[0:01] All right. We will call this meeting of
the election board
[0:06] to do several things including but not
limited to the certification of the
[0:11] recent election.
[0:14] We have some old business to start with.
Approval of minutes.
[0:21] And
[0:26] I found one error
on the
[0:33] February 24th meeting one
on the third page
[0:37] and Jack confirmed that
that
[0:42] I did make a motion to accept but there
was no indication after that was there a
[0:46] second? Was it passed? Was it died?
Jack, you you just looked that up and
[0:51] what did you find out?
>> Um
[0:53] So the second to that motion was made by
Gretchen and Atling and then that motion
[0:58] passed unanimously.
>> Okay.
[1:00] » Um
So the two of us were having a
[1:02] discussion. I wrote that in on the one
that you're going to sign. So
[1:07] he just advised that you read that just
into the record
[1:11] and then when you approve those, you
make your motion to approve them with
[1:14] that amendment.
>> Okay.
[1:17] What should we add in this?
[1:23] Just from the I imagine just from
here
[1:26] » Mhm.
>> to there.
[1:28] » Okay.
[1:31] I will make a motion that we approve
[1:36] I will make a motion that we approve the
amendment
[1:40] on the February 24th
[1:46] minutes.
>> Okay. It's been moved. Do we have a
[1:49] second?
>> Second.
[1:50] » Moved and seconded. All in favor?
>> I.
[1:52] » I.
>> Okay. Passed unanimously.
[1:56] Otherwise, I think that one is okay.
[2:04] Okay.
[2:06] What you tell people about the second
[2:11] It's the January 30th
meeting.
[2:15] » Those minutes just went along with
um since they were included in your
[2:20] packet from February.
>> Mhm.
[2:22] » And then you have the order and then
your next minutes are approved or behind
[2:26] that order from March 20th.
>> Okay.
[2:34] » So, what is the one for January 30th
that says
[2:37] » They were included in your packet, so I
just put them in.
[2:40] » Okay.
>> from February 24th.
[2:42] » Okay.
But hadn't that been approved yet?
[2:44] » They have already been approved.
>> Oh, they have. Okay.
[2:46] » They were approved at the previous
meeting.
[2:47] » Got you. Okay.
>> Yeah.
[2:49] » Okay.
And
[2:51] All right.
>> And then your order from February uh
[2:55] 24th
and then behind that is your minutes
[2:58] from March
that need to be approved.
[3:01] » Okay.
[3:04] That'll work.
All right.
[3:17] » This says
[3:20] January 30th.
[3:25] I don't see one
>> Behind that.
[3:28] » The March 20th one?
>> Yeah.
[3:33] » Keep going. That's the one.
>> Oh, I see.
[3:40] » Okay.
[4:02] » I believe it was the March 20th. Main
thing was to uh
[4:05] » Yes.
>> deal with the court order planning.
[4:09] » Yes.
[4:12] It looks like it's good.
>> Okay.
[4:17] I'm going to see a motion to accept the
written
[4:20] » I will
enter a motion to accept the
[4:25] minutes for the meeting on March 20th,
2026.
[4:30] » Second. It's moved and seconded. All in
favor?
[4:32] » Aye.
>> Aye.
[4:37] » And that's all for the minutes, isn't
it, Jack?
[4:39] » Yes.
>> Okay.
[4:41] All right.
Now,
[4:46] of course, we are here to do the
certification on
[4:51] the election of 10 days ago.
It is now 12:06 p.m. We have waited the
[4:57] statutory time till noon and a few
minutes after.
[5:01] And I understand we did receive one
ballot.
[5:05] Has it been checked for legality?
And it is
[5:08] Okay. Okay.
[5:14] I would entertain a motion to accept the
ballot and enter with the count.
[5:19] » Um I will uh I will enter a motion to
accept the ballot.
[5:24] » Okay.
>> Second.
[5:25] » Second. Moved and seconded. All in
favor?
[5:26] » Aye.
>> Okay.
[5:28] Take that. All right.
Now, for the main work of the day.
[5:34] Gear up.
>> Um this is for certification of the 2026
[5:41] primary election.
[5:48] The Vigo County Election Board having
met on Do I need to read this on May
[5:52] 15th
to determine eligibility
[6:00] Is this all I need?
>> Yeah.
[6:03] » Okay.
Okay. So, I don't need to read all this
[6:07] stuff.
>> No, ma'am.
[6:07] » Okay.
That's for after.
[6:10] » Okay.
>> Okay, I got it.
[6:12] All right. Um we are going to We have
Um let's see.
[6:20] five, six
[6:24] Um
>> We have five minutes.
[6:30] provisional
>> yeah, that we are going to address.
[6:32] » Right.
>> Do we have those?
[6:35] This is
>> No.
[6:38] » Okay.
[6:46] » Okay.
[6:59] » Okay.
[7:13] » Um both of those were
If you have
[7:17] mailing ballots that did not have
signatures on them and they came back.
[7:21] » Mhm.
>> And so, we had to send an affidavit to
[7:23] those voters to sign
and we just turned had one to put it
[7:27] back.
[7:31] » But the other one did not?
>> The other one did
[7:34] Okay.
[7:43] It's the second
um
[7:45] voter
voter
[7:47] um did not come to the second voter.
[7:52] » Voters number one and two on the list
here?
[7:55] » I'm actually I'm sorry, on the list in
front of you guys
[7:58] » Yeah.
>> they are voters number four and five.
[8:01] » Okay.
>> So, number four
[8:02] » Number four is
number four is Brenda and they are good
[8:06] to go. Number five is
>> Okay.
[8:12] » And then I apologize we didn't know what
orders they were going in.
[8:14] » Yeah.
>> That's under control. As long as we can
[8:16] identify them.
>> Yep.
[8:21] That's fine.
[8:25] » All right, so that leaves voters
one, two, and three.
[8:29] » and three.
>> Okay.
[8:30] » And are they in the other black folder?
[8:42] » So, the first one in the black folder is
our voter number three.
[8:46] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[8:50] » Voter did
fill out his petition at the only state
[8:54] of this
What is the address and the
[8:58] 2024.
However, he's rejected by address
[9:03] not in the register.
Checked by name
[9:06] and the name that comes up um
for this
[9:10] the closest in the county in another
county in the area.
[9:14] And um
Here is the
[9:17] cancel of that county but it's never a
registered voter here.
[9:25] » Any discussion on this one?
>> No.
[9:28] » Okay. Okay.
[9:31] So, I'll make a motion on this.
[9:39] » Okay.
[9:44] » Well, at this point they're not
registered anymore.
[9:47] They didn't even get the notice.
>> Okay.
[9:50] I'll make a motion to deny.
>> Second.
[9:56] Moving second to deny voter
number one.
[10:00] » Number three.
>> me. Excuse me. Number three. I got it
[10:03] backwards.
Yes.
[10:04] Uh all in favor? I I.
Opposed?
[10:08] Unanimous on that. Okay.
[10:19] » And that is number one.
>> Okay.
[10:23] Okay.
[10:29] » On the fourth page of the list, it would
be the ones right after the affidavit.
[10:34] Mhm.
And the fourth chapter prior to that
[10:37] address
and this is supposed to be in here, but
[10:41] also the status is showing on
which could be rejected.
[10:46] » Mhm.
>> On the next page you can see
[10:49] where they come into it.
They get registered to vote prior to the
[10:54] 2004 election. How do we handle
the age
[10:58] limit at that time?
Uh you would have been born before 2006
[11:04] back in 2004. Okay, and then they
registered
[11:07] and they were born before 2007.
Same person later.
[11:12] Same one that was rejected for ballot
and was re-registered.
[11:16] Which is the first
See the rejected letter
[11:21] located in there
with the notice of disqualification file
[11:25] on page number four.
And they never
[11:28] registered again.
At this point the filing is still
[11:33] rejected and not registered to vote.
[11:39] » Break that and dry as far as I want to
concern.
[11:41] » Yep.
[11:45] I will motion that we deny
this ballot.
[11:49] » Second.
>> Moved and seconded. All in favor? Aye.
[11:54] Can you hear that one?
>> I will follow up with that voter then to
[11:59] tell them
that they can vote twice.
[12:03] » If they feel like going out and
explaining again, explaining to get the
[12:06] next registration.
>> Okay.
[12:07] » Same same thing as the other ones that
we got back from the polls that came in.
[12:12] Where they could
do their updates to their name or their
[12:15] address. And that's the only place that
that comes back to us.
[12:19] We also received probably
similar to the other ones. And there's
[12:23] 12 of those
that we could not
[12:27] do anything with.
[12:30] The signing
or
[12:32] the people in that address, and we tried
to send something to all those folks
[12:37] and let them know
what they did to help.
[12:41] And then
we do with that particular most of the
[12:44] letters were wrong.
>> Very good.
[12:47] Okay.
>> The last one on there
[12:50] is
you turn to
[12:52] page
three.
[12:56] Which they did.
Two push two pages to be
[12:59] to the day.
>> What about
[13:01] » Even though this building is showing
that it's canceled here, we still keep
[13:06] all the canceled
registrations, the hard copies of them.
[13:11] » The hard copies of them.
>> Uh we keep those for five years just in
[13:15] the case of this instance.
Uh
[13:18] turn to the next page and you can see
the form. These counties
[13:22] online filed today. This particular one
came
[13:25] from
Bay Allen.
[13:28] Bay Allen.
They never had this people voting
[13:33] the same name,
same social security number, same date
[13:37] of birth.
And the state requested us to
[13:40] make sure that we can't put both of them
in because they had changed.
[13:45] You know, the outcome.
As it turns out,
[13:49] he had to vote.
So, he could vote for
[13:53] the same last name, the same address.
address.
[13:57] We explained to him
we would check into it.
[14:00] And when we checked into it the
following day, they were
[14:03] They didn't need the office, driver's
license, or date of birth, which is
[14:06] unfortunate.
From the branch perspective, they never
[14:09] used the driver's license. They just
used the social security number.
[14:13] And I was able to look online at this
one that is in
[14:18] Fayette County.
But they didn't check the driver's
[14:20] license number on there. That's the
issue.
[14:23] And
both of these voters are
[14:27] and
[14:29] gentleman that I met in Fayette County.
Uh
[14:32] unfortunately, they did have the same
date of birth and they had the last four
[14:36] numbers of the social security number.
And the exact same name.
[14:40] So, um
in our opinion, this is two people.
[14:44] He still lives here. He knows he lives
here. He knows it.
[14:47] Um
[14:49] Unfortunately, we couldn't do anything
but on election day to change anything.
[14:55] We couldn't change anything.
The system's locked down, obviously, for
[14:58] the next 50 minutes.
It couldn't change it anyway.
[15:02] And if we were to change it, then we
would have also messed up that voter in
[15:05] Fayette County. So,
it will all be taken care of.
[15:10] We won't be able to register him again.
He'll be on the registered voters
[15:14] list.
>> So, he'll be okay for the general
[15:17] election in the west.
>> all of that will be fine.
[15:21] We had another situation where
we had actually
[15:53] Right.
>> Right.
[16:08] » And he was okay with that?
>> Well, he didn't
[16:11] » Had he responded? Okay.
[16:15] I will motion that we accept this ballot
as given to us, the explanation by voter
[16:23] registration.
>> Second.
[16:25] » Moved and seconded. All in favor?
>> I.
[16:28] » And that one is accepted.
>> And that's all we have.
[16:32] » That's it.
>> That's great.
[16:34] » And then
>> Weren't they pretty?
[16:35] » We did get one
[16:39] one military.
And you said that the
[16:43] the postmark was okay on the military?
>> So, for clarification on voters numbered
[16:49] four and five on our list,
did we need to approve or deny either
[16:55] one of those because we did not take any
action?
[16:58] » We did.
We did approve it. And we have we denied
[17:04] the number five.
>> Okay. I'm sorry, I didn't hear the
[17:06] motion made.
[17:12] » All righty. So, now
>> Do we need to pause? Okay. We just need
[17:17] to pause while we
uh do the military.
[17:23] » Yeah, that one ballot asked.
>> Okay.
[17:26] » And two provisionals and one
>> Okay.
[17:29] » All right.
All right, we are in recess until
[17:34] Jen does that long job.
>> Okay.
[17:41] » Okay, we are reconvened after the brief
but necessary delay.
[17:47] And the delay added three more
ballots to the count. Is that correct?
[17:54] And this is the official
results of the election.
[17:58] And I will entertain a motion to accept
them as published.
[18:02] » I make the motion to accept the results
as we received those today.
[18:07] » I second.
>> Okay.
[18:10] Moved and seconded. All in favor?
>> Aye.
[18:13] » And so moved. Is there any other new
business we need to take care of?
[18:18] We We will find out, of course.
>> Okay, the Vigo County Election Board
[18:23] having met on May 15th, 2026 to
determine eligibility of any provisional
[18:29] votes and to review a final canvas of
election results hereby certifies the
[18:34] 2026 primary election results. The board
hereby instructs the Vigo County Clerk's
[18:40] office to transmit any necessary reports
to the Indiana Election Division.
[18:45] So ordered this
the 15th day of May,
[18:49] 2026.
>> Okay.
[19:00] I'd like to add personal note on this. I
want to thank all the people of the
[19:04] courthouse and at the
various voting centers for the hard work
[19:07] they put in to make this election come
off as smoothly as it did.
[19:12] Uh we didn't have to chase anybody out
due to the 50-ft rule or anything like
[19:16] that. It It
was a good election with a fairly good
[19:20] turnout.
[19:25] I need a motion to adjourn.
>> I motion that we adjourn.
[19:29] » Second.
>> Who will second? All in favor?
[19:31] » I.
>> I. We stand adjourned at 1:07.