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e A total of 3,839 Absentee By-Mail ballots were counted resulting in a total of 54,072 ballots cast prior to Election Day. 48%of the 111,851 registered voters or 70%of the total ballots cast (77,050)were cast prior to Election Day. We processed 2,385 new voter registrations that registered and voted during the one-stop voting period and 2,728 change of addresses. We trained and staffed a total of 46 people to work the five voting sites. • Election Day— Election Day voting was steady at all precincts with 22,821 ballots cast. All precincts were open at 6:30 am. as required. We had a total of 260 precinct officials working in 44 precincts. We had two precincts that had problems with their M100 voting tabulator earlier in the day. The precinct officials were instructed to open the"Emergency Bin"for voters to deposit their ballot in so that voting was not interrupted. Backup M100 tabulators were immediately sent to these precincts to replace the ones that were having issues. The MI 00s were not excepting ballots in all orientations as programmed. It would read the ballot face up but would not read the ballot face down or vice versa. Precinct officials reported few voter problems. A total of 440 Provisional Ballots were cast by voters who we could find no registration for and/or voters voting out of their precinct. Precinct officials reported few voters questioned the new districts that they were in. We had at each precinct new district maps to provide to the voters. We received a great deal of calls of which a majority was from voters asking where their Election Day polling place was. Election Night results were electronically transmitted successfully. We reported 100%of our precinct results by 8:40 p.m. Staff remained at office until 10:45 p.m. to unload and audit precinct supplies as they were brought in. • Post-Election— Staff researched a total of 440 Provisional ballots cast recommending the Board partially count 16 due to voting outside of their assigned districts and complete count of 141. Staff completed scanning"authorization to vote" forms so that voter history data was available within 7 business days. Board and staff conducted the sample audit count for two precincts as directed by the State Board of Elections to ensure machine accuracy. The ending hand-eye counts were the same as the Election Day machine count. The Board certified the official results on November 16'', 2012. Winning candidates will be sent an official notice of certification of election to their elected office on November 21". Staff will begin the task of separating 54,229 ballots cast(50,233 one-stop, 3,839 absentee, 157 provisional)by precinct on Monday,November 26 at 8:00 a.m. These ballots will be run back through a voting machine so that voting results can be tabulated and reported by precinct. We hope to complete the task by the end of the week. Following is statistical information that may be of interest.