HomeMy WebLinkAboutHCBOE Board Meeting Minutes- December 1, 2015- Regular MeetingHARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
DECEMBER 1, 2015
4:00 P.M.
Present were Board Members; James Currin, Tony Spears, Joseph Powell and Director Claire
.Jones.
Mr. Currin called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm.
Minutes:
The Board reviewed the minutes from November 10, 2015, 10:30 am absentee meeting. Mr.
Powell moved to approve the minutes. Mr. Spears seconded. Approved without dissent.
The Board reviewed the minutes from November 10, 2015, 11:00 am canvass meeting. Mr.
Spears moved to approve the minutes. Mr. Powell seconded. Approved without dissent.
Business:
Candidate filing began at 12:00 noon. Six candidates have filed so far and there have been no
issues. Filing will be open until 12:00 noon, December 21.
The Coats Commissioner recount was held November 12, 2015 at 3:00 pm. The Board observed
the process as a bi-partisan team hand counted the ballots. Write in candidate, Kelvin Gilbert and
Democratic Chair, Jean Sivoli were present as well as other members of the public. Two write-in
votes were found where the voter did not properly fill in the oval. One was for Chris Coats and
one was for Kelvin Gilbert. Per the State Board of Elections, since the recount did not change the
overall result of the Canvass, there was no need for the Board to meet and revise the Canvass.
Mrs. Jones followed up on the two provisional voters in Angier that said they updated their
registrations with DMV prior to the election. The DMV report Mrs. Jones ran before Canvass
indicated they did not update their registration information. The State Board of Elections also
researched the data with DMV and found no evidence that the voters updated their registrations
and the Board decision to not approve the ballots was valid. Mrs. Jones talked with Mrs. Hively
and explained this to her as well as informed her that she and her husband were now properly
registered with Harnett County.
The State Board of Elections Conference will be February I" and 2nd, 2015 at the Durham
Convention Center. Mrs. Jones relayed to the Board that she needed to know who planned to
attend before January 201n
The Board discussed various options for the 2016 Primary One -Stop Plan. Harnett County has to
match the hours from the 2012 primary, which is 177 hours. Options included, but were not
limited to, office open 14 hour days, using additional sites on additional days and/or opening an
additional site. The Board preferred to open an additional site and discussed benefits of opening
the polling place at Anderson Creek or Northwest Harnett. Mrs. Jones stated she would draft the
one -stop plan and the Board could vote on the. matter at the next meeting. The plan is due to the
State Board by January 15, 2015. The Board directed Mrs. Jones to look into and price
advertising the one -stop hours on billboards in Harnett County.
Mrs. Jones informed the Board that the State Board of Elections are drafting materials for
Precinct worker training and precinct guides. The SBOE wants training to be more uniform
across the state. Mrs. Jones is hopeful that these documents will be an asset with training precinct
workers, especially when it comes to the ID requirements.
With no other business to discuss, Mr. Powell moved to adjourn. Mr. Spears seconded. The
meeting was adjourned at 4:36 pm.
The next Board meeting will be its regular meeting on January 5, 2016 at 4:00 pm.
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