Board of Elections Protest Hearing Dec. 2

Godwin Board of Elections · December 3, 2025

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Invocation and opening formalities

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Member Brenda Eldridge led an invocation; meeting called to order and recorded. Chair Linda DeBourad identified board members (Brenda Eldridge, Ryan Johnson, Irene Grimes) and confirmed the protest hearing would proceed as a quasi‑judicial evidentiary hearing.

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The Godwin Board of Elections held a quasi-judicial evidentiary hearing on an election protest filed by Dennis C. Smith Sr., alleging that town clerk Jackie (Jacqueline) Cooper texted voters on Nov. 4, 2025 to influence the Town of Godwin commissioners race. After witness testimony and documents, the board found insufficient evidence that voters were influenced and unanimously dismissed the protest.

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