AND WELCOME TO MEMBERS AND GUESTS.
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IS THEIR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 8TH MEETING OR ANY CORRECTIONS? I HAVE ONE CORRECTION DOWN UNDER REQUEST.INSTEAD IT WAS I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE WERE.
SINCE WE HAVE SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGES.
SO CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES WITH APPROVAL? WITH CHANGES. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES WITH THE CHANGE.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL RIGHT. MARGARET MADE THE MOTION, AND SUZANNE, I HAD TO STOP AND THINK.
IT'S BEEN A WHOLE MONTH THAT I'VE SEEN YOU MADE THE SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE.
DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS SECTION? YOU DO? OH, WE DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA ANYMORE.
ACTUALLY, WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA.
WELL, THIS IS WHAT I SEND TO YOU.
YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN CALL AN AGENDA.
MOST DEFINITELY NOT 38 PAGES LIKE WE USED TO HAVE.
OKAY. GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO START OFF WITH SOME ITEMS AND ADMINISTRATION.
WE DO HAVE TODAY WITH US OUR NEW STAFF MEMBER, WHICH IS LARRY THOMAS.
WELCOME. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUST YOU DID A QUICK INTRODUCTION WHEN YOU CAME IN.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELVES WITH YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME SO WE CAN LET LARRY KNOW. YES. TO START REMEMBERING NAMES.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD ABOUT 25 YEARS.
I REPLACED MY DAD ON THE BOARD.
AND SO I'VE JUST BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE.
AND WELCOME. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
SUZANNE CAMPOS. NOT QUITE SO LONG.
SO, CAN WE ASK LARRY A QUESTION? I'M SWITCHING THE CAMERA VIEW. ONE SECOND.
YEAH. ARE YOU. DO YOU LIVE IN THE AREA? ARE YOU. ARE YOU OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AND YOU WERE CAROLINE COUNTY PERSON.
AS FAR AS LIKE, HAVE YOU ALWAYS LIVED HERE? NO, I, I CAME FROM FROM TOLBERT AND THEN I THEN I MOVED UP TO CAROLINE COUNTY.
SO LARRY ACTUALLY WAS EMPLOYED IN THE TALBOT COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICE, SO HE IS FAMILIAR, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL.
SO. YES. YES. YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM.
AND AND HIS MOTHER IS DIRECTOR OF KENT COUNTY, SO. YEAH. SO HE'S HIS WHOLE FAMILY IS.
YEAH. THERE. YEAH. HE DEFINITELY IS.
YEAH. FOLLOWING HIS MOTHER'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE ANYTHING WE SAY HERE TO HIS MOTHER OR HOW WE ACT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT TAMMY NOTICED THAT THE CAMERA WAS ACTUALLY JUST LIKE, VIEWING THE AUDIENCE WHEN WE STARTED, SO I JUST I SWITCHED IT, SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE AUDIO WAS THERE WHEN WE STARTED THE MEETING.
HOWEVER, THE THE THE VIDEO WAS STRICTLY ON JULIE WHEN WE STARTED THE MEETING.
SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. WE WILL GET THIS VIDEO STRAIGHT DESPITE MY STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL A LEARNING CURVE.
OKAY MOVING ON. WE HAVE BEEN UPDATING OFFICE PROCEDURES AND PROCESS DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE LIVE STREAMING. HOW TO DO IT? WE HAVE VIRTUALLY ATTENDED MULTIPLE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON STILL, THE ELECTION JUDGES, MANUAL FORMS ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE ELECTION. SO WE'RE ALREADY IN THAT PROCESS.
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ALSO, I'VE BEEN FINALIZING THE ELECTION SCHEDULE FOR 2026.FOR THE ELECTION RELATED TASKS.
I WILL GET A CALENDAR TO YOU SOON.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, AS AS FINALIZED AS IT CAN BE BEFORE I SHARE IT.
AND ALSO, I HAVE SENT OUT LETTERS TO OUR POLLING PLACES, AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION REGARDING POLLING PLACES WILL BE SHARED AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, WE CAN'T REALLY DISCUSS POLLING PLACES AT THIS MEETING. IT WILL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND AT THAT TIME, I'LL PRESENT TO YOU A POLLING PLACE PLAN.
OKAY. VOTING, VOTER REGISTRATION.
REPORTS FROM AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER ARE INCLUDED FOR YOUR REVIEW.
ELECTION JUDGES 90 INDIVIDUALS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST.
AT THE TIME OF THIS, 78 HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED.
TAMMY HAS PROBABLY ASSIGNED A FEW MORE.
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE EQUALLY BALANCED PARTIZANSHIP IN THE POLLING PLACES.
WE NEED A MINIMUM OF 103 JUDGES TO BE FULLY STAFFED ON ELECTION DAY.
THAT'S INCLUDING THE ON CALL JUDGES.
AND ALSO EARLY VOTING ASSIGNMENTS ARE TYPICALLY FILLED BY THE JUDGES WHO ARE WORKING ON ELECTION DAY.
SO WE TRY TO LIKE FILL THEM IN, ASSIGN THEM TO EARLY VOTING SO THEY GET THAT EXPERIENCE TO MOVE FORWARD TO ELECTION DAY.
AND WE DO STILL NEED REPUBLICAN ELECTION JUDGES.
SO WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE IN TRYING TO RECRUIT FOR THAT. AND I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE FILL ALL OF OUR SLOTS, WE'LL STILL PUT THOSE NAMES ON OUR LIST FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS OR FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CALLS OUT, WE NEED TO FILL SPOTS.
WE CAN STILL PULL FROM THAT POOL OF JUDGES.
CANDIDATE FILING. AS OF SEPTEMBER 4TH, TEN CANDIDATES HAVE FILED FOR CANDIDACY FOR OUR LOCAL CONTESTS. AND I HAVE THOSE ON THE REPORT.
A STATEWIDE LIST OF CANDIDATES CAN BE VIEWED ON THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE.
MAY I ASK, ARE YOU HAVING ANY LUCK GETTING REPUBLICAN JUDGES? I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK. I DID POST IT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, BUT I HAVEN'T ACTIVELY RECRUITED BEYOND THAT.
WE DO HAVE TWO EVENTS COMING UP, AND I'M PLANNING TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL AND INVITE PEOPLE TO COME.
HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW ANYBODY HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR THE LAST MONTH? NO. NOT REALLY. OKAY. REPUBLICAN WIVES? NO. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN DO YOU KNOW THE ONES THE REPUBLICANS THAT CAME FORWARD.
FINALLY LAST YEAR, DID ANY OF THEM ACTUALLY SERVE OR ARE THEY SERVING? I'D HAVE TO CHECK, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. I WILL REACH OUT TO THEM AGAIN, JUST AND SAY, LOOK, IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT AGAIN. I KNOW YOU HAVE THEM ON THE LIST.
I'LL DO WHAT I CAN. ALSO ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN WORKING AS AN ELECTION JUDGE CAN SIGN UP EITHER BY CONTACTING OUR OFFICE OR THERE'S AN ONLINE APPLICATION ON OUR WEBSITE. WW ELECTIONS, WHAT IS IT, CAROLINE? MDE ELECTIONS. ORG OR THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE WHICH IS ELECTIONS.GOV.
SO THERE'S AN ONLINE APPLICATION THAT INTERESTED PEOPLE CAN FILL OUT TO BECOME AN ELECTION JUDGE. SO WE, WE GET THOSE LISTS REGULARLY AND CONTACT THOSE PEOPLE OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS REPORT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO DISCUSS? YOU'RE SAVING IT ALL FOR OCTOBER 10TH.
WHEN? YES, WHEN OUR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR IS GOING TO BE HERE TO OUR BOARD MEETING.
YES. AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND HAVE A CONFERENCE WITH HIM.
SO SORRY. JARED. BOARD ATTORNEYS REPORT.
NONE. AFTER ALL THAT BUILD UP YOU HAVE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET SOMETHING, BUT STILL, NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS. SO ANY OLD BUSINESS? ANY NEW BUSINESS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE REGISTRATION ACCOUNTS?
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DOES THAT AND DO YOU KNOW, DOES THAT CORRELATE TO POPULATION GROWTH, LIKE WHEN YOU SEE GROWTH ACROSS THE BOARD IN ALL PARTIES, IS CAROLINE COUNTY POPULATION GROWING COMMENSURATE WITH THAT? THAT I COULD NOT TELL YOU.I REALLY DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE SO MUCH GROWTH.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'M NOT REALLY CERTAIN OF THE ANSWER FOR THAT.
BUT YEAH, WE DEFINITELY HAVE HAD GROWTH FOR SURE.
AND I WOULD SAY IT SEEMS LIKE BECAUSE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE NOW OF COURSE, THAT'S INCREASED.
YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL VOTER REGISTRATION, JUST THE AVAILABILITY.
WELL, I GUESS WE NEED TO SCHEDULE THE NEXT MEETING FOR OCTOBER THE 10TH AT 930.
OKAY. THEN I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE DATE THAT WE SAID? OCTOBER THE 10TH. OKAY.
THANK YOU. SORRY. I'M SORRY I INTERRUPTED THAT MEETING.
DO YOU WANT A SECOND OR ANYBODY WANT A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
MOTION WAS MADE BY SUZANNE, SECONDED BY MARGARET.
ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. THEREFORE, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THE MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.