-Canvass Meeting

McElhaney called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, August 8, 2008. Commissioner Johnson was absent. The purpose of the Special Meeting was to canvass the results of the Primary Election, which were held on Tuesday, August 5, 2008. In the absence of Commissioner Johnson, Jones moved to appoint Dean Nieder, Douglas County Auditor, 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 Jones and carried unanimously.

There were 154 provisional ballots. Jamie Shew, County Clerk, broke the provisional votes into the follow categories:

Recommended to Count 

Elec Day

Advance

Totals

Change of address

37

 

37

Name Change

4

 

4

Pollworker or Clerk's error

15

 

15

Advance-ballot not returned

18

 

18

Wrong  Precinct-Partial Count 

22

 

22

 Total

96

 

96

 

 

 

 

Total to Count

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

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

10

 

10

Did not provide ID

4

 

4

Ineligible-party affiliation

13

 

13

Returned undeliverable

 

23

23

Voted after advance voting closed

1

 

1

Returned-unable to vote

 

4

4

Registered in other county

1

 

1

No Advance Signature

 

1

1

Total

29

28

57

 

 

 

 

Total Not to Count

 

 

57

 

 

 

 

No Recommendation

Elec Day

Advance

Totals

Arrived after polls closed

1

 

1

Total

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total to Count

 

 

1

Total Provisional Ballots

 

 

154

McElhaney moved approval to count ninety-six (96) provisional ballots as recommended by Shew, plus the one (1) closed poll ballot making the total provisional ballot count ninety-seven (97). Motion was seconded by Jones and carried unanimously.

Jones moved to accept write-ins as accepted by the County Clerk. Motion was seconded by McElhaney and carried unanimously.

It should be noted that after the additional ballots were counted, the election outcome was not changed.

No errors were found.

Jones moved to adjourn the meeting; McElhaney seconded and the motion carried unanimously.

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Jere McElhaney, Vice Chair                   Charles Jones, Member

ATTEST:

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Jamie Shew, County Clerk                     Dean Nieder, Douglas County Auditor