Officials review Nov. 4 canvas and note polling-place connectivity that can allow duplicate check-ins
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Summary
During the canvas for Nov. 4 election results commissioners heard turnout figures and a concern from a commissioner that early voters could be allowed to vote again at polling places when the local poll books were offline; elections staff said duplicates are corrected when poll book uploads are received.
The commissioners reviewed a canvas of the Nov. 4 election results and discussed turnout and polling-place connectivity problems that can affect check-ins.
Speaker 1 introduced the canvas and asked Renee (Speaker 4) for registration and turnout numbers; precinct-level counts were discussed and Renee reported the number of ballots and provisional ballots by precinct. Commissioner Speaker 3 raised a procedural concern: if a voter casts an early ballot and then later goes to vote in person at a polling place that is offline, the poll workers could allow check-in because the poll books do not show the early vote. "If you go already vote... then I go to vote at the place the polls that I'm in, I was I asked them if I could vote and they said, you sure can," Speaker 3 said as an example of the confusion.
Elections staff (Renee, Speaker 4) responded that duplicates are caught when the poll book uploads arrive from the precincts and that the office corrects duplicate entries when they receive the data. The staff also identified specific precincts (Cotton Gin, Butler, Doney) with limited or no internet access on election day, which increases the risk of temporary mis-synchronization between early-voting records and precinct poll books.
Why it matters: the issue raises procedural and integrity questions about in-person check-in during elections with intermittent connectivity, though staff said the county has post-election checks that correct duplicates before final tallies. The court did not record a change to current procedures at the meeting.