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LOOKS LIKE THE INTERNET.[1. Tandi Smith; Discuss/Consider canvassing the election results for the November 7, 2023 Constitutional Amendment/Joint Election.]
EVERYONE HERE THIS MORNING.WE'RE HERE, UH, IS A SPECIAL MEETING.
ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT.
IT'S TO GO, UH, DISCUSS THE ELECTION RESULTS OF NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH, 2023 FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND JOINT ELECTION.
SO, MS. SMITH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE MA'AM.
DO YOU WHAT? I WISH WE'D HAVE DONE THIS HALLOWEEN DAY.
I CAME BY AND SAW HIM HALLOWEEN.
SO THIS IS JUST THE OFFICIAL CANVAS THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE AS WELL AS FOR THE CITY ACCOUNT FOR THEIR LOCAL OPTION ELECTION.
JUST CERTIFYING THE RESULTS THAT I SUBMITTED TO YOU GUYS YESTERDAY.
WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT 15% TURNOUT.
IS THAT HIGHER THAN BEFORE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS? OR DO YOU KNOW? YES.
IT WAS A GOOD NUMBER FOR THIS TYPE OF ELECTION, WHICH IS UNUSUAL.
BUT STILL THIS IS AN UNUSUAL DEAL WHERE YOU CONTROL VALUATIONS.
THAT'S APATHY WITH THE CAPITAL A.
AND THIS IS WHY WHEN WE DO OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH, WHEN WE TALK TO THE KIDS IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ADULTS THAT COME IN ON VOTER REGISTRATION DATE, THESE ARE REALLY THE ELECTIONS.
YOU'RE YOU'RE AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
YOU'RE CHANGING THINGS THAT AFFECT YOU.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE SEE THE SAME THING IN A MAIN ELECTION WHEN CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ON THE BALLOT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THREE TO 5%.
AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOCALLY AFFECTING THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
WELL, I THINK THE ONLY REASON THE LEXINGTON TURNED OUT AS WELL AS IT DID, BECAUSE FORNEY HAD SOMETHING ON THERE AND THEY REALLY PUSHED AND PROMOTED IT AND PUT IT ALL THE SCHOOLS.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF BOND ELECTIONS, SOME CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
THE LOCAL OPTIONAL ELECTION REALLY PUSHED THE TURNOUT UP IN KEMP.
ALL IN ALL, EARLY VOTING LOOKED GREAT.
UM, BUT WE WERE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE ELECTION DAY EVEN BEAT THAT EARLY VOTING TURNOUT WHERE WE RAN EARLY VOTING FOR TWO WEEKS.
SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE.
BUT YOU ADD THE TWO OF 'EM TOGETHER THAT MADE IT, THAT WHERE IT WAS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU NEED TO ENLIGHTEN US ABOUT? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A NEWS ARTICLE, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ALL SEEN IT IN 40 THE OTHER DAY ABOUT OUR OFFICE.
YES, I DID BRING IT LOOKED VERY GOOD.
BRING THE LADIES WITH ME TODAY AND THANK YOU LADIES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VALIDATION OF THE, UH, OR CANVAS OF THE VOTES? YES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I NEED A MOTION AND THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION DURING THIS MEETING.
MR. PHILLIPSON MAKES A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? NO, I'LL TAKE, I'LL MAKE A SECOND ON IT.