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TEST. >> WE HAD TO ADDRESS IT LAST
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ELECTION. I WANT TO COMPLEMENT OUR OFFICE FOR ADDRESSING AT THIS TIME.IT WAS AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, DRIPPING SPRINGS I. S. L.
RUNS INTO TRAVIS COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF IT.
SO THOSE VOTERS ARE NOT REGISTERED VOTERS IN HAYS
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COUNTY. SO DRIPPING SPRINGS HAS TO PROVIDE US WITH THAT INFORMATION.THEY HAVE TO VOTE AT OUR POLLING LOCATION.
SO I COMPLEMENT MISS ANDERSON FOR ADDRESSING THAT. IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST. I THINK THEY'VE GOT A GOOD SYSTEM DOWN NOW TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY, THIS IS MORE FOR CANDIDATES OUT THERE WHO MAY BE WATCHING THAN ARE ELECTIONS OFFICE, BUT WE HAVE VERY -- WE TRY TO BE OR MS. ANDERSON'S OFFICE TRIES TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND THE RULES THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED FOR THOSE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.
SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE THOSE LOCATIONS IN THE FUTURE. THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS I THINK IN THE DRIPPING SPRINGS AREA RELATIVE TO SIGNAGE AT PATRIOTS HALL. SIGNAGE AT CITY HALL AND WHETHER YOU COULD HAVE LARGE SIGNS OR SMALL SIGNS OR WHERE YOU COULD STAND AND THOSE THINGS.
AND THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN FOR A COUPLE OF THE CANDIDATES. AND SO, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I SPOKE TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN CHARGE OF THOSE FACILITIES AND THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE ENFORCED THOSE RULES AT THEIR LOCATION.
AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL BECAUSE THE EXPERIENCE WAS GOOD FOR THEM THAT THEY'VE SAID, WE'D LOVE TO HOST AN ELECTION AGAIN. BUT I THINK IT'S PURSUANT TO US TO ENFORCE THOSE RULES WHEN WE HAVE THEM.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE ON MS., ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE ELECTIONS OFFICIAL. THEY'VE BEEN FOR A WHILE.
AND THEY ARE EQUALLY ENFORCED MOPPINGST EVERYONE WHO IS A CANDIDATE WHETHER WE LIKE THEM OR NOT THAT IS JUST OUR DUTY TO DO THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO LET US HOST AN ELECTION AT THEIR FACILITY.
>> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, MISS COLLINS, I'VE ONE YES FOR JENNIFER. THEN OF COURSE PLEASE SPEAK FREELY ON ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
>> AS A SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE POSITION YOU ARE IN.
YOU HANDLE THIS LIKE YOU'VE HANDLED THIS TO US, HERE IS HOW THE MAP LOOKS, IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS CHECK, THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO I SUPPOSE. BUT I WANTED TO ASK YOU IF A CANDIDATE BEFORE THAT LIST GETS UP LOADED THROUGH YOUR OFFICE IF THEY WANT TO VERIFY FOR WHATEVER REASON MOVING FORWARD, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST WE TELL THEM?
>> SURE, THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT HAPPEN PLIER TO ELECTION FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE JURISDICTIONS AND FOR EVERYBODY TO VERIFY AND THAT IS THE PUBLIC TESTING THAT WE DO. WHERE THEY'RE INVITED TO COME LOOK AT THE BALLOT, TO LOOK AT THE PRECINCTS AND VERIFY THAT ALL THAT IS DONE.
THEY ALSO ARE ENTITLED TO VOTER REGISTRATION LIST OF WHICH THEY CAN TELL WHAT ADDRESSES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR PRECINCTS. IN THIS CASE WHERE IT SAYS 11 VOTERS WERE AFFECTED THERE WERE 11 VOTERS ON CAMERA WAY ON THE BORDER OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT 4 AND 5 SO THAT IS COMPLETELY A JURISDICTIONAL ISSUE AND OF THAT ONLY 4 HAD VOTED. SO IT WAS, ONLY IT IMONLY IMPACTED FOUR AND THOSE FOUR VOTERS DID COME IN AND THEY WERE A-- WELL 3 OF THE 4 CAME IN AND WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE THE SCHOOL BOARD RACE. SO IT WAS CORRECTED.
OUR PROCESS IS WE AFTER REDISTRICTING WE SENT THE STREET LIST TO THE JURISDICTION AS WE DO BEFORE EVERY ELECTION. WE HAVE THEM LET US KNOW IF EVERYTHING LOOKS CORRECT. IF THEY NEED ANY CHANGES.
AGAIN THESE WERE ON THE BORDER.
NOBODY CAME BACK AND SAID, OH, WE NEED TO CHANGE THESE.
SO THEY WEREN'T CHANGED. THAT'S WHAT WE DO BEFORE EVERY ELECTION BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR JURIES DINGS.
THE ELECTION CODE IS CLEAR THAT THEY NEED TO LET US KNOW WHO VOTES WHERE IN THEIR JURISDICTION.
BUT ONCE IT WAS BROUGHT TO US, WE DID IMMEDIATELY CHANGE IT. WE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THOSE VOTERS AND THOSE VOTERS WERE ABLE TO VOTE.
>> THE THING I WOULD ADD, I MEAN I, AS A CANDIDATE I WAS IN A SIMILAR SITUATION IN MARCH WITH THE DRASTIC CHANGES THAT WE HAD TO OUR PRECINCTS IN REDISTRICTING THERE WERE I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED AND GOT THE VOTER REGISTRATIONS FOR PRECINCT 4 POST-REDISTRICTING.
I WENT THROUGH BECAUSE BETWEEN COMMISSION COMMISSIONER SHELL'S PRECINCT AND I THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OUR COUNTY ROADS THAT SERVE AS THE BORDER.
AND I WENT THROUGH AND, FOR EXAMPLE, ON MANAGE GREGOR ROAD, INSURED THAT ALL OF THE REGISTRATIONS ON MCGREGOR AND I FORGIVE ME, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER IT WAS ODD OR EVEN BUT I LOOKED AT THOSE AND SAID.
OKAY. IF IT'S AN ODD NUMBER, THEN IT'S TO THE WEST OF THE ROY THEREFORE IT'S IN MY PRECINCT. IF THERE IS AN EVEN NUMBER
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ON THERE I KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE.BUT I HAD 20 DO THE DUE DILL AGAINST AND EVERY ONE THAT I LOOKED AT THEM ON MCGREGOR, ELDER HILL ROAD, ALL THOSE CAME BACK CORRECTLY.
>> YEAH, WE ALSO PUT THE LIST EVERYDAY WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT A CANDIDATE NEEDS TO VERIFY THAT VOTERS THAT ARE VOTING ARE VOTING CORRECTLY.
THAT IS-- I'M PRETTY SURE HOW IT WAS FIGURED OUT BY THIS PARTICULAR CANDIDATE, THAT SHE THOUGHT THESE ADDRESSES WERE IN HER JURISDICTION.
>> I DID WANT TO SAY QUICKLY TO THE FIRST THREE AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT DOWN FOR AN HOUR IN DRIPPING SPRINGS I'M NOT AWARE OF AN HOUR DELAY IN DRIPPING SPRINGS FOR EQUIPMENT. I'LL TELL YOU WE HAD A HEART PARTY AND A SECRETARY OF STATE PERSON IN OUR POLLING PLACES EVERY DAY OF THE ELECTION AND I NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING. THERE WERE ISSUES OBVIOUSLY WHERE SYSTEMS HAD TO BE REBOOTED BUT DOWN FOR AN HOUR OR LONGER, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AS FAR AS A POLL WATCHER BEING REMOVED, I ONLY RECEIVED TWO POLL WATCHER CERTIFICATES BACK IN MY OFFICE FOR THIS ELECTION. BOTH OF THOSE MOLL WATCHERS SERVED. ONE WAS AT EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD AND ONE WAS AT THE LOCATION AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SITUATION WITH THE POLL WATCHER BEING REMOVED WAS BUT I GOT NO WORD OF THAT. THE BALLOT BOARD WATCHING WEBSITE I'M THINKING SHE IS TALKING ABOUT THE NOTICE OF BALLOT BOARD AND THOSE HAVE BEEN ON OUR WEBSITE FOR A LONG TIME. FOR BOTH ELECTIONS.
AND ARE STILL THERE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
WE HAVE AMOTIONS, A SECOND, WE'VE HAD OUR DISCUSSION.
>> YES, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, I THINK WE CAN
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.