Board of Elections - Regular Meeting

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Let's get started. Okay. Okay. Good morning everyone. Morning. Uh we will call to order the May 23rd, 2025 meeting of the Montgomery County Election Board. Uh we have all three commissioners present. Uh Neil Makija, chair of the board of elections with Commissioner Tom Deello here and Commissioner Jamila Winder is uh on Zoom. So uh we'll start with the pledge of allegiance. I will ask our director of elections to lead us the pledge. United States, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. So, uh, today we're going to swear in the tabulators. Those of you who are can't hear you. Okay. Today we're going to swear in the tabulators, which is you. And uh we're going to get to work. If any of you have been uh doing this for many, many years. How many is anyone doing this for the first time? Nobody. One. We got one person. And how many people have done this for more than 10 years?

20 years. Anyone? 20 years. All right. There's a maybe over there. Thank you. We had another successful election. Uh, you know, went off without any major hitch. Over how many people voted, Frank? We're 60ome, thousand. 160ome thousand. But after you're done with your work, we'll know the exact number. So, at least 160,000. So, we're going to take public comment first, which is something we do before every meeting. Uh if there's any comments uh related uh to this topic, please um come forward or if you have any comments, go ahead. No public comment. Okay, so there are no comments. I'll move on to the consideration of the motion and then we'll swear in uh the tabulator. So uh any any comments Frank explain? Okay. You want to briefly explain what we're doing? Uh we are reconciling all of the ballots uh and polls when they come back and then we are adjudicating any writing votes that we received. Great. Thank you. So I will make a motion to commence the tabulation and reconciliation of the in-person vote of the May 20th, 2025 primary election in Montgomery County. Is there a second? Second. Seconded by Commissioner Bellow. Is there any board comment? All in favor? I I checking I The motion passes. So I will now administer the oath. So I'll try to do this uh a few words at a time. Just repeat after me. First I'm going to say I and then my name. Say your name. Don't say my name. So I Neil McKart

being duly affirmed according to law. according to law respectively depose and say respectively that I will faithfully and correct correctly that I will faithfully and correctly tabulate and record the vote tabulate and record the vote as announced for the municipal primary election as announced for the municipal primary election in Montgomery County. Montgomery County from day to day during the official tabulation day to day official tabulation and true additions thereof. and true additions thereof make and correctly announce the results thereof. Makely announce the results thereof. And faithfully perform such other duties. faithfully perform such other duties as I may be called upon to perform by the proper authorities as I may be called. Which hand? Right hand. Sorry. Start over. Okay. Put your right hand up just to confirm at least this part. So, uh and that I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution. support the Constitution of this Commonwealth and of the United States of the Commonwealth and United States that I have not paid or contributed that I have not paid or contributed any money or other valuable things to procure this appointment this is the modified one Just repeat after me. It still works

though. And that I respectedly will not knowingly receive will not receive any money or other valuable things any money or valuable things for my respective appointment. for my respective appointment other than the compensation allowed by law other than the compensation allowed by law the county board of elections county board of elections or the court of common please common please so help me God thank you all right the oath is administered uh you voted all in favor. Any closing election board comments? Yeah, first as as mentioned, I'm Commissioner Tom Labello and I want to uh thank all you for coming here today and being participating in this uh very important part of the election process. Uh without you, we would go on for months and I know that Frank Dean doesn't want that to happen. So, uh again, thank you for everything that you are doing. It's great to see a lot of us friendly faces and familiar faces here this morning as well and we look forward to uh you continuing this over the years to come because a lot of people don't know this but there's an election every year you know it you know right but actually there's two right primary and general election but it actually is every year and and I'm always I'm always amazed by when I'm out there in the community and people have said oh there was an election Tuesday I thought there was one last year. So again, but you know, it's great to see you here this morning bright and early. I hope you're enjoying the donuts and and everything and we look forward to all your help moving forward as well. So again, thank you very much.

Okay, I've got a comment from Commissioner Wer on Zoom as well. Great. Um, can everyone hear me? Okay. Yes. Just a little No, I I I think it's hard in the warehouse. Um, but I just wanted to also say thank you uh for for doing this great work. Um, I know many of uh the folks in the room. Um, so have a great day and uh hopefully they got you Susie Joe donuts. Thanks everyone. Susie Joe or Yum Yum? Yum yum yum yum. Oh, yum yums. Yeah, I'm an East Norton girl. Uh, so but I'll take yum yums. So enjoy. Have a good day. So for those that might not have heard her in the back, Commissioner Winer basically said, she also appreciates and thank you for all your work and participating today and she's excited that there's yum yum donuts, but she's still an East Norton girl and Susan Jones. Great. All right, any final comments, Frank? Anything we need? Okay. All right. Thank you all for your service and yeah, appreciate you and anything you need. We've got a great team. Let's just give it up for the whole voter services staff. I will move to adjourn the May 23rd, 2025 meeting of the Montgomery County Election Board. Is there a second? Second by Commissioner Deello. Any board comment? All in favor? I I the meeting is adjourned. Thank you.