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AND IT SAYS TO DEPART THIS PLACE.

THE PICTURE IN PICTURE ICON.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS TWO IS.

I HAVE A COUPLE. YOU'RE PERFECT FOR THIS.

THEY WERE LIKE, I FEEL LIKE.

IT'S 933. LET'S CALL THE MEETING OF THE CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

TOGETHER IN ORDER, THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT.

I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU MEMBERS AND STAFF AND.

IS THERE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 12TH? I HAVE ONE CONSIDERATION.

ON PAGE ON PAGE ONE, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE PAGE DOWN UNDER ELECTION DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

THE LAST SENTENCE REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

AND I SAY TAKE CONSIDERATION OUT.

I'M SORRY. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ADJUST THIS CAMERA.

I'M SORRY. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS CAMERA ADJUSTED.

SO WE GOT IT ON THE BIG AUDIENCE AGAIN.

CALL US FOR A MOMENT.

THERE WE ARE.

TECHNOLOGY.

SHE'S TRYING TO EXTEND HER MEETING TIME.

I KNOW, OKAY. OH, GOODNESS.

YOU WANT TO START OVER AGAIN? NO, NO.

START WHERE WE LEFT OFF. DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

THE ENERGY WAS THERE. IT WAS JUST SMALL.

OH, YEAH. WE'RE STILL ON THE MINUTE.

YEAH. OKAY, SO UNDER DIRECTOR'S REPORT ADMINISTRATION, THE LAST WORD IS CONSIDERATION.

I THINK SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF.

YEAH. DO WE DO? DO WE DO, WE DO WE DO APPROVE THEM, RIGHT? DO WE DO WE APPROVE THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL I THINK IS IS SATISFACTORY.

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YEAH. BUT DO WE CONSIDER IT OR DO WE APPROVE IT? THE POLLING PLACE PLAN? BOTH. WELL, THEN IT SHOULD PROBABLY SAVE.

IF WE REVIEW IT, WE'RE CONSIDERING IT.

DON'T YOU THINK SO? MAYBE REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

OKAY. OR REVIEW. CONSIDER AN APPROVAL.

DO WE KNOW? JUST. OKAY.

REVIEW AND APPROVAL. TAKE OUT CONSIDERATION.

YEAH. YEAH. AND ON PAGE TWO UNDER CANDIDATE FILING.

I THINK THERE ARE 11 PEOPLE LISTED.

YOU HAVE TEN IN YOUR. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DIFFERENT TIMES.

WELL, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE DATE.

PROBABLY. YEAH, MAYBE. YEAH, MAYBE THE LAST TIME IT WAS.

OH, I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN. YEAH.

IT SHOULD BE 11. NO, BUT THIS YOU'RE GOING TO SAY IT'S 11 TODAY.

YEAH. IT WAS TEN BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

YEAH. WHAT I'M SAYING YOU GOT 11 ON YOUR LIST HERE RIGHT.

YEAH. BECAUSE ONE FILED AFTER AFTER THE MINUTES WERE OKAY.

YEAH. THESE MINUTES ARE FROM. SO WE'LL LEAVE IT AT TEN OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TO ADJOURN TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES WITH APPROVAL, WITH THE CORRECTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL RIGHT. MAGGIE MADE THE MOTION AND SECONDED BY ANGEL. ANGEL. I COULDN'T THINK.

I'M SORRY. THAT'S TWICE TODAY.

I SLIPPED UP ON NAMES.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE.

ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? NOPE. HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON.

ELECTION DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

OKAY, SO GOOD MORNING.

UNDER ADMINISTRATION STAFF HAS VIRTUALLY ATTENDED MULTIPLE SB AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WORKING ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS.

ONE THE ELECTION JUDGE MANUAL AND THE ELECTION JUDGES FORMS. ALSO, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH REVISING THE PROVISIONAL BALLOT APPLICATION AND JUST OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT RELATE TO THE ELECTION.

ALSO, THE STAFF HAS HAS ATTENDED THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAININGS THAT ARE REQUIRED THROUGH THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

WE ARE CONTINUALLY AGAIN UPDATING THE ELECTION FORMS, THE GUIDES AND THE MANUALS.

ALSO, I HAVE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY AND HAD THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING APPROVED, AND THAT LAYS OUT THE DATES THAT WE'LL BE USING THIS ROOM FOR TRAININGS AND EARLY VOTING. SO THAT'S BEEN ALL TAKEN CARE OF.

AND THEN UNDER VOTER REGISTRATION, THE VOTER REGISTRATION TOTALS, REPORTS FROM SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ARE INCLUDED FOR YOUR REVIEW.

WE'VE TRAINED SEVERAL VOTER REGISTRATION DISTRIBUTORS.

THEY WERE FORMERLY CALLED VOTER REGISTRATION VOLUNTEERS.

THE STATE HAS UPDATED THEIR PROGRAM, SO NOW IT'S CALLED VOTER REGISTRATION DISTRIBUTOR TRAINING INSTEAD OF VOLUNTEER TRAINING.

WHAT'S WHAT'S THEIR JOB? I'M SORRY. WHAT'S THEIR JOB? SO THEY WE TRAIN THEM ON HOW TO REGISTER VOTERS.

SO HOW TO INSTRUCT VOTERS TO FILL OUT THE FORM PROPERLY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS ARE FILLED OUT COMPLETELY.

SO THESE FOLKS CAN BE PREPARED TO GO TO EVENTS OR DO VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES, THINGS LIKE THAT. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE CALL THE OFFICE AND THEY WANT VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES, WE WE'LL KEEP A LIST OF THESE DISTRIBUTORS AND WE'LL CONTACT THE DISTRIBUTORS AND SEE IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO GO TO GO DO THESE EVENTS.

AND SO THAT'S HELPFUL.

YEAH. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY EXISTED.

I YEAH, I KNOW. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS USED TO DO THAT IN DELAWARE.

WE WERE ALL TRAINED, AND THEN WE WENT OUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A GROUP.

INDIVIDUALS COME IN AND THEY CAN DO IT.

ALSO IN HONOR OF NATIONAL VOTER EDUCATION WEEK, WHICH IS THIS WEEK, WE DID DO VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES AT COLONEL RICHARDSON

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HIGH SCHOOL AND NORTH CAROLINE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO NICE YOU WENT. I DID NOT.

TAMMY AND LARRY WENT, AND THEY HAD GOOD INTEREST.

THEY HAD AT COLONEL RICHARDSON.

THEY HAD THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO FILLED OUT THE APPLICATIONS TO REGISTER SENIORS.

AND THEN AT NORTH CAROLINA HAD 11 OR 12, 12.

SO PRETTY GOOD. I MEAN, BETTER THAN NONE.

AND SO I DID WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS TO TO SET THOSE DAYS UP.

AND I DON'T KNOW, IT WORKED OUT SO NICE.

I TRIED TO PAIR IT WITH THE VOTER REGISTRATION EDUCATION WEEK.

YEAH, WELL, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

YEAH. SO WE HAD TABLES SET UP THERE WITH LITTLE GIVEAWAYS, AND THEY SEEMED TO ENJOY THAT, AND THEY.

YEAH, THEY TOOK THE GIVEAWAY.

VERY. YEAH. VERY GOOD.

GOOD. AS FAR AS VOTING EQUIPMENT, EXCUSE ME.

THE SCANNING UNITS WERE CHARGED, THE BALLOT MARKING DEVICES HAVE BEEN CHARGED.

AND ALSO LARRY JUST WRAPPED UP THE POLL BOOK CHARGING YESTERDAY.

CURRENTLY, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING AND COMPLETING AN INVENTORY OF THE POLLING PLACE CARTS THAT ARE IN THE WAREHOUSE SO THAT WE CAN ORDER ANY SUPPLIES THAT ARE NEEDED, LIKE EXTENSION CORDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SOMETIMES THEY DON'T ALWAYS MAKE IT BACK.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY DIDN'T, WE CAN GET AN ORDER TO REPLACE THEM.

ELECTION JUDGES. WE ARE.

WE NEED A MINIMUM OF 103 JUDGES TO BE FULLY STAFFED ON ELECTION DAY.

THAT INCLUDES ANY ON COURT JUDGES.

THE GOAL IS TO HAVE EQUALLY BALANCED PARTIZANSHIP IN THE POLLING PLACES.

AND OF COURSE, THAT'S IN LAW NOW.

THAT WE HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION FROM BOTH PARTIES.

AND WE'VE PROVIDED YOU A CHART OF ELECTION JUDGE ASSIGNMENTS AS OF OCTOBER 3RD, 2025. SO DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SENATE BILL 308 PASSED.

AND THAT REQUIRES TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, PRACTICABLE TO HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY PARTIES.

WE CAN FILL IN WITH UNAFFILIATED AS, AS FOR, FOR JUDGES OTHER THAN CHIEFS.

CHIEFS, IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE IT'S 45 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION, AND WE HAVE A VACANCY IN A CHIEF JUDGE POSITION.

IF WE HAVE THAT, WE CAN FILL THAT POSITION WITH AN UNAFFILIATED JUDGE.

IF THERE ARE NO DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN CHIEF JUDGES AVAILABLE.

BUT WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE BOTH PARTIES REPRESENTED.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CHART THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT WE NEED.

SO TOTAL POSITIONS, THE NUMBER OF DEMS AND REPS AND UNAFFILIATED THAT ARE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED AND THEN THE VACANCY.

AND SO THEN HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS WHERE WE NEED TO FILL THE VACANCY.

OKAY. SO THERE'S THAT.

WE'RE STILL RECRUITING AND NEED MORE REPUBLICAN JUDGES.

WE DID SPREAD THAT MESSAGE TO THE REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE, AND HOPEFULLY THERE. YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THEM? I HAVEN'T, OTHER THAN JULIE, WHO WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, SAID THAT SHE HAD. I THINK THAT SHE HAD REACHED OUT TO SOME FOLKS BUT HADN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE. IS THERE A CHANCE OF MOVING SOME OF THESE JUDGES FROM ONE VOTING POLLING PLACE TO ANOTHER? NO, THE SLOTS ARE FILLED.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP GETTING JUDGES TO FILL WHAT WE DO.

WHEN WE ASSIGN JUDGES, WE TRY TO FIT THEM IN THEIR HOME PRECINCT.

SO WE DON'T REALLY LIKE TO JUST SHOVE PEOPLE WHEREVER WE WANT THEM TO BE, AT LEAST IN THEIR HOME PRECINCT.

DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK OUT, BUT THAT IS THE GOAL.

SO WE WE HAVE WE ARE WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE ELECTION AT THIS POINT, EARLIER THAN EVER GETTING THESE JUDGES ASSIGNED.

SO I DON'T REALLY FORESEE THAT BEING A PROBLEM.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 12 JUDGES.

I MEAN, YEAH. AND WE HAVE.

SEVERAL MONTHS LEFT TO TO GET THOSE JUDGES IN PLACE.

CANDIDATE FILING AS OF TEN, THREE, 20, 25, 11 CANDIDATES HAVE FILED FOR CONTEST IN CAROLINE COUNTY, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIST THERE.

A FULL LIST OF STATEWIDE CANDIDATES CAN BE VIEWED ON THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE. AND THAT IS MY REPORT.

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OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS REPORT.

DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS OR ANY SIGNS IN YOUR YARD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, NO. OKAY. BOARD. ATTORNEY'S REPORT.

WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.

OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE SEMI-RETIRED STATUS, THIS IS THE EITHER THE EIGHTH OR THE NINTH TIME SINCE JANUARY 1ST.

I'VE HAD A COAT AND TIE ON.

OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S NO REPORT.

ANY OLD BUSINESS? HEARING NONE.

NEW BUSINESS. OKAY, SO UNDER NEW BUSINESS, WE HAVE THE ELECTION PLAN.

SO I'M GOING TO DO EACH HAVE A COPY, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO PULL IT UP SO IT'S EASY TO VIEW AS WELL ON THE SCREEN.

BUT I CAN'T GUARANTEE THIS IS GOING TO WORK OUT.

WE'LL GIVE IT A TRY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO. THE ELECTION PLAN.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEW.

HAVING TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

AND JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND LEGISLATION PASSED DURING THE 2025 SESSION, LEGISLATIVE SESSION, REQUIRING A LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO SUBMIT AN ELECTION PLAN TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR APPROVAL AT LEAST SEVEN MONTHS BEFORE EACH STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION, ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO AN ELECTION PLAN AND ALTERING THE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO POLLING PLACE PLANS, BALLOT DROP BOX PLANS, AND EARLY VOTING CENTER PLANS.

OKAY, SO THIS PLAN THAT I'VE PUT TOGETHER CONSISTS OF A POLLING PLACE PLAN, A BALLOT DROP BOX PLAN, AN EARLY VOTING CENTER PLAN, AND AN ANALYSIS OF HOW TO MAXIMIZE VOTER PARTICIPATION.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE POLLING PLACES.

SO. WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT REDUCING ANY OF OUR POLLING PLACES OR CHANGING ANY OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY USED.

THERE IS A COMPARISON HERE THAT SHOWS THAT.

SO IT GOES BACK TO 2022, BECAUSE THAT IS THE THE MARKER IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO USE AS YOUR REFERENCE POINT.

OKAY. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT SHOWS BACK TO 2022.

OKAY. THIS IS THE POLLING PLACE INFORMATION.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE THE PRECINCT NUMBERS, THE POLLING PLACE NAME, THE POLLING PLACE ADDRESS AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT IT IS SUITABLE FOR AN ELECTION.

AND THEY ALL ARE LOCATED NEAR THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS.

THEY ARE THEY ARE ADA COMPLIANT.

THEY ARE IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS, WHICH ISN'T NECESSARILY A REQUIREMENT, BUT THEY ARE. AND THEN WE LIST WHICH TYPE OF BUILDING THEY ARE.

THE POLLING PLACE IN THE PRECINCT? YES IT IS. AND THEN THE NUMBER OF THE PRECINCT WHERE THE POLLING PLACE IS LOCATED.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL OF OUR POLLING PLACES ARE LOCATED IN THE PRECINCT IN WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED. OKAY.

AGAIN, THESE ARE THE SAME LOCATIONS USED DURING THE 2022 AND 2024 ELECTIONS.

AND THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE MARYLAND ELECTION.

LAW TEN DASH 101A2. AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, WE'VE USED THESE POLLING PLACES ALSO PRIOR TO 2022. OKAY. ALL OF THE POLLING PLACES WERE CONTACTED AND HAVE AGREED FOR US TO USE THEM AGAIN.

SO THAT'S DONE. SO NEXT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLLING PLACES? OKAY. SO THE NEXT THING WE'LL LOOK AT ARE THE EARLY VOTING AND BALLOT DROP BOX LOCATIONS. OKAY. SO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS PROVIDES US WITH MAPS SHOWING DIFFERENT INFORMATION.

THE FIRST MAP SHOWS VOTER DENSITY.

OKAY. AND SO IT JUST SHOWS WHERE THE LARGEST AREAS OF CONCENTRATION ARE FOR VOTERS

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THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND THE NEXT ONE IS MINORITY POPULATION DATA.

AGAIN, IT JUST SHOWS WHERE THE MINORITIES ARE LOCATED AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S PRETTY.

THESE VOTERS ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THERE'S NOT ONE MASSIVE AREA WHERE THERE'S A CONCENTRATION.

THE NEXT SHOW'S HOUSEHOLD MEDIAN INCOME DATA.

SO THE STATE PROVIDES THIS MAP AS WELL.

AND IT JUST SHOWS WHERE THE THE VOTERS ARE LOCATED BASED ON THEIR INCOMES.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A BELOW AVERAGE HIGHER CONCENTRATION IN THE FEDERALSBURG AREA.

ALSO, I HAD TO IDENTIFY SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE VOTER PARTICIPATION IN THE COUNTY, AND SOME WAYS WE DO THAT.

WE USE WELL KNOWN LOCATIONS THAT ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO VOTERS TO SERVE AS POLLING PLACES. WE ARE DEPLOYING ADDITIONAL BALLOT DROP BOXES TO THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ENDS OF THE COUNTY. INSTEAD OF JUST CENTRALLY LOCATING THEM AND THEN ENCOURAGING POLLING PLACE LOCATIONS TO POST ELECTION POLLING PLACE INFORMATION ON THEIR LARGE OUTDOOR SIGNS IF AVAILABLE. WE'VE DONE THAT ALSO IN THE PAST, WITH SOME OF THE TOWNS HAVE BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO POST INFORMATION.

ALSO, WE POST ELECTION INFORMATION IN LOCAL LIBRARIES, TOWN OFFICES AND OTHER PUBLIC AREAS.

AND CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES SOME TRIFOLD SIGNS WITH VOTER AND ELECTION RELATED INFORMATION ALONG WITH APPLICATIONS.

JUST KIND OF AN OUTREACH SETUP FOR THE CURRENT WEEK, WHICH IS NATIONAL VOTER EDUCATION WEEK.

ALSO, WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH OTHER COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES.

WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHARE ELECTION INFORMATION.

WE PROVIDE VOTER REGISTRATION, DISTRIBUTOR TRAININGS, AND OUTREACH EVENTS. ALSO, WE MAIL EACH ELIGIBLE VOTER A SPECIMEN BALLOT INDICATING WHERE THEIR ASSIGNED POLLING PLACE IS LOCATED AND A SAMPLE OF THEIR BALLOT PRIOR TO EACH ELECTION. SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE WE'LL MAXIMIZE.

DO MOST BOARDS DO THAT? I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER TO SOME OF THOSE.

BUT AS FAR AS A REQUIREMENT, THE MAILING OF A SPECIMEN BALLOT IS A REQUIREMENT. THE OTHERS ARE NOT REQUIRED.

OKAY. THIS MAP, AGAIN PROVIDED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, SHOWS VOTER TURNOUT AND WHERE THE HIGHEST AREAS OF VOTER TURNOUT ARE.

YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE IN FEDERALSBURG IT'S A BELOW AVERAGE TURNOUT, WHICH IS A GOOD REASON TO HAVE A BALLOT DROP BOX THERE.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS MAP? THE COLOR OF IT? YEAH.

THE GREENS ARE ALL THE SAME TO ME.

NO, THE YELLOWS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S IT'S THAT'S YELLOW.

AND THEN IN ONE, THE VOTER TURNOUT, THE YELLOW IS ABOVE AVERAGE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOWNS ARE ALL IN A CERTAIN VOTER REGISTRATION OR VOTER TURNOUT POSITIONS, AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY IS ABOVE AVERAGE.

AND I DON'T AS I WAS TALKING WITH.

OUR DIRECTOR ABOUT IT, I FORGOT HER NAME AGAIN TO TAMMY.

TAMMY. AND THEN ALLISON.

ALLISON? YEAH. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME TODAY? SHE DOESN'T PRODUCE HER NAMETAGS TODAY.

BUT YOU CAN'T SEE IT. THEY COME FROM THE STATE, RIGHT? YEAH. THESE MAPS ARE PROVIDED TO US BY THE STATE.

SO THE YELLOWS ARE SHOWING THE ABOVE AVERAGE AREAS OF VOTER TURNOUT.

BUT EVEN ON BACK. BACK ON THE HOUSEHOLD MEDIAN INCOME DATA, IT LOOKS LIKE THE WHOLE COUNTY IS ABOVE AVERAGE AND JUST THE TOWNS ARE BELOW IT.

I DON'T LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING.

ANYWAY. THAT'S ME. YEAH.

NO, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU.

I'M HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING.

OH, GOOD. I'M GLAD SOMEBODY DOES.

YEAH. OKAY. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING SO FAR? I, I THINK I HAVE ONE.

OKAY. LET ME GO BACK. HOW TO MAXIMIZE VOTER PARTICIPATION.

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I KNOW FOR A FACT IT'S A LARGE SENIOR COMMUNITY IN THE NORTH COUNTY AREA, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.

RIGHT. OR SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT IS DO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE TO ENGAGE THOSE SENIORS. WELL, THERE IS NOT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN THE COUNTY.

THEY CAN PROBABLY CALL AHEAD.

I WHEN I LOOKED AT THE IS IT MARILYN? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE TRANSPORTATION. I JUST LOOKED AT THE MOBILE TRANSIT, I GUESS. YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

MARYLAND. I CAN'T REMEMBER THEY I YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE MAP DOES NOT SHOW ANY TRANSPORTATION AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY.

I DID NOTICE ON THEIR WEBSITE, THOUGH, THAT YOU CAN CALL IN ADVANCE, PERHAPS AN ARRANGE FOR TRANSPORTATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.

YEAH, BUT I THINK MAYBE MY QUESTION WAS WRONG IS LIKE, HOW DO WE MAKE THEM AWARE WE HAVE PRIMARIES COMING UP NEXT YEAR.

WE HAVE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

WHO ARE ON THOSE? WHO'S RUNNING FOR THOSE? AND I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S PART OF THE CANDIDATE TO ENGAGE WITH, WITH THE CITIZENS, BUT DO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE TO MAKE THEM AWARE? AND THEN THEY CAN DO THE, YOU KNOW, CALL THE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YEAH. I MEAN, SO WE DO THE SAME THING FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. OKAY. WE REACH OUT TO THE TOWNS, WE POST THE NOTICES, YOU KNOW, AT THE AGENCIES OR THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS THAT ALLOW IT POSTED OUTSIDE.

ALSO, EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY WHO'S ELIGIBLE GETS A SAMPLE BALLOT PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.

THAT IS, IT'S DIRECTED TO THAT SPECIFIC VOTER.

SO THEY GET THAT INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

SO, YEAH, THERE'S IT'S COUNTY WIDE.

WHAT WE DO, WE DON'T HAVE A DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR A DIFFERENT PART OF THE COUNTY.

NO, I THINK I THINK THAT THE SAMPLE BALLOT ANSWER MY QUESTION.

YEAH, YEAH. SO IF YOU'RE A REGISTERED ACTIVE ELIGIBLE VOTER, YOU GET THAT SAMPLE BALLOT AND IT TELLS THE VOTER IT HAS THE VOTER'S INFORMATION PRINTED ON IT, AND IT TELLS THEM THEIR POLLING PLACE, IT TELLS THEM THE OPTION ABOUT GETTING A MAIL IN BALLOT.

AND IT HAS ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN PRINT RELATED TO THE ELECTION.

BEST TIMES TO GO TO YOUR POLLING PLACE.

JUST IT'S IT'S A HELPFUL GUIDE.

IT'S MULTIPLE PAGES OF INFORMATION.

BUT AGAIN, INSIDE IT HAS THEIR ALSO THEIR SPECIFIC BALLOT THAT THEY WILL SEE.

OKAY. SO THE SENIOR CENTER WHICH IS RIGHT THERE.

YES. THEY KNOW ABOUT EARLY VOTING AND WHAT HAVE YOU THERE.

AND THEY DO HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO THE SENIOR CENTER.

YES. AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.

SO THAT IT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM IF THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH SENIOR CENTER.

OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT'S A NO.

BUT THE THE SAMPLE, THE SAMPLE BALLOT.

ANSWER, ANSWER THE QUESTION. LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE SOMETHING, SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW, WHICH IS WHICH IS GREAT.

AND YEAH. SO YOU SEND OUT 22,000 BALLOTS DURING THE PRIMARY ELECTION.

WE SEND OUT TO THOSE VOTERS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE DURING THE PRIMARY, WE HAVE ONLY A REPUBLICAN AND A DEMOCRATIC BALLOT, AND THEN WE HAVE THE SCHOOL BOARD BALLOT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SEND TO THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN VOTERS, AND THEN WE'LL SEND TO THOSE VOTERS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD, SCHOOL BOARD CONTESTS THAT ARE NOT DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN, BECAUSE IT'S A NONPARTISAN SCHOOL BOARD CONTEST.

AND THEN DURING THE GENERAL.

SO IT'S LESS VOTERS DURING THE PRIMARY THAT WE SEND TO DURING THE GENERAL ELECTION, EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER GETS A COPY OF THEIR SAMPLE BALLOT.

BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF YOUR PARTY, IF YOU'RE ACTIVE, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE ELECTION. SO DURING THE PRIMARY, YOU SEND OUT THREE DIFFERENT BALLOTS.

SO WE SEND OUT ONE SAMPLE BALLOT, BUT INSIDE OF IT IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE BALLOT THAT IS THAT VOTER'S BALLOT.

YES. SO IT COULD BE ESSENTIALLY THREE UNIQUE BALLOT STYLES THAT ARE THAT THE PRINTER HAS TO FIGURE OUT. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, HAS TO GET A COPY OF AND PUT INTO THE CORRECT MAILER. THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO EARLY VOTING. WE HAVE THE EARLY VOTING CENTER LOCATION, WHICH IS THIS ROOM. AND THE OTHER HALF OF THIS ROOM SERVES AS OUR EARLY VOTING CENTER.

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AGAIN, THAT LOCATION HAS BEEN USED PREVIOUSLY.

THIS LOCATION, AND THEN NAMED AS AN ALTERNATE EARLY VOTING CENTER IS THE GENERAL JAMES S FREDERICK COMMUNITY CENTER ON 107 SOUTH FOURTH STREET IN DENTON, AND SO BOTH LOCATIONS ARE CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY.

BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, DURING EARLY VOTING, ANYONE WITHIN THE COUNTY CAN COME AND VOTE DURING EARLY VOTING.

SO THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO WHERE EARLY VOTING CENTER IS, AND WE ARE RIGHT SMACK IN THE CENTER OF ALL OF OUR VOTERS.

SO THEY'RE BOTH PERFECT SPOTS AND MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO SERVE AS EARLY VOTING CENTERS. BALLOT DROP BOXES. SO BALLOT DROP BOX LOCATIONS.

WE HAVE ONE PLACED AT THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY AT GOLDSBORO FIRE HALL AND THEN CENTRAL COUNTY, WHICH IS HERE AT THE HEALTH AND PUBLIC SERVICES BUILDING, AND THEN THE SOUTH COUNTY IS AT FEDERALSBURG MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT.

THESE ARE THE SAME LOCATIONS THAT WERE USED DURING THE 2022 AND 2024 ELECTIONS.

AND WE ACTUALLY DEPLOY MORE THAN THE REQUIREMENTS CALLS FOR.

AND THIS HAS WORKED OUT FOR US.

AND SO THEY ARE HERE AGAIN AND.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE BALLOT DROP BOXES. OKAY.

AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE LOCATIONS.

SO EARLY VOTING CENTER, THE HEALTH AND PUBLIC SERVICES BUILDING.

THE POLLING PLACES. WE HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE DISTRICT PRECINCT NUMBERS, THEN THE LOCATION FOR EACH ONE AND THEN THE BALLOT DROP BOXES.

ALL THREE ARE LISTED HERE.

I DID NOT LIST THE ALTERNATES.

EARLY VOTING CENTER ON THIS PAGE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S AN ALTERNATE.

WELL, ALLISON, THIS IS A NICE PACKET.

THANK YOU. YOU DID A GOOD JOB. THANKS.

OKAY, SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PLAN? LET'S SEE. WE HAVE A PLAN NOW.

WE DO HAVE A PLAN. SO THE NEXT STEP IS YOU WILL YOU KNOW, MAKE A MOTION, ACCEPT THE PLAN, AND THEN IT GETS SENT TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. NOT THIS PARTICULAR PLAN.

THIS WAS ONLY PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU GUYS FOR ME TO GO THROUGH IT WITH YOU.

I SUBMIT A SERIES OF DOCUMENTATION OUTSIDE OF THIS THAT GOES TO THE STATE BOARD.

THE SAME INFORMATION, JUST NOT THIS FORMAT.

SO. OKAY, THEN EVERY STATE, EVERY COUNTY SENDS THE SAME, SAME THING. YEAH. WE HAVE ONE REPOSITORY WHERE ALL THE COUNTIES PUT THEIR THEIR STUFF IN THAT ONE REPOSITORY FOR THE STATE TO, TO PULL FROM.

SO OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE 26 ELECTION PLANS FOR PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT IT.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SUZANNE MADE A MOTION AND ANGEL SECONDED.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. YOU WANT TO MOVE ON TO YOUR ELECTION CALENDAR? YEAH, SURE. OKAY. SO THE ELECTION CALENDAR, WE HAVE THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION CALENDAR, WHICH I, LARRY DISCOVERED, I THINK I MAY HAVE COPIED.

WHEN I COPIED, I MAY HAVE NOT DONE DOUBLE SIDED, SO IT COULD BE MISSING DATES.

SO LARRY WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO RUN UPSTAIRS AND REPRINT COPIES FOR YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THEN I PUT TOGETHER AN ELECTION CALENDAR FOR YOU GUYS BASED ON INFORMATION THAT'S IN THE STATE'S ELECTION CALENDAR.

OKAY, NOW, I DO NOT TAKE EVERY ITEM OFF OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS CALENDAR AND PUT IT ONTO YOUR BOARD CALENDAR.

OKAY. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE INSIDE YOUR THE BOARD CALENDAR, FIRST OF ALL, ON THE FRONT PAGE, IT'S FOR OFFICE USE ONLY.

OKAY. YOU CAN JOT DOWN NOTES IN THERE.

IT HAS IN-OFFICE TASKS LISTED ON HERE.

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SO. MAINLY OUR SCHEDULE OF WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THE OFFICE.

OKAY. I USE THIS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES SO I CAN PLAN OUT THE YEAR.

SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THINGS THAT DON'T REALLY APPLY TO YOU.

OKAY. I WOULD FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT ARE IN YELLOW BECAUSE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR BOARD MEETING DATES, CANVASSES, ELECTION DAY.

OKAY. THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO REQUIRE OR YOU NEED TO ATTEND ARE IN YELLOW.

HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

OKAY. BUT IF YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WE DO HAVE OUR TENTATIVE ELECTION JUDGE TRAININGS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL. 2026.

THOSE ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE, BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU WANT TO COME AND ATTEND, YOU MAY DO SO. OKAY. ALL THE OTHER ITEMS, AGAIN, ARE JUST MY PLANNING. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THOSE ITEMS WILL OCCUR ON THOSE DATES, BUT IT'S JUST GENERAL TO HELP ME KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M DOING.

AND ANGEL ANGEL, IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO ATTEND SOME OF THESE BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A GOOD IDEA OF, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE JUDGES ARE DOING ON ELECTION DAY.

PERFECT. BUT I SEE DIFFERENT TRAININGS.

YES. SO I GUESS THE CHECKING JUDGES ARE THE ONE ACTUAL.

SO THE WAY WE DO TRAINING HERE, AND IT'S DIFFERENT ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

HOW PEOPLE HOW THE LOCAL BOARDS DO THEIR TRAININGS WE TRAIN BY JOB TYPE, AND THEN WE MAY BREAK IT UP INTO MULTIPLE DAYS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO THIN OUT THE CROWD. OKAY. SO, LIKE, YOU'LL SEE ON THE ONE DAY CHECK IN JUDGES TRAINING. THEN IT SAYS DISTRICTS.

WE DO ONE SET OF DISTRICTS ON ONE NIGHT AND THE NEXT SET OF ELECTION DISTRICTS ON THE NEXT NIGHT. OKAY. AND THAT KEEPS OUR CLASSES CLASS SIZES DOWN.

BUT IT'S THE SAME CONTENT BOTH NIGHTS.

OKAY. AND THEN SAME FOR THE VOTING AND BALLOT ISSUE.

JUDGES TRAINING, SAME CONTENT.

IT'S JUST SPLIT BETWEEN TWO NIGHTS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY JUDGES.

OKAY. WOULD THAT MAKE ME FEEL BETTER? WHAT? I WILL SAY, THE CHIEF JUDGES TRAININGS.

WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE DIFFERENT CONTENT ON THE CHIEF JUDGES TRAINING NIGHTS.

SO THE FIRST TRAINING NIGHT, WE FOCUS ON GENERAL INFORMATION SCANNING UNITS AND THE BALLOT MARKING DEVICE EQUIPMENT AND FORMS. AND THEN THE SECOND TRAINING, WE FOCUS ON POLL BOOKS AND SAME DAY REGISTRATION. SO THAT IS DIFFERENT CONTENT FOR THE CHIEF JUDGES.

AND THE REASON IT'S BROKEN DOWN IS BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH THAT THEY NEED TO BE TRAINED ON. IT'S NOT FEASIBLE IN ONE TRAINING.

OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW JUDGES? WE WE DO? YES. AND WE WE'VE USED THIS MODEL FOR TRAINING FOR SEVERAL ELECTIONS, AND IT'S. IT SEEMED TO WORK.

WELL, SO THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO DO IT THAT WAY.

ONE THING I DID NOT INCLUDE IN THIS CALENDAR IS THE SCHEDULE FOR TOWN ELECTIONS.

I, I TYPICALLY WOULD PUT IN THERE THE DATES OF THE TOWN ELECTIONS, BUT IT'S I'M GETTING THIS TO YOU SO EARLY THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN GATHERED THAT INFORMATION YET FOR 2022 OR 2026, GOING BACK IN TIME.

BECAUSE I USUALLY DON'T START DOING THAT UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.

SO WHEN I GET THE LIST OF 2026 TOWN ELECTIONS, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A PRINTED LIST OF THE ELECTIONS, AND THEN YOU CAN PENCIL THEM IN TO THE CALENDAR.

AND WE DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE TOWN ELECTIONS OTHER THAN PROVIDE THEM WITH THE PRINTED LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS.

OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE TOWN ELECTIONS.

THEY HANDLED THEIR ELECTIONS ON THEIR OWN.

OKAY. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE CALENDAR OR THE CALENDAR? ALSO, YOU HAVE IN THE BACK OF THE CALENDAR.

AND THE REASON AGAIN, THIS IS FOR OFFICE USE ONLY IS THAT WE DO HAVE BOARD AND STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION INCLUDED.

OKAY. AS WELL AS JUST SOME MAPS WHICH I THOUGHT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

THE MAPS SHOW THE MAP SHOWS THE ELECTION DISTRICTS, THE PRECINCTS, THE POLLING PLACE NAMES.

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AND ALSO IT'S BROKEN DOWN TO SHOW THE SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICTS WHICH IS HELPFUL AND THE PRECINCTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICTS.

AN ANGEL BACK IN ON THE JUNE MAP.

PRIMARY ELECTION, 7 TO 8 P.M..

WE'LL BE TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTY.

OKAY. FROM FROM ABOUT EIGHT TILL TWO, WHEN WE HAVE TO BE BACK HERE FOR THE EARLY VOTING CANVASS. SO WE'LL ALL RIDE TOGETHER IN ONE VEHICLE.

IF WE. IF WE GOT ONE BIG ENOUGH TO TRAVEL, ALL OF US.

AND WE SPENT ABOUT A HALF HOUR AT EACH POLLING PLACE, AND WE'LL MAKE DENTON THE LAST ONE SINCE IT'S CLOSE BY.

AND WE CAN GET HERE BY 2:00.

SO WE'LL START DOWN. WE'VE BEEN STARTING DOWN IN FEDERALSBURG AND HITTING PHILIPSBURG AND PRESTON. COLONEL RICHARDSON, AND THEN GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO GOLDSBORO AND HITTING IN GREENSBORO AND RIDGELEY IN HILLSBORO.

AND THEN COME ON BACK TO OUR CANVASING.

SO, OKAY, WE'LL HAVE SOME CHARTS WE REASONABLY RIDE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAD SOME CHARTS TO FILL OUT ABOUT POLLING PLACE EVALUATIONS AND SO FORTH.

SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND THE SAME THING IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE HAVE THE ELECTION.

SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION. NO.

YOU'RE FINE. ALSO AS IT GETS CLOSER TO THE ELECTION I WILL PROVIDE A ASSIGNMENT CHART FOR EACH OF YOU.

AND IT LISTS YOUR DAILY ASSIGNMENT, LIKE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO START DURING THE DAY AND AT WHICH POLLING PLACE AND TASKS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF YOU.

SO WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL THAT AS IT GETS CLOSER.

BUT MR. BILBRAY JUST GAVE YOU A GOOD OVERVIEW OF WHAT TO EXPECT.

AND THESE ARE VERY HELPFUL, ALISON.

SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US.

I MEAN, I REALLY NEED THAT.

IT KEEPS ME, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. ON, LIKE, A GUIDE OF WHAT I NEED TO LOOK LOOK AHEAD TO.

YES. FOR SCHEDULING. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SCHEDULE ALL THE ROOMS THAT WE NEED AND ALL THE THINGS.

SO IT JUST REALLY IS HELPFUL TO PLAN THAT OUT THAT WAY.

SO NEXT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS RELATED TO THE CALENDAR? OKAY. YOU COVERED YOUR HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION EARLIER, RIGHT? NO. THIS IS A CONTEST.

YEAH, THIS IS DIFFERENT. SO THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR VOTER REGISTRATION CONTEST I INCLUDED A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AND THEY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A CONTEST TO BOOST YOUTH VOTING.

AND IT'S FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.

IT'S A VOTER REGISTRATION CONTEST.

AND I DID SHARE THIS WITH, EXCUSE ME, THE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AT BOTH COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL AND NORTH CAROLINE HIGH SCHOOL, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THIS CONTEST EXISTS AND THAT THEY CAN REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE AT THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE.

SO THERE IS A LINK ON THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE WHERE THE SCHOOLS CAN OPT IN IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

SO YEAH. SO THAT'S INCLUDED AND I, I SENT THAT ALONG WITH THE, IN THE EMAIL ABOUT US GOING TO THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS AND DOING THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE. SO THEY DID THEY DID TAKE US UP ON THE OFFER TO COME OUT AND DO THE REGISTRATION DRIVES. AND SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL SIGN UP AND GET INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM CONTEST.

OKAY. I THINK WE SKIPPED OVER THE VOTER COUNTS REPORT.

SO IS THERE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT VOTER TURNOUTS OR VOTER REGISTRATION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL GO ON.

THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BECAUSE THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING. NO.

ALL RIGHT. SCHEDULE. THE NEXT MEETING IS NOVEMBER 14TH.

EVERYBODY CAN MAKE IT.

YEAH I ASSUME. YES, YES.

ALL RIGHT. NOW WE NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

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ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT NOW? I'M WONDERING IF.

SORRY. I'M THINKING THAT I PUT THE WRONG.

I THINK THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE NOVEMBER.

WELL, IS IT FOR YOU? YEAH.

WE JUST. YEAH, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T.

I THOUGHT I THOUGHT WE DID IT LIKE DECEMBER, ACTUALLY, BUT I MEAN, WE IT SEEMED LIKE WE JUST DID THAT.

THIS WAS, THIS IS A STATE.

THE STATE IS SUPPOSED TO COME TO THE EVALUATION THAT THE STATE DOES TO SHARE WITH US. THIS ISN'T OUR. OKAY.

OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO I THINK I SCREWED UP.

SO HE INITIALLY THE STATE EMAILED US TO COME TO THE OCTOBER MEETING.

DO YOU REMEMBER THIS? AND.

BUT I WAS STARTING TO GET ANTSY BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT'S ALREADY 1015 AND NOBODY'S HERE.

SO I LOOKED, AND SO I THINK I STILL HAD ON MY MIND THE OCTOBER MEETING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEN THERE WAS A ANOTHER EMAIL THAT.

SAID WE ALSO MEET IN NOVEMBER ON THE 10TH.

AND I THINK THEN THE STATE BOARD REPLIED AND SAID THEY SCHEDULED US FOR THE NOVEMBER 10TH.

SO I THINK NOVEMBER 10TH.

YEAH. YES. AND THEN I SAID, I SENT YOU THE WRONG DATE.

THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING IS ON FRIDAY THE 14TH, NOT THE 10TH. AND THEN I SAID, GOD, IT WILL LET YOU KNOW IF THAT DOESN'T WORK. SO I THINK I SCREWED UP.

I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE NOVEMBER, NOT OCTOBER.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

OKAY, SO THAT'LL BE IN NOVEMBER.

OKAY. YEAH. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BUSINESS? SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HEAR ABOUT HOW GREAT I AM UNTIL UNTIL NOVEMBER.

SO WHEN WE HAVE WHEN WE HAVE THAT MEETING, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE.

NO, NO, YOU WILL HAVE TO DO MY EVALUATION.

MY DECEMBER EVALUATION, EITHER IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY.

YEAH. BUT THE STATE'S EVALUATION.

YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.

IT'S BEING PRESENTED TO YOU.

OKAY. SO YEAH. OKAY. SO LET'S SORRY IF THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS THAN WE'RE JUST GOING TO ADJOURN AND THE CLOSED SESSION WILL TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. I JUST STARTED TO THINK, WOW, IT'S REALLY GETTING LATE.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING AND THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.

YEAH, RIGHT. MOTION WAS MADE BY MAGGIE AND SECONDED BY ANGEL.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. RIGHT. WE STAND ADJOURNED AT 1019.

HERE'S THE LINE. YOU JUST NEED TO SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN.

UNFORTUNATELY. WHAT?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.