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Board reviews statutory pre-certification process and precinct-level comparison procedure
Summary
The board heard a staff explanation of the state rule requiring precinct-level comparison of ballots to unique voter ID numbers and how the county compiles and checks those lists as part of pre-certification.
At the special-call meeting the chair and Director Smith explained the pre-certification procedure required by the state election board rule cited in the transcript. Director Smith read the procedural steps that staff followed to compile lists of voters who voted by method, sort them by precinct and count unique voter IDs to compare with ballots tabulated.
"To determine the total number of unique voter ID numbers, the department shall compile a list of all voters who voted in the election including by method of voting and examine said list for duplicates," Director Smith said, citing the rule language in the packet. The director described how the department counts ballots by method for each precinct and validates provisional ballots that have been tabulated.
The board treated the presentation as informational at this meeting; Chair reiterated the session was a mandated review and that no action would be taken at the special call. Members thanked staff for performing the review and said they would address any formal certification at the upcoming certification meeting.
