR THING AT ALL HASN'T IT. LOOK AT THAT WERE THREE OF THEM THAT DID NOT HAVE THE PRECINCT DIDN'T HAVE THE POLLING LOCATION, DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THEM IN THERE THAT MAKE SENSE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THEIR IN THAT PARTICULAR I MEAN ANY PRECINCTS IN THAT LOCATION THEY WEREN'T IN LOCATION AT ALL. OH DON'T 60 YOU GOT FIVE THAT THAT YOU HAD TO GO WHAT IS 57 BUT POLLING PLACE OUT OF THE PRESENT AND FIVE WITH POLLING PLACE ARE LOCATED THREE PRESETS AWAY THAT COMES TO 62 THREE THROUGH 57 ME GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT LET ME GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT. BUT I KNOW THERE WERE LIKE TWO THAT DID NOT HAVE THE LOCATION DID NIGHT WAS NOT IN THE PRECINCT AND NONE OF THE PRECINCTS IN THAT LOCATION WERE IN THAT PRECINCT BUT IT WAS THE ONLY PLACE THAT THEY COULD VOTE SO THAT'S WHERE IT PROBABLY GOT TWISTED AROUND. I MIGHT HAVE IT REVERSED BUT I'LL GO AND GET THAT OUT STRAIGHTEN IT OUT AND I'LL SEND YOU A CORRECTED SLIDE BASED ON THAT. YEAH. LET ME GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT. I THINK IT'S A REVERSAL ON THAT NUMBER AS FAR AS MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES WE DIDN'T DO TWO OUTREACH SITUATIONS ON THE 18 JEAN AND I WENT AND SPOKE TO THE NORTH BROAD DEMOCRATIC CLUB AT THE GRACE AMY ALWAYS CHURCH. WE SPOKE TO ABOUT 20 PEOPLE THAT TO GIVE YOU AND I'M SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW BUT JUST TO REITERATE FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE LISTENING WHEN WHENEVER ANY OF US GO OUT TO SPEAK TO A PARTIZAN GROUP WE ARE REQUIRED WE TELL THEM WE WERE REQUIRED TO GO FIRST SO THAT WHEN THEY START DISCUSSING POLICY AND IDEAS WE ARE GOING WE ARE NOT IN THERE WHEN THEY'RE IT WE TALK STRAIGHT GENERAL ETHICS ABOUT ELECTIONS PROCESSES QUESTION AND ANSWERING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. THAT'S ALL WE DO WHEN WE GO TO THESE AND THERE'S A PARTIZAN TYPE GROUP SO YOU KNOW NEVER ANY INFORMATION IT IS WE ARE NOT IN THE PROCESS WE ARE NOT IN THE ROOM WHEN THEY'RE DOING POLICY OR POSTED INFORMATION EVERYTHING IS DONE UPFRONT. WE ALWAYS GO FIRST. OKAY ARE THERE ANY UPCOMING OUTREACH EVENTS, ANYTHING PLANNED THE REST OF THE YEAR? WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY REQUEST FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE. THIS WAS THIS WAS THEY WANTED BECAUSE OF THE SMALL THAT WAS COMING UP THEY WANTED TO JUST HAVE SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY GOT AN INFORMATION AND THEY WANT SOME TRANSPARENCY AND CLEAR CLARIFICATION AND WE THAT'S FINE. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE ARE ANY OTHERS BEFORE THE WE HAVEN'T WE HAVE NOT PLANNED IT YEAH WE HAVEN'T PLANNED ANY AND THERE'S NO REQUEST IF A REQUEST [00:55:05] COMES IN AND WE WILL DEFINITELY GO IN AND SPEAK TO ALSO THE AMY WAS HELD IN BLUFFTON AND CAMPBELL AMY AND CORNERSTONE CHURCH IN BLUFFTON AND SHE SAID 800 SOME PEOPLE WERE THERE I PUT 600 MEAN KIND OF BUT THEY ASKED US TO COME AND SET UP THE INFORMATION TABLE. SO JEAN AND JAMIE WENT OUT THERE TO SET UP AN INFORMATION TABLE FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO REGISTER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND JUST BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT VOTER INFORMATION, THE VOTER REGISTRATION, WHAT HAVE YOU. SO THOSE WERE TWO EVENTS THAT WE DID PARTICIPATE IN IN LECTURES IN ONE WEEK LAST WEEK . ALSO WE DID HAVE ONE CLERK THAT DID ATTEND THE TWO DROPPED OUT OUR FIRST STATE CERTIFIED CLERKS CLASS AND THAT WAS SHEILA BROWN AND I ALWAYS PROBABLY WHEN I SEE HER NAME I JUST SMILE BECAUSE SHE WAS ONE OF MY STUDENTS THAT WHEN I WORKED AT BATTERY CREEK AND SHE STARTED OFF AS A POLL WORKER AS A STUDENT AND HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDINGT SHE WASD OPPORTUNITY ESPECIALLY AS YOUNG AS SHE IS TO GO TO THIS TRAINING AND SHE THOROUGHLY WHAT YOU READ SHE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITY SHE SAID WHAT SHE ESPECIALLY LIKE WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO OTHER CLERKS FROM AROUND THE THE STATE AND SEE HOW THEY DO THINGS AND ESPECIALLY SETTING UP THE PRECINCTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED BEVERLY KNOW THE STORY AT ALL IF I SHARED IT WITH YOU SHE WAS I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS JUST SHE WAS JUST A POLL WORKER AT. PORT ROYAL. SHE'S IN PORT ROYAL. SHE'S ONE OF THE CLERKS THAT PUT THOSE ON AND SHE'S VERY VERY ASTUTE WHATEVER. AND SHE WAS A POLL WORKER AT PORT ROYAL AND THE CLERK DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THIS ONE ELECTION AND. SO SHE HAD THE BOOK AND THE PAPERWORK IN OUR OUR CHECKLIST THAT BERNIE NAMED STAFF WE HAD PUT TOGETHER ABOUT DO THIS NEXT DO THIS NEXT TO THIS AND SHE SET UP THE PRECINCT BY HERSELF AND CLERK THAT DAY BY HERSELF IN PORT ROYAL AND WITH SOME OTHER YEAH SHE'S HELPED WITH OTHER THINGS AS WELL SO. LIKE I SAID I AM VERY PROUD OF HER. I AM VERY SHE IS ONE OF OUR CLERKS THAT WE APPRECIATE IN THE WORK THAT SHE DOES AND SHE'S VERY HER ATTITUDE AND POSITIVITY REALLY BODE WELL FOR OUR OFFICE. SO IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO SEE WHO SHE IS, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HER? I HEARD ABOUT YOU. GOOD JOB. WHATEVER. AND SHE DID SAY SHE DID ALSO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION SHE'S NOT RECOMMENDED THAT IF ANYBODY IF ANY WHENEVER THEY OPEN THE CLASS FOR US TO SEND OTHER CLERKS THERE AS WELL. SO WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME OF THAT AND SHE WAS TOO AND HER KNOWLEDGE IS GOING TO BE IMMEASURABLE WHEN SHE GETS OUT THERE AND I THINK SHE THEY GET EXCITED YEAH SHE GETS EXCITED BECAUSE SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT ATTENDED IS JUST READING FROM THE STATE HOW DID HOW DID WE END UP SPLITTING EXPENSES FOR THE TRAINING SPLITTING BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE SCC ODESK PAID FOR THE HOTEL THEY'RE REIMBURSING US FOR THE HOTEL BUT WE TOOK CARE OF MILEAGE AND THEY PAID FOR LUNCH FOR THEM EVERY DAY WE TOOK CARE OF MILEAGE AND PER DIEM FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T FEED THEM. AND WHAT WAS THE CONCLUSION IN RESPONSE TO OUR TO SEND AN OBSERVER TO THAT TRAINING IT WAS SAID NO IT'S THE KIND OF I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT THEY SAID NO I CAN YOU LATER BUT THEY TOLD US NO. OKAY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR BETTER REPORT I WILL LOOK ON I WILL LOOK INTO THIS OUTSIDE OF THE PRECINCT THEY FIND OUT HOW I GOT ALL SWITCHED AROUND. I THINK IT WAS REVERSE. OKAY. QUESTIONS I'M SORRY. ONE LAST THING I DID WANT VERNON HERE PASS THIS AROUND. THESE ARE THE ALLOCATIONS ELECTION SO THOSE ARE THE WOULD IT BE MDS SCANNERS WHAT HAVE YOU SAY FOR THE ELECTION AND IS BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE WHAT WE FEEL IS APPROPRIATE THE NUMBERS THAT WE SPENT TO SHOW UP SO GIVE YOU AN IDEA YOU DON'T NEED ONE CAN DO A OKAY SO THANKS FOR THESE ALLOCATIONS I LIKE THE BOARD TO APPROVE THESE AND WHY DON'T WE PLAN TO DO THAT AT THE OCTOBER MEETING SINCE WE ALL JUST RECEIVED THESE SO WE'LL PUT THAT ON NEW BUSINESS FOR THE NEXT MEETING I INTO A CLIENT. OKAY NEXT IS EXECUTIVE SESSION [X. Executive Session] [01:00:08] UNDER SOUTH CAROLINA CODE SECTION 3040 7A1 TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS INCIDENT TO EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT OR COMPENSATION OF A PERSON REGULATED BY A PUBLIC BODY IN THIS CASE DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION IN ELECTIONS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY DIRECTOR SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION LANE MOVE THAT WE MOVE ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION SECOND SECOND . MR.. SO IF YOU SECOND A. SO 401 THE REGULAR SESSION IS RESUMING OF WE'VE HAD ONE BOARD MEMBER MISS MITCHELL WHO HAD TO LEAVE FOR A PRIOR AND MISS JOHNSON IS ON THE PHONE WITH US SO WE ADJOURNED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION WHERE NO VOTES WERE TAKEN AND THERE NO MATTERS ARISING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION TO BE [XIII. Announcements] TAKEN UP IN THE GENERAL MEETING. SO WITH THAT MAKE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR 15TH 2:00 RIGHT HERE IN THIS OFFICE. I KNOW THE STAFF IS SUPER BUSY GETTING READY FOR THE ELECTION AND EARLY VOTING SO WE WILL DO BEST TO NOT GET IN THE WAY OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS OR SO. AND AS FAR AS CLOSING COMMENTS ARE CONCERNED, I WANT TO THANK ONE LAST THING WHILE YOU WERE THERE, YOU KNOW, WE RESEARCHED YOUR QUESTION THAT MR. MITCHELL HAD AND THE INDIVIDUAL HAS SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTENT WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER THE DEADLINE IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED AS A WRITE IN, ESPECIALLY IF HE AND HE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED HIS WITHDRAWAL LAST WEEK TO THE 14 DAY WAS FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK. HE SUBMITTED HIS WITHDRAWAL LETTER LIKE MONDAY OR TUESDAY OF THAT WEEK. SO THAT'S THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION ABOUT HIM BEING ABLE TO BE ARRIVING IN COUNT THAT IT'S ALL THE WAY OUT OF FIVE OH AND IT SAYS IT SAYS ITEM B SAYS IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THAT YOU YOUR VOTES WILL NOT BE COUNTED . SO IN THE 15:00 RATE I COMMENT MAY I HAVE A MOTION QUICKIE OF A CAN BY MS. JOHNSON ALL IN FAVOR I * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.