Agenda - 06-07-2016 - 5-a - Minutes

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9 1 counted 29 and denied 331. There were 135 Provisionals cast due to no acceptable photo ID. 2 Of the 135, 108 were denied. 27 voters brought acceptable photo ID to the BOE office and 3 their provisional ballots were counted. 22 Provisionals were cast indicating a "reasonable 4 impediment" that was counted. Provisionals were denied due to no record of registration, no 5 acceptable ID, previously removed and voter moved out of county more than 30 days. 6 7 Data was uploaded from the electronic poll books to complete voter history entry in record time. 8 Voter history was completed by the end of the day after the election with the cooperation of 9 staff to work late to get it done. Entry time has been reduced by 3 to 4 days with the 10 implementation of electronic poll books. 11 12 Board and staff conducted the sample audit count for two precincts as directed by the State 13 Board of Elections to ensure machine accuracy. The ending hand-eye counts were the same as 14 the Election Day machine count. The Board certified the official results on March 22. 15 16 We have until May 13 to report our absentee results by precinct. With the purchase of the new 17 high speed counter we completed this task and reported all 21,070 absentee ballot results by 18 precinct on March 31. Run time has greatly improved using the DS850. We also used the 19 DS850 to separate and record all the write-ins on Election Day. This task was previously 20 completed by precinct officials on election night. Eliminating this challenging task from their 21 various duties has been most appreciated by our officials. There were 2,368 write-ins sorted 22 and reported by staff the day after the election. 23 24 The acquisition of electronic poll books and updated voting equipment has greatly enhanced 25 the service we provide to the voters of Orange County. The Elections Board would not have 26 been able to achieve our goal to provide the best possible service to Orange County residents 27 without the continued support of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners. 28 29 Tracy Reams introduced members of her Board. 30 Commissioner Jacobs thanked her for the report. He said the numbers on the 31 provisional ballots confused him. He referred to page 4, where it states: 32 33 "A total of 483 Provisional ballots were cast. The Elections Board fully counted 123, partially 34 counted 29 and denied 331. There were 135 Provisionals cast due to no acceptable photo ID. 35 Of the 135, 108 were denied. 27 voters brought acceptable photo ID to the BOE office and their 36 provisional ballots were counted. 22 Provisionals were cast indicating a "reasonable 37 impediment" that was counted. 38 39 Tracy Reams said 123 were fully counted and 29 were partially counted. She said the 40 partially counted were voters that either voted outside of their party or precinct. 41 Tracy Reams said the report shows that 135 people did not have an acceptable ID with 42 them and were given the opportunity to bring it to back. She said 27 came back with an 43 acceptable ID, 128 did not. 44 Tracy Reams said of those 108, there were 15 people who had a driver's license on file. 45 She said 24 of these 108 were over the age of 22. She said it was assumed that the majority of 46 them were students, due to the voting location, and did not have a North Carolina driver's 47 license. 48 Commissioner Jacobs asked if there was a way to follow up with these voters to provide 49 information for next time.