Meeting Information
10:00 a.m. Primary Election Canvass in County Commission Chamber
Johnson called the meeting to order at 10:08 a.m. on Friday, March 2, 2007. Commissioner Jones was absent. The purpose of the Special Meeting was to canvas the results of the primary general election which was held on February 27, 2007. In the absence of Commissioner Jones, Johnson moved to appoint Kay Pesnell, Douglas County Register of Deeds, to serve as the third canvasser. McElhaney seconded the motion and it carried.
McElhaney moved to accept the tabulation totals as recommended by the County Clerk's office. The motion was seconded by Johnson and carried.
There were 105 provisional ballots. Jamie Shew, County Clerk, broke the provisional votes into the follow categories:
Recommended to Count Elec Day Advance Totals
Change of address 40 8 48
Advance mailed, but not returned 3 0 3
Name Change 6 0 6
Pollworker or Clerk's error 9 0 9
Wrong Precinct - all races same 21 0 21
Too late to reach poll location 1 0 1
Total 80 8 88
Recommended Not to Count Elec Day Advance Totals
Not Registered in Douglas County 9 1 10
Voted after close of in-person Advance 0 1 1
Registered in other county 3 0 3
No Signature 0 3 3
Total 12 5 17
Total Not to Count 17
Total Provisional Ballots 105
McElhaney moved to count eighty-eight (88) provisional ballots as recommended by Shew. The motion was seconded by Pesnell and carried unanimously.
It should be noted that after the additional ballots were counted, the election outcome was not changed.
No errors were found.
Johnson moved to adjourn the meeting; McElhaney seconded and the motion carried.
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Bob Johnson, Chairman Jere McElhaney, Member
ATTEST:
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Jamie Shew, County Clerk Kay Pesnell, Register of Deeds
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