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Commission splits on records requests and oversight steps; several motions fail while agenda item to form oversight PIG advances
Summary
After the PIG presentation and public testimony, commissioners debated and voted on several motions: proposals to require daily hand-count reports and to ask the USPS IG or DAG for opinions failed, while the commission agreed to agendize forming a PIG to consult county clerks and requested an attorney-general opinion on a HAVA complaint and referred a formal complaint to the AG.
Commissioners used the meeting to translate intense public testimony into a set of procedural steps and formal motions. Key items decided or discussed:
- Daily hand-count reports: Commissioner Lindsay moved (and amended) to advise the chief election officer to require county clerks to produce daily reports based on hand counts of valid ballot envelopes. The amendment debated resource and statutory feasibility; the final motion failed on roll call after close debate.
- USPS inspector-general request: Commissioner Ralph Cushni moved that the commission ask the USPS…
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