Meeting Information
Election Canvass for both the USD 497 Special Election and the Lecompton City General Election
McElhaney called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, April 4, 2008. Commissioner Jones was absent. The purpose of the Special Meeting was to canvas the results of both the USD 497 Special Election and the Lecompton City General Election, which were held on April 1, 2008. In the absence of Commissioner Jones, Johnson moved to appoint Kay Pesnell, Douglas County Register of Deeds, to serve as canvasser. McElhaney seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
McElhaney moved to accept the tabulation totals as recommended by the County Clerk's office. The motion was seconded by Johnson and carried unanimously.
There were 75 provisional ballots. Jamie Shew, County Clerk, broke the provisional votes into the follow categories:
|
Recommended to Count |
Elec Day |
Advance |
Totals |
|
Change of address |
39 |
1 |
40 |
|
Name Change |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Pollworker or Clerk's error |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Wrong Precinct |
16 |
0 |
16 |
|
Total |
58 |
2 |
60 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total to Count |
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recommended Not to Count |
Elec Day |
Advance |
Totals |
|
Not Registered in <1/2xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Douglas County |
8 |
0 |
8 |
|
Do not live in 497 district |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Did not provide ID |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Total |
13 |
Total |
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Not to Count |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No Recommendation |
Elec Day |
Advance |
Totals |
|
Polling Place Time Discrepancy |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Undetermined (info in envelope) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No Recommendation |
|
|
2 |
|
Total Provisional Ballots |
|
|
75 |
Johnson moved to not count the "recommended not to count" ballots as recommended by the County Clerk. Motion was seconded by McElhaney and carried unanimously.
Johnson moved to authorize the County Clerk to open the "undetermined (info in envelope) ballot and for the County Clerk to determine if the ballot can be counted. Motion was seconded by McElhaney and carried unanimously. The Clerk determined the ballot was readable and could be counted.
Johnson moved approval to count sixty (60) provisional ballots as recommended by Shew, plus the "Polling Place Time Discrepancy" ballot and the "Undetermined (info in envelope)" ballot, making the total provisional ballot count sixty-two (62). 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 unanimously.
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Bob Johnson, Chairman Jere McElhaney, Vice Chair
ATTEST:
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Jamie Shew, County Clerk Kay Pesnell, Register of Deeds