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Public commenters press board for special meeting on voter rolls and election contingency planning
Summary
Dozens of public speakers used the legislative-item comment period to demand a special board meeting with the Registrar of Voters, alleging inaccurate voter rolls and urging hand-count ballots or other election changes; the board suspended item consideration to hear the comments.
During the board's July 23 meeting, the board suspended consideration of a narrow legislative item to take extended public comment. A large number of speakers used the opportunity to press the board for action on voter-roll accuracy and election contingency planning.
Multiple speakers referenced pending litigation and audits and urged the board to convene a special meeting with the Registrar of Voters. "We want a special meeting. We want it in August. We want the ROV there," one commenter said during the public block. Speakers recommended measures including hand-counting ballots, one-day voting, and cleaning voter rolls; several cited litigation by outside groups as justification for expedited action.
Board members acknowledged the volume of public concern; Vice Chair Chaffee suspended the legislative item to take public comments. The board later returned to the legislative item and approved the staff recommendations; no board action on a special election-related meeting was taken during the session.
The board did not take immediate policy action on the public requests during this meeting; speakers indicated they plan to continue advocacy outside the meeting process.
