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9 Election Night results were reported and uploaded to website with no issues. • Post-Election — A total of 483 Provisional ballots were cast. The Elections Board fully counted 123, partially counted 29 and denied 331. There were 135 Provisionals cast due to no acceptable photo ID. Of the 135, 108 were denied. 27 voters brought acceptable photo ID to the BOE office and their provisional ballots were counted. 22 Provisionals were cast indicating a "reasonable impediment" that was counted. Provisionals were denied due to no record of registration, no acceptable ID, previously removed and voter moved out of county more than 30 days. Data was uploaded from the electronic poll books to complete voter history entry in record time. Voter history was completed by the end of the day after the election with the cooperation of staff to work late to get it done. Entry time has been reduced by 3 to 4 days with the implementation of electronic poll books. 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 March 22. We have until May 13 to report our absentee results by precinct. With the purchase of the new high speed counter we completed this task and reported all 21,070 absentee ballot results by precinct on March 31. Run time has greatly improved using the DS850. We also used the DS850 to separate and record all the write-ins on Election Day. This task was previously completed by precinct officials on election night. Eliminating this challenging task from their various duties has been most appreciated by our officials. There were 2,368 write-ins sorted and reported by staff the day after the election. The acquisition of electronic poll books and updated voting equipment has greatly enhanced the service we provide to the voters of Orange County. The Elections Board would not have been able to achieve our goal to provide the best possible service to Orange County residents without the continued support of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners. Tracy Reams introduced members of her Board. Commissioner Jacobs thanked her for the report. He said the numbers on the provisional ballots confused him. He referred to page 4, where it states: "A total of 483 Provisional ballots were cast. The Elections Board fully counted 123, partially counted 29 and denied 331. There were 135 Provisionals cast due to no acceptable photo ID. Of the 135, 108 were denied. 27 voters brought acceptable photo ID to the BOE office and their provisional ballots were counted. 22 Provisionals were cast indicating a "reasonable impediment" that was counted. Tracy Reams said 123 were fully counted and 29 were partially counted. She said the partially counted were voters that either voted outside of their party or precinct. Tracy Reams said the report shows that 135 people did not have an acceptable ID with them and were given the opportunity to bring it to back. She said 27 came back with an acceptable ID, 128 did not.