HCBOE Board Meeting Minutes - November 16, 2012 - Regular MeetingHARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
MEETING MINUTES
November 16, 2012
10:30 a.m.
Present were Chairman Walter Massey, Secretary James Currin, and member Louise Taylor. The
location of this meeting was the Harnett County Public Utilities Building Conference Room, 700
McKinney Parkway, Lillington, NC 27546.
Two observers were present from the Dan Forest Lt. Governor campaign, as well as Harnett
County Republican Party chair Danny Moody.
Also present was Ted Halstead, Elections Director.
Chairman Massey called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m.
Business:
Chairman Massey, Mr. Currin and Mrs. Taylor reviewed and approved the receipt of all absentee
ballots to date, including two ballots inadvertently witnessed incorrectly for each other by a
husband and wife.
Chairman Massey, Mr. Currin and Mrs. Taylor then reviewed 1,332 provisional ballots at
canvass. Of these, 339 were approved, 110 partially approved, and not approved 883. This
made the proportion of provisional ballots wholly or partially approved 34% of the total votes
cast.
Mr. Halstead reported on one challenged vote, which following the State Board's
recommendation was provided to our Board for review. It involved a voter who had moved to
Cumberland County prior to voting in Harnett County during one -stop in -person absentee voting
in the 2012 General Election. The voter wrote the Board a letter acknowledging his error, stating
that he had subsequently registered to vote in Cumberland County, and then voted in
Cumberland County in the 2012 General Election. The Board upheld the challenge, and this
voter's ballot was retrieved and his votes cast subtracted from totals at canvass.
Mr. Halstead also reported on the State Board -directed hand -eye recount of ballots cast in the
Presidential race in two precincts. In Erwin/Duke 4,024 votes had been registered by the M100
voting machine, and in Central Harnett 6,324 votes. The hand/eye recount carried out by poll
workers including both Democratic and Republican Party members reproduced these results
exactly, with no errors recorded.
The meeting was relocated at 4:00 p.m. to the Board of Elections office to allow canvass results
approved by the Board to be uploaded to the county and State Board websites, with observers
still present.
The next meeting of the Board will be on December 4, 2012, at 11:30 a.m.
Chairman Massey moved to adjourn. Mrs. Taylor seconded. The motion was approved
unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m.
by:
Walter
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Louise Taylo , em er