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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHCBOE Board Meeting Minutes - December 7, 2021 - Regular MeetingHARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 7, 2021 5:30 P.M. Present were; Board Chairwoman Allison Fenderson, Secretary Lin Coker, Members: Betsy McCormick, James Currin and Lewis Bell Also Present were; Director Claire Jones and Election Technician Jessica Higginbotham Also present: See sign in sheet Ms. Fenderson called the meeting to order at 5:30 am with a moment of silence. Public Comment: Gina Desmarais Rebekah Brock Vince Schimmoller Minutes: The Board reviewed the minutes from November 9, 2021, 10:00 Absentee/Provisional meeting and 11:00 Canvass. After some discussion, Mr. Currin moved to approve the minutes. Mr. Bell seconded. Approved without dissent. Business: Mrs. Jones updated the Board on the following topics: • Risk Limiting Audit o Met audit threshold after two rounds of hand counting o Pulled 15 ballots in first round and 7 in second out of 119 total ballots o SBOE will pilot program again in primary • Redistricting o Board of Commissioners and Board of Education have different maps o Data entry near complete, pending one more audit • Candidate Filing o December 6- December 17, State and County offices ■ NC Court of Appeals stopped filing for congressional and legislative offices on December 6; resumed filing at 8:00am December 7 o January 3- January 7, Town of Erwin o June 14- July 1, Soil and Water The Board discussed the One -Stop voting plan for the March 8, 2022 Primary election. Mr. Bell moved to approve the plan listed below. Mr. Coker seconded. Approved without dissent. One -Stop Early Voting Locations Harnett County Commons Area, 309 W. Cornelius Harnett Blvd., Lillington (in lieu of the Board of Elections Office) Western Harnett High School Gym, 10637 NC 27 W., Lillington Erwin Parks and Recreation Gym, 810 S. 16th St., Erwin Angier Elementary School, 130 E. McIver St., Angier Hours for all One -Stop Voting Locations Weekdays, February 17 - March 4, 8:00 am - 7:30 pm Saturdays, February 19 and 26, 8:00 am - -3-04Tm C' o `'- Sundays, February 20 and 27, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Last Saturday, March 5.aa1-2+ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Mr. Bell moved to go into closed session to discuss personnel. Mr. Coker seconded. Approved without dissent. The Board went into closed session at 6:23pm. Ms. Fenderson moved to return to open session. Mr. Currin seconded. Approved without dissent. The Board returned to open session at 7:24pm Ms. Fenderson moved to schedule a meeting on December 21, 2021 at 5:30pm to discuss personnel. Mr. Currin seconded. Approved without dissent. With no further business to discuss, Mr. Currin moved to adjourn. Ms. Fenderson seconded. The meeting adjourned at 7:25 pm. The next meeting of the Board will be a closed session meeting to discuss personnel on December 21, 2021 at 5:30 pm. Approved by: Lllh—Aml -j—'ev Aw iA, Allison Fenderson, Chairwoman -/ k W � Lin Coker, Secretary Betsy McCormick, Member /James Currin, Member Lpv is Beff; Member � *The closed session meeting on December 21 was cancelled. Next meeting is the regular meeting on January 4, 2022 at 5:30pm.