Meeting Information
Canvass Election at 9:00 a.m. in the County Commission Chamber. Commissioners will attend.
Thellman called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, August 9, 2010. The purpose of the special meeting was to canvas the results of the Douglas County Primary Election which were held on August 3, 2010.
Flory moved to accept the tabulation totals as recommended by the County Clerk's office. The motion was seconded by Gaughan and carried unanimously.
There were 204 provisional ballots. Jamie Shew, County Clerk, broke the provisional votes into the follow categories:
Recommended to Count
Elec Day
Advance
Totals
Change of address
58
1
59
Change of Address - Partial Count
0
1
1
Name Change
2
1
3
Pollworker or Clerk's Error
40
0
40
Advance-Ballot not returned
8
1
9
DMV
1
0
1
Wrong Precinct-All Count
7
0
7
Wrong Precinct-Partial Count
21
0
21
Total
137
4
141
Total to Count
141
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
32
0
32
Did not provide ID
1
0
1
Already voted in advance (another county)
1
0
1
Ineligible-Party Affiliation
13
1
14
Advance-decreased
0
1
1
Registered in other county
1
0
1
Already voted polls-board error
1
0
1
Returned Undeliverable
0
4
4
No Advance Signature
0
6
6
Total
49
12
61
Total Not to Count
61
No Recommendation
Elec Day
Advance
Totals
1
0
1
COA
1
0
1
2
0
2
No Recommendation
2
Total Provisional Ballots
204
Flory moved to not count the sixty-one (61) "Recommended Not to Count" ballots as suggested by the County Clerk. Motion was seconded by Gaughan and carried 3-0.
Thellman moved to approve the provisional ballot that was cast shortly after 7:00 p.m., listed under the "No Recommendation" category. Motion was seconded by Gaughan and carried 3-0.
The Commissioners agreed to open the "No Recommendation" ballot that had a change of address to review for consideration for acceptance. The ballot was not accepted due to incorrect party affiliation.
Thellman moved approval to count one hundred forty-one (141) provisional ballots as recommended by Shew, plus the "Polling Place Time Discrepancy" ballot, making the total provisional ballot count one hundred forty-two (142). Motion was seconded by Flory and carried 3-0.
Thellman moved to approve the write-in totals as recommended by the County Clerk. Motion was seconded by Flory and carried 3-0.
Thellman moved to adjourn the meeting, unless there was a need to reconvene by the County Clerk. The motion was seconded by Flory and carried 3-0.
[It should be noted that after the additional ballots were counted, the election outcome was not changed. No errors were found.]
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Nancy Thellman, Chair Jim Flory, Vice Chair
ATTEST:
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Jamie Shew, County Clerk Mike Gaughan, Member
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