HCBOE Board Meeting Minutes- November 3, 2020- Absentee MeetingHARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
ABSENTEE BOARD MEETING
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
5:00 P.M.
Present were; Board Chairman Tony Spears, Secretary Lin Coker, Members: Steve Blackburn,
Betsy McCormick and Jim Currin.
Also Present were; Director Claire Jones, Deputy Director Claudette Williams and Part Time
Office Aides, Jessica Higginbotham, Jackie Nolen and Amanda Hall; also, see sign in sheet
attached hereto.
Mr. Spears called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Business:
The Board discussed some Election Day issues:
• Rude electioneers at Erwin
• Fire departments
o Not moving trucks
o Limited parking
o Blocked parking
• West Averasboro redoing gym floor
• Anderson Creek's road signs
• Stewarts Creek Machine had to be changed out
• Western Harnett had a printer ja 'lve.i
• East Averasboro had an ekeer that was asked to remove or cover shirt Per SBOE
because it had a phone number for voters to call on it.
Mrs. Jones informed the Board that the Discretionary recount and Sample hand/eye count would
both take place on November 9th, at 8:00am at the Harnett County Commons area. Both will be
conducted by bi-partisan teams and it is open to the public.
The Board reviewed the absentee list, attached hereto. There were a total of 130 returned
absentee ballots; 81 civilian, 46 military and 3 overseas. Mr. Currin moved to approve. Mr.
Coker seconded. Approved without dissent.
The Board reviewed the Military and Overseas ballots that were duplicated per the duplication
policy.
The Board opened the absentee machines and verified the numbers matched from last week,
8,469. 130 ballots were run through the M100 with an ending total of 8,599.
With no further business to discuss, Mr. Blackburn moved to adjourn. Mr. Currin seconded. The
meeting was adjourned at 6:19 pm.
The next meeting of the Board will be an Absentee/Provisional meeting on November 12, 2020
at 5:00 pm at the Harnett County Administration Building.
Approved by:
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SIGN -IN SHEET
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Meeting Type: Absentee
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