[3:03] Hey, good evening. Uh, this evening at

[3:06] 5:00 p.m. we'll convene the regular

[3:08] meeting of the GIL Township Election

[3:10] Commission. I'll call the meeting to

[3:12] order at 503 and we'll start with the

[3:15] pledge of allegiance.

[3:19] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[3:22] United States of America and to the

[3:24] republic for which it stands. One nation

[3:27] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[3:30] justice for all.

[3:33] Okay, roll call. There's only three of

[3:36] us on this commission, so I see uh

[3:38] Supervisor Porzelli to my left and

[3:40] Treasure Flavin further to my left.

[3:43] Gentlemen, are there any additions or

[3:44] deletions to this agenda?

[3:46] >> No.

[3:46] » No.

[3:46] >> No. Then I would accept a motion to

[3:49] » No. Then I would accept a motion to

[3:49] approve the agenda.

[3:50] >> Motion to approve.

[3:51] » Motion to approve.

[3:51] >> Second.

[3:51] » Second.

[3:51] >> All in favor? I

[3:53] » All in favor? I

[3:53] >> I.

[3:53] » I.

[3:53] >> There are no presentations. There is no

[3:55] » There are no presentations. There is no

[3:55] public present to comment. Brian, is

[3:57] there any writeins regarding the

[3:58] election commission?

[4:00] >> There is not.

[4:00] » There is not.

[4:00] >> Okay.

[4:02] » Okay.

[4:02] Then I would accept a uh approval of the

[4:06] minutes from October 15, 2024 regular

[4:09] meeting.

[4:09] >> Motion to approve.

[4:11] » Motion to approve.

[4:11] >> Second.

[4:12] » Second.

[4:12] >> All in favor?

[4:13] » All in favor?

[4:13] >> I.

[4:14] » I.

[4:14] >> All right. And action items. First one

[4:16] » All right. And action items. First one

[4:16] is the election commission authorized

[4:18] assistant. Do you want to take the first

[4:20] two, Mr. Supervisor, and then the second

[4:22] two, Mr. Treasurer?

[4:23] >> Sure.

[4:24] » Sure.

[4:24] >> Um, the election commission of

[4:26] » Um, the election commission of

[4:26] Townsville Gill is called. Oh, no. I'm

[4:28] sorry. I apologize. Commission

[4:30] authorized.

[4:32] Yeah.

[4:36] Uh recommendations to appoint the

[4:38] following assistants for August 4, 2026

[4:42] primary election to be utilized as

[4:44] necessary to carry out the duties of the

[4:46] commission. Brian Fel, deputy clerk

[4:49] Karen Karp, elections and records

[4:51] clerical assistant.

[4:53] >> Second.

[4:54] » Second.

[4:54] >> All right. All in favor?

[4:56] » All right. All in favor?

[4:56] >> I I motion carries.

[5:01] Next one to you, Mr. Supervisor.

[5:05] Uh that would be the recommendation is

[5:07] to establish the following absent

[5:09] counting boards for August 4th, 2026

[5:12] primary election. Uh number one, AVCB1,

[5:17] AVCB2,

[5:19] ABCB3.

[5:21] So I'm assuming those are the

[5:24] like serial numbers to the machines.

[5:26] >> So that's absent voting, counting board

[5:29] » So that's absent voting, counting board

[5:29] one, absent voting, county board two,

[5:30] absent. So we have three of them.

[5:32] All right. Can I get a second?

[5:35] >> Second.

[5:36] » Second.

[5:36] >> All right. No. Any further discussion?

[5:38] » All right. No. Any further discussion?

[5:38] No. All right. All in favor?

[5:39] >> I

[5:40] » I

[5:40] >> I motion carries and then over to you,

[5:43] » I motion carries and then over to you,

[5:43] Treasurer Flavin.

[5:45] >> Uh

[5:46] » Uh

[5:46] >> with the appointment of Oh, you got it.

[5:48] » with the appointment of Oh, you got it.

[5:48] Yeah.

[5:48] >> I make a mo motion to appoint

[5:51] » I make a mo motion to appoint

[5:51] appointment of qualified and registered

[5:52] election inspectors and receiving board

[5:56] officials to appoint the attached

[5:58] qualified and registered election

[6:00] inspectors and receiving board officials

[6:04] for the August 4th, 2026 primary

[6:06] election as represented in the meeting

[6:10] packet.

[6:10] >> Second.

[6:11] » Second.

[6:11] >> Thank you.

[6:11] » Thank you.

[6:11] >> All right. Now on the next page of the

[6:13] » All right. Now on the next page of the

[6:13] packet, you can see several individuals

[6:15] that are assigned to precinct

[6:17] inspectors, early voting inspectors,

[6:19] absency counting board inspectors, and

[6:22] then the receiving board. Any further

[6:25] discussion on that?

[6:26] >> No. Nope.

[6:27] » No. Nope.

[6:27] >> All right. All in favor?

[6:29] » All right. All in favor?

[6:29] >> I. All opposed?

[6:30] » I. All opposed?

[6:30] >> Nay. Oh, no. No.

[6:32] » Nay. Oh, no. No.

[6:32] >> No. No.

[6:34] » No. No.

[6:34] >> All eyes.

[6:34] » All eyes.

[6:34] >> And one more, please.

[6:36] » And one more, please.

[6:36] >> Emergency election inspectors,

[6:38] » Emergency election inspectors,

[6:38] chairpeople, and receiving board

[6:39] officials. Recommendation to follow to

[6:42] allow the clerk and or deputy clerk to

[6:44] appoint qualified and registered

[6:46] emergency election inspectors,

[6:48] chairpeople and/or receiving board

[6:50] members as needed for the August 4th,

[6:53] 2026 primary election.

[6:55] >> Second.

[6:56] » Second.

[6:56] >> Any discussion?

[6:58] » Any discussion?

[6:58] >> No, sir.

[6:59] » No, sir.

[6:59] >> All in favor? I

[7:00] » All in favor? I

[7:00] >> I.

[7:01] » I.

[7:01] >> All right. Motion carries. There are no

[7:03] » All right. Motion carries. There are no

[7:03] discussion items there. I mean, does

[7:06] anybody want to provide a report?

[7:07] >> No.

[7:08] » No.

[7:08] >> No. Okay. Uh uh still no public comment.

[7:12] » No. Okay. Uh uh still no public comment.

[7:12] We will move immediately after this we

[7:14] will move into a study session to

[7:17] conduct the August 4th 2026 primary

[7:20] election public accuracy test. So at

[7:23] this time I would accept a motion to

[7:25] adjurnn.

[7:26] >> Motion to adjourn the regular meeting.

[7:29] » Motion to adjourn the regular meeting.

[7:29] >> Second. All in favor?

[7:32] » Second. All in favor?

[7:32] >> I I All right. The regular meeting is

[7:34] » I I All right. The regular meeting is

[7:34] closed and we are now in study session

[7:35] to conduct the primary election public

[7:37] accuracy test. Over to you, Mr. Freel.

[7:44] » I said to run down the hall. I had the

[7:46] ballots locked up in the room, so let me

[7:48] go grab them.

[7:57] Um,

[7:59] I was going to ask you something, but

[8:00] that's all right. We're good.

[8:15] I didn't prepare a comedy bit or

[8:17] anything to

[8:23] do. You need a hand, brain.

[8:26] >> All right.

[8:27] » All right.

[8:27] >> You want us down there, correct?

[8:29] » You want us down there, correct?

[8:29] >> Yes, please.

[8:33] » That one working. There we go. All

[8:36] right. Yes. So, I'm going to ask you

[8:37] guys to come down.

[8:38] >> I'm not going to scream into this.

[8:39] » I'm not going to scream into this.

[8:39] Sorry, Mike and Lori in the control

[8:41] room.

[8:47] » We need pens or anything, Brian?

[8:49] >> Uh, no. I've got pens.

[8:51] » Uh, no. I've got pens.

[8:51] All right. So, basically what we're

[8:52] going to do here today is we're going to

[8:54] test our early voting tabulator and our

[8:58] one of our precinct tabulators. This is

[8:59] a precinct 3. I grabbed um our ballot on

[9:02] demand system and our uh voter assist

[9:06] terminal. Okay. Um basically what we're

[9:10] going to do um we'll print a test ballot

[9:13] out of the voter assist terminal. We'll

[9:15] print one ballot out of each precinct

[9:17] for the ballot on demand to prove that

[9:20] it is testing or it is printing properly

[9:21] and doing what it's functioning the way

[9:23] it's supposed to. And then we will run

[9:25] predetermined ballots through these two

[9:27] tabulators to make sure that the test

[9:29] comes out accurate. Okay. Um I've

[9:32] obviously pre-ested them and it came out

[9:34] accurate, but we will do it now for the

[9:35] public. Um there is a testing procedure

[9:40] created by the state of Michigan um that

[9:42] we have to follow for every election to

[9:45] uh make sure that the they all not only

[9:47] do they just function properly, you

[9:49] know, buttons working, sound working, um

[9:52] but to make sure that they're marking

[9:54] the ballots correctly. All right. So we

[9:57] predetermine

[9:58] what candidates going to get how many

[10:00] votes and they all have a different

[10:02] number of votes so that when we run

[10:03] these and print it off it comes out

[10:05] exactly the way we pred predetermined

[10:08] it. Okay. Um so let me get these open

[10:11] and we can start doing that. I'm going

[10:13] to have you guys actually start running

[10:15] these.

[10:19] » This is new equipment this year, right?

[10:21] >> No, not yet.

[10:30] No, we can get down there after this.

[10:45] » All right. So, I did have the tabulators

[10:47] uh already plugged in, so we didn't have

[10:49] to go through the whole uploading

[10:51] process because it does take a second.

[10:53] Um, so what I'll do is I will open the

[10:55] poles on each of them, start running the

[10:56] zero tapes.

[11:04] Once these zero tapes are run, the

[11:06] election commission is going to review

[11:07] them to make sure uh, one, there's no

[11:10] votes on them already. They should all

[11:11] be zero. Um, and two, that all the

[11:15] candidates match the candidates that are

[11:17] on the ballot. So, I'll give you each a

[11:18] ballot and you can go through it.

[11:59] So you can see there's essentially out

[12:02] of a

[12:04] so you can see governor candidate well

[12:07] actually you can see the uh totals and

[12:09] then governor candidates United States

[12:12] senator and it go it'll go through the

[12:14] democratic representatives and then it

[12:17] will go to the pump representatives

[12:19] and then other

[12:30] all

[12:39] So, we're looking to make sure there are

[12:40] no votes,

[12:41] >> right? And then I'm then I'm going to

[12:43] » right? And then I'm then I'm going to

[12:43] hand you guys a ballot and I will have

[12:44] you just make sure that all candidates

[12:46] listed on this ballot also are listed on

[12:49] that tape.

[12:50] >> They don't have to be in the same order,

[12:52] » They don't have to be in the same order,

[12:52] but they all have to be

[12:55] >> because they do flip around the order

[12:56] » because they do flip around the order

[12:56] depending on what precinct you're in.

[12:59] All right. All zeros, which is correct,

[13:02] right?

[13:04] >> That is you have precinct 3, I believe.

[13:06] » That is you have precinct 3, I believe.

[13:06] Is that correct?

[13:07] >> Yes, that's precinct three.

[13:09] » Yes, that's precinct three.

[13:09] >> Okay.

[13:10] » Okay.

[13:10] >> And this is

[13:14] tabular 191.

[13:26] Here's a present. does have marks on

[13:29] sign. Don't worry about that.

[13:34] » So now we got to compare

[13:36] >> and then

[13:38] » and then

[13:38] >> we got

[13:41] so

[13:45] » EV12

[13:48] governor. We got one,

[13:50] >> right? So uh so this is the early voting

[13:53] » right? So uh so this is the early voting

[13:53] tabulator. So it literally is all three

[13:55] precincts in one. Um, so we're just

[13:58] going to look at the ballot for precinct

[14:00] one to make sure everybody's on there.

[14:09] » Govern

[14:17] United States Senator Democrats, we got

[14:21] Moral Stevens.

[14:23] And then sixth district uh

[14:26] representative we got Dingle. That's it.

[14:30] >> State senator. Fourth district we got

[14:32] » State senator. Fourth district we got

[14:32] Camelary.

[14:34] >> These are just Democrats.

[14:37] » These are just Democrats.

[14:37] >> Representative state legislature. 27th

[14:39] » Representative state legislature. 27th

[14:39] district. We got churches only.

[14:42] >> All right. County Executive. We got

[14:44] » All right. County Executive. We got

[14:44] Evans

[14:46] John

[14:47] Sigma.

[14:49] That's it. Got two for

[14:53] Republican.

[14:54] >> Oh, no. They're down here.

[14:55] » Oh, no. They're down here.

[14:55] >> Okay.

[14:55] » Okay.

[14:55] >> Yeah, they're down here.

[14:59] » County Executive Evans

[15:03] Sigma

[15:11] » uh delegates county convention growil. I

[15:14] got uh Domino, Leon, or Banny.

[15:18] >> Only three, right?

[15:19] » Only three, right?

[15:19] >> Yes.

[15:20] » Yes.

[15:20] Now for the Republican electoral groups

[15:24] that James

[15:27] United States Senator Rogers only

[15:32] >> uh six district

[15:35] » uh six district

[15:35] >> you need

[15:37] » you need

[15:37] precinct one

[15:38] >> this is precinct two that's precinct

[15:40] » this is precinct two that's precinct

[15:40] three so you'll skip past those go to

[15:41] that

[15:50] only

[15:51] >> county executive. We got

[16:00] executive. Is this Michael Evans?

[16:04] Republican. This is correct. Michael

[16:06] Evans and Warren. Warren is a Democrat,

[16:09] right?

[16:11] >> So, the one running against them is

[16:12] » So, the one running against them is

[16:12] Michael Evans. Warren Evans.

[16:14] >> I don't Yeah. Okay. I don't know who.

[16:16] » I don't Yeah. Okay. I don't know who.

[16:16] I'm sure they're

[16:16] >> the names correct, right?

[16:18] » the names correct, right?

[16:18] >> Yes. Yeah, there is a Michael Evans on

[16:20] » Yes. Yeah, there is a Michael Evans on

[16:20] there.

[16:23] >> No idea.

[16:29] » There are no votes cast.

[16:31] >> That's not right.

[16:32] » That's not right.

[16:32] >> Okay, this matches the ballots and there

[16:34] » Okay, this matches the ballots and there

[16:34] are no votes cast.

[16:42] » Do we need to sign these tickets?

[16:44] >> Um,

[16:46] » Um,

[16:46] yes, we can. Uh so we can sign when

[16:49] we're done. Okay. Um that way we get

[16:51] through the bulk in this first and then

[16:53] we'll

[17:06] » Evan.

[17:16] » All right. We reviewed and came out with

[17:19] >> this is good.

[17:20] » this is good.

[17:20] >> Everything's good. Okay. So, both

[17:22] » Everything's good. Okay. So, both

[17:22] >> reviewing it.

[17:23] » reviewing it.

[17:23] >> So, precinct one, precinct 3 went

[17:25] » So, precinct one, precinct 3 went

[17:25] through them. Everything's good. Um, now

[17:27] we'll start running ballots. Um,

[17:30] basically the way this works, um, with

[17:32] the predetermined test,

[17:39] um, with the predetermined test, um,

[17:42] it's going to have scenarios. The first

[17:44] 12 ballots are a full scenario. So,

[17:46] you're going to have um a blank ballot.

[17:50] You're going to have a ballot with um uh

[17:53] stray marks. You're going to have a

[17:55] ballot that's from a different precinct

[17:57] to show that precinct 3 can't take a

[17:59] ballot from another precinct. Obviously,

[18:01] the early voting one can take a ballot

[18:03] from all of them. So, we'll have to skip

[18:04] that one when we do that one because

[18:05] early voting is all three precincts in

[18:07] one. Um it will have um overvoting

[18:12] the partisan section Democrat. It'll

[18:16] have over voting the Republican section

[18:17] Dem uh it'll have over voting the um

[18:23] what are they called? The the uh the

[18:26] millages or the proposals. Um, so it's

[18:29] gonna go the first 12 are scenarios and

[18:31] then after that it's all about having no

[18:35] candidate within a section having the

[18:37] same amount of votes so that we know

[18:39] exactly how it's going to turn out. So

[18:40] if two people had

[18:41] >> So if two people had eight votes, you

[18:43] » So if two people had eight votes, you

[18:43] wouldn't be able to tell for sure if the

[18:44] tabulator did it correctly or not. So at

[18:47] that point, we're just trying to line

[18:48] them up so they're all getting a

[18:49] different number of votes so that we

[18:50] know exactly how this is going to turn

[18:52] out. Um,

[18:56] » okay. So,

[18:58] >> I'll just move this over here. Whoever

[19:00] » I'll just move this over here. Whoever

[19:00] you two are going to run those. So, what

[19:01] we're going to do, the first page, it's

[19:03] just directions, and I'm going to walk

[19:04] you through it. So, you can skip that

[19:05] one. So, your tablet is going to move

[19:07] way faster than mine. I'm just going to

[19:09] let you know it's a newer version of the

[19:12] um

[19:13] All right. So, mine says, I don't want

[19:15] any more copies. Does yours ask you if

[19:17] you want more copies?

[19:19] >> All right, perfect. So, system ready.

[19:20] » All right, perfect. So, system ready.

[19:20] So, we're going to take our first

[19:21] ballot. I can tell on this one, the

[19:23] first ballot is a complete overvote of

[19:26] the Democratic partisan section and the

[19:30] uh proposals. Okay. So, every single

[19:32] oval in those two are are filled in.

[19:35] >> Yeah, it's every single oval in those

[19:37] » Yeah, it's every single oval in those

[19:37] two sections. So,

[19:39] >> we're going to put that in.

[19:41] » we're going to put that in.

[19:41] >> Where's the answer?

[19:42] » Where's the answer?

[19:42] >> Tabler's going to beep at you. Yours is

[19:45] » Tabler's going to beep at you. Yours is

[19:45] beeping a lot faster than mine and it's

[19:46] going to tell you that you have we have

[19:48] an overvote found. Okay. All right. So,

[19:52] we are just going to make it. We're

[19:53] going to have it cast that ballot. Yeah.

[19:55] Yours actually is a little

[19:57] >> Yep. So, we'll hit cast. It's going to

[20:00] » Yep. So, we'll hit cast. It's going to

[20:00] take it. All right. Now, the next ballot

[20:03] I can see is a complete overvote of the

[20:05] Republican section.

[20:07] >> So,

[20:09] » So,

[20:09] >> right at the polls, if you were to walk

[20:11] » right at the polls, if you were to walk

[20:11] up in the tab BPA, you said overvote, we

[20:13] would then give you the option, would

[20:14] you like to get that ballot back?

[20:16] >> Get a new ballot.

[20:18] » Get a new ballot.

[20:18] >> Fix your fix it. All right. get right.

[20:21] » Fix your fix it. All right. get right.

[20:21] It would be right. Or you could look at

[20:23] it and say, "Well, it's maybe it's only

[20:25] one little section. I don't care about

[20:27] that section, so I'm just going to let

[20:28] it be because everything else will

[20:29] count."

[20:30] >> You know, so there there are

[20:32] » You know, so there there are

[20:32] >> All right.

[20:33] » All right.

[20:33] >> This one is a

[20:35] » This one is a

[20:36] >> that's an over.

[20:36] » that's an over.

[20:36] >> It's going to be over vote of Republican

[20:38] » It's going to be over vote of Republican

[20:38] and the proposals. So, we're going to

[20:40] cast that.

[20:45] » All right. The next one is going to be

[20:47] the stray marks one. I know it looks

[20:48] kind of funny.

[20:51] But it should tell me it's a blank

[20:53] ballot

[20:54] >> once it goes in.

[20:57] » once it goes in.

[20:57] Blank ballot detected. Okay. Because it

[20:59] just has has stray marks on it. Nothing

[21:01] none of the ovals were actually filled

[21:02] in.

[21:03] >> Right.

[21:03] » Right.

[21:03] >> And we're going to cast that.

[21:05] » And we're going to cast that.

[21:05] >> Everything will be cast, just so you

[21:06] » Everything will be cast, just so you

[21:06] know.

[21:08] >> I got confused.

[21:09] » I got confused.

[21:09] >> All right. Ballot number four is

[21:12] » All right. Ballot number four is

[21:12] literally a it is a blank ballot. No

[21:14] votes cast on it.

[21:15] >> Nothing.

[21:15] » Nothing.

[21:15] >> So it should beep at us and let us know

[21:17] » So it should beep at us and let us know

[21:17] that we have a blank ballot. ballot

[21:19] detected.

[21:20] >> Correct.

[21:21] » Correct.

[21:21] >> Yep.

[21:22] » Yep.

[21:22] >> And then we cast them.

[21:27] » Got two there.

[21:28] >> All right. Ballot number five. Looks

[21:30] » All right. Ballot number five. Looks

[21:30] like we have an overvote in the

[21:32] Republican partisan section and the

[21:34] proposals are correct.

[21:40] » You have chose two. You are allowed one.

[21:44] >> Yeah. Yeah.

[21:45] » Yeah. Yeah.

[21:45] >> So, we have an over vote. I could hit

[21:47] » So, we have an over vote. I could hit

[21:47] more and it'll give me way more

[21:49] information, but um for our purposes, we

[21:52] know it is detecting overvote, which is

[21:53] what it is.

[21:58] All right, ballot number six. I have an

[22:00] overvote in just the partisan section

[22:02] and or I'm sorry, in the proposal

[22:04] section. Republican

[22:06] >> section is correct. I know you guys are

[22:07] » section is correct. I know you guys are

[22:07] going to get way ahead of me.

[22:09] >> We'll stay We'll stay with you so you

[22:10] » We'll stay We'll stay with you so you

[22:10] can

[22:11] >> Yeah.

[22:12] » Yeah.

[22:12] >> And we have an over vote. We know where

[22:14] » And we have an over vote. We know where

[22:14] it's going to be. the number behind the

[22:18] >> So, it's going to tell you how many how

[22:21] » So, it's going to tell you how many how

[22:21] many of those

[22:23] >> areas are overvolted,

[22:24] » areas are overvolted,

[22:24] >> right? That's what I mean. You could

[22:25] » right? That's what I mean. You could

[22:25] turn the ballot.

[22:26] >> So, your last one should have said just

[22:28] » So, your last one should have said just

[22:28] should have said just two,

[22:30] >> right?

[22:30] » right?

[22:30] >> At the pre,

[22:32] » At the pre,

[22:32] >> right? Because it was just the proposal,

[22:33] » right? Because it was just the proposal,

[22:33] so it should have just shown two.

[22:35] >> Mine I would have to hit a bunch of

[22:37] » Mine I would have to hit a bunch of

[22:37] buttons to get to that. Um, so this

[22:39] one's going to be an overvote in the

[22:40] Democratic partisan section with the

[22:42] proposals being voted correctly.

[22:46] And you're going to cast it.

[22:47] >> We're going to cast it. You want to cast

[22:48] » We're going to cast it. You want to cast

[22:48] it?

[22:48] >> I'll cast it.

[22:49] » I'll cast it.

[22:49] >> Hold on. Let it It's gonna There it is.

[22:51] » Hold on. Let it It's gonna There it is.

[22:51] >> Over vote.

[22:53] » Over vote.

[22:53] >> Would you hold this up so people can

[22:55] » Would you hold this up so people can

[22:55] see? Oh, yeah. These are test.

[22:56] >> These are test ballot. It says test at

[22:58] » These are test ballot. It says test at

[22:58] the top. All right. Not not real ballots

[23:00] here.

[23:01] >> I mean, they are real in the sense that

[23:03] » I mean, they are real in the sense that

[23:03] the table does take them, but they are

[23:05] test. All right. Next ballot. Um, we

[23:08] have correct in the Democratic partisan

[23:10] section and overvote in the proposal

[23:12] section.

[23:14] over voted in this twice or two times.

[23:18] >> So, it been

[23:21] » So, it been

[23:21] >> okay, you are good.

[23:27] » All right. I will say this. Just when

[23:28] you get to 12, don't put number 12 in

[23:30] for you because it's it's supposed to be

[23:32] a different precinct. It'll take yours.

[23:33] >> This is nine.

[23:34] » This is nine.

[23:34] >> I know. When you get to 12, just getting

[23:36] » I know. When you get to 12, just getting

[23:36] ahead because you guys sometimes feed

[23:38] before me. Uh number nine. Um this one's

[23:41] going to be a complete crossover vote.

[23:43] They voted Democratic and Republican. So

[23:45] this ballot would not count except the

[23:47] proposals would count.

[23:49] >> Okay? So if you if you cross over vote

[23:52] » Okay? So if you if you cross over vote

[23:52] in a primary election, which means

[23:54] voting in the Democratic and Republican

[23:56] sections, your ballot for the partisan

[23:58] section will not count at all, but your

[24:00] proposal still would. Just so that All

[24:03] right.

[24:05] >> So if you were at home and you've and

[24:09] » So if you were at home and you've and

[24:09] you all of a sudden watching this and

[24:11] you're like, "Oh, wait. I can't vote for

[24:12] people on both sides, both uh both. You

[24:16] cannot. All right. You can come in and

[24:18] visit us with your absentee ballout. Go

[24:19] ahead and hit that. You can come in and

[24:21] we can spoil that absentee bout and give

[24:22] you a new one. Um if that's the case,

[24:25] just letting you know. All right. So,

[24:27] that one. Do you really want to? Yes.

[24:29] That one's special because it's a

[24:31] crossover. It really wants to ask. Are

[24:32] you sure you want to do this? Because

[24:33] it's not going to count.

[24:34] >> Okay.

[24:35] » Okay.

[24:35] >> All right. Um, so ballot number 10 on

[24:38] » All right. Um, so ballot number 10 on

[24:38] our test is

[24:40] >> uh all writeins for the Democratic side.

[24:43] » uh all writeins for the Democratic side.

[24:43] Just writeins.

[24:48] » Do any of the writings count?

[24:49] >> This should count. Yes, this will take

[24:51] » This should count. Yes, this will take

[24:51] it. Um, the the tabulator itself just so

[24:55] we all understand like when you write in

[24:58] a write in oval, obviously there's no

[25:00] nothing next to it. You have to write

[25:02] something next to it and it has to be a

[25:03] correct valid write in for it to count.

[25:06] We get a lot of people at elections,

[25:07] they put in Mickey Mouse and stuff like

[25:08] that, you know, obviously they don't

[25:10] count. It has to be someone who's

[25:11] actually put in and run for a write in

[25:14] um and that would count,

[25:16] >> right? So it there is a um a bin inside

[25:19] » right? So it there is a um a bin inside

[25:19] this we'll look at after when we open it

[25:21] up. Um they holds all the writeins from

[25:24] falling into the bottom. So at the end

[25:26] of the night, our inspectors can pull

[25:28] out the bottom ballots without writeins,

[25:31] then open up the write in so they can go

[25:33] through them to make sure should any of

[25:35] these count. All right. So it does keep

[25:36] them aside to to make their night a

[25:38] little bit easier instead of going

[25:39] through every single ballot looking for

[25:40] writeins.

[25:41] >> Uh that one would have gone because it

[25:43] » Uh that one would have gone because it

[25:43] was voted correctly just like this will

[25:45] be voted correctly too in the Republican

[25:47] writins.

[25:51] » So your 12 you skipped right.

[25:55] All right. So, R12

[25:57] is wrong precinct. It's preync number

[25:59] one. All right. So, it should

[26:03] I'm waiting. There we go. It should spit

[26:05] it back at us

[26:10] and tell us invalid ballot detected.

[26:12] Please ensure you receive the correct

[26:14] ballot. Okay. Um,

[26:16] >> how could somebody get

[26:18] » how could somebody get

[26:18] wrong? So, uh, a lot harder now unless

[26:22] we literally hand we give the wrong

[26:25] boxes to

[26:26] >> All right. Because now they're in

[26:28] » All right. Because now they're in

[26:28] different buildings.

[26:29] >> It was a little bit easier when we had

[26:32] » It was a little bit easier when we had

[26:32] two precincts in a building.

[26:34] >> So, you'd have one and two at

[26:35] » So, you'd have one and two at

[26:35] Presbyterian, three and four, and then

[26:37] we had five and six where maybe an

[26:40] inspector because those were tight

[26:42] areas, ballots could be kept in the

[26:46] middle of the room, they were supposed

[26:47] to be on different sides of the tables.

[26:49] inspector went over, grabbed the next

[26:52] batch of but it was the wrong the wrong

[26:54] precinct. So all a sudden all the voters

[26:56] are coming back going none of these

[26:57] work. All right.

[26:59] >> Um so now uh we're going to skip the

[27:02] » Um so now uh we're going to skip the

[27:02] next one. We're just going to run right

[27:03] into um part two number one. All these

[27:10] where all these ballots are just trying

[27:13] to get different numbers of people who

[27:15] voted. All right. So we're trying to get

[27:17] two to one three. So

[27:20] Yes. So, all this is going to be now

[27:22] just correct. I actually Kevin, I'll let

[27:25] you feed some ballots. It's just going

[27:27] to take a second. Wait till

[27:28] >> Do you want us to keep feeding them?

[27:30] » Do you want us to keep feeding them?

[27:30] >> You can just go. Yes.

[27:31] » You can just go. Yes.

[27:31] >> And wait till it says uh ready. Your

[27:34] » And wait till it says uh ready. Your

[27:34] system ready. And now you can put the

[27:35] next one in.

[27:39] » Ours is just the old old 10year-old

[27:42] style. That's really slow.

[27:44] >> I see. So if somebody just has two they

[27:46] » I see. So if somebody just has two they

[27:46] want to vote for, it's still a good

[27:48] ballot,

[27:48] >> right?

[27:49] » right?

[27:49] >> Break the rules.

[27:50] » Break the rules.

[27:50] >> I mean, you can vote for one.

[27:53] » I mean, you can vote for one.

[27:53] >> Yeah, you could walk if you just wanted

[27:55] » Yeah, you could walk if you just wanted

[27:55] to vote governor and vote nothing else

[27:57] on the ballot. It still counts. It's

[27:58] just that that's the only thing you're

[27:59] going to get.

[28:00] >> Yeah,

[28:01] » Yeah,

[28:01] >> you could come in and just vote

[28:02] » you could come in and just vote

[28:02] proposals and walk out. I mean, however

[28:04] you

[28:04] >> successful.

[28:08] So one of these pop back

[28:11] successful. Yeah, we at this point, none

[28:14] of the rest of them should beep, do

[28:17] anything. Everything should be a clean a

[28:19] clean feed.

[28:22] And just a reminder, while they're

[28:23] running these ballots, um we do have

[28:24] absentee ballots available right now. Um

[28:27] ballots, uh we've had it for a couple

[28:29] weeks now, um if you'd like a ballot,

[28:31] you can contact our office, either come

[28:33] in, fill out an application, contact us,

[28:35] uh via phone, we can email you, or uh

[28:37] mail you an application. you do have to

[28:39] fill an application um always before we

[28:42] can give you a ballot. Um so um that is

[28:45] the law. Um but once you fill out that

[28:47] application, we can give you a ballot.

[28:49] Um early voting is going to start on um

[28:53] July 25th. All right? So Saturday, July

[28:56] 25th, and that will run for nine

[28:58] consecutive days from 8:00 am to 400 pm

[29:02] every day. Um,

[29:06] so if you want to

[29:08] uh if you want to come in, um, if you

[29:11] can't come on election day, but you want

[29:12] to come in and vote early, um, it's it

[29:14] it's literally like what we're doing

[29:16] right now. You fill out a ballot like

[29:17] you're in the precinct, inspectors, you

[29:20] know, shuffle you around. You go to your

[29:21] voting booth, um, and then you go and

[29:24] you feed your ballot into the tabulator.

[29:26] Um, if you have an absentee ballot and

[29:29] you'd like to actually feed your

[29:31] absentee ballot into a tabulator, you

[29:33] can bring your absentee ballot to early

[29:36] voting and vote it there. You can bring

[29:39] it on election day and vote it on

[29:41] election day in a tabulator.

[29:48] Um, if you did receive an abs ball and

[29:50] you've decided you want to um, not use

[29:52] it and go vote in person or uh, you

[29:55] know, in person either at early voting

[29:57] or on election day, um, you can come in

[29:59] and surrender that ballot to us um, and

[30:02] then you can do whatever you'd like.

[30:05] If you have a situation where a

[30:07] candidate dies,

[30:08] >> if a candidate uh passes away or

[30:11] » if a candidate uh passes away or

[30:11] candidate um pulls out um of the

[30:14] election, which we did just have someone

[30:17] um in that case, if that's someone you

[30:20] had already cast a vote for, you can

[30:21] come in and we can spoil that ballot and

[30:23] we can get you a new ballot.

[30:28] Right.

[30:31] The biggest thing in this election,

[30:32] also, if you do have an FC ball out

[30:34] there, please

[30:36] um sign your absentee ballot um on the

[30:40] envelope on the outside when you before

[30:41] you return it. Uh we've got a whole

[30:43] stack already that are unsigned and

[30:45] we're trying to contact people to come

[30:46] in. Um so that'd be really helpful.

[30:51] » All right. All of them were taken.

[31:02] You want this too, Brian? Somewhere in

[31:04] the

[31:05] >> Um, you could just leave it there for

[31:07] » Um, you could just leave it there for

[31:07] right now. That's fine. Um, you're

[31:09] you're all going to sign it um before

[31:11] this is over. What we'll do is um we'll

[31:14] get everything tested. We'll make sure

[31:15] everything was correct and then we can

[31:16] do all the paperwork stuff off camera.

[31:19] We don't have they don't need to watch

[31:20] us sign things and seal things up. At

[31:22] that at that point, it'll be no one

[31:24] talking. It's going to be probably

[31:25] pretty boring for them. So, uh, but what

[31:28] we will do is we will, um, run the tapes

[31:32] on these, make sure it came out

[31:33] correctly, um, like it was supposed to

[31:57] So a long time ago you went in, you gave

[31:59] your ballot and people had to actually

[32:03] >> correct.

[32:08] » Yeah. Now we we only have to tally on um

[32:11] writeins.

[32:12] >> Yeah. Which usually isn't a huge number.

[32:15] » Yeah. Which usually isn't a huge number.

[32:15] So, um,

[32:28] » yeah, that

[32:29] >> you know when the township started with

[32:31] » you know when the township started with

[32:31] these machines,

[32:32] >> these particular ones or

[32:36] » these particular ones or

[32:36] >> um I you know what that I don't know

[32:38] » um I you know what that I don't know

[32:38] that I don't know. I mean I w I

[32:40] obviously haven't been around long

[32:42] enough to vote in one of the booths with

[32:44] the curtain. I did never got to do that.

[32:46] So,

[32:50] » um, okay. Um, so ballots have been run.

[32:55] Now, we're going to close our polls. Um,

[32:59] so I I will have Jameson grabbed. There

[33:01] should be Do you have a key over there?

[33:05] >> Did I steal your key? Maybe.

[33:12] » All right. So, you're gonna

[33:14] You're going to take your key and you're

[33:16] going to put it over this security key

[33:18] flat. No, the You're gonna take There

[33:21] you go. Yep. This round. It's then going

[33:24] to bring up an administrative menu on

[33:26] your other side.

[33:29] >> And I'm going to close the polls.

[33:31] » And I'm going to close the polls.

[33:31] >> Password.

[33:32] » Password.

[33:32] >> Password is

[33:36] » Password is

[33:36] I don't want to say that.

[33:37] >> Not gonna say it out loud. So,

[33:51] Am I certain I want to close the polls?

[33:52] Yes. This is the same process our

[33:54] election inspectors would go through at

[33:56] the end of the night. Um and then what

[33:58] it's going to do is it's going to

[34:03] generate that uh yep results tape for

[34:07] us.

[34:10] Now, it's programmed to print five tapes

[34:12] total. We're gonna cancel this after the

[34:15] first one. Uh Jameson, you'll be able to

[34:17] pick how many you do. So, you're in a

[34:19] better shot than me. You having some

[34:20] issues over there.

[34:34] Sorry.

[35:07] The two don't do the exact same.

[35:16] » So these are the actual tapes that you

[35:18] hang up at the end of

[35:20] >> correct

[35:21] » correct

[35:21] >> voting.

[35:22] » voting.

[35:22] >> All right. So I'm going to

[35:23] » All right. So I'm going to

[35:23] >> I'm going to cancel that where it's at.

[35:25] » I'm going to cancel that where it's at.

[35:25] Um, I think we ran over the first one,

[35:27] which is fine.

[35:36] Make sure there are no ballads in the

[35:39] auxiliary of the box.

[35:44] All right.

[36:08] Okay. All right. So, now we're going to

[36:11] um we have our simulated tapes that

[36:14] we're going to compare this to.

[36:19] Um, and they should come out exactly the

[36:21] same. So, I'll give you yours. Um,

[36:26] yours is going to be a little bit

[36:27] different because you have

[36:32] the

[36:34] other tabulator.

[36:39] All right. So, yours should Did you have

[36:42] 30?

[36:43] >> 36.

[36:43] » 36.

[36:43] >> Yes. All right. So, you're gonna take

[36:45] » Yes. All right. So, you're gonna take

[36:46] that and you and Joe can review that

[36:48] tape. Um,

[36:50] and then we're going to

[36:54] >> This is all pretty.

[36:56] » This is all pretty.

[36:56] >> All right. So, we're going to review

[37:00] our tape here.

[37:04] Um,

[37:05] so we've got

[37:09] let's see. So you should be starting

[37:10] with as we scroll through here a little

[37:12] bit

[37:13] >> our first candidate down there. So we

[37:15] » our first candidate down there. So we

[37:15] had 34 ballots cast.

[37:17] >> That's what this says it should have had

[37:19] » That's what this says it should have had

[37:19] is 34.

[37:20] >> All right. So then we're going to start

[37:21] » All right. So then we're going to start

[37:21] with looks like the Democratic side with

[37:24] governor.

[37:25] >> Okay.

[37:25] » Okay.

[37:25] >> All right. So um looks like uh Benson

[37:28] » All right. So um looks like uh Benson

[37:28] four

[37:29] >> Swanson five or six I mean sorry

[37:34] » Swanson five or six I mean sorry

[37:34] >> and write in one.

[37:35] » and write in one.

[37:35] >> Yes. Okay. And then um Senator Well,

[37:38] » Yes. Okay. And then um Senator Well,

[37:38] actually yours is probably going to go

[37:40] the other governor. So let me

[37:41] >> Okay,

[37:41] » Okay,

[37:41] >> let me jump over here. So we've got Cox

[37:44] » let me jump over here. So we've got Cox

[37:44] with four.

[37:44] >> Yes.

[37:45] » Yes.

[37:45] >> James with six.

[37:46] » James with six.

[37:46] >> Yes.

[37:47] » Yes.

[37:47] >> Johnson with two.

[37:48] » Johnson with two.

[37:48] >> Yes.

[37:48] » Yes.

[37:48] >> Nesbbit with three.

[37:49] » Nesbbit with three.

[37:49] >> Yes.

[37:50] » Yes.

[37:50] >> One writen.

[37:51] » One writen.

[37:51] >> Correct.

[37:51] » Correct.

[37:51] >> Okay. Then we're going to jump back to

[37:54] » Okay. Then we're going to jump back to

[37:54] US Senator

[37:56] um Els

[37:59] >> correct.

[37:59] » correct.

[37:59] >> Um McMorro three.

[38:01] » Um McMorro three.

[38:01] >> Correct.

[38:02] » Correct.

[38:02] >> Stevens five.

[38:04] » Stevens five.

[38:04] >> Correct.

[38:04] » Correct.

[38:04] >> Wrighten one. Correct.

[38:06] » Wrighten one. Correct.

[38:06] >> And now uh Mike Rogers 11.

[38:08] » And now uh Mike Rogers 11.

[38:08] >> Correct.

[38:09] » Correct.

[38:09] >> Right in one.

[38:10] » Right in one.

[38:10] >> Correct.

[38:12] » Correct.

[38:12] >> Okay. Uh rep in Congress 6th district,

[38:15] » Okay. Uh rep in Congress 6th district,

[38:15] we've got Dingle five. Right in one.

[38:18] >> Correct.

[38:19] » Correct.

[38:19] >> And

[38:21] » And

[38:21] Smiley 12, right in one.

[38:23] >> Correct.

[38:24] » Correct.

[38:24] >> State senator fourth district came six

[38:27] » State senator fourth district came six

[38:27] right in one.

[38:28] >> Correct.

[38:29] » Correct.

[38:29] >> And uh Marcy 13, right in one.

[38:33] » And uh Marcy 13, right in one.

[38:33] >> Correct.

[38:35] » Correct.

[38:35] Rep in 27th district uh churches seven

[38:38] right in one

[38:39] >> correct

[38:40] » correct

[38:40] >> linting 14 right in one

[38:42] » linting 14 right in one

[38:42] >> corrective

[38:43] » corrective

[38:43] >> county executive uh Warren Evans three

[38:47] » county executive uh Warren Evans three

[38:47] >> yes

[38:50] » yes

[38:50] >> Sigma seven

[38:51] » Sigma seven

[38:51] >> correct

[38:52] » correct

[38:52] >> and right in one

[38:53] » and right in one

[38:53] >> yes

[38:54] » yes

[38:54] >> and then on the other side we've got um

[38:56] » and then on the other side we've got um

[38:56] Evans with 15 and right in one

[38:59] >> correct

[39:00] » correct

[39:00] >> county delegate delegate to the county

[39:03] » county delegate delegate to the county

[39:03] convention we've Got uh Domino 10, Leon

[39:07] 7, Urbani 8, and right in eight.

[39:10] >> Correct.

[39:11] » Correct.

[39:11] >> And then

[39:13] » And then

[39:13] on the other side,

[39:17] right here. So, we have no one. Oh,

[39:20] wait. No one

[39:21] >> says write in 14.

[39:22] » says write in 14.

[39:22] >> Where am I at?

[39:24] » Where am I at?

[39:24] >> For the Republican convention.

[39:25] » For the Republican convention.

[39:26] >> Oh,

[39:28] » Oh,

[39:28] how am I missing that page? Hold on.

[39:33] Oh, right

[39:35] >> here. Yes. 14. Sorry. Yes. County

[39:37] » here. Yes. 14. Sorry. Yes. County

[39:37] convention 14. Correct. All right. And

[39:39] then we would be on the two

[39:41] >> transportation.

[39:42] » transportation.

[39:42] >> Sorry. Transport transit 1511.

[39:44] » Sorry. Transport transit 1511.

[39:44] >> Correct.

[39:45] » Correct.

[39:45] >> I'm sorry. Yes. 15. No. 11. Correct. And

[39:47] » I'm sorry. Yes. 15. No. 11. Correct. And

[39:47] then the uh police mill. Yes. 16. No.

[39:51] 10.

[39:51] >> Correct.

[39:52] » Correct.

[39:52] >> Okay.

[39:53] » Okay.

[39:53] >> So, that came out absolutely correct.

[39:56] » So, that came out absolutely correct.

[39:56] >> All right. So, um

[40:03] All right. So, next up for us,

[40:07] >> we are going to hit utilities and we are

[40:09] » we are going to hit utilities and we are

[40:09] going to

[40:11] >> zero this back out. Take these 34 votes

[40:14] » zero this back out. Take these 34 votes

[40:14] out. So, it's ready for election day.

[40:16] Okay.

[40:18] >> Hit zero.

[40:22] » That is not the right code.

[40:40] All right, ballots cast zero. We are

[40:42] back to zero. It is ready

[40:44] >> for election day.

[40:45] » for election day.

[40:45] >> Correct.

[40:45] » Correct.

[40:45] >> All right. Excellent.

[40:46] » All right. Excellent.

[40:46] >> Excellent.

[40:46] » Excellent.

[40:46] >> We can shut this one down.

[40:53] » Nice work.

[40:54] >> Thank you very much. All right. And then

[40:55] » Thank you very much. All right. And then

[40:55] we will move on to these two

[40:58] >> once they're ready to go. These will be

[41:00] » once they're ready to go. These will be

[41:00] really fast and we'll be done.

[41:03] >> 19 9 28 44. Okay. Uh

[41:12] 27

[41:20] 28 44. Okay. Uh That's it.

[41:26] That's all that I had on that tape.

[41:29] >> Everything came out correct.

[41:31] » Everything came out correct.

[41:31] >> No. So, the number of undervotes, the

[41:33] » No. So, the number of undervotes, the

[41:33] machine is reporting a higher number of

[41:35] under votes than this. This Well, the

[41:38] machine's reporting less actually. So,

[41:41] this is saying this should have 20 under

[41:43] votes. We had zero,

[41:45] right? This one, nine,

[41:49] nine, eight. So, there seems to be a 20.

[41:52] Oh, that's cuz our I'm sorry. Our um

[41:57] we don't program it to do under votes.

[42:00] >> Okay.

[42:00] » Okay.

[42:00] >> Some states do so that it does get

[42:02] » Some states do so that it does get

[42:02] programmed that way, but or the their

[42:06] tape there will come out that way, but

[42:08] we don't program it to keep track of

[42:11] under votes. That's why ours are all

[42:12] zero.

[42:13] >> Yeah. I once you said it, I thought,

[42:15] » Yeah. I once you said it, I thought,

[42:15] "Oh, wait. Are we actually is it

[42:17] tracking something?" Like it had votes.

[42:18] I'm like, "If it had things, then I was

[42:20] going to have a problem." But they're

[42:21] all zero.

[42:21] >> Yes. Okay, that's that is perfect and it

[42:23] » Yes. Okay, that's that is perfect and it

[42:23] came out correct.

[42:24] >> Okay.

[42:25] » Okay.

[42:25] >> All right. Um, so all right, if you're

[42:27] » All right. Um, so all right, if you're

[42:27] done, then we can zero out your

[42:30] uh we'll zero out yours and be done with

[42:32] it. We are not going to print again.

[42:37] » It's going to do it.

[42:39] >> Oh, the right.

[42:39] » Oh, the right.

[42:40] >> It's doing the right in. Yeah.

[42:42] » It's doing the right in. Yeah.

[42:42] >> Um, yeah, with this tabulator, it does

[42:45] » Um, yeah, with this tabulator, it does

[42:45] ask you if you'd like a write in report.

[42:47] Um,

[42:49] >> so

[42:52] they don't they get a head start on

[42:54] writeins because they can actually it'll

[42:56] print off and take a snapshot picture of

[42:59] whatever you wrote. So this tabular is

[43:03] more sophisticated than the old ones.

[43:05] Um, so they can start with the tape and

[43:08] know if any of the writeins are even

[43:10] valid without even having to look at the

[43:11] ballot. All right. But once they do see

[43:14] that there are, then they'll start

[43:15] comparing them to make sure it is.

[43:18] Okay.

[43:23] All right. So, we're just going to

[43:24] quickly zero this one back out.

[43:39] go through it and then

[43:42] >> open it up.

[43:47] » I do not press these very well.

[43:58] » I guarantee I'll get it wrong.

[44:04] Do you read that one as a treasure?

[44:06] >> I feel good when I get it right.

[44:09] » I feel good when I get it right.

[44:09] >> We're not going to print that.

[44:19] » Yes.

[44:20] >> Okay. So, at this point, our ballot

[44:22] » Okay. So, at this point, our ballot

[44:22] counter says zero. So, we're back to,

[44:25] you know, ready to go for uh election

[44:27] day now. Everything tested perfect. We

[44:29] know it works. We put it at zero. We

[44:32] lock it up. This now will be ready uh

[44:35] delivered to the precinct or actually

[44:37] this is early voting. So on the 25th

[44:38] it'll be delivered downstairs um and

[44:40] ready to go for the inspectors.

[44:43] We'll shut that down. All right. And

[44:46] then we just have two other quick items

[44:48] to do. Um we are going to

[44:54] quickly log into our ballot on demand.

[44:57] This is how we do ballots in the um

[45:01] early voting. Um we don't actually hand

[45:04] you ballots like you do in the precinct.

[45:05] We you come in and we print your ballot

[45:07] there. Um

[45:10] so let's go.

[45:19] » Oops. And let's see if I can get the

[45:21] password right and we'll be all set.

[45:30] Okay.

[45:39] Oh,

[45:40] I'm putting in the number like I'm doing

[45:42] the tabulator.

[45:44] Okay,

[45:46] so here's our ballot on demand system.

[45:48] Um just like I know for you show at home

[45:51] um it shows three ballot styles uh for

[45:54] precinct one, precinct two, and precinct

[45:56] 3. Um so what we will do, we're going to

[45:59] print one ballot for each precinct to

[46:02] show that it's working correctly

[46:04] >> for the early voting.

[46:05] » for the early voting.

[46:05] >> For the this is Yep. for the early

[46:07] » For the this is Yep. for the early

[46:07] voting.

[46:08] >> All right.

[46:10] » All right.

[46:10] And print

[46:30] There you go.

[46:31] >> All right. You want to take a look at

[46:32] » All right. You want to take a look at

[46:32] that?

[46:34] >> It should say precinct one at the top. I

[46:37] » It should say precinct one at the top. I

[46:37] hope

[46:39] that was correct.

[46:40] >> All right. And then we'll do a precinct

[46:41] » All right. And then we'll do a precinct

[46:41] two.

[46:51] Yeah, if you want you can compare.

[46:57] » Oh, this is

[47:06] » it. It's It is really nice. I mean, I

[47:09] will I say it's made my life worse

[47:12] during elections. Yes, because I'm here

[47:14] for, you know, 19 straight days now. Um,

[47:18] but I do agree with the fact that it is

[47:20] very nice feature. I mean, it's

[47:23] >> going to the polls and voting on

[47:25] » going to the polls and voting on

[47:25] >> but a lot of people can. So, I mean,

[47:30] » but a lot of people can. So, I mean,

[47:30] it's a tradition.

[47:31] >> Precinct two.

[47:32] » Precinct two.

[47:32] >> Precinct two. Yes.

[47:35] » Precinct two. Yes.

[47:35] >> Um,

[47:38] But I think for a lot of people this is

[47:39] going to become a new tradition. Like we

[47:41] go on the second Saturday of early

[47:43] voting and we vote that every that's

[47:44] where we go every time, you know. Like I

[47:46] think that'll become a new a new thing.

[47:48] >> Correct. Correct.

[47:50] » Correct. Correct.

[47:50] >> Uh yeah. So you're looking at uh nine

[47:52] » Uh yeah. So you're looking at uh nine

[47:52] straight days from the 25th of July

[47:55] through the 2nd of August, 8 to 4 every

[47:57] day.

[47:59] >> Yep.

[48:01] » Yep.

[48:01] >> Thank you for being here.

[48:04] » Thank you for being here.

[48:04] >> My pleasure. All right. This should be

[48:06] » My pleasure. All right. This should be

[48:06] >> precinct three.

[48:07] » precinct three.

[48:08] >> Precinct.

[48:08] » Precinct.

[48:08] >> Oh, my inspectors love early voting.

[48:12] » Oh, my inspectors love early voting.

[48:12] >> It's a shorter day like compared to, you

[48:14] » It's a shorter day like compared to, you

[48:14] know, the election day is obviously like

[48:15] an 18hour day. It's awful. Uh, you know,

[48:18] this is just a 9h hour day.

[48:23] All right. So, all three printed

[48:26] correctly. All right. So, now we will

[48:28] test real quick the um

[48:32] uh voter assist terminal. So, basically

[48:34] what the voter assist terminal is, every

[48:36] precinct has one. All right. Um

[48:39] it's a ballot marking device. Okay. So,

[48:44] um if you

[48:47] um need us, it's not even for anyone who

[48:49] needs it. Anyone can use it. All right.

[48:51] Let me just state it that way. All

[48:52] right. It it's it's made for anyone. I

[48:54] know they always talk about it being um

[48:57] you know, like a handicap machine, but

[48:58] that's that's not really correct. Anyone

[49:00] could walk, sit down at this and mark

[49:02] their ballot electronically. You don't

[49:03] have to fill in circles yourself. Okay.

[49:06] And it'll print your ballot out here.

[49:07] And then you take this print, you put it

[49:09] through the tabulator.

[49:11] >> Okay.

[49:11] » Okay.

[49:11] >> You're talking about using this,

[49:12] » You're talking about using this,

[49:12] >> correct?

[49:13] » correct?

[49:13] >> Okay.

[49:13] » Okay.

[49:13] >> Yep. So, and and I will show you that

[49:16] » Yep. So, and and I will show you that

[49:16] here in a second. Um,

[49:19] >> so, uh, for some people, I know our

[49:22] » so, uh, for some people, I know our

[49:22] inspectors have started pushing it a

[49:24] little bit more during primaries because

[49:25] it will not allow you to cross over

[49:27] vote. You can't. All right. You have to

[49:29] pick a party and you that's it. You

[49:31] can't there you don't see the other

[49:32] party. You pick it before you start. All

[49:34] right. So there's no way to try to cross

[49:37] over and mess up your ballot. Your

[49:39] ballot can't be messed up. Okay. Um so I

[49:43] know for my inspectors, they do really

[49:44] like it. Um

[49:46] so it it like I said, it's for anybody.

[49:49] Um it does have the functions of um you

[49:51] know headphones if you need you know to

[49:54] listen to it. It has braille if you know

[49:56] for you to actually be able to you do

[49:59] your device that way. Um there is you

[50:01] know it pretty much can do all. So um

[50:05] >> now you have to have is that just to

[50:07] » now you have to have is that just to

[50:07] test it your key you put in or do you

[50:09] get one when you go there?

[50:10] >> Um so every person who votes we'll have

[50:13] » Um so every person who votes we'll have

[50:13] to we use the same card for everybody

[50:15] though. But if you're going to use it

[50:16] then they'll take you over.

[50:17] >> I got you.

[50:18] » I got you.

[50:18] >> Yep. I'm just going to put this code in

[50:20] » Yep. I'm just going to put this code in

[50:20] without the camera maybe catching me.

[50:22] Sorry, Kevin, if I shot you there.

[50:28] » I get you. So, it's one key, but it can

[50:30] only be used once at a time.

[50:33] >> One time.

[50:33] » One time.

[50:33] >> Correct. Yep.

[50:35] » Correct. Yep.

[50:35] All right. So, this would be when our

[50:37] election inspectors would turn it on in

[50:38] the morning. Um, they'd put in their

[50:40] code. Um, they'd confirm the time, date,

[50:43] and time, and then they'd open the

[50:46] polls.

[50:48] Okay. So, now now it's ready to go.

[50:51] Okay. So, I'm a voter. I get my card. I

[50:55] sit down. Um, it's going to ask me the

[50:57] activation code. So, the activation code

[50:59] is there's a different code for each

[51:01] ballot style. So, precinct one, precinct

[51:03] two, or precinct 3. So, depending on

[51:05] what precinct you are, or obviously, if

[51:08] you're at early voting, you have to be

[51:09] able to put in the correct code to vote

[51:11] your correct ballot. So, the inspectors

[51:13] would give you the code that you need to

[51:15] put in. Um, I'll just pick

[51:19] uh precinct one for right now.

[51:24] All right. So, here's where my

[51:25] selection. So, it's going to give me I

[51:27] have to pick either Democrat,

[51:28] Republican, or a nonpartisan ballot. So,

[51:30] I could just pick to vote just the two

[51:32] mill, you know, two proposals and that's

[51:34] it.

[51:35] >> All right. Um, let's say I just pick a

[51:38] » All right. Um, let's say I just pick a

[51:38] Democrat. It's the top one. Um, I didn't

[51:40] turn that on, so you're not going to

[51:42] hear that right now, but but yeah,

[51:43] they're headphones.

[51:44] >> Yeah, that's that's great.

[51:45] » Yeah, that's that's great.

[51:46] >> So, it's it's as easy as here's your

[51:47] » So, it's it's as easy as here's your

[51:48] ballot.

[51:49] All right. Governor, you just pick. All

[51:52] right, I'm I'm actually gonna unmark

[51:54] things, but it won't let you overvote

[51:58] anything. You have to unselect to go to

[52:00] the next person. So,

[52:01] >> um can't make a mistake.

[52:02] » um can't make a mistake.

[52:02] >> You can't mess up on this.

[52:03] » You can't mess up on this.

[52:03] >> All right. And then as you click next,

[52:05] » All right. And then as you click next,

[52:05] it's just going to show you each one.

[52:07] >> Yeah.

[52:08] » Yeah.

[52:08] >> All right.

[52:09] » All right.

[52:10] >> All right.

[52:10] » All right.

[52:10] >> And we're going to just print uh you

[52:13] » And we're going to just print uh you

[52:13] scroll down, you get your yes and no. It

[52:14] won't let you pick them both. You have

[52:16] to undo. And this is for

[52:19] >> So that would be if you needed um

[52:23] » So that would be if you needed um

[52:23] braille.

[52:24] >> All right. Um it's also the sound um how

[52:26] » All right. Um it's also the sound um how

[52:26] fast it talks

[52:28] >> and how the volume of it.

[52:29] » and how the volume of it.

[52:29] >> So you would have these on.

[52:31] » So you would have these on.

[52:31] >> Correct.

[52:31] » Correct.

[52:31] >> And

[52:32] » And

[52:32] >> Yep.

[52:32] » Yep.

[52:32] >> That's correct.

[52:33] » That's correct.

[52:33] >> Yep. Um and then you can use these

[52:35] » Yep. Um and then you can use these

[52:35] controls instead of touching the screen.

[52:37] >> Okay.

[52:38] » Okay.

[52:38] >> Excellent. Thank you.

[52:39] » Excellent. Thank you.

[52:39] >> Um all right. So then same thing. We're

[52:42] » Um all right. So then same thing. We're

[52:42] just going to get through here. We're

[52:42] going to print a nice zero. It says um

[52:45] your ballot is blank. All right. And

[52:47] it's as simple as then hitting print

[52:49] your ballot.

[52:53] That's it. All right. Then you would

[52:55] you'd put that into your secrecy sleeve.

[52:57] You'd go to the last table like you

[52:58] always do at the precinct and then you

[53:00] would feed this in. So it it's going to

[53:03] look a little obviously I have a test in

[53:05] here so it's going to look a lot

[53:06] different but basically what you're

[53:08] going to have is you have everything

[53:10] that you voted is listed

[53:12] >> and then you have a QR code which is

[53:14] » and then you have a QR code which is

[53:14] what that is actually going to read.

[53:15] >> Is that the actual size?

[53:17] » Is that the actual size?

[53:17] >> That's it.

[53:19] » That's it.

[53:19] That's it. Okay. There's no front and

[53:21] back on this. Everything will be on the

[53:22] front front page. Um and then it's as

[53:25] simple as that. So

[53:27] >> all right. So we tested that and just

[53:29] » all right. So we tested that and just

[53:29] make sure someone wants to look. Just

[53:30] make sure they're all blank.

[53:34] >> I didn't I didn't vote anything, so

[53:35] » I didn't I didn't vote anything, so

[53:35] everything should just say blank next to

[53:36] it. I know it's a little hard to read,

[53:37] but

[53:38] >> all blank.

[53:47] » You wish

[53:50] for me, not Kevin.

[53:51] >> All good. All right. So, that will uh

[53:55] » All good. All right. So, that will uh

[53:55] conclude our testing of our voting

[53:57] equipment for the public. Um,

[54:00] obviously we have, you know, three other

[54:03] of these vats,

[54:05] nine other tabulators,

[54:08] um, that we are testing and going

[54:11] through that process with. Same exact

[54:12] thing you just watched here. Um, and I

[54:16] think that's about it. So, uh, what

[54:18] we're going to do now is we will seal up

[54:21] everything, sign all the paperwork. All

[54:23] right, people at home, I'm sure that

[54:25] would be super boring to watch us do all

[54:26] that. So, um, we will sign off on this

[54:28] and, uh, hopefully everybody goes out

[54:30] and votes on August 4th or or before

[54:32] then.

[54:32] >> Can you just repeat the times of

[54:35] » Can you just repeat the times of

[54:35] >> So, go ahead.

[54:36] » So, go ahead.

[54:36] >> Yep. Uh, so obviously absentee voting,

[54:38] » Yep. Uh, so obviously absentee voting,

[54:38] uh, will start with that's Monday

[54:40] through Friday. Um, 8 to 4:30 you can

[54:43] get a ballot. Um, early voting will

[54:46] start July 25th and run every single day

[54:50] through August Sunday, August 2nd.

[54:52] That's so that's Saturday the 25th

[54:53] through August 2nd. It's a Sunday. Um,

[54:56] and that's 8 to 4 every day.

[54:59] >> Do you have to bring ID to vote?

[55:01] » Do you have to bring ID to vote?

[55:01] >> Yes, you have to have an ID. Um, if you

[55:03] » Yes, you have to have an ID. Um, if you

[55:04] I I say yes, but if you forgot your ID,

[55:08] you can sign an affidavit swearing that

[55:10] you didn't bring your ID. You didn't

[55:13] have your ID with you on that day. Um,

[55:15] and you have to sign off on that. Um,

[55:18] but yeah, ID makes it much easier and

[55:20] much faster for our election inspectors.

[55:22] Um I will say but um you can also if you

[55:25] have happen to forget it you now I will

[55:27] say if you walk in and say I refuse to

[55:29] show it to you you cannot vote that is a

[55:31] no have a good day um you've forfeited

[55:34] the right if you refuse to show

[55:35] >> ID driver's license

[55:37] » ID driver's license

[55:37] >> passport uh government IDs there is a

[55:40] » passport uh government IDs there is a

[55:40] list tribal um but um I'm not going to

[55:43] go through every single one here but

[55:45] >> it's more than just your driver's

[55:46] » it's more than just your driver's

[55:46] license

[55:46] >> just some yes you have other options

[55:49] » just some yes you have other options

[55:49] correct uh school ID does work.

[55:52] >> Um,

[55:53] » Um,

[55:53] >> so,

[55:53] » so,

[55:53] >> okay, good.

[55:54] » okay, good.

[55:54] >> And even high school ID now works. It

[55:56] » And even high school ID now works. It

[55:56] didn't used to, but now they've added

[55:57] that to the list.

[55:58] >> Um, so, okay. So, uh, we're going to

[56:00] » Um, so, okay. So, uh, we're going to

[56:00] sign off and

[56:01] >> like to

[56:02] » like to

[56:02] >> Oh, yeah.

[56:02] » Oh, yeah.

[56:02] >> Uh, clerk Jagger and Deputy Clerk

[56:08] » Uh, clerk Jagger and Deputy Clerk

[56:08] and all those folks. I think there are

[56:10] about 50 54 people that are helping

[56:13] behind the scenes.

[56:14] >> Yeah, we've got a lot of people and

[56:15] » Yeah, we've got a lot of people and

[56:15] we're still looking for a couple more to

[56:16] fill it out. So, if anybody out there is

[56:18] willing to work an election, we'd love

[56:21] to have you. Uh, training's probably a

[56:23] good hour, hour and a half, maybe two

[56:25] hours at the most. Um, and, uh,

[56:29] >> and you'll get some donuts and some

[56:31] » and you'll get some donuts and some

[56:31] pizza. Uh, yeah, that pizza's big. All

[56:33] right. Donuts, pizza, coffee all day,

[56:36] and water. So, you know, that's, you

[56:37] know, it's a big day.

[56:39] >> So, and it's not just volunteer. You do

[56:41] » So, and it's not just volunteer. You do

[56:41] actually get paid for it. So, um, but

[56:43] all right. So,

[56:44] >> thank you. Thank you for tuning in and

[56:46] » thank you. Thank you for tuning in and

[56:46] watching this. Uh if you have any

[56:47] questions, you can always contact my

[56:49] office and we uh will guide you through

[56:50] whatever you have.

[56:52] >> Thank you.

[56:52] » Thank you.

[56:52] >> Thank you.

[56:53] » Thank you.

[56:53] >> Thank you guys.

[56:53] » Thank you guys.

[56:54] >> Good work, Brian.

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