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OKAY, I AM GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND THE RECORD SHOW IT'S 9 0 3 ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, 2025 TO[I.A. Approval of the canvass of the November 4, 2025 Constitutional Amendment Election and take any appropriate action. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]
DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE POLLING AGENDA ITEMS UNDER ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF THE CANVASSING OF THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2020 FIFTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION, AND TAKE ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION.UH, WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, A GOOD TURNOUT FOR OUR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND ALL THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE HAD ON THE ELECTION.
UH, WE HAD 10,572 THAT VOTED DURING EARLY VOTING, 11,807 ON ELECTION DAY.
UM, 230 MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 15, UH, LIMITEDS.
AND THEN WE HAD TWO PROVISIONALS THAT WERE COUNTED.
UM, I DID GIVE EVERYBODY AN EXTRA SHEET THAT SHOWS YOU FROM 2022 TO 2025 HOW MANY ACTUAL PEOPLE VOTED WHAT THE PERCENTAGE WAS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR, UM, REGISTERED VOTERS IS INCREASING, BUT OUR TURNOUT IS NOT ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE NORMALLY HAVE.
UM, EVERYTHING ELSE WENT VERY WELL WITH THE ELECTION.
WE ENDED UP HAVING 22,617 WAS OUR GRAND TOTAL.
SO WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS THEN.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION IS WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING FIRST.
THEN I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? DO WE, DO WE KNOW WHY IT DROPPED FROM 17.5 OR DROPPED TO 17.5 FROM 20.3, 20.23? NO, UM, I'M REALLY SHOCKED MYSELF BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY BOND ISSUES THAT WE HAD ON THIS BALLOT COMPARED TO 2023.
THAT'S, YEAH, I DO WE KNOW IF THAT'S A TREND THAT IS SHOWING UP ACROSS THE STATE.
WAS THE STATE TURNOUT PARTICULARLY LOW? IT DEPENDS ON IF YOU WERE A COUNTY THAT JUST HAD CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
UM, SOME OF THEM, LIKE ON DAY FOUR, HAD ONLY HAD THEM THEIR SPOUSES VOTE SO THAT YOU'RE TALKING FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE.
UM, LOTS OF OTHER COUNTIES HAD THE SENATE DISTRICT, THEY HAD THE NEW SENATE AND, UH, SO THEY HAD HUGE TURNOUTS.
UM, BUT MOST OF US, USUALLY 10 TO 11% TURNOUT IS NORMAL FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
SO WE WERE LARGER THAN THAT, BUT IN 2023 WE WERE EVEN HIGHER, SO.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FOUR O.
[I.B. Consider and take action on an order canvassing the returns of a bond election held in the County on November 4, 2025. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]
B ON JUST CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDER CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF A BOND ELECTION HELD IN THE COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025.I SENT ALL Y'ALL THE CANVAS REPORTS FOR THE REGULAR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND THEN FOR THESE BONDS YESTERDAY, FOR Y'ALL TO LOOK OVER, UH, ON THIS ONE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO VOTE FOR PROP A, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO VOTE ON PROP B SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE TWO RECORDS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FOUR.
MOVING QUICKLY FOR YOU TO GET, GET IT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
AND THE DISCUSSION ALL IN PAPER.
UH, SHOULD, SHOULD CONLEY BE A NO THERE? HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WE HAD FIVE VOTES AND THERE'S ONLY FOUR OF US.
WELL, IT SHOWS HIM NO, HE, HE'S NOT HERE, SO HE SHOULD BE ABSTAINING.
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ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DO? YES, I WANT DISCUSS A FEW THINGS, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND.THIS IS THE FIRST LARGER ELECTION THAT WE'VE HAD IN NEW COMPANY, BUT I CAN PASS THIS AROUND NOW.
UM, I JUST WANT TO DISCUSS A FEW THINGS.
UM, WE ARE GONNA WORK ON PROMOTING WHERE YOU CAN GO VOTE.
WE ARE, WE'VE DONE IT AS AN OFFICE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T JUST HAVE FIVE SITES ON ELECTION DAY.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO START GOING EVERYWHERE ELSE.
THEY ALL THINK THE SENIOR CENTER, US, BROCK AND ALITO, ISD ADMIN BUILDING, WHICH WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS HALF A MILE AWAY AND THEY DON'T THINK THEY CAN GO THERE.
SO ANYWAY, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEY CAN GO JUST A FEW TENTHS MILE, MAYBE A HALF A MILE FURTHER AND THEY CAN HAVE NO LINES AND GET IN AND
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GET OUT.UM, ALSO LIGHTING WAS A BIG ISSUE AT OUR POLLING LOCATION ON ELECTION DAY BECAUSE OF THE TIME CHANGE AT SIX O'CLOCK.
UM, I FINALLY SENT A MESSAGE TO MARK AND AT 6 45 THE LIGHTS AT THE FLAGPOLE FINALLY CAME ON, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE LATE.
I MEAN, A LIABILITY ISSUE I THINK COULD BE THERE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS DARK.
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO WORK ON THE LIGHTING PARKING LOT.
WE NEED TO GET THAT DONE IN THE FRONT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO GO, WE'VE STARTED TIME TALKING TO THE CO-OP CONTRACT PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO IF THE COUNTY'S GONNA DO IT.
IF NOT, WE'VE GOT THE GATES ARE OPERATIONAL ON ONE SIDE, BUT THEY'RE NOT ON THE OTHER YET.
WE HAD TO ORDER A SENSOR TO GET IT TO OPEN, BUT IN THE BACK, WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE GATES OPEN DURING ELECTION SEASON.
UM, DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FRONT PARKING LOT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT ROOM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE ARE ALSO GONNA BE WORKING ON SIGNAGE AT OUR LOCATION BECAUSE EVERYBODY SAID THAT WAS THE HARDEST LOCATION THEY'VE EVER BEEN TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FRONT DOOR IS.
UM,
THEY THINK YOU COME IN THE BACK DOOR, NOT THE FRONT DOOR.
SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THAT BECAUSE IT WAS FRUSTRATING AT TIMES.
DO WE VOTE AT ON ELECTION DAY? DID WE VOTE AT THE, UH, ELECTION OFFICE ON SANTA FE? YES.
UH, WELL, AT 8 0 1 SANTA FE, OUR OFFICE, WE DID YOUR NOT AT THE ANNEX RIGHT AT YES.
WHERE'S IT AT ON THE LIST HERE? UM, I THINK IT'S CALLED ELECTION BUILDING.
WELL, I PUT IT AS SANTA FE BAPTIST CHURCH, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE ELECTION OFFICE AND WE HAD 1,109 PEOPLE VOTE THERE, SO WE VOTED THERE IN PLACE OF SANTA FE BAPTIST CHURCH, CORRECT? YES SIR.
AND WE ARE ALSO GONNA CHANGE, UH, MASONIC LODGE JUST FROM NOW ON OUT AT BROCK IS GONNA HOLD EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY.
UM, IT JUST HELPS WITH THE CONFUSION OF THE VOTERS CRICKET.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, AT LEAST FOR ME, IS COULD YOU LOOK AT KIND OF THESE LOCATIONS AND MAYBE DO SOME QUICK MATH ON HOW MANY VOTING BOOTHS ARE EACH LOCATION AND, AND WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.
AND MAYBE YOU ALREADY KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, MAYBE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN EACH PRECINCT THAT ARE HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED WHERE IT'S LIKE, GUYS GO, GO THERE AND IT'S, IT'S WALK IN, WALK OUT THAT WAY FOR THE NEXT ELECTION, WE CAN START TO HEAVILY PROMOTE, HEY, HERE'S THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS AND HERE'S TWO IN PRECINCT ONE, HERE'S TWO IN PRECINCT TWO, THREE, AND FOUR THAT TEND TO BE UNDERUTILIZED.
UM, JUST HERE IN TOWN, CHERRY PARK AND HARBURGER HILL.
I MEAN, I WENT OUT AND WE HAD THE STAFF THAT WENT OUT CONSTANTLY ON ELECTION DAY AND TELLING THEM, YOU CAN GO TO HARBURGER HILL AND WALK RIGHT IN RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU COULD GO TO CHERRY PARK, WALK RIGHT IN.
AND A LOT OF 'EM WOULD SAY, I ALREADY GOT OUT.
I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW? AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, BUT YES, I CAN GET Y'ALL A LIST.
UM, WE HAVE THREE MACHINES AT EVERY LOCATION, NO MATTER WHAT SIZE.
UM, THAT KIND OF, I SAID WE DIDN'T NEED TO BUY ANY VOTING MACHINES, BUT FOR OUR OFFICE, UM, WE HAD 12 UP AND GOING, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE SUFFICIENT FOR WHICH WE'RE FIXING TO HAVE THE PRIMARY AND THEN THE NOVEMBER, 2026.
SO I HOPE IN 2026 WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO A LITTLE PROMOTIONAL THING TO GET PEOPLE TO GO TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
AND THEN IF NOT HELPING, BY NOVEMBER, I HOPE TO ORDER SOME MORE MACHINES BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE HUGE LINES, UH, AT OUR OFFICE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, I MEAN, WE WENT OUT THERE AND TRIED TO GET PEOPLE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT.
I THINK THAT IF WE HAVE RECOMMENDED, NOT RECOMMENDED NECESSARILY, BUT IF WE HAVE PLACES THAT WE HIGHLIGHT, CERTAINLY THERE'S MANY FOLKS WHO AREN'T GONNA EVEN GET THAT INFORMATION, LET ALONE CHANGE A HABIT.
AND THEN EVERY LOCATION BY LAW, WE HAVE A SIGN THAT SAYS THE FOUR CLOSEST.
SO IF YOU DIDN'T WANNA WAIT IN LINE, YOU COULD GO TO THOSE FOUR LOCATIONS AND THEY'RE THE FOUR CLOSEST TO THAT LOCATION AT THAT POINT.
UM, BUT YOU GOTTA GET TO THE FRONT DOOR TO SEE THAT LINE, THAT LIST, YOU KNOW, I'D COME BY THE, THE ELECTIONS OFFICE WHENEVER Y'ALL WERE, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW.
HOW MANY MORE MACHINES DO YOU THINK YOU CAN PUT IN THAT ROOM WHERE THOSE MACHINES ARE? I I, I THINK WE COULD PUT NEARLY 30.
UH, JUST BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BIG ROOM YEAH.
THE ONLY ISSUE IS THAT AT EARLY VOTE AT OUR ELECTION DAY SITE, UM, WE HAVE SO MANY CURBSIDE MM-HMM
UM, EVERYBODY I GUESS IS, THIS IS THE NEWEST, GREATEST THING, BUT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A DISABILITY OR YOU'RE ACTIVE, PHYSICALLY SUPPOSED TO HARM YOUR BODY.
THAT'S THE REASON YOU CAN'T GO INSIDE TO VOTE.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY PEOPLE GET TO DO A
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CURBSIDE.UM, BUT OUR JUDGE WAS DOING THOSE ALL DAY LONG.
SO WE ARE GONNA CHANGE THAT UP WHERE I HAVE A TEAM THAT, THAT'S ALL THEY DO AT OUR SITE FROM NOW ON IS CURBSIDE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE REGULAR PEOPLE CHECKING PEOPLE IN.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE SOMETHING UP BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST CHECKING PEOPLE IN.
SO WE HAD A LINE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE CHECKED IN.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THAT UP BECAUSE THAT WAS AN ISSUE TOO.
OR PERSONALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ISSUE.
HOW MUCH IS EACH MACHINE IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE MORE? 46.
BUT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LICENSING AND SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS LIKE A 61 OR 120 DEPENDING ON WHICH DEVICE IT IS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 5,000 PER MACHINE AND THEN YOUR ADDITIONAL LICENSE AND SUPPORT PER YEAR.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO PROMOTE IT.
AND YOU HAVE 12 AT THE LOCATION, YOU THINK YOU COULD DO 30 THERE? YES.
NOW, DURING EARLY VOTING, ALL OF THOSE MACHINES THAT WE USE DURING EARLY VOTING CAN BE REUSED.
THE ACTUAL DUOS WHERE YOU DO YOUR ACTUAL VOTING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO NOW.
WE USE NEARLY A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING ON EARLY VOTING AND THEN WE FLIP THOSE BACK FOR ELECTION DAY.
BUT IN ORDER TO GIVE ALL THE SITES AT LEAST THREE MACHINES, IT, IT CUTS OUR NUMBERS WAY DOWN.
SO THE 4,600 AND THEN THERE'S LICENSING ON TOP OF THAT, HOW MUCH IS THAT LICENSING? AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON WHICH TYPE OF MACHINE IT IS, BUT IT'S EITHER 61 OR $121 A YEAR.
SO IF WE SAY 5,000 PER MACHINE THOUGH, THAT COVERS ENOUGH FOR BOTH? YEAH, IT SHOULD.
JUDGE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
YEAH, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT, THAT'S AN ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM.
'CAUSE THESE, IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, I JUST WANT, JUST, AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO CANVAS THE ELECTION.
UM, APPRECIATE ALL THE INPUT, BUT, UH, IF THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, WHAT, WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE IS TO COME BACK AND HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THESE THINGS.
UH, NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, JUST REAL QUICK QUESTION HERE IS, IS IT ON THE COURT ORDER? COMMISSIONER CONLEY'S NAME IS NOT ON HERE.
DOES IT HAVE TO BE OR CAN I GIVE THIS TO YOU AND THEN, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
THEN, THEN I WOULD MOVE TO ITEM TWO, UH, ON ADJOURNMENT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOL WALDEN.