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We will

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call the Cache County Council Board of

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Canvassers meeting to order.

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Um I Sandy's

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we will note it that

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Council Chair Sandy Goodlander is absent

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as well as Council member David

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Erickson.

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Um

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opening remarks. I will go ahead and

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share some opening remarks. Um

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my my opening remarks are brief. I am

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particularly thankful that we live in a

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a nation that has free and fair

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elections and that we

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live in a democratic republic and that

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we can participate in this process. And

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I would like to express my gratitude to

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staff for all that they do to keep us

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compliant with the laws that are

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established by our state and thank you

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very much. We appreciate all that you do

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for for us in representing Cache County.

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So thank you. Um on we will also uh

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do the pledge of allegiance. So please

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stand.

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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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» Okay.

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» [clears throat]

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» Do we need to pass this agenda or motion

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to pass this agenda? Approve this

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agenda.

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Okay.

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» Second.

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» Any discussion on the

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Okay. All those in favor say I.

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» I. I.

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» I'm going to go ahead and turn the time

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over to our county clerk

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to go ahead and present the election

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results for the Republican primary.

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» Twice every year I got to come up here

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and

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Uh thank you for having me. My name's

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Bryson Baughman. I am the county clerk.

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Today I'm here to present um the general

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canvas for the

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primary canvas of the 2026 Republican

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primary.

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Um you have a packet in front of you

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um that is our uh

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blank

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stat sheet, our audit information, and

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our results.

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We do not have a precinct by precinct

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view for you. You can request it by me,

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but we also have it on our website.

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I assume you guys don't want 90 pages of

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reading. So,

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or 90 pages worth of trees getting cut

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down.

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So,

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we had [clears throat] a

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successful audit. We audited 200 ballots

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um out of

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um oh jeez, I have the stat page. I

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should just read ahead. 14,636

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that were

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uh ballots that were counted. Um our

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audit team consisted of uh Mark Hurd,

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our county auditor uh Matt Funk, and

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staff Kyla Doyle, Michelle Stenger,

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Jennifer Zang, and then uh Chad

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Clements, and Talon Bigelow

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were there. Um everything went

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swimmingly.

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Um we even made Mark and Matt

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uh audit a batch that they didn't need

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to. That's how good we did.

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» Um

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any questions about the audit?

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Okay, sweet. We'll move on

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um to our stats. So, we had a 36.2%

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turnout. Um that is out of 40,465

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active Republican voters. So, only

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registered Republicans received

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» Okay.

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» Um 14,636

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ballots were counted. 14,427

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of those were mailed in.

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Um we had 43 vote in person. We changed

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our hours thinking more people would

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show up,

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and we got less. So, our hours were from

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noon to 6:00 p.m. thinking we can get

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people coming off after

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work and

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» So,

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that's in-person early voting?

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» And what were the hours day of?

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» Uh day of was 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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» So, the normal, okay.

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» And we have 147 in-person election day

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voters.

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If you guys want to know, it's about $70

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a voter.

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» Yeah, [laughter]

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just to pay this staff sitting there.

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» Staff there, yeah.

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» So, did you ever um

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What was I going to ask?

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Um do you have a record of how many

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people mailed their ballots back?

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» Uh like undeliverables?

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» Or versus boxes?

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» Rather than drop boxes.

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» Um I don't have that on this sheet.

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» Was it more than half?

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» Um no.

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» No, it's it's always about

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75% of mail-in ballots come from drop

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boxes and then the others are from I was

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at 60?

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» Well, I think we're about 60/40 on this.

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» Yeah, 60/40 and usually the 40% usually

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comes from communities like Paradise,

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Cornish, Clarkston, Newton.

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putting in the mail.

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every city does have a drop box, so

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every city and town does have a drop box

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available to them. So, from Cornish to

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Paradise, Wellsville to Lewiston, they

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counted. So, UOCAVA is uniform overseas.

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» Say the number again.

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» Yeah, five. Um we

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um 14 [clears throat] provisional

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ballots were counted.

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the fun part, 14,636

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vote histories were given, so we were we

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reconciled the entire election.

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» Um 15 provisional ballots were issued

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and 14 provisional ballots were counted.

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because the provisional ballot voter

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affiliated as unaffiliated.

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ballot. Only a Republican can open that.

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» So, how did they get a ballot?

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in and vote in person. So, provisional

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moved and they didn't receive their

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ballots, they had to come in. Or, um

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under state code, unaffiliated voters

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can affiliate in person by voting

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provisionally. So,

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this person was unaffiliated and stayed

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in state unaffiliated. So, we did not

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challenged ballots, which means they

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either had signature issues. Uh this

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year, the last four digits so all those

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48 of those were rejected. So, our uh

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percentage of curable ballots that were

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not curable were only 15%, which is

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really, really low.

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count most of the ballots that were had

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signature issues or number issues.

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» In that case, you're calling people or

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emailing them and

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» Call, text, email, carrier pigeon.

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We try all forms of communication to

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» I saw them.

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» You did a good job this morning, I

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» There were a lot of them.

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» Any questions with our stats?

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Okay. On to the next page.

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Um I guess the page after.

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Um these are the results

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for Cache County. So,

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Blake Moore received 8,650

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compared to Carrie Ann Lewis B 5,807.

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Brett Chambers received 8,381

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and Dane Murray received 6,035.

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And that's all we have

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to present to you guys. If you have any

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» No questions, just a big thank you.

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Michelle and Kyla. There's They were the

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ones who did most of all the work. They

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did a great job.

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» Thank you.

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» Bravo.

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» Very much. We were down one full-time

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staff member this election and

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somehow we got to bed by 9:30.

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» I heard Matt's going to buy you a drink.

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» Thank you for your expertise and for

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everything that you do. I really

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appreciate that.

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» So, who's going to show up on the

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general ballot?

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» The general ballot, Blake and Brett

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Chambers.

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» Brett Chambers.

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» And I don't think there's any other

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» A Democrat challenger?

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» Say.

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» Brett doesn't have a Democrat

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challenger, but he will Yeah.

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And Blake does have a Democrat

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challenger.

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» Yeah, he does have a Democrat

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challenger.

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» We still are in the writing period.

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» Oh, okay.

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» Okay. So, I will accept a motion to

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certify the 2026 Cache County primary

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election.

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» I'll make a motion that we certify the

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2026 Republican primary

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election.

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» I'll second.

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» JoAnn can have it.

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» Now, seconded by JoAnn. Are any

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discussion on the motion?

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Seeing none, we'll vote. All those in

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favor say aye.

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Okay. Thank you. It's unanimous. Thank

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you very much. Okay.

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» And then I have a signature sheet that

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Catherine has.

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» We'll sign the signature sheet of all

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those that that are certifying the

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election. Um I'll accept a motion to

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adjourn.

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» So moved.

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» Second?

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» Second.

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» Okay. All those in favor say "Aye." Aye.

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Okay, we stand adjourned.