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Commission debates ERIC participation, chain‑of‑custody and USPS accounting as 19,000‑ballot question persists
Summary
Commissioners pressed the chief elections officer on ERIC membership, SVRS auditability, and how USPS business‑reply mail is accounted for; a postal expert (new commissioner Barbara Dalton) explained limits of BRM invoicing and the need for specific postal services to itemize pieces.
Commissioners spent substantial meeting time probing how the statewide voter registration system (SVRS) and the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) interact with local processes and whether either provides an auditable reconciliation of ballots. Chief Elections Officer Scott Nago described ERIC as a member service that flags potential movers and said the state would still follow up locally to confirm and not remove voters automatically.
Commissioner Ralph Cushni and others focused on the mechanics of chain of custody for returned ballots: how many ballots are picked up at drop boxes, how sealed containers are tracked en route to county centers, and whether observers…
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