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New Georgia State Election Board Rules With David Cross

  • The Rules change. The State Elec­tion Board has released the new rules. This is the first board that has been sep­a­rat­ed from the SOS office. Mon­day was the first day in request­ing the absen­tee bal­lot. We have had some pas­sion­ate SEB meet­ings. 
  • The poll pad num­ber of vot­ers has to match the tab­u­la­tor tapes from the machines to the poll pads. 
  • Mak­ing sure the bal­lots are tracked when they are mailed. 
  • Requir­ing elec­tion offi­cials bal­ance the bal­lots with the tab­u­la­tor tapes. All has to be rec­on­ciled. 
  • All addi­tion­al poll watch­ers in the tab­u­la­tion cen­ters. 
  • Rec­on­cil­i­a­tion of the num­ber of vot­ers. Time­stamp of vot­ers before the first vote. The Sec­re­tary of State has a liv­ing vot­er roll that is con­stant­ly chang­ing. Lock­ing the Roll. 
  • Manda­to­ry to keep bal­lot image meta­da­ta to be attached to the images.  
  • Rec­on­cil­i­a­tion report avail­able to the pub­lic. 
  • Poll man­agers will be allowed to open the bal­lots to count with the required wit­ness­es and rec­on­cile to the num­ber of votes. 
  • Recap form to be com­plet­ed, required by all coun­ties. 
  • Required sep­a­rate print­ed pro­vi­sion­al emer­gency bal­lot. Cur­rent­ly mail in and pro­vi­sion­al bal­lots are the same. 
  • The rules allow for the elec­tions to be tight­ened up and try to bring account­ing audit capa­bil­i­ties to our elec­tions. 
  • The biggest push back is com­ing from the Sec­re­tary of State office. He has had prob­lems and need­ed upgrades to the machines for the past 4 years and all we get is excus­es from the office to cor­rect the prob­lems. The push­back is get­ting all the play from the AJC, SOS, and AG office. These rules are ready to go but we are watch­ing. 
  • Absen­tee bal­lot, if you request one and walk in on elec­tion day and turn in. Fill in the bub­ble and draw a line to the name, this will elim­i­nate the soft­ware from flip­ping votes. If you want to find your bal­lot, put a mark in the top mar­gin that you will remem­ber. 

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