HCBOE Board Meeting Minutes - July 24, 2012 - Regular MeetingHARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
MEETING MINUTES
July 24, 2012
10:30 a.m.
Present were Chairman Walter Massey, Secretary James Currin and Member Louise Taylor.
Also present was Ted Halstead, Elections Director.
Chairman Massey called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m.
Business:
Mr. Halstead presented the absentee ballots received to date for the Board's review. Mr. Currin
moved to approve the absentee ballots received. Mrs. Taylor seconded. The motion was
approved unanimously.
Mr. Halstead noted that election results had been reported online for the second primary only
after all precincts had reported, and suggested that we continue this procedure in the November
general election to ensure election results are reported accurately. Chairman Massey, Mr. Currin
and Mrs. Taylor agreed. Chairman Massey added that the May 8 primary had illustrated the
importance of waiting until all precincts had reported to release results.
Mr. Halstead noted that the check received from the State Board of Elections covering the full
cost of coding ballots for the May 8 primary had been deposited to the County's account.
Mr. Halstead also reported that the Lektriever and Kardveyer electric filing systems had been
placed on sale by the County Finance Office at his request, since scanning of the voter
registration cards they had contained was now complete.
Chairman Massey, Mr. Currin and Mrs. Taylor resumed discussion of the possibility of splitting
the Central District precinct into its two former components at some future date. While still
believing that the matter cannot be revisited until after this year's Presidential election, all agreed
the idea has merit. There was also a consensus that an alternative should be found to the
previous Buies Creek voting location at the Fire Station, perhaps at a Campbell University
location, if one could be found with adequate publicly available parking including handicapped -
accessible spaces near the facility.
The next meeting of the Board will be on August 7, 2012, at 11:30 a.m.
Mr. Currin moved to adjourn. Mrs. Taylor seconded. The motion was approved unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m.
Approved by:
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