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Board outlines provisional ballot handling; staff remind members acceptance requires unanimity
Summary
The board reviewed provisional ballot procedures: voters without acceptable ID are directed to a provisional table, applications are stapled to ballots and placed in a locked provisional box, and board acceptance or rejection of provisional ballots requires a unanimous decision to reject otherwise the ballot is counted.
Board members discussed how to process provisional ballots when a voter's ID does not match registration records. The staff described that provisional ballots are completed at a separate table, the provisional application is stapled to the ballot and placed in a provisional ballot box, and the board will review such votes after polls close. A staff member said, "It has to be unanimous," summarizing the board's standard that rejecting a provisional ballot requires a unanimous vote; otherwise the ballot is treated as counted.
Members explored scenarios — for example, a voter who returns later with ID — and noted practical limits: provisional boxes are locked until canvassing and ballots do not carry a direct identifier linking the ballot to the returned ID. The Chair instructed that the board will make case‑by‑case unanimous determinations during canvassing at 8PM.
