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Board permits pre-counting of absentee ballots and bans campaigning within 10 feet of polls
Summary
The board voted unanimously to allow the election committee to tabulate absentee ballots prior to the annual meeting, appointed four election secretaries for 2025, and adopted a rule prohibiting campaigning within 10 feet of the election-site door after reports that people campaigned at the 2024 election site.
Legal counsel Roger Young reviewed statutes governing the annual meeting and election procedures and said the board may set election procedures and meeting recesses as allowed by law.
On a unanimous vote, the board approved a motion allowing the election committee to tabulate absentee ballots before the annual election to ease tallying delays. The board appointed Brittany Bay, Nick Johann, Rebecca Fishburn and Mary Hamilton as secretaries for the 2025 election. The board also passed a motion, prompted by feedback that campaigning occurred during the 2024 election, to prohibit campaigning within 10 feet of the election-site door.
Board members discussed verification procedures for mail-in votes and confirmed the election committee uses a master roster to prevent duplicate voting. The board did not specify a permanent change to meeting times but discussed recessing the annual meeting to allow the committee time to tabulate votes if needed.
