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I, THIS IS A WORKSHOP MEETING THE DISTRICT TODAY.WE'RE HERE TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE COUNTY PARTICIPATION IN A COUNTYWIDE HOLDING PROGRAM PURSUANT TO CODE SECTION NUMBER FOUR 3.07, AND ALSO TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL VOTE CENTER LOCATIONS AND POTENTIAL COMMUNICATION PLANS TO NOTIFY VOTERS OF CHANGES IN THE VOTE LOCATION.
SO WE DO HAVE A BOARD COURT HERE.
COMMISSIONER HUNT IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY, UH, BUT WE DO HAVE FORUM, AND SO ALL I'M GOING DO IS CALL A MEETINGS ORDER AND I GUESS TURN IT OVER SOMETHING.
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
UH, I THINK I KNOW BOTH OF YOU.
I, AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO INTRODUCE A NEW VOTING SYSTEM WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT.
I HOPE TO PRESENT YOU THE BENEFITS OF THIS NEW SYSTEM AND HOW IT CAN HELP OUR COUNTY RESIDENT KAMAN COUNTY'S VOTING EQUIPMENT IS NEARING THE END OF THIS SLIDE, AND WITH US NEED NEW VOTING EQUIPMENT.
WHY NOT GO TO VOTE CENTERS? I'M IT GOING BACK.
MAY I INTERRUPT JUST A SECOND? YES.
IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK, UH, ABOUT THIS, UH, THERE'S A SIGN IN SHEET.
AND IF YOU DON'T WANT SPEAK, IF YOU JUST WANNA SHOW YOUR ATTENDANCE, YOU CAN BE SURE TO FILL THAT OUT.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE A COPY OF THAT MAP, IF YOU PUT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ON IT, WE'LL SEE THAT YOU GET ONE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO GO AROUND.
THE CURRENT SYSTEM WE USE IS, UH, MOST WIDELY USED FOR POLLING IN TEXAS.
THIS IS THE SYSTEM YOU HAVE SEEN IN ELECTIONS IN THE PAST FOR VOTERS OR DIVIDED INTO THEIR VOTING PRECINCTS WITH ITS VERY STRICT POPULATION LIMITS.
ELECTION DAY POLLING LOCATIONS ARE VERY, ARE PLACED IN VERY EVERY PRECINCT.
WE HAVE ALL SEEN ANY SUCH SYSTEM AND ACTION AND HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO IT, BUT I WONDER IF ANY OF US HAS WHY WE USE IT.
PRECINCT BASED POLLING WAS DESIGNED TO SOLVE THE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN PLANNING AN ELECTION.
AN ELECTION OFFICIALS HISTORICALLY NEEDED TO KNOW HOW TO BEST TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO ACCOMMODATE THE VOTERS OF THE COUNTY.
AND THIS WORKED BY HAVING VOTER STYLES, BY HAVING BALLOT STYLES, I'M SORRY, POLL BOOKS AND OTHER RESOURCES MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR EACH AREA OF VOTERS AND REQUIRED VOTERS TO GO TO THEIR DESIGNATED POLLING LOCATION.
WE COULD PRINT JUST ENOUGH BALLOTS FOR VOTERS IN ANY GIVEN PRECINCT, RATHER THAN HAVING ALL LOCATIONS HAVE ALL BALLOT STYLES AT ALL TIMES.
IT WAS ASSIST AND DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE SHORTCOMINGS OF A PAPER BALLOT.
NEW TECH TECHNOLOGY HAS FREED US FROM THOSE RESTRAINTS WITH THE APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT AND LOCATIONS THAT ARE DUBBED COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACES.
PEAK VOTERS CAN CHECK IN AT ANY POLLING LOCATION, NOT JUST THEIR DESIGNATED ONE, AS THE SYSTEM WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE POLL BOOK RATHER THAN JUST LOCAL VOTERS.
POLLING LOCATIONS WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL BALLOT STYLES AT ALL TIMES, WHICH HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN INFEASIBLE WITH PAPER BALLOT VOTING.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE REMOVED THE VERY OBSTACLES THAT MAKE PRECINCTS BASED VOTING AND REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFICIENCY HANDLING AND ELECTION.
NEW TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE PRECINCT BASED VOTING, UH, OBSOLETE.
AND SO WHAT IS THE COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACE TO ENSURE THERE ARE ELECTION DAY POLLING LOCATIONS ALLOWED ANY VOTER, REGARDLESS OF THEIR VOTING PRECINCT TO VOTE THEIR BALLOT AT ANY LOCATION, IS ESSENTIALLY PROVIDING THE SAME CONVENIENCE EARLY VOTING VOTERS GET, BUT APPLY TO ELECTION DAY, OFTEN CALLED VOTE CENTERS.
THEY WERE FIRST TRIED IN LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO IN 2003.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING VERY, VERY NEW SINCE THEN.
THE LEGISLATURES OF 11 STATES, CALIFORNIA WILL BE THE 12TH, WILL ALLOW A VOTE CENTER STARTING IN 2018.
UH, BUT 11 STATES HAVE ALREADY ARE ALREADY VOTING, UH, VOTING CENTERS, UH, AND THE
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78TH TEXAS LEGISLATOR AUTHORIZED WILL COUNTY TRIAL PILOT OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE 2006 NOVEMBER ELECTION IS AND HAS SINCE EXPANDED TO ALLOW ALL COUNTIES IN TEXAS OPTION TO APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM.AS OF JULY, 2017, 42 COUNTIES USE ELECTION DAY VOTE CENTERS.
NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN INTRODUCED TO VOTE CENTERS, LET'S LOOK AT THE ADVANTAGE THEY OFFER BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE VOTERS.
THERE'S VOTER CONVENIENCE, COUNTY POLL LOCATIONS, AND WE HOPE FOR BETTER VOTER TURNOUT.
AS ELECTION OFFICIALS, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO MAKE VOTING AS CONVENIENT AND PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE.
ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS A VOTER HAS IS GOING TO THEIR DESIGNATED VOTING LO VOTING LOCATION.
AS ANY OF YOU HAVE WORKED, ELECTIONS KNOWS IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR VOTERS TO GO TO THE WRONG LOCATION AND GROW FRUSTRATING AND BEING TOLD THEY'RE AT THE WRONG LOCATION.
THIS SOMETIMES LEADS TO THE VOTER'S CASTING PROVISIONAL BALLOTS SIMPLY TO AVOID GOING TO ANOTHER LOCATION OR JUST NOT VOTING AT ALL.
THERE ARE ALSO VOTERS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO VOTE AS THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR ENERGY TO GO OUT TO THEIR DESIGNATED POLLING LOCATION.
VOTE CENTERS ALLOW VOTERS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WANT TO VOTE.
NO LONGER WILL A VOTER BE INFORMED THEY'RE AT THE WRONG VOTING LOCATION AND THEY MUST GO ELSEWHERE.
THAT VOTER WHO PREVIOUSLY AVOIDED VOTING, THEY FIND THAT THEY CAN NOW VOTE NEAR WHERE THEY WORK, LIVE OR PLAY, AND CAN STOP DURING THEIR NORMAL COMMUTE.
BY OPENING UP VOTE, UH, OPTIONS FOR VOTERS WILL PUT POWER BACK INTO THE VOTERS HANDS ON WHERE TO VOTE.
AS FOR THE POLLING LOCATION THEMSELVES, A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO FINDING BUILDINGS THAT MEET OUR STANDARDS, AND WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF ELECTION CODES LIKE SECTION 43.001.
EACH ELECTION PRECINCT ESTABLISHED AN ELECTION SHALL BE SERVED BY A SINGLE POLLING PLACE LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF THAT PRECINCT.
WITH PRECINCT BASED LOADING, EVERY PRECINCT MUST ONE AND, AND ONLY ONE LOADING LOCATION, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO FIND BUILDINGS THAT MEET THE STANDARDS AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR US TO USE.
WE ELIMINATE THIS REQUIREMENT, ALLOWING US MORE EVENLY SPACE OUT OUR LOCATION REGARDLESS OF PRECINCT, AND ALLOW US TO ADD MORE LOCATIONS IN HEAVY VOTING AREAS.
THIS FREES US TO FIND AND USE POLLING LOCATIONS BASED UPON WHAT WOULD BEST SERVE OUR VOTERS IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE REGISTER VOTERS TO GET OUT AND VOTE.
WE WANT TO MAKE THE BALLOT BOX MORE ACCESSIBLE AND TAKE AWAY ALL THE EXCUSES.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY WE CAN MAKE VOTING MORE UNRESTRICTED AND ENTICE VOTERS TO GET OUT TO THE POLL.
IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IS WHAT EFFECT IT WILL HAVE ON VOTER TURNOUT.
A SYSTEM THAT DRIVES VOTERS AWAY ISN'T BENEFICIAL TO OUR ELECTION PROCESS, SO WE MAKE SURE THAT VOTE CENTERS WOULD NOT HAVE THAT EFFECT.
TRAVIS COUNTY, ONE OF THE MOST POPULATED COUNTIES IN THE STATE, SWITCHED TO VOTE CENTERS FOR THE 2011 NOVEMBER ELECTION, A MINIMUM ELECTION.
A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHAT EFFECT VOTE CENTERS HAD ON ELECTION TURNOUT.
AND DUE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES, TRAVIS COUNTY PROVIDED AN IDEAL SITUATION.
THEY HAD A STUDY, UH, COMPLETED, AND THE RESULTS SHOW THAT THE OPEN POLLING LOCATIONS INCREASED TURNOUT BY 1.1400000000000001% IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
WHILE THAT IN ITSELF IS GOOD NEWS, WHAT WAS ESPECIALLY KNOWN SCHOOL WAS THAT VOTERS THAT WERE MOST HELPED BY THE SWITCH FROM THAT STUDY, THEY CONCLUDED OPEN POLLING LOCATIONS IN PARTICULAR SEEMED TO PRODUCE HIGHER TURNOUT AND MARGINAL VOTERS ARE ESPECIALLY LIKELY TO RESPOND TO OPEN POLLING LOCATION AS ELECTED OFFICIAL OR AS ELECTION OFFICIALS.
WE STRIVE TO DRIVE THE BEST SYSTEM AND SERVICE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR VOTERS.
WHETHER IT IS CONVENIENCE OR COST EFFECTIVENESS, WE FEEL VOTE CENTERS IS A SYSTEM THAT HELPS US STEP UP ABOVE OTHER THE METHODS.
AND I REALLY HOPE YOU'LL AGREE WITH US.
AND NOW WE HAVE JUST A REAL SHORT, UH, POWERPOINT.
IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T TIME, WE'D LIKE TO SHOW THAT TO YOU.
THERE'S OUR COUNTY CLIENT CODE IN PLACE.
AND THEN, UH, THAT, UH, ELECTION CODE SECTION 43.007 DISCUSSION OF WHAT THE COUNTYWIDE VOTING CENTERS ARE AND HOW THEY OPERATE AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MAY BE FOUND AT THE TEXAS SECRETARY OR STATE WEB PAGE AND ELECTION HOTLINE.
AND WE'VE GOT THAT INFORMATION THERE.
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THIS, AGAIN, IF YOU'LL LEAVE US, LET ME KNOW AND LEAVE US YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
WE'LL GET THIS POWERPOINT TO THIS COURSE.
HERE IS THE POST PROPOSED CRITERIA TO DETERMINE VOTE CENTER LOCATIONS,
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UH, FAMILIAR TO, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIAR TO THE VOTERS PRIOR USE OF PROPOSED, UH, LOCATION, PREMIER ELECT RIGHT THERE.WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IN POPULATION SIZE, NEAR POLLING LOCATION.
THIS WOULD, UH, BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
WE HAVE, WE COURSE ARE ALL GROUND LEVEL ENTRANCES, ADDED A PARKING, A DA COMPLIANCE VISIBILITY, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO THE LOCATION.
AND WE ARE A SPECIAL PERMIT OR SUPPORT VOTERS SUPPORTS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORTS THE, UH, THE ELECTION STAFF.
AND AGAIN, ANYBODY THAT WANTS THIS, IF YOU'LL LET US KNOW, WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU.
UM, THIS IS OUR, UH, PATHOLOGY ELECTION.
JUDGES AND ALTERNATES WILL CONTINUE TO BE APPOINTED ACCORDING TO THE STATE LIST PROCEDURES AS ELECTION DAY JUDGES AND CLERKS AS DONE PRIOR TO VOTE CENTER OF VOTING, THE POLITICAL PARTIES SUBMIT THEIR LIST IN WRITING TO THE COMMISSIONER.
COURT AND APPOINTMENTS ARE CURRENTLY MADE FOR TWO YEAR TERMS, AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE ELECTION CODE 32.002.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL DO TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY IS NOTIFIED.
WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA TRY EVERYTHING WE KNOW TO DO.
WE'RE GONNA DO DIRECT MAIL FLYERS TO ALL COFFEE COUNTY HALL CODE WITH REGISTERED VOTERS, AND THAT WOULD BE IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH.
FLYERS WILL BE BE SENT TO CITY OFFICES, CITY LIBRARIES, AND THE CITY CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE FOR DISTRIBUTION THERE AS WELL.
PHONE NUMBERS SET UP PRIOR TO AND ON ELECTION DAY STAFF FOR VOTER AND ELECTION WORKER QUESTIONS.
THE INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE.
UH, NOTICE WOULD BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPERS POST VOTE CENTER INFORMATION ON ALL FORMER POLLING LOCATIONS THAT WILL NOT BE OPEN ON ELECTION DAY.
AND THEN, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
WE WANT TO GET SOME OF THOSE FLAG OR FEATHER BANNERS THAT STUDY BOAT OR BOAT HERE.
UH, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF, WELL, I MEAN WE WANT TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF, UH, BANNERS OR LITTLE, LITTLE STANDS THERE THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED AS THE BOAT CENTERS.
AND THEN AGAIN, THAT'S OUR INFORMATION.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK ANYBODY'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
ARE WE GONNA DO IT BY THE LIST OR? WELL, I THINK SO.
WE GONNA REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PRECINCTS.
WE WE'RE GONNA REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VOTING LOCATIONS.
IS THAT GONNA AFFECT OUR PRECINCT BOXES? YEAH.
UHHUH, IS THAT GONNA CHANGE? WELL, EACH, I, I, LET ME MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION.
I HELP YES, I KNOW THAT, THAT THE STATE SAYS THAT YOU CAN REDUCE IT BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE.
AT LEAST WHAT PERCENTAGE? 60 65%.
WE CAN REDUCE POLLING PLACES BY 65%.
OUR ACTUAL VOTING BOXES ARE 30 BOXES WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
WE WILL STILL, THE, I I GUESS THE WHAT THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN IT WOULD BE, UH, JIMMY, THAT IF YOU WALKED INTO A POLLING PLACE AND YOUR PRECINCT 21 AND WHICH IS DOWN HERE IN KAUFMAN AND YOU WENT UP TO FORNEY AND YOU VOTED, OR, UH, EVEN CAROL VOTED IN, UH, PRECINCT FIVE OR 26 ANYWHERE, YOU CAN GO INTO ANY OF THESE POLLING PLACES AND THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A PRECINCT 21 BALLOT BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR PRECINCT HERE.
WHAT MY, WHAT I'M LEADING TO IS HOW IS THIS GONNA AFFECT US ON A PRECINCT CONVENTION PROCESS? I SAY, I SAY NONE.
I SAY RIGHT NOW I SAY EVERY BOX STAYS THE SAME.
IT'S WHERE THEY CAN NOW, THE LAW, THE LAW SAYS THAT YOU CAN REDUCE IT AT SOME POINT.
YOU MIGHT NOT BE HERE, NOBODY ELSE MIGHT BE HERE.
I'M JUST KIND OF, THE WAY I SEE IT, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IT ALLOWS YOU, SO IF WE DO VOTE THIS IN, IF WE VOTE THIS IN, THEY WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO CUT A PRECINCT BOX.
IF THERE WAS NO THERE AND YOU HAD ANOTHER BETTER LOCATION ONE BLOCK OVER AND IT HAPPENED TO BE IN THE OTHER PRECINCT, YOU COULD PUT THE BOX THERE JUST TRYING TO I KNOW WHAT HE IS ASKING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SOMETIMES WE JUST DOESN'T WORK.
HAVE OUR PRECINCT CONVENTION PROCESS TAKES PLACE RIGHT AT THE END PRECINCT AT THE END OF, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE CHANGING THE PRECINCT BAR LINES PERIOD.
ONLY THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE THE SAME PRECINCT.
LET'S JUST SAY FOR INSTANCE, THEY CLOSED BOX ONE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF KAUFMAN.
THAT PRECINCT IS STILL BOX ONE, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA BE VOTING AT THE
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.BUT THAT STILL IS PRECINCT ONE.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR CONVENTION, EVERYBODY THAT VOTED THAT LIVES IN PRECINCT ONE WOULD STILL GO AS PRECINCT ONE.
I FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE NOT DRAWING NEW LINES RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY CHANGED SOME OF THE BOX NUMBERS.
SO YOU AND I ARE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO DESIGNATE THESE PRECINCT CONVENTIONS ARE GONNA PHYSICALLY OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I'M SAYING WE GOT SOME LEGAL ISSUES, RIGHT? I YOU ARE GONNA SETTLE AS FAR AS THE PRECINCT CONVENTION PROCESS ON A SATURDAY INSTEAD OF THAT NIGHT.
WELL SEE, THAT'S SOME OF THE, THAT'S SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE LAW THAT YOU CAN RELOCATE THESE PLACES.
BUT WE GOTTA THINK AHEAD TO DO THAT ALREADY.
WE HAVE VOTED THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IT ON THE SATURDAY, LIKE OF THE DAY OF THE COUNTY CONVENTION AND WE'LL DO A PRECINCT CONVENTION.
WELL, WE'RE GOING OUT TO THE S LS TRAINING IN SEPTEMBER.
THEY, THEY, THEY CODES AND THEIR BOOK DICTATE WHERE WE GO TO HOLD OUR CONDITIONS.
IT, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AGAINST VOTE CENTERS.
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A PERSON WHO'S TRYING TO PLAN AHEAD, PREDICT HOW MANY BALLOTS YOU GOTTA HAVE, BUILD A BUDGET AND THEN SAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF BUDGET.
I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD PROCESS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, BUT SARAH AND I HAVE RUN OVER ALL OF THE COUNTY DELIVERY BALLOTS TO HELP EVERYBODY OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET BALLOTS PLUS ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT COME IN.
SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S A PLUS FOR THAT.
BUT SHE AND I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE GOTTA SELL AS FAR AS THE LEGAL LANGUAGE TO HOLD OUR POLITICAL PROCESS.
BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE NECESSARILY TO DO WITH WHAT Y'ALL HAVE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT CHANGING ANY LINES.
IT HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
IT IS MORE AFTER WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK CLOSER.
WE WILL STILL HAVE 30 PRECINCTS NO MATTER WHAT.
WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DURING THE LAST ONE, LIKE WHEN WE HAD OUR AFTER POLL, WE DID ADMIT AT OUR PRECINCT, BUT WE HAD TWO OTHER PRECINCTS TUESDAY, BUT WE HAD TWO OTHER PRECINCTS IN THERE WITH US REALLY AT THE SAME TIME.
WE, WE GOTTA GET TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THEY, BUT I MEAN, IS THAT, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU HEARING THE PRIMARY ON THE FIRST PRIMARY, WE DID NOT COMBINE ANYTHING.
THE ONLY TIME WHEN WE COMBINED THEM WAS IN THE RUNOFF AND IN THE RUNOFF YOU DON'T, THAT'S NOT WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR PRIMARY CONVENTIONS? NO.
IT WAS, WE COME THE PRIMARY, THE FIRST PRIMARY.
I MEAN, I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M JUST ASKING THAT BECAUSE I, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, WE JUST GOTTA FIGURE THAT OUT LEGAL.
SO I'M SAYING WELL, WE WERE ALREADY DOING IT, SO IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME IT'D BE THE SAME.
BUT I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT OKAY.
WHEN YOU'RE SAYING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, YOU'RE NOT, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT COUNTY IS GOING TO PROVIDE OR HELP WITH SOME OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENT, STORM, STORM TRANSIT IS SUPPOSED TO HELP ON, BUT ARE THEY GONNA HELP LIKE FOR FREE OR ARE THEY GONNA, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN, I I'M, THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY, BUT I TALKED WITH THEM, THEY'VE INDICATED THEY WOULD MAKE, ON ELECTION DAY, THEY WOULD PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO THE AT NO COST.
DID WE DO THAT BEFORE? I MEAN, DID THEY NOT? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T, DO YOU KNOW IT CITIES, NOT THAT I'M AWARE COUNTY, HOFFMAN COUNTY COUNTY IS SERVED BY STAR TRANSIT, BUT THAT, THAT I, THAT SHOULD HAPPEN.
AND I, I BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN.
BUT WE WILL GET THAT VERIFIED TO MAKE SURE THEY INDICATED TO ME AS THERE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE A CALL IN TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY NEED TO BE PICKED UP.
AND THAT OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE, UH, UH, HANDICAP PROBLEM, WHETHER THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, UH, GETTING OUT OF THE BUS AND THERE'S A PROVISION WHERE THE, UH, JUDGE CAN GO OUT AND, AND HAND THE, UH, THE MACHINE OR WHATEVER IT IS.
THEY USE A QUESTION REGARDING THE VOTING.
I KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE VOTING ALL OVER THE COUNTY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR DA OR YOUR DIRECT COURT WHERE YOU CAN PULL UP THE PROPER BALLOT FOR THEN YOU CAN'T USE A BALLOT, YOU KNOW, NOW YOU'LL GET WE HAVE NO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PAPER IS WHAT THE QUESTION IS.
DEPENDS ON WHICH COMPANY WE GO FOR, FOR BOTH WITNESS IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
ESS ACTUALLY WHAT THEY DO, THEY, YOU HAVE ONE AND IT'LL PRINT OUT A LITTLE BALLOT,
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BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN ANOTHER BOX, THEN YOU WON'T GET IT BACK.SO YOU CAN SEE WHO YOU VOTED FOR, BUT THEN YOU PUT, TO MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT, YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE THING ON THE WAY OUT TOO.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DON'T HAVE PAPERWORK SOMEBODY CAN MARK ON THE BALLOT ITSELF.
NO, THAT ONE'S STILL THAT IT'S STILL COMPUTERIZED.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU LOOK AT IT YOURSELF AND SAY, BECAUSE I LOOKED AT THAT, I, I I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR THIS COMPANY AT ALL.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ONE FROM THE OTHER, BUT I DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT.
AND I SAID, IT SAYS IT SHOWS YOU THE LIST OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU VOTED FOR AND YOU SAY WHO THAT IS.
YOU GO OVER AND PUT IT IN THE SCANNER OF THE BOX THAT DROPS IN PROBABLY THE WAY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK.
NOW, WHETHER IT DOES OR NOT IN THE STATE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, RIGHT NOW, IT'S ILLEGAL FOR US TO PRINT A BALLOT AT THE, AT THE HOLDING SITE.
SO THE LEGISLATION HAS TO BET BEFORE YOU CAN ACTUALLY PRINT A BALLOT, PUT IN MY I IS THAT ISN'T THAT WAY IT FOR BOTH CENTERS.
SO WHAT IF A VOTER MAKES A MISTAKE ON THAT BALLOT? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY CAN GO BACK AND GET THAT CORRECTLY BEFORE THEY, BEFORE THEY PUT IT IN MASS, BEFORE THEY PUT, PUT IT THAT MACHINE, THE COUNT BOOK, WHATEVER, IT SCANS IT, IT COUNTS IT.
EACH ONE WILL HAVE A NUMBER JUST TO THAT ONE.
AND LIKE I SAID, ONE UH, COMPANY HAS THIS AND ONE COMPANY DOES NOT.
IT'S JUST ALL THE WAY WOULD LIKE A, LIKE A, I GUESS THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF COMPANIES, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY Y'ALL GO TO DIFFERENT TRADE SHOWS OR STUFF.
I KNOW NICK GONE TO A LOT OF THEM BEFORE AND I GO TO A LOT OF THEM AND, AND YOU AND YOU GET THERE AND JIMMY, I KNOW HE GOES TO 'EM, YOU GO THERE AND ALL OF US GO TO THEM.
THERE'S 50 DIFFERENT PEOPLE THERE SELLING BOAT MACHINES AND BOAT THINGS.
AND, AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EVENTUALLY DECIDE HOW TO UPGRADE OUR EQUIPMENT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE OVER HERE ARE GONNA COME WITH THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
I HOPE THAT THEY BRING IT TO US AND WE APPROVE OR DISTRICT APPROVE.
BUT WHICH ONES AND S BUT IS IT THAT THEY CAN HAND PRINT ONE OR THEY CAN CHOOSE NOT TO AND JUST PUSH CAST BALLOT, RIGHT? NO, THIS ONE, THIS ONE KIND OUT, YOU HAVE TO PRINT IT NO MATTER WHAT MM-HMM
AND THEN YOU PUT IT AND IT STAYS IN THERE.
SO THE ONES WE'VE SEEN BEFORE, THAT'S ALL JUST LIKE EVEN WE'VE BEEN USING, LIKE WE'VE BEEN USING YEAH, JUST ELECTRONIC LAST TWO ELECTION.
WE'VE JUST DONE ELECTRONIC ONLY.
WE DO MAKE MACHINES THAT MAKE ALSO THAT MAKE A, UH, A COPY IN WORDS.
YOU CAST BALLOT ELECTRONIC AND THEN IT MAKES A COPY AND YOU CAN PUT THE COPY IN THE BOX.
WHAT DOES THIS, DOES THAT GET PRINTED WHEN YOU VOTE? YES SIR.
SO YOU, YOU GO TO THE MACHINE, YOU PUT YOUR, AND IT PRINTS IT OUT.
YOU LOOK AT IT, MAKE SURE IT'S RIGHT.
EVERYBODY AROUND I IS THIS ONE LEGAL NOW? IT THE THEY ARE CERTIFIED WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT.
SO YOU COULD USE THIS, BUT NOT WITH A VOTE CENTER YET.
THEY HAVE TO BE APPROVED TO USE AS A VOTE CENTER.
SO THAT'S, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY USE IT.
NOT USING ON THIS BE HOW MANY VOTES WE HAVE? NO, NO.
I MEAN WE ALL HOPE AND, AND, AND, AND I THINK PERSONALLY, WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO IT, I THINK ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, AND PICK A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE, AND PEOPLE COME IN AND ALSO PUT IN THEIR 2 CENTS.
THEY'S BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
AND I'D SAY HE DON'T, BUT HE, UH, BUT, BUT NO, I MEAN, AND COME IN AND, AND HELP WITH THE PROCESS MAYBE AND SAY, YEAH, THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
SINCE YOU DID IT FOR 40 YEARS.
I'M NOT SAYING THINK IT OUGHT TO BE A COMMUNITY THING.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO ALL OF US.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IN THIS ROOM WANTS THE SAME THING.
THEY WANT MORE PEOPLE TO VOTE AND THEY WANT MORE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO, AND THEY WANT MORE ACCESSIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO IT EASILY.
AND I KNOW IN MY, FOR EXAMPLE, 40, WE HAVE A TOUGH TIME.
WE HAVE TOUGH TIME POLLING PLACES.
WE DO HAVE SEVERAL FIND THEN THEY QUIT.
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DON'T.SO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FOLKS CENTER WOULD REALLY HELP IN, IN OUR AREA JUST BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS.
SO IF YOU DO GET SOME PERMANENT PLACES AND EVERYBODY LEARNS WHERE THEY ARE AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THEY'RE THERE AND THEY ALWAYS GO BACK AND THEY'RE REALLY CONVENIENT.
AND EVEN IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT TO THAT ONE, EVEN ASK ONE ANYWHERE AND CALL ME, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO STOP AND SAY, TELL ME ABOUT, AND YOU CAN BOTH, THAT'S THE COOLEST THING I THINK ABOUT.
IT'S JUST, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT WIND MEAT.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING THAT WE MIGHT, I THINK SHOULD MENTION THERE'S NOT BEEN A DEFINITE DECISION YET ON WHERE, CERTAINLY ON WHAT MACHINE WE'LL GO WITH BECAUSE WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL MACHINE, BUT THAT ARE AVAILABLE, THAT ARE CERTIFIED.
BUT WE MAY GO WITH ALL 30 VOTING PLACES.
UH, THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS WE CANNOT DO THAT.
AND UH, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT THE COURT WOULD NEED TO DECIDE.
I'M OF THE OPINION, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT, THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD DO ALL 30 VOTING CENTERS JUST SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE VOTE.
UH, THE ONLY DOWNSIDE OF THAT IS WE MAY HAVE TO BUY A FEW MORE MACHINES, BUT IF WHEN WE'RE DRAWING THREE TO 4,000 PEOPLE PER PER YEAR, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO ADD MACHINES ANYWAY.
SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT, AGAIN, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT THE COURT WILL NEED TO DECIDE AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
THE IDEA IS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE AND MAKE IT AS EASY FOR THEM AS POSSIBLY CAN.
AND WE YET HAVE A SAFE, OBSCURE VOTING SYSTEM THAT, UH, PEOPLE WILL FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEIR BALLOT IS BEING HANDLED ACCORDINGLY.
AND THAT'S ONE, AGAIN, ONE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS RIGHTS WE HAVE AS AMERICAN.
SO I THINK I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT.
YEAH, THAT'S TRUE DISCUSSION THAT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF 'EM THAT, UH, ON THERE ON HERE.
LIKE OAKRIDGE IS GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN ELECTIONS, SO THEY WON'T HAVE, WE'RE ON A DANGEROUS CORNER AT ALL.
AND THEN HIGH POINT, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW WE NEED A LOT OF CENTERS, AND THAT IS, AND THE BIGGEST THING, HIGH POINT, AND THAT'S ONE OF REASON I SAID WE KEEP, KEEP ALL 30 OF 'EM OPEN, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST TIME 50% OF THE PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT HIGH POINT PRESIDENTS WERE ON, THAT'S YEAH, THEY GOT TURNED AWAY BECAUSE THEY WERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S 50% VOTED.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF BOTH CENTERS.
AND I, AND THAT JUST REALLY BOTHERS ME.
SO YES, FIRST YEAR I WAS GOING TO KEEP IT OVER, RIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT.
AND LET EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THEY GET TO VOTE AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GO IN THE WRONG PLACE AND THEY FIND OUT THAT THEY GET TO VOTE ANYWAY.
I THINK THE CONFUSION ENDS AFTER THE FIRST YEAR.
I THINK THE CONFUSION'S GOING TO END.
AND I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT PART'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL.
NOW, WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN FIND ONE OF THESE 28, 30 PLACES IS ANOTHER STORY THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, THEY CAN'T FIND THE GROCERY STORE 10.
I KNOW IF YOU'RE A MAN, YOU FLAG, SO YOU HAVE YOUR WIFE, WE, HERE IT IS POLICE COMMENTS, PEOPLE BALLOT, THEY'RE GETTING A BALLOT.
LIKE THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING PAID BALLOT.
I LIKE, I LIKE SEE WHAT YOU FIRST I SEEN THAT'S THE FIRST I HAD SEEN OF THAT PAPER BALLOT.
I THINK YOU TO EVERYBODY WITH THAT.
I, FOR EVERYBODY, THERE'S A LAWSUIT GOING ON, I BELIEVE.
AND THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER ISSUE WHERE ONE OF THE VENDY COMPANIES IS SUING THE COMPANY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A SSC OR SOMETHING.
BUT I DON'T WANT THE STATUS OF USING YOU.
I HAVE NOT HEARD, I THINK IT'S STILL IN LAWSUIT PART.
THE ONE THAT WE USE NOW, WHICH IS A GOOD COMPANY.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT, BUT THE SS HAS THIS PAPER BALLOT.
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THEY'RE WANTING TO DO, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE BLESSINGS YET.AND HART YOU SAY NOT BY STATE.
TO CEASE THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO DO BUSINESS, WHICH IN MY OPINION IS VERY, VERY WRONG TO ME, THAT'S IN PICKING THEIR RIGHT TO MAKE A LIVING.
BUT IT ONLY APPLIES TO THOSE COUNTIES THAT ARE DOING VOTING CENTERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW LONGWELL COUNTY HAS ALREADY PURCHASED YES.
BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING VOTING CENTERS TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
ABLE THEM OVER THE LANGUAGE, THE LAW.
WHAT IS IT? THE LANGUAGE IS YOU CAN'T VOTE.
THE LAW IS YOU CAN'T PRINT THE BALLOT THAT THE FEE WHY, WHAT ARE THEY SUING THEM OVER? THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE WHAT'S CONSIDERED A DRE, I'M SORRY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE WHAT'S CONSIDERED A DRE, A DIRECT RECORDING DEVICE, UH, YOU KNOW, ELECTION DEVICE.
SO THEY ARE SAYING THAT THIS DOESN'T QUALIFY AS A DRE 'CAUSE OF THE PAPER BALLOT.
SO IT'S, BUT IT'S STILL, IT IS REPORTING THE VOTE IN ELECTRONICALLY.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AN AG OPINION ON, WHETHER IT CAN BE CONSIDERED A DRE SO THAT IT CAN BE USED IN VOTE.
AND SO WHEN THEY DID ASK FOR THE AG OPINION, THEN A LAWSUIT IS FILED TO HALT THAT OPINION.
UM, SO THAT I I BASICALLY TO STOP THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT THIS BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW THEIR REASONING, BUT THEY DON'T WANT IT, PART DOESN'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN.
I THINK HE WAS ASKING ALSO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT LAW IT IS? IT SAYS YOU CAN'T PRINT A BALLOT AT THE, AT, AT THE POLLING PLACE AT THE POLL.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS A LAW THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T PRINT IT AT THE POLLING PLACE.
'CAUSE YOU CAN DO THAT EXCEPT FOR DURING A, UH, VOTE CENTER.
'CAUSE THESE ARE CERTIFIED TO BE USED IN THE POLLING PLACES RIGHT NOW.
OKAY, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT YOU NOW.
YOU JUST DUNNO IF YOU CAN DO THAT.
YOU JUST CANNOT DO IT WITH A VOTE CENTER RIGHT NOW.
IS HE TALKING ABOUT A REGULAR PAPER BALLOT THAT IT WAS AT THE PRINTED? THAT'S WHAT, PARDON? IT'S RIGHT HERE.
YEAH, BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A REGULAR PAID BALLOT.
THAT BALLOT THERE PRINTING IT AT THE POLLING PLACE.
THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN SOME LANGUAGE IN THE RULE THAT YOU COULDN'T PRINT A BALLOT.
YEAH, THEY GOT 10 MILLION Z IN DIFFERENT RULES.
ALRIGHT, I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
YOU SIGNED UP WHETHER YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR NOT, THAT'S UP TO YOU.
BUT, UH, EITHER ESPOSITO FROM THE FINE COMMUNITY OF ABEL SPRINGS.
ALSO FROM THE ABEL SPRINGS AREA, BY THE WAY, ABEL SPRINGS IS, UH, TRYING TO BE OUR NEXT CITY.
UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON DOING THAT SHIP.
UH, RHONDA WOOD, I THINK YOU'RE REPRESENTING, AYE I JUST HAVE THE QUESTION.
THIS WILL UNFOLD DON RELATION BY WAY AS FAR AS WE KNOW.
NO RELATION AS FAR AS WE NO, NO, SORRY.
UH, OUR SCHOOL ELECTIONS, BOND ELECTIONS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WILL ALL BE HANDLED AS THE SAME AS BEFORE.
CORRECT? I MEAN EVERYTHING WILL BE EXACTLY.
IF YOU CONTRACTED WITH US, WE WILL BE, UH, PUTTING THEM AT ALL OF OUR VOTE CENTERS.
AND THEN WE CAN WE ALSO ADVERTISE THE LOCATIONS LIKE WE ABSOLUTELY.
WE, WE HAVE THAT, I GUESS THE CITY LAKE.
LET ME ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE CITY LAKE, DON'T THEY HAVE SOME SAY IN WHERE THEY WANT TO VOTE IF YOU'RE VOTE CENTERS AND THEY CONTRACT WITH US, THEY WOULD'VE TO BE WHEN, WHEN THE VOTE CENTER COMES IN, THAT TAKES THEIR WELL, YEAH, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IF THEY CONTRACT WITH US, WE USE THE VOTE CENTER.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE SAME.
BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE CITY PEOPLE HERE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YES, I HAVE A QUESTION LIKE IN REGARDS TO CRANDALL WHEN THEY'RE HAVING THEIR SCHOOL ELECTION, BUT IT WOULD STILL BE THE VOTE CENTER.
WOULD IT BE ALL OVER THE COUNTY OR JUST IN CR ISD? NO, WHEN YOU GET YOUR, IF YOU GO, IF THEY WENT TO TERRELL, THEY WERE IN TERRELL WERE KAUFMAN THAT DAY AND THEY GOT THEIR BALLOT, IT'S GONNA PULL UP THE ONES WITH THEM.
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IT'S STILL GONNA BE, SO EVERY SINGLE, OKAY, HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE.EVERY SINGLE ELECTION THAT Y'ALL HOLD, WHICH ARE HUNDREDS ARE ALL GOING TO BE ALL OVER THE COUNTY? YES MA'AM.
ALRIGHT, BUT AT ALL 30 VOTING PLACES OR PROBABLY YES MA'AM.
IF THERE, IF ALL 30 PLACES ARE BEING USED, THEY WILL ALL HAVE THE SAME BALLOT STYLES IN EACH PLACE.
NOW, I GUESS, ARE YOU ASKING IF THE CITY, IF THE CITY HAVE JUST AN ELECTION BY THEMSELF AND THERE'S NO OTHER ELECTIONS IN THE COUNTY? OH, WELL, IF THEY'RE HAVING AN ELECTION BY THEMSELF AND THEY'RE NOT HAVING ANY OTHER THAN THEY COULD, THEIR CONTRACT COULD BE WRITTEN DIFFERENT, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO RUN THEIR OWN ELECTION TO USE THEIR OWN POLLING PLACES.
BECAUSE IF WE RUN THE ELECTION, I THINK WE'RE REQUIRED TO USE OUR POLLING PLACES.
WOULD WE, WOULD WE STILL OPEN UP, LIKE I'M, I'M ASKING THIS
AND THEN ON ELECTION DAY, THE SAME FOUR, THE OTHER 30 BOXES IN PRECINCT TWO WOULDN'T BE OPENED UP FOR WELL YOU COULDN'T USE THE SAME FOUR.
NOW AS FAR AS THE CITY ELECTIONS GO IN MAY, YOU'RE ON THE MAY ELECTION.
UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO, I'LL HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
THOSE MIGHT FALL UNDER A DIFFERENT RULE BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA BE ON THE SAME BALLOT WITH A COUNTYWIDE RACE.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ASK ABOUT BECAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE.
I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK, BUT I'M THINKING WE'RE GONNA BE USING SO SHE'S GONNA GET THIS ANSWER, BUT YES, I'M CURIOUS TOO.
YEAH, BECAUSE I'M, I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, THE NOVEMBER ELECTION THAT'S COMING UP, ANYBODY THAT'S ON THAT BALLOT'S GONNA BE IN ALL 30 PLACES.
SHE WAS ON A MAY UNIFORM ELECTION.
ESPECIALLY IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS TRYING TO HOLD A BOND ELECTION OR A C HOLDING ELECTION.
WHAT ON? WELL, THAT'S WHAT SHE'S GONNA, WHAT WOULD IT COST IF YOU 30? WHAT I EVERYBODY VOTE IN THE, WELL LET ME GET BACK TO LIST HERE.
ASK SOMETHING THAT THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF DON FROM THE CITY OF OAK BRIDGE, WHO'S CONDUCTED ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTY FOR THE LAST 73 YEARS, I BELIEVE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D SAY, UH, I, I COMMEND THIS BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE IN MAYBANK WORK IN CORN AND TAR, THEY CAN RUN ON THEIR LUNCH HOUR AND CAST THEIR VOTE.
GETTING BACK TO MAY BAY BY THE TIME THE POLLS CLOSED WOULD BE HARD.
I WISH IT HAD IT WHEN I WAS HERE.
HOW MANY COUNTIES? HOW MANY 42 42 COUNTIES ARE ALREADY MM-HMM.
AND THAT, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD PERCENTAGE.
AND THAT I'M SURE IT'S ALL BIG COUNTIES, I'M SURE WAY OUT IN WEST TEXAS WHERE THEY GOT THREE LOWEST PLACES.
THEY'RE NOT, BUT I MEAN OUT THE 250 BOULDER COUNTY, I, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE HEAVILY POPULATED? YOU KNOW, LIKE US DALLAS HARRIS AND COLIN JOHNSON? YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THAT'S THE 42, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THEM MONTH.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THE WHOLE MONTH FROM THE PAPER BALLOT WE PRINTED IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE TO ELECTRONICS.
JUST AS LONG AS YOU DIDN'T TAKE CHISEL WITHOUT A PIECE OF WOOD.
CHISEL? NO, HE SIGNED UP REGISTRATION MACHINE.
UH, DICK MURPHY FROM SCURRY, BUT ACTUALLY IT'S COTTONWOOD.
WELL THE WAS ZIP CODE SCURRY THE CITY OF COTTONWOOD.
THAT'S, HE DOESN'T HAVE CLUE WHERE SOON.
I'M GONNA AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SHE SAID.
I THINK VOTE CENTERS ARE GREAT TOO.
I DON'T WANT TO CLOSE ANY POLLING PLACES, AT LEAST THIS FIRST GO AROUND, YOU KNOW, TO SEE BECAUSE WE ARE GROWING IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I MEAN I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT EVERYBODY, I'VE WORKED IN ELECTIONS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND I AGREE THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT ARE AT THE WRONG PLACE AND NOW THEY BE ABLE TO VOTE.
AND MS. BRENDA PRINCE ALSO FROM TER WELL, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS WHEN ARE WE GONNA HAVE SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH TODAY AS FAR AS LIKE THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION? WHEN ARE WE GONNA HAVE AN ANSWER TO THOSE? THE NEXT I THINK WE'RE GOING HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ARE ARMY LADIES, UH, WHICH WE'RE NOT.
BUT I, I'LL MAKE A POINT TO TALK WITH MRS. UH, HAWKIN, UM, MS. HAWKINS AND,
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UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, CLARIFICATION ON THAT.I, I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING, BUT WE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING FISH CONCRETE.
AND TO KNOW THAT IT'S, IF IT'S ALL OPENED UP YEAH, I I MADE MYSELF A NOTE TO DO THAT.
UH, JOHN BECKER FROM THE CITY OF CORNING.
AND JOANNE TKA FROM THE CITY OF COFFMAN.
UM, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING OPENING UP LIKE THAT.
THE ONLY THING I THINK THE ISSUE RAISED FOR MAY ELECTIONS, HOW'S IT GONNA BE AFFECT THE CITY IN THAT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICTS? I'M SURE THERESA WILL RESEARCH THAT FIND NOW, BECAUSE I HAD TO KNOW WE HAD TO OPEN ALL BOXES UP FOR, YOU KNOW, STRICTLY A CITY ELECTION.
I THINK SHE'S GOING DOWNSTAIRS TO SUSAN.
THAT, THAT, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT THAT'S WHAT SHE WENT TO GO DO.
THAT STAND UP UNTIL WE OH, I DON'T HAVE ANY NEW INFORMATION OTHER THAN THERESA WENT TO GO CALL THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.
SO DISTRACT IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE SO WE CAN GET OUR ANSWER
WE FOUND A QUESTION THAT WE, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
WE NEED TO KNOW THESE AND YOU CAN THINK OF SOMETHING THAT MAYBE NOT.
CALL AND DON STOUT CHAMBER E YEAH, I'M GOOD.
JIMMY, I DON'T THINK YOU SIGNED UP THAT I SEE HERE, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ONE MORE COMMENT.
JIMMY IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE CAMAN COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THE, UH, AREN'T WE WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE SO MANY ELECTRONIC ELECTIONS PRIOR TO GOING THOSE CENTERS.
HAVE WE SATISFIED THAT? THAT OKAY.
I THOUGHT WE, SO WE'RE, WE'RE SO THIS ELECTION CYCLE OF THE PRIMARY IS DONE.
AND WE HAD TO MAKE AN APPLICATION.
IS THAT RIGHT? WE HAD TO MAKE AN APPLICATION.
AND I JUST WANTED, IF WE MET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
WELL WE, YEAH, WE'RE GOING DOWN THE LIST.
THIS IS, WE'RE GONNA SEND OUT A, UH, HAVE YOU COMMUNICATED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE? ARE THEY UP TO SPEED ON THIS? OH, YES SIR.
SHE'S GOING TO CALL THE SECRETARY OF STATE NOW ON THAT QUESTION.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING DOWN, WE WE'RE CALLING THIS, THIS IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE SUBMIT IT TO 'EM AND THEN THEY APPROVE.
BUT I MEAN THAT'S, I PUT NEXT.
SO JUST, UH, WE HAVE QUESTIONS WE NEED ASK, ASK THEM THAT.
SO YOU AND REBECCA, WHO IS ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ON THE CIVIL SIDE, THANK UH, THIS PERIOD TODAY NOT EVEN REQUIRED, I BELIEVE.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT SO IN THE WAY THAT THAT CODE BRIEF THAT JUST ASKS FOR YOU TO SOLICIT OPINIONS FROM DIFFERENT VOTER GROUPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO BRENDA IN OUR OFFICE TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE SAID, WELL WHY DON'T WE JUST DO A WORKSHOP? SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY.
JUST TO DO THAT AND TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE AS MUCH IS THAT'S POSSIBLE IN TODAY'S SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT.
MS. PRINCE, ONE OTHER THING THAT I HAVE NOW, WE'RE HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT HOW WILL THE REST OF THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT IT? WELL, WE HAVE TO, UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, JOSEPH'S BEEN WORKING ON, UH, WE'RE GONNA SEND OUT A FLYER, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FLYER AND IT'S GONNA GO TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE COUNTY THAT VOTES VOTERS IN.
BUT THAT'S WHEN WE GO TO VOTES.
SO, OKAY, AFTER WE, WE GO TO, IT'LL GO EVERY SINGLE.
WE SAYING YOU'RE HAVING PUBLIC HEARINGS.
LIKE YOU COUNTED THAT ONE THAT WE HAD WHERE OTHER, WHERE I DID I, OKAY.
WHEN I THINK OF A PUBLIC HEARING, I THINK THE WHOLE COUNTY IS INVITED.
I MEAN EVERY SINGLE, THEY WERE ALL INVITED TO THIS ONE.
WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO GET THE NOTICE OUT.
OF COURSE WE A WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE BEFORE, NOT EVERYBODY AGREED.
WE TRIED TRANS IT ALL IN THE PAPERS.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T SEND A NOTICE TO EVERY SINGLE HOUSEHOLD.
WE ALL, IF THEY DO IT, WAS THEY DONE? WAS THAT DONE? DID THAT HAPPEN? IT WILL BE DONE.
NO, I MEAN FOR THIS ELECTION TO GET THE APPLICATION PUSHED FORWARD, THEY HAVEN'T AGREED TO GO WITH THIS.
YEAH, WE'RE STILL JUST DECIDING.
I KNOW, BUT I THOUGHT, BUT THIS IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
WHY WAS IT NOT PUT ON WEBSITES OR SCHOOL SITES AT THAT TIME? I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT WE JUST DIDN'T DO IT.
I WOULD ASSUME IT MAY HAVE GONE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
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TO TRY TO HIDE ANYTHING.I MEAN, MY GROCERIES WERE TRYING TO INFORM PEOPLE.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU'LL LOOK UP HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER ONE THING SAYS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A MAIL OUT.
THAT'S WHEN WE GO TO VOTE CENTERS.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DISENFRANCHISE ANYBODY KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON.
CERTAINLY WE KNOW ALL THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE CENTERS.
IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF HEARING PRIOR TO EVERYONE IN THE DECISION.
THAT WAS WHAT THE QUESTION WAS.
BUT IT'S OKAY, IT'S BEEN ANSWERED.
WE CAN, IF IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BETTER, WE CAN HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THE DAY BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS PRIVATE.
WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA.
WE DO THE VOTE ON, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE ABOUT THIS OTHER COMPANY AND SEE HOW THAT LAWSUIT TURNS OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE COMPANY.
AND THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT TEND TO HAVE THAT, THAT US HAVE THE PAPER BALLOT THAT WE AT HERE VOLUNTARILY.
ONCE THE LAWSUIT, IT MIGHT BE 15 MORE COMPANIES POP UP AND SAY, WELL WE DO THAT TOO NOW.
BUT THEY'RE DOING IT IN OTHER STATES.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE, UH, THERESA'S GOT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
UH, THE MAY UNIFORM ELECTIONS ARE NOT BOUND BY THE VOTE CENTER RULE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT COUNTYWIDE ELECTION.
SO WE CAN STILL USE THE LOCAL TO YOUR ELECTION FACILITY.
DOES THAT HELP? WE WON'T GO ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO VOTE, RIGHT? NO, THERE WILL BE.
IT WILL BE JUST LIKE YOU DO IT NOW.
WE STILL CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY.
NOW IF YOU ARE ON OUR UNIFORM ELECTIONS IN, IN, IN THE YEARS NOVEMBER, YOU KNOW, UH, THEN YES YOU WILL BE IN VOTE CENTERS.
REBECCA, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YOU SURE.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS REBECCA BERG.
SHE'S WITH OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SUPPORTS FOR THE COMMISSIONER.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE BROUGHT UP A LOT OF REALLY GOOD POINTS AND I KIND OF WANTED TO POINT OUT WHAT TODAY IS ABOUT SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE COURT HAS ALREADY VOTED.
UM, THEY HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN THEY VOTED TO GO TO VOTE CENTERS.
I GUESS IT'S BEEN A COUPLE WEEKS, UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS, UM, WE ARE ASKED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE TO SOLICIT YOU GUYS' OPINION IN REGARDS TO WHERE THESE VOTE CENTERS SHOULD BE.
UM, WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION PLAN WE SHOULD USE.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, THIS LIST OVER HERE, WHAT KIND OF CRITERIA SHOULD WE USE TO PICK THE DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, WHAT TODAY IS ABOUT.
AND THEN, UH, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO USE THAT INFORMATION IN ORDER TO SEND IT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AND HAVE THIS LIST PUT TOGETHER AND HAVE OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN PUT TOGETHER.
AND SO I I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, ABOUT THAT AND THE PROCESS AND WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM A LOT OF THE INPUT, UH, TODAY THAT THERE, OH NO.
UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT NOT ELIMINATING VERY MANY OF THE 30.
UM, OUT OF THE 30 EXCEPT FOR, I THINK BRENDA MENTIONED ONE HAD ASKED, I THINK IT WAS LIKE, OH, BRANCH ASKED IS NOT, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE WHO WE THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE NOT PUTTING THE BINGO CENTER IN GENERAL.
BUT THOSE DECISIONS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE COMPLETE.
THAT'S WHAT THE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
I MEAN IT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP YET.
SO THAT'S WHY WELL, IT WAS TOO, BECAUSE SEVERAL OF US HAVE SAID, I'M A DEFENDANT, WE OUGHT TO HAVE ALL THREE PLACES.
WELL, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I AM TOO.
BUT I WANT TO KNOW, I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE READY TO VOTE ON IT, I'D LIKE TO SAY YES OR NO AND I MEAN I KNOW THAT MY VOTE DOESN'T.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, I MEAN, ONE MINUTE WE'RE SAYING ALL 30 AND THEN THE NEXT MINUTE WE'RE SAYING NO.
AND OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING OAK RIDGE.
ARE YOU SAYING DONNA, THAT OAK RIDGE DOESN'T WANT TO BE USED ANYMORE AT ALL, PERIOD? I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THIS NOVEMBER THAT Y'ALL WERE TALKING.
WE HAD, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH GRAVEL.
AND THEY WERE HAVING TO PARK ON HIGHWAY 34.
ANDRE WAS RAINING TRYING TO GET INTO OAK RIDGE.
IT'S NOT FAR ENOUGH FAR FROM OAK AND THAT CURVE IS VERY DANGEROUS.
SO WE, WE'VE GOT CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLE EVEN TRYING TO VOTE.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE SAFETY CONCERN.
YOU WERE JUST BECAUSE I, THE WAY IT WAS, THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT, WHICH I VERY WELL COULD HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT WAS THAT Y'ALL JUST DIDN'T WANT TO USE IT THIS NOVEMBER 'CAUSE YOU WERE HAVING YOUR OWN ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, IT'S A BAD PLACE TO HAVE AN ELECTION.
AND THERE'S ONLY WHAT, 300 PEOPLE THAT EVEN VOTE IN
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THAT AREA.SO YOU'RE NOT YEAH, IT'S YOUR CHOICE.
SO IF YOU TELL US YOU CAN'T DO COME THERE, WE CAN'T COME.
WELL IT'S NOT A GOOD LOCATION.
BUT IT WILL BE POSTED ON WEEKEND.
IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO THAT POINT.
SO THE, THE APPLICATION PROCESS ACTUALLY DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU GUYS TO VOTE A SECOND TIME FOR THE POLLING LOCATIONS.
UM, AS OF NOW, AS SOON AS WE'VE GOTTEN INPUT, WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE LETTERS FROM EACH OF OUR DIFFERENT GROUPS AND OUR USERS THAT USE OUR VOTING SYSTEMS AND GETTING THEIR INPUT AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE ABOUT IT.
HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE POSITIVE AND IF THEY'RE NOT AT THIS POINT, HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK WITH EVERYONE IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT POINT.
BUT THAT'S THE STAGE IN THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE AT.
THE COURT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY FURTHER INVOLVEMENT OTHER THAN EXPRESSING THEIR OPINIONS ON HOW TO GO.
THE QUESTION HAS COME UP ABOUT STAR TRANSIT AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLARIFIED.
SO WE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD TO VOTE ON, IT'S JUST YOU CANCEL VOTES IN IT WOULDN'T BE, UM, IT WOULDN'T BE TO VOTE IT, YOU KNOW, TAKE ACTION SINCE YOU PARTIES TAKEN ACTION.
IT WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER, ANY YEAH, ANY OF THAT'S FINE.
YOU CAN APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND THE APPLICATION.
COULD IT INCLUDE THIS OFFICIAL MAP AND THEN THESE DIFFERENT, LIKE, SO YOU GUYS BRING UP OAK RIDGE'S EASE OF ACCESS.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT CRITERIA TO KEEP ON THERE BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE ELIMINATED FOR THAT REASON AT ALL.
AND I THINK, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO GET
ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT.
I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED IN REGARDS TO WHAT POLLING LOCATION.
SO IS IT NOW THAT WE'RE ONLY SAYING THE ONLY ONE YOU DEFINITELY ARE NOT GOING TO USE OAK IS OAK RIDGE? UM, NO, BECAUSE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF KAUFMAN IS NOT AVAILABLE ANY LONGER.
THEY SOLD THAT BUILDING AND IT'S BEEN ASKED IF WHOEVER BOUGHT IT RIGHT, THEY DON'T WANT US.
ANN'S IF Y'ALL WANT A POLLING PLACE WITHIN THAT THIS PRECINCT WE CAN GET ST.
ANN'S HAS APPROVED TO LET US GO TO THEIR POLLING PLACE.
JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW IT'S THERE.
THEY'RE GONNA FIND ONE WITH THAT.
RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T USE THIS ON ELECTION DAY.
NO, WE CAN'T USE THIS AS SUBSEQUENT ACCIDENT.
WAS THE LIBRARY COFFMAN COUNTY LIBRARY WORK FOR, WELL WE'RE ALREADY USING IT ON ELECTION DAY, SO WE YOU NEED THE OTHER ONE.
WE HAD ONE AT THE COFFMAN LIBRARY AND THEN WE HAD THE 40, UH, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
SO NOW THAT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HAS SOLD THAT FACILITY, THEN YOU KNOW, WE DID ASK ST.
ANN'S 'CAUSE WE CAN'T USE THAT FACILITY, YOU KNOW, AND UH, SO WE HAVE BEEN ALREADY REACHING OUT.
SO THAT IS, THAT'S A, THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS TO PUT ON THERE IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO USE ONE IN THIS AREA.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? WELL I THINK THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT VOTE.
I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT VOTING PRECINCT AND SO I MEAN THAT JUST
I I UNDERSTAND 100% ABOUT VOTE CENTERS SO THAT I DO AND I'M COMPLETELY IN AGREEABLE TO IT.
BUT IT IS IN REGARDS TO ALSO WHAT PEOPLE ARE USED TO DOING RIGHT NOW.
WHERE PEOPLE THEY'RE USED TO GOING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND UNTIL THEY LEARN THAT IT WILL BE A VOTER SUPPRESSION.
WELL AND IF WE START CLOSING 'EM ALL AGAIN, CLOSING TOO MANY BUT, AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT YEAH, BUT WHEN IT'S NOT OUR FAULT, WE WE'RE NOT.
THE FIRST BAPTISTRY WE CAN WE USE THE, CAN WE USE THE MAKE COURT? WHERE WERE YOU GOOD THERE? YEAH, WELL SECURITY USE ONE OF THE COURTROOMS THERE, BUT PROBABLY WE WOULD'VE THERE THE CITY IS GOING TO START CARRYING ALL OF THIS DOWNTOWN AREA UP AND THAT'S PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE.
WELL ALSO THERE'S, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CHECK, UH, SECURITY CHECKPOINT AND WE CAN'T HAVE SECURITY.
COULD YOU USE THE SENIOR CITIZEN AREA? IT'S NOT VERY BIG.
I'D LIKE TO ASK IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO OR IF I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE WRITE US, TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S EMAIL OR WHAT IF WE WANT TO PUT THAT WITH OUR APPLICATION TO THE STATE ON THE CENTERS.
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WE TRY DON'T, WE DON'T WANT WE, IF WE, WE THAT'S NOT, IF WE WERE C CRANDLE WHEN SHE WAS AT KAUFMAN.WE HAVE CRANDALL PEOPLE THAT WORK AT KAUFMAN.
CAN THEY ALLOWED THAT? WE CAN CROSS, I MEAN, I'M SORRY.
LIKE IF WE'RE HOLDING OUR ELECTION, OUR SCHOOL ELECTION, SHE'S HOLDING HER SCHOOL ELECTION.
WE HAVE CRANDALL PEOPLE THAT WORK AT COFFMAN.
IS THERE, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN 13.
SEE I THINK THE, WHAT I SAID THIS DOES NOT AFFECT CITY OR SCHOOL ELECTIONS AT THIS POINT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN MAY, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE.
BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO VOTE AT ANY COUNTY RUN LOCATION FOR CITY AND SCHOOL ELECTIONS.
THAT IS STILL AND PAPER BALANCE.
LOT OF, I GET A LOT OF COMMENTS ON.
I JUST WANNA MAKE, OKAY, SO MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW IS ALL POLLING LOCATIONS CURRENTLY THAT WE HAVE WILL STILL BE OPEN EXCEPT FOR THE TWO THAT HAVE SAID THAT WE CAN'T, THAT THEY PREFER US NOT TO OR THAT WE CANNOT.
WHICH IS OAK RIDGE AND FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH KAUFMAN.
WE COULD REPLACE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF KAUFMAN WITH ST.
BUT OTHERWISE THEN ALL THE OTHERS ARE GONNA BE OPEN.
I MEAN THAT'S QUESTION DON'T 0.1 YEAR THAT FREE LIFE CHURCH ANYWAY SAID THAT THEY WOULD LET US DO IT AND THEN WE SHOW UP WITH THE BOXES ON THAT DAY AND THEY KEPT THE DOORS LOCKED.
ONE LET US WELL THAT'S KIND LIKE, SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER EXCEPTION.
SO IF SOMEBODY DOES THAT, WE DO.
AND IT'S THE SAME THING AS, I JUST HAD TO TURN IN A LIST OF JUDGES JULY 31ST AND THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, WHO ANYBODY COULD DIE OR GET SICK FOR, YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY, MARCH ANYWAY.
SO THINGS HAPPEN IN THIS AMENDMENT ELECTION.
YOU'VE ALWAYS COMBINED FOR SAINTS ANYWAY.
YOU REDUCE IT DOWN 'CAUSE YOU'LL ONLY HAVE 3000 PEOPLE BOTH COUNTYWIDE.
SO ARE YOU GONNA GO TO THE EXPENSE OF HAVING ALL THESE OPEN? WE, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE HAVE TO USE ALL OF OUR, UH, IF WE, IF WE START THIS AND WE GET APPROVED, IF WE HAVE COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACES, THEY ARE COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACES, SO THEN WE COULD NOT COMBINE 'EM EVEN LIKE IN RUNOFFS.
OR IS THAT ANOTHER QUESTION? THAT'S ANOTHER THERESA, COULD WE RUN, COULD WE COMBINE 'EM IN RUNOFFS? YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THINGS COME UP BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I ASKED THEM ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATING, I WAS TOLD WE WOULD BACK IN NOVEMBER ON THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO USE ALL OF OUR COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACES THAT WE SELECTED.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
WE NEED TO SEE HOW IT WORKS AND WE'RE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE PICKING COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACES.
BUT I WILL ASK ABOUT A RUNOFF I HAVE, I DUNNO ABOUT THAT ANSWER.
AND IF YOU USE THE COUNTYWIDE POLL IN PLACE AND THEY SAY THEY DON'T WANT YOU, THEN WHAT HAPPENS? CLOSE IT.
YEAH, WE EITHER FIND ANOTHER ONE OR, OR WE CLOSE IT AND WE KNOW THAT WE CAN ROUTE PEOPLE TO THE NEWEST.
SO THAT'S INCENTIVE FINDING BOXES.
SO YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO IT IF, IF THEY, IF THEY CHOSE NOT US.
THAT'S WHAT, IT'S STILL WORDED DIFFERENTLY.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
HOW CAN YOU, HOW CAN YOU NOT COMBINE 'EM IF THEY DON'T LET YOU KNOW? DOES THAT MEAN THOSE PEOPLE CAN'T VOTE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE, UH, HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? BILL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY SHOWING UP.
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IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE A BUNCH OF GOOD PEOPLE THAT COME IN HERE AND ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION.AND GENERALLY DON'T GET THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T THAT EASY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CROWD AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND IN THAT REGARD, ARE YOU MOVING THAT I'M MOVING? YOU HAVE.