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3.21.22 Hearing
3.21.22 Hearing
STATE OF GEORGIA
Zoom Audio-conference
Janice Johnston
Ed Lindsey
ALSO PRESENT:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Consent Orders................................111
Final Orders..................................114
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
8 Matt Mashburn.
17 Republican party.
25 (Invocation)
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1 MR. MASHBURN: And at this time I'll ask
4 (Pledge of Allegiance)
20 shouldn't be in nomination.
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1 MR. GERMANY: Needs to be a second.
6 attention.
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1 that our elections in this state are open and
8 the staff.
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1 Prior to this so-called free time, I had
8 improvement.
23 voting systems.
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1 election process every step of the way so the
4 the board.
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1 made excellent staff available to us and we thank
3 participation.
13 ahead.
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1 administration should not be taken away from
10 time.
14 Sydney Jemmott.
17 you.
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1 vote in all of the 2022 elections. Rather than
22 Buis --
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1 Instead of helping counties to prepare for
18 Thank you.
20 Next speaker?
25 proceed.
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1 DR. BOCK: Thank you. My name is Dr. Naomi
10 Thank you.
12 Next speaker?
19 proceed.
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1 I was glad to hear Dr. Jan Johnston say in
11 Thank you.
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1 resources on the farce of a performance review
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1 Please stop the nonsense. Just stop -- just
8 Thank you.
10 Next speaker?
12 Reardon.
20 right.
22 proceed.
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1 I'm -- I'm -- it's comical. It's comical --
15 improvement.
24 revoked.
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1 MR. MASHBURN: Thank you for your comments.
4 Garza.
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1 automatically and was shocked to learn that it
6 assistance of a walker.
18 make.
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1 board and this state provide them better access
5 Next speaker?
7 LeSueur.
9 unmuted.
22 those cases.
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1 can provide, such as where these voter fraud
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1 it's obviously going to be problematic down the
2 road.
3 Thank you.
7 Larrick.
9 unmuted.
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1 Thank you.
5 Jenkins.
10 County.
24 that.
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1 Fulton in their endeavor to run free and fair
7 Thank you.
11 Mezoff.
13 ...
24 get involved.
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1 saying welcome to the two new board members. I
9 it's important.
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1 everything it can and use all of its energy and
8 Next speaker?
10 Sullivan-Marzahl.
15 you.
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1 is what is happening to the all of the evidence.
7 that.
20 all.
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1 So I'm trusting that God will use you to uncover
11 matter.
22 (Timer sounds)
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1 MS. SULLIVAN-MARZAHL: So thank you.
3 Thank you.
10 My concerns are --
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1 election, that's telling us something isn't
13 County.
18 (Timer sounds)
25 Next speaker?
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1 MS. HAISTY: Our next speaker is Kyle
2 Carter.
7 proceed.
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1 MR. MASHBURN: I thank you for your comment.
2 Next speaker?
11 proceed.
17 County.
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1 fine of $100,000 per ballot image.
8 of election procedure.
19 Thank you.
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1 Mr. Germany, please go ahead.
18 that.
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1 public to -- you know, if we can kind of define
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1 to make sure that it works for, one, the poll
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1 to. But I think as to the rules, at least we'll
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1 later to vote to adopt the rules. And what we've
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1 if we need to -- to adjust anything. We'll have
6 runoff as well.
22 --
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1 correct.
10 panel.
18 aggressive goal.
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1 caught up with other duties. And so we
7 elections.
12 consider.
18 that.
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1 And the first one on the calendar that I -- oh,
19 language.
24 give an overview of --
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1 MR. MASHBURN: Not a particular case, but
2 how --
25 case.
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1 MR. MASHBURN: Dr. Johnston, well, let's --
20 first.
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1 from the secretary of state's investigative
2 office.
5 So now we're --
14 investigations as a block.
18 second?
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1 reviewed those prior to the hearing.
9 cases as a block.
21 Secretary of State.
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1 of human error while inputting data into the Arlo
12 worked.
14 Zagorin.
17 Please proceed.
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1 say, that had, like, five or six in row 20
5 out.
19 caught up?
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1 started going through this and figured it out, I
11 that.
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1 they were just put in the wrong section.
10 okay.
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1 are like that in there. Just like the other
16 of these sections.
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1 yeah. So page 7's the same, where it did that.
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1 off.
5 two forty.
15 inconsistency 12?
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1 They all get to the right total at the bottom.
19 bottom.
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1 or they went to a different batch than what they
3 find those.
13 thing.
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1 conclusions. So I appreciate everything that
19 this.
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1 our local county folks had a consistent entry
7 these.
15 investigation.
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1 resources that you're having to devote to kind of
15 investigator's presentation.
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1 formula that comes up with how many you have to
20 the state.
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1 they had time to go back and do a -- you know,
3 mistakes.
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1 They also did mention that there were some,
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1 road and make sure that we do have proper
3 it's standardized.
8 front end.
20 rulemaking --
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1 they've actually -- they mentioned they've put in
4 think --
14 general election.
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1 expected to be --
17 the board.
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1 unmute herself now.
3 MS. FAVERO: I am -- I --
24 Go ahead.
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1 here with me. And he goes by John also, so ...
6 second.
9 (Audio interference)
11 you.
23 Mr. Rossi.
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1 MR. MASHBURN: They -- are they going to
2 re-sign in probably?
8 ahead.
14 on this case.
17 clarification.
19 data?
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1 through our data, I just wanted to clarify one
15 standpoint.
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1 college here.
24 three-ring binder.
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1 thousand words and I'm going to go through a lot
5 and --
17 action, please.
20 investigation?
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1 the hand audit was sloppy and inconsistent. And
6 point.
8 on this issue.
23 verified that.
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1 standing as a credible accounting document. And
12 standpoint.
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1 state.
12 as the chair.
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1 evidence against people that haven't had a chance
6 County.
14 case. And we --
23 code --
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1 well, I mean, section 2 has to do with e-mails
5 that correct?
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1 of those errors, but they're similar in manner to
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1 MR. ROSSI: 4,081 false delta total.
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1 thing I wanted to highlight on that, that he did
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1 someone would've just gone in afterwards and
4 paid for them. But I'm not sure what they did,
17 well.
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1 bring up the secretary of state's office but it
13 questions. So go ahead.
23 investigators.
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1 we'll all agree that -- that that publicly
11 first recommendation.
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1 Fulton County. I think that's the only way to
18 board?
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1 but I looked at Houston as well, ma'am. And
20 was valid.
23 at that.
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1 or -- or I'm not allowed to respond?
3 floor.
10 happened.
21 this case.
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1 MR. ROSSI: Okay. I was just responding to
12 unintentionally?
20 speaker phone.
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1 overall responsibility for elections in Georgia.
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1 been required to correct these errors that we've
14 floor.
19 Thank you.
25 or the recommendation.
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1 When I talked to members of the secretary of
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1 Fulton County did not have the time to go back
8 penalized.
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1 the system.
4 be penalized.
24 system.
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1 MR. MASHBURN: Any questions for Fulton
5 At this time --
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1 those numbers out, I don't know if you still have
3 doubles.
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1 traditional audit where you simply randomly
4 scanner tape.
14 November 2020.
19 like that.
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1 sampling of ballots. But, you know, I think in
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1 they weren't trained and there were issues with
5 recheck --
14 audit.
22 asked of Fulton.
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1 MR. MASHBURN: Attorney Ringer, would you
10 time.
19 Williams?
21 you know.
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1 initial machine count and then the recount from
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1 to go back and check for balances, if you were
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1 the data entry and the total, did anybody in the
7 and check.
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1 of recommendations on, moving forward, what would
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1 catch -- the system itself, it just doesn't allow
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1 is that, I think, as the board considers rules,
6 canvass process.
17 the --
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1 worth noting that in the -- that in the original
6 cast.
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1 There's been a recommendation to bind the
5 motion.
17 errors.
22 malfeasance or nonfeasance.
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1 the motion.
3 those --
25 investigation.
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1 And that's the reason for the motion. Thank
2 you.
13 executive session.
24 (pause)
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1 just a moment. Everyone has been so kind to
5 I mean reconvene.
16 order.
21 ballot harvesting.
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1 Charlene.
24 2021-062.
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1 yes.
12 prosecution.
18 prosecuted.
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1 MR. MASHBURN: Ms. Ghazal has made a motion.
2 Is there a second?
13 Passes unanimously.
17 consent orders?
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1 office's recommendation is that the board vote to
14 phones.
25 scanners.
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1 MS. MCGOWAN: Yeah. And this is back in
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1 MR. MASHBURN: Ms. Ghazal has seconded. Any
25 -- in a block.
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1 DR. JOHNSTON: I move that we approve final
2 orders.
20 willingness to serve.
25 motion.
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1 DR. JOHNSTON: Second.
4 favor, aye.
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1 CERTIFICATE
2 STATE OF GEORGIA
14 thereon.
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19 action.
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This, the 31st day of March, 2022.
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22 **Mary K McMahan**
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In The Matter Of:
SECRETARY OF STATE
STATE ELECTION BOARD HEARING
Room 341
8:33 A. M.
ALSO PRESENT:
Mr. Evans
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
8 (Pledge of Allegiance.)
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1 that right whether it's the United States or some
13 1970.
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1 Before I accepted this, I want to tell you I
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1 are constituted now under Georgia law.
20 that.
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1 voter. Like you, I engaged the process expecting
12 only when it's allowed where the facts and the law
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1 disclose to me some of the fundamental issues that
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1 that have worked elections. Their response is not
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1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: It's been moved and
4 motion?
13 Thank you.
20 (No Response.)
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1 MR. GERMANY: Good morning. Judge Duffey,
25 process for the members who were not here when the
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1 process begun.
10 their service.
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1 evaluations, judgments and recommendations as the
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1 front. We also plan to interview the current
3 members as well.
25 reconciliation.
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1 In terms of when I expect the team to finish
16 be focusing on?
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1 those times. I think we will be able to do some
16 problematic part.
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1 but is there any way that you could enlist other
6 themselves?
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1 we have not moved forward with that at this point.
22 a report.
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1 line and also to assist you in observing whatever
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1 whoever you're interacting with at Fulton County
10 write your report this year and tell them that the
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1 have to make decisions based upon what you find
8 Ms. Ghazal.
18 questions?
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1 think what you all will produce to us and to show
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1 Thank you.
2 Anything else?
5 from you.
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1 given for the purpose of election administration
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1 prior to just going straight to a county for all
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1 essentially administer that.
5 the report?
13 need to be used.
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1 do. So that would be my preference, that if the
9 suggestions.
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1 gist of this is those resources are going to be
2 needed somewhere.
22 follow-up as well.
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1 counties. And I think you're right to point out
7 before.
22 second.
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1 number of people who vote. I'm not really in
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1 volunteer their time just on this issue so that
20 just a thought.
22 just add that what our office has seen in the HAVA
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1 might be $10,000 or say, for some security
15 exactly right.
21 it both?
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1 grant money was and it was used for -- as spelled
16 elections.
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1 as big a project as we expect.
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1 carry significant risk that the integrity of the
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1 because of either the appearance of it or the
19 election processes.
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1 confidence in you and you do a great job and I
7 very much.
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1 know, what's going on there and is there an
7 (Audio disruption)
10 technology.
24 bad expense?
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1 but I have another one is, you know, a particular
11 than that.
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1 process from here if we have to do that, do we --
10 everybody?
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1 the report for Mr. Germany to consider that
6 General Assembly?
15 Assembly.
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1 meeting.
4 responsibility?
10 that.
13 report?
21 grants at all.
25 --
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1 MR. LINDSEY: That's the whole point of
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1 can decide if you like the recommendation or not.
17 look at.
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1 which was donated and I certainly don't want to --
19 issue?
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1 The Board receives a large number of
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1 are on behalf of the State Election Board. For
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1 that that's the best example of the fact that
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1 So I just want to emphasize that the
23 find.
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1 much specific factual information in it and so to
8 we have facts and when you have the facts and you
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1 we're going to go and have a hearing on something
18 hearing is.
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1 investigative report shows that it's proper to
19 but...
25 a respondent?
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1 SPEAKER: I'm a complainant.
10 today.
17 Mr. Chairman.
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1 take them one at a time.
6 question?
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1 all four envelopes?
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1 narrative either, so --
5 there.
24 Mr. Chairman.
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1 DR. JOHNSTON: Second.
6 (No response.)
12 find it first.
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1 voters appear on these lists they should be
21 (No Response.)
24 next one.
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1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: Ms. Ghazal is done. Next.
4 two of them.
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1 they promised to do. So, and that's simply a
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1 these guidelines.
12 are voting maybe for the first time and let's just
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1 and what they need to do themselves or not need to
2 do themselves.
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1 make sure that sort of thing doesn't happen in the
5 motion.
22 Assembly.
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1 would just be a communication that the Board would
9 this one.
14 assignment, will --
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1 allegations are correct or not. And my concern is
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1 such as this that it's accessible to do so.
15 recommendation.
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1 tapes, but the tapes -- I don't think he became
9 into that.
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1 It shows to me as the new person on the Board, the
16 duties.
17 Dr. Johnston.
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1 complaints were 77 deceased people and a number of
15 case.
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1 blame organizations for using current voter
21 being inappropriate.
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1 alleged solicitations from someone deceased 28
3 is going on?
14 Assembly.
17 it. Yeah.
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1 companies. So there's all this personal data
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1 if you get closer to an election, you shouldn't
15 board members.
25 the folks who are reached out who had passed, but
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1 there were also a number of folks who have been
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1 middle ground.
6 process in that.
11 beneficial.
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1 they're trying to vote illegally. I think they
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1 assignment, Mr. Mashburn has an assignment, would
6 the Board.
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1 they may inadvertently be put on as another voter,
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1 with respect to frequency of updating voter rolls?
9 maintenance.
24 felons.
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1 the voter lists on a daily basis. We can pull
15 did --
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1 of June is we mailed notices to people who had
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1 but if they don't respond to it we can
4 did the NCOA and the cross state mailers last year
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1 suggest. This is a lot to digest. Could you meet
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1 want to pull.
3 please?
6 hear you.
13 complaint?
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1 right paperwork. Is that in the complaint 20 --
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1 of it, texted it to him that. He was concerned
20 (inaudible.)
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1 that it was counted --
15 to the Board?
17 -- I have the --
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1 the --
25 Is there a second?
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1 DR. JOHNSTON: Second.
7 continue?
12 (No response.)
22 (No Response.)
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1 contacted me and said that his cases, that are in
16 a result of that?
19 Board.
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1 Case 033 and -- I'm sorry not 033 -- 074 and 113.
17 Missouri.
21 that?
22 SPEAKER: (Inaudible.)
25 SPEAKER: (Inaudible.)
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1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: Thank you.
4 with him?
17 only issue.
22 at the agenda.
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1 was a hearing? How did he know that there was a
14 SPEAKER: I understand.
21 there a second?
22 (No Response.)
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1 complaint that they would like to discuss
2 individually?
5 have continued --
25 continued.
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1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: All right.
11 seconded.
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1 (No Response.)
4 those cases.
13 enforcement entity.
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1 local democratic party that were inside the
14 on Facebook.
16 not confirmed.
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1 of Mrs. Hudson or anyone else violating the
14 investigation.
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1 of allocation so I don't think it would be a good
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1 MR. LINDSEY: If I may, Mr. Chairman, an
8 --
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1 have a job in a county office building, there is a
16 know that.
19 to continue it?
22 seconded?
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1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: Any discussion on the
2 motion?
6 (No response.)
10 go back and find out where she was and the like?
15 signs it?
16 (No response.)
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1 MR. MASHBURN: My second one is 2021-031,
13 blue."
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1 advised "They tried to be a part of giving toys
22 sure many people did go and vote but they had the
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1 Ms. Albright stated they created the Green
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1 grab a toy and then head to the polls. Those need
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1 period, the law in Georgia has changed, so in
9 voter instruction.
20 said you can have a toy, but you can't vote. So,
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1 favor of toy drives and giving out food,
4 the linkage.
23 So we have a motion?
25 of instruction.
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1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: Is there a second? Did you
5 the motion?
6 (Phone rings)
13 (No response.)
16 Chairman.
20 please.
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1 pursuant to O.C.G.A. §21-2-421.
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1 resources should be focused on counting the
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1 the General Assembly to take a look at, but I do
25 Yes.
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1 MR. GERMANY: (Inaudible.)
5 microphone.
17 received deadline.
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1 not just the number of -- total number of votes,
3 the candidates.
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1 members of the General Assembly asking about
13 June.
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1 come in at all.
15 them, to be candid.
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1 The second would be a motion in which we say
25 reasonable deadline.
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1 MR. GERMANY: I think you nailed it.
11 motion?
12 (No response.)
14 "Aye."
17 (No response.)
24 accepted?
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1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: Second?
4 motion?
5 (No response.)
10 (No response.)
14 discuss individually?
19 approve?
21 please.
24 case is yours?
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1 case is 2022-020 Habersham County, tab 49.
4 comments.
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1 MR. MARK REED: Yes, sir.
11 myself.
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1 MR. MASHBURN: Okay. I might have it
3 case?
24 three feet.
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1 absolutely.
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1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: Is there a second?
8 circle?
11 second. Discussion?
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1 we have more evidence, I may be very well be the
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1 as he can to try to technically comply. So, while
24 bottom of it.
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1 MR. MARK REED: So I have no animosities, no
10 in Habersham Courthouse.
21 SPEAKER: I apologize.
25 "Aye."
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1 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
3 (No response.)
5 dismissed.
10 SPEAKER: Yes.
20 more --
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1 they -- that it was -- it's just not serious
11 over and over. I'm not sure how I can even blame
15 I'm the only one who knows that I'm violating the
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1 county, but they're not living in the other
14 with that?
23 TDY.
25 365 days.
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1 MRS. GHAZAL: I think there's another couple
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1 specifically in-county moves. So there is a
10 them.
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1 where we need to be.
19 build too.
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1 So that helps for us to have a discussion about
23 file this.
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1 appreciate you being here.
3 complaint?
6 is that correct?
24 that's in.
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1 asking.
21 in --
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1 MR. LINDSEY: Mr. Chairman, we move to
4 right?
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1 MR. MASHBURN: Yes. The Diet Coke I drank on
21 updated agenda.
23 Troup County.
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1 that you can just sit there and listen to the case
12 speak up.
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1 However, the voter complained to the Board and
23 Primary Election.
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1 members. The first being election supervisor
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1 conference Ms. Hollis denied taking the photos.
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1 Ms. Hollis considered herself to be a poll
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1 location.
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1 entrance -- entrance there and this is the exit,
11 letter. She walked out this door and when she got
15 walked out with it. But she should not have ever
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1 again, but he's going to leave it up to the
12 why that she may have been able to walk out. And
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1 investigate, but me being a black person on the
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1 I did have the phone in the hand when I was
21 around and check the polls and make sure all the
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1 couple of follow-up questions. Were you talking
4 area?
6 door.
14 exit door?
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1 him folding up his ballot, putting it in his
13 behind that?
17 polling area --
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1 your ballot into the scanner." But see a lot of
6 used.
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1 signage and if there was a sign saying that these
8 at all?
19 some training.
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1 MS. HOLLIS: Yeah, I don't know -- there's a
13 that.
15 anybody?
22 some kind.
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1 allowed a voter to leave with a ballot. I think
4 acknowledged that.
23 Board?
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1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: You have to use the
20 receipt.
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1 this matter and they'll tell us whether they think
7 we know better?
11 she walk out one door and -- she was still right
19 but she was not. She was right in the same room.
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1 that Andrew Harper and Denise Cotton allowed the
16 picture taking.
25 amended.
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1 MRS. GHAZAL: Agreed.
9 Motion passes.
21 any.
23 don't you?
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1 We're going to take up one more violation and
4 at tab 56.
6 SPEAKER: (Inaudible.)
8 Ms. Koth.
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1 the polls encountered technical issues with the
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1 voting equipment to the wrong precincts on
5 location.
19 equipment.
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1 Election and Registration and Christie Royston
13 on election day.
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1 process.
8 paper ballot.
12 Microphone is here.
14 voice.
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1 things that Gwinnett County takes great pride in
9 instruction.
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1 sequence for delivery, not using the numerical
12 by the vehicles.
22 precincts.
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1 challenge of the equipment being loaded on trucks
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1 that, a number of changes were made both to
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1 officials -- one of -- the password was one digit
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1 what you didn't hear from Chief Investigator,
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1 issues and to improve the servicing of the
19 of instruction.
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1 Respondent and because he is not the election
10 correct?
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1 new machines, better go out and look at them, see
6 Mr. Chairman?
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1 mistakes --
7 was terminated?
16 open on time?
18 questions in sequence.
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1 Your second question asked about subsequent
12 forgive me.
16 had -- go ahead.
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1 DR. JOHNSTON: And the handling of emergency
21 disenfranchised.
25 findings.
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1 MS. KOTH: Under provisional ballots, it says
6 saying she got one, but she said she never got
12 so.
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1 even have the facts regarding the allegations
9 motion to be made?
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1 here with, this -- here is why we don't think it's
8 didn't give us. But I think you can work all that
25 Office.
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1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: Here's my thinking on this.
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1 hearing because you're entitled to a hearing if we
18 reasonable to proceed.
20 deliberating --
23 ourselves.
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1 from my client.
23 is my concern.
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1 case presents whereby there were two polling
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1 that's my honest and best response.
3 detail --
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1 because they kept the doors closed. That's the
13 the instructions.
23 motion?
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1 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
7 county.
9 possible.
12 Thank you.
19 session.
25 that.
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1 MR. MASHBURN: I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
4 Any discussion?
15 County.
17 on that.
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1 of the election process for the past few election
4 elections process.
7 failed to:
10 Registration.
12 media.
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1 communicate with board members of the Stephens
8 unsubstantiated.
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1 printed at closing.
13 elections.
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1 had the appropriate seals, and that the electronic
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1 Secretary of State's Office.
13 change in returns.
19 of ballots cast.
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1 exceeds the total number of persons who voted in
3 therein.
19 conducting elections.
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1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: So those are the
12 (No Response.)
16 allegations in 2020-33?
17 (No Response.)
20 pause.
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1 we accept recommendation which -- is that the
12 to my motion.
18 prompt hearing.
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1 (No response.)
9 combine those?
12 did.
16 me.
18 election records.
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1 absentee ballots.
9 ballot.
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1 restroom on the second floor of the Montgomery
2 courthouse.
8 floor.
16 to vote.
20 Elections Superintendent.
198
1 destruction, destruction of unused ballots, when
4 could be destroyed.
7 Montgomery Courthouse.
16 (Simultaneous speakers.)
18 (Simultaneous speakers.)
25 registrar.
199
1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: Could you repeat your last
7 Proceed.
17 it sound that.
25 Okay.
200
1 That room did always stay locked. The County
7 know, you get busy and you, you know, just -- just
18 part of it.
201
1 MS. CARPENTER: I try to be.
5 two years?
13 destroyed.
17 there --
24 attention.
202
1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: My concern is this, that, I
5 them properly.
14 destroyed.
21 voters.
203
1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: Right.
18 on shelves?
204
1 MR. LINDSEY: That that -- that indicates,
22 that.
205
1 of it?
4 of it?
16 unlocked.
206
1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: Sure.
4 happen again.
6 (No Response.)
8 much.
14 So, yes.
23 (No Response.)
207
1 "Aye."
4 (No Response.)
8 Ms. Koth?
208
1 without purchasing a political ad.
209
1 receive mail. Ms. Hollis's e-Net inquiry showed
11 updated.
18 one count.
210
1 MS. KOTH: It -- it's an Americus address,
8 former address.
10 temporary address?
14 It doesn't say.
20 that's an obligation.
211
1 to refer this to the Attorney General's Office
12 (No Response.)
17 (No Response.)
21 that.
212
1 Pamela Rouse, Larry Clemens, Shirley Story, and
213
1 to vote in person on June 9th, 2020, after having
19 question.
214
1 June 9th, 2020, General Primary Election.
19 Election.
215
1 during early advanced voting.
14 respond?
15 (No Response.)
20 (No Response.)
23 recommendation?
216
1 first, and then I'll...
5 seconded.
217
1 supervisor, one poll manager who -- who says that
2 they didn't call, but it's two, and they say they
12 tolerated.
16 twice.
218
1 and put off. So, I can see where somebody may be
16 (No Response.)
21 (No Response.)
219
1 MS. KOTH: This one has two allegations.
7 ballot.
18 day.
24 Elections Office.
220
1 Election Supervisor Elenore Gale, Ms. Walker
6 Election.
221
1 her to vote in person during the June 9th, 2020,
6 the Respondents?
11 (No Response.)
16 Attorney General.
20 motion?
21 (No Response.)
222
1 (No Response.)
11 election.
24 illiterate or disabled.
223
1 do that, but told the County registrars in Calhoun
11 person.
224
1 the City of Arlington, that Randolph County
10 application.
20 ballot.
24 election.
225
1 Petitioners request for a hearing and in camera
8 ballots.
16 list.
226
1 hearing on petitioners' emergency motion
12 in new business.
21 the judge.
227
1 March 16th, 2021, special municipal election:
12 will be counted.
19 declared provisional.
228
1 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on March 9th, 10th, and
2 11th.
229
1 for an absentee ballot, without pressure from
4 could not do that, and the judge did not have the
10 Tuesday.
230
1 following:
16 Arlington, Georgia.
22 Arlington, Georgia.
231
1 typed on the top portion. The investigator met
11 the parties.
232
1 to do this.
8 Mr. Barnes.
25 Arlington.
233
1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: Yeah.
13 (No Response.)
20 General's Office.
25 General's Office.
234
1 In this, I think we just refer to Attorney
7 right.
12 (No Response.)
17 (No Response.)
235
1 that matter came to me and said that they hadn't
10 meeting.
236
1 Attorney General's report today we are presenting
12 respondents.
17 orders.
237
1 MS. MCGOWAN: Do you want me to go through
19 "Aye."
22 (No response.)
24 granted.
238
1 matters on the agenda, but there are still some
24 for the work you do and the value that you make
239
1 that you do.
240
1 I'd like to see a process implemented by
6 that are taken off the voter rolls and the number
12 thing. Okay?
241
1 time period three weeks before our election and up
5 Thank you.
8 Mr. Quinn.
13 one of risk.
242
1 Your own State Election Board duties list that you
243
1 That seems odd. So we are -- on one hand, you're
6 can be manipulated."
244
1 surfacing since this first came to light about
16 §212-2-7.1.
20 seconds.
23 like.
245
1 MR. QUINN: So here's my question. This
14 Mr. Balbona.
246
1 number. I want to know why DeKalb County's
247
1 Commissioners regarding last-minute BOC substitute
9 Negligent misrepresentation?
11 Ms. Davenport.
248
1 encourage the Board as you make decisions and
15 wealthy.
249
1 navigate the more difficult absentee process,
11 Thank you.
13 Ms. Adams.
250
1 of processes and practices that surround the act
10 affinity.
251
1 the elections officials in each county as they
18 clarity.
20 this matter.
252
1 Ms. Reardon.
3 much for serving and all the work that you do. I
7 to start there.
253
1 that you can offer them, I'm sure it'll be
2 appreciated.
254
1 do not want to go back to when we're sitting in
5 Fulton County.
255
1 whole source of fraud, and I saw it in 2020. So
256
1 election. Various reasons, "Oh, you can't use
19 ID.
25 country.
257
1 We are really victim to be a third world
11 are dead off the rolls, because you can see them
13 well.
20 Mr. Walters.
258
1 CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: A little closer to the
4 earlier subject.
23 But I'm not that sure about how that flowed but.
259
1 Easterly, Director of Cybersecurity, had a charge
260
1 you put in the patches that we requested between
5 actors.
22 other governments.
261
1 via removable media.
14 suggests.
22 to be a danger.
262
1 have to say we have never found one so that's the
11 researching.
15 questions.
263
1 thought I'd put that up in case you think it needs
4 appreciate it.
5 Mr. Metz.
11 possible.
14 appreciate it.
264
1 to. Nor do they believe their paramount duty
265
1 even though he knew or reasonably should have
266
1 legal scholars for centuries to come as they
3 Republic in history.
17 me to respond.
19 Judge Nally?
267
1 in October 2020, Curling v. Raffensperger, page
17 discretion.
21 I appreciate it.
23 Mr. Le Sueur.
268
1 they come I guess lack of funds for those
2 particular counties?
5 funds.
14 many grants --
21 and so forth.
269
1 talking about for about a year now. I contacted
17 legislature.
270
1 registration. If the registration -- most of it
6 critical.
271
1 considering that.
5 SPEAKER: Who?
8 Mr. Ferguson.
17 opportunity.
272
1 And I'm concentrating on the people who have
273
1 rest of you, are ready to get out of you.
7 Jorgensen?
11 seeing.
13 your time.
20 Georgia.
274
1 allow you to hear what I have to say.
21 business if you all shut them all down for one day
275
1 ballots as well.
4 Is it Cindy Battles?
13 possible.
276
1 pay for its own observers. And I would also like
5 free.
277
1 we get the list, those lists are out of date. And
278
1 disenfranchised voters, because there are plenty
11 voice heard.
13 done.
279
1 displaced out of the county. And that case was
6 on that.
10 for that.
25 of the cases.
280
1 So that means that we are done with the
2 agenda.
12 (No Response.)
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132/1 153/12 153/20 155/10 158/7
CHAIRMAN DUFFEY: [389] '13 [1] 147/22
159/1 172/13 172/20 196/10 202/3
DAWN HINAES: [13] 85/4 85/7 85/11 '14 [1] 206/22
202/7 202/14 202/25 210/22 211/3
85/14 85/16 85/22 86/6 86/10 88/2 '20 [2] 174/14 263/23
211/11 211/15 211/21 218/14 218/18
88/10 88/16 88/24 90/19 '21 [3] 174/14 175/13 175/15
218/21 219/12 222/18
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MS. BATTLES: [2] 276/5 280/7
35/3 35/9 35/11 45/4 45/6 55/19 58/1
61/11 61/13 69/18 69/21 71/22 78/8
MS. CARPENTER: [22] 199/24 200/3 .
200/5 200/8 201/20 202/1 202/6 .11 [1] 140/25
78/10 79/14 84/17 89/22 90/1 90/24
202/12 202/15 202/18 204/3 204/15
91/10 91/14 91/17 91/21 91/25 92/4
92/9 93/13 93/21 95/21 96/7 96/13
204/19 204/25 205/6 205/10 205/19 0
205/25 206/3 206/6 206/8 207/2 0034 [1] 136/22
96/17 97/16 102/25 107/8 107/14
MS. DAVENPORT: [2] 248/12 248/16 020 [2] 121/1 128/24
110/3 119/9 120/2 120/17 128/14
MS. GHAZAL: [23] 10/25 22/9 27/6 031 [1] 104/1
174/10 175/13 175/17 176/1 176/5
29/3 54/19 54/24 55/2 55/7 55/14 033 [4] 92/1 92/1 187/14 194/3
182/13 184/2 184/5 185/21 195/13
55/21 56/3 57/2 57/6 57/15 57/22 58/9 039 [1] 208/6
281/4
59/9 59/19 59/25 70/13 76/2 76/5 78/3 048 [1] 212/19
MR. BALBONA: [1] 246/15
MS. HALL: [3] 250/16 250/18 252/23 073 [1] 139/22
MR. BURNS: [8] 129/13 129/19 130/5
MS. HOLLIS: [25] 145/7 145/11 146/5 074 [1] 92/1
130/20 131/12 131/15 131/24 135/24
146/8 146/10 150/5 150/9 150/17 080 [1] 129/7
MR. EVANS: [2] 80/10 81/18
150/20 151/11 151/14 151/18 151/22 088 [1] 234/8
MR. FERGUSON: [1] 272/9
152/10 152/15 152/24 153/6 153/9
MR. GERMANY: [23] 12/1 16/17 18/7
19/12 19/16 20/22 25/16 28/10 29/23
153/18 154/1 154/17 155/24 156/3 1
157/8 159/24 1.8 million [1] 244/19
32/21 33/22 34/17 35/2 41/12 41/14
MS. JORGENSEN: [6] 264/7 264/13 1/2 [1] 246/24
79/23 80/2 107/19 107/23 114/1 114/6
267/11 267/13 267/20 267/24 10 [1] 58/20
116/22 119/1
MS. KOCH: [1] 97/25 100 [2] 40/5 40/6
MR. JORGENSEN: [2] 274/8 274/14
MS. KOTH: [30] 56/2 56/20 57/3 57/14 1000 [1] 226/4
MR. LeSUER: [5] 268/24 269/6 269/11
59/8 59/16 89/9 98/22 98/24 103/11 103 [2] 227/14 228/3
269/15 272/3
104/4 110/24 113/6 140/5 140/13 105 [1] 110/19
MR. LINDSEY: [85] 19/8 19/10 19/13
144/5 160/9 177/1 177/14 187/18 106 [3] 13/13 60/6 256/24
19/23 42/7 43/5 43/11 44/1 45/16
194/7 196/20 208/9 211/1 211/12 10:00 [5] 85/24 117/20 118/24 118/24
46/10 55/20 57/16 57/20 57/23 60/2
212/22 220/1 223/7 234/2 234/5 255/10
60/8 63/4 64/14 65/8 65/17 68/10
MS. MCGOWAN: [3] 236/24 238/1 10:00 a.m [2] 226/14 226/23
68/24 74/16 76/4 76/7 84/22 85/18
238/6 10:00 deadline [1] 117/21
86/2 86/5 89/23 92/8 92/11 92/18 93/2
MS. REARDON: [1] 253/2 10:00 p.m [7] 111/5 112/23 114/9
93/18 96/9 101/1 101/7 101/10 101/20
MS. SANDERS: [10] 199/20 200/10 115/12 116/5 254/3 254/5
102/5 102/17 102/20 102/23 112/7
201/21 202/16 203/22 204/2 205/20 10th [2] 229/1 230/20
112/10 116/20 117/5 119/3 119/7
205/24 206/10 206/18 11 [2] 259/13 260/6
120/15 121/25 122/2 122/12 123/19
MS. WILSON: [22] 164/10 164/15 11.7 [1] 158/14
124/2 124/15 125/13 128/8 134/2
172/11 172/16 173/5 173/8 174/2 113 [1] 92/1
137/22 137/24 138/1 138/5 138/11
174/5 174/8 174/17 175/14 175/18 11:33 [1] 139/5
159/10 174/4 174/6 186/23 194/21
176/4 176/10 177/17 178/7 181/19 11:52 [1] 139/5
195/11 196/13 204/21 205/1 205/7
181/24 182/3 182/24 184/4 184/7 11th [1] 229/2
207/10 216/24 217/6 217/23 218/13
SPEAKER: [38] 11/11 19/9 46/20 12 [2] 260/6 265/16
218/17 234/16 234/19 235/4 239/16
53/20 54/1 54/4 54/8 54/11 92/16 12-2-381 [1] 227/18
MR. MARK REED: [20] 120/20 120/25
92/22 92/25 93/23 94/3 94/8 94/14 12.09 [3] 163/4 163/17 163/17
121/5 121/18 122/1 122/4 122/25
95/20 96/16 101/15 101/16 101/17 12.11 [2] 144/7 144/14
123/4 123/9 123/22 123/25 124/6
101/22 103/19 128/17 128/21 129/7 12.19 [1] 58/20
124/9 124/14 125/9 126/6 127/16
129/10 136/4 136/8 136/21 136/25 123 [1] 97/22
127/21 128/1 128/13
137/4 137/10 160/6 186/8 250/14 12:00 noon [1] 228/25
MR. MASHBURN: [68] 10/23 11/5
267/21 267/23 272/5 12:55 [1] 187/11
37/21 39/11 41/11 43/14 43/23 54/16
THE BOARD MEMBERS: [13] 11/18 12th [1] 229/3
64/23 65/10 65/15 88/22 89/16 95/6
58/4 90/10 96/24 103/4 110/11 119/15 13 [3] 65/18 113/14 121/20
95/13 95/17 95/22 96/2 97/21 99/16
120/8 129/1 138/15 159/7 186/1 187/7 14 [1] 168/20
104/1 106/14 108/10 109/24 110/15
THE BOARD MEMEBERS: [8] 195/24 147 feet [1] 123/7
122/15 122/18 123/1 123/5 123/23
208/2 212/15 219/19 222/24 235/15 147-foot [1] 125/5
124/7 124/10 125/2 125/4 125/10
238/20 281/10 15 [1] 131/17
126/3 130/22 137/15 137/23 137/25
138/3 138/10 138/19 139/1 153/21 $ 15-day [1] 82/13
154/23 155/5 155/21 156/21 157/21 150 [3] 122/3 123/21 124/11
$10,000 [1] 33/1 150 feet [2] 123/7 124/13
158/17 158/23 178/10 185/5 185/15
$37 [2] 20/18 33/4 150-foot [1] 126/16
185/18 186/13 186/20 187/1 194/24
$37 million [2] 20/18 33/4 156 [4] 165/21 165/22 183/2 189/13
195/21 207/15 212/4 217/3 222/14
$375,000 [1] 248/4 158 [1] 22/11
234/21 238/15 281/7
$4.48 [1] 247/17 159 [1] 79/25
MR. QUINN: [4] 242/9 245/19 245/22
$4.48 million [1] 247/17 16 [1] 246/24
246/1
$5 [1] 258/4 17 [3] 3/3 11/2 11/17
MR. SCHNEIDER: [2] 239/10 239/22
$5 million [1] 258/4 18 [2] 250/20 274/19
MR. WALTERS: [3] 258/21 259/3
259/6 180 [2] 223/13 225/7
MRS. GHAZAL: [30] 107/10 107/15 183-1-12-.11 [1] 140/25
1 21-2-27.1 [1] 265/23 379.22 [1] 268/5
21-2-3 [1] 221/21 38 [1] 92/4
183-1-12-11.7 [1] 158/14
21-2-300 [1] 268/11 381 [3] 227/18 228/4 233/11
183-1-12-21.9 [1] 158/12
21-2-328 [1] 163/3 388 [1] 215/10
183-1-12.09 [3] 163/4 163/17 163/17
21-2-334 [1] 265/6 39813 [1] 228/16
183-1-12.11 [2] 144/7 144/14
21-2-379.22 [1] 268/5 3rd [3] 85/24 86/19 243/5
183-1-12.19 [1] 58/20
21-2-381 [2] 228/4 233/11
184 [1] 69/24 4
21-2-388 [1] 215/10
19 [2] 161/5 227/14
21-2-403 [1] 163/11 40 [1] 250/21
19 V 103 [1] 228/3
21-2-413 [5] 99/11 143/21 144/19 400 [1] 104/7
1960 [1] 266/10
148/20 184/15 403 [1] 163/11
1970 [1] 5/13
21-2-414 [1] 184/14 404 [1] 1/24
1977 [1] 274/18
21-2-421 [1] 111/1 413 [5] 99/11 143/21 144/19 148/20
19th [1] 213/7
21-2-437 [1] 164/5 184/15
1:00 p.m [1] 229/1
21-2-450 [1] 191/5 414 [1] 184/14
2 21-2-493 [2] 188/20 192/9 42 [1] 69/24
21-2-500 [1] 198/23 421 [1] 111/1
2.300 [1] 268/5
437 [1] 164/5
20 [5] 58/10 86/1 96/14 138/8 168/21 21-2-570 [1] 104/15
21-2-572 [1] 214/23 44 [1] 97/23
200 [1] 226/7
21-2-586 [1] 164/5 45 [3] 104/2 137/18 138/2
2000 [2] 241/19 244/10
21-2-590 [1] 215/22 450 [1] 191/5
2002 [2] 4/4 11/3
21-2-597 [1] 233/20 46 [1] 258/23
2012 [1] 205/13
21-2-99 [2] 190/9 193/22 46th [1] 266/21
2013 [6] 197/24 199/3 200/14 205/8
21-2.300 [1] 268/5 47 [1] 72/2
205/13 206/22
21.9 [1] 158/12 49 [3] 121/1 121/2 138/3
2014 [3] 197/24 199/3 205/8
212-2-7.1 [1] 245/16 493 [2] 188/20 192/9
2018-106 [1] 60/6
216 [1] 266/9 4:00 [2] 254/18 254/18
2019 [3] 131/16 263/23 265/16
4:11 [1] 281/15
202 [9] 13/12 24/19 25/17 29/24 40/24 218 [1] 210/13
47/11 252/9 276/14 276/24 22 [2] 1/11 4/4
225 [1] 54/21 5
2020 [43] 30/6 33/23 34/10 34/13
228 [5] 85/14 85/16 85/17 90/5 96/22 5,000 [1] 256/10
34/18 104/5 114/10 114/14 131/17
50 [2] 226/17 260/23
141/15 141/22 144/23 160/12 160/19 229 [2] 228/23 272/11
23 [1] 228/15 500 [1] 198/23
162/8 172/18 175/9 175/10 175/14
230 [3] 69/19 231/5 273/18 500,000 [1] 183/3
177/4 204/6 212/24 213/5 213/7
24 [3] 227/24 229/9 229/11 501 [1] 105/16
213/14 213/22 214/1 215/1 215/3
24th [1] 87/11 53 [3] 110/19 110/22 110/23
215/18 218/22 220/14 220/16 221/5
25 [1] 96/21 56 [2] 160/4 193/8
221/12 222/1 251/11 253/6 253/14
25 feet [1] 123/8 570 [1] 104/15
254/25 256/1 268/1 269/10
27 [2] 161/10 163/2 572 [1] 214/23
2020-0034 [1] 136/22
27.1 [1] 265/23 586 [1] 164/5
2020-073 [1] 139/22
2757 [1] 1/23 590 [1] 215/22
2020-156 [1] 189/13
276 [1] 266/9 597 [1] 233/20
2020-225 [1] 54/21
28 [5] 72/1 141/15 160/17 235/24 5:00 p.m [1] 229/1
2020-228 [4] 85/16 85/17 90/5 96/22
236/8
2020-33 [2] 194/16 196/6
280 [1] 210/7 6
2020-34 [1] 196/17 6070 [1] 1/24
2021 [35] 12/14 14/4 14/7 14/20 17/3 282 [1] 266/10
283 [1] 266/10 61 [1] 219/23
17/3 17/10 82/14 97/23 128/18 175/17 64 [1] 223/3
223/10 224/25 225/21 226/13 226/15 29 [3] 78/11 220/16 265/16 6:00 [1] 254/18
226/23 226/24 227/2 227/4 227/5 2972 [1] 228/23
2:00 [1] 187/10 6:30 [1] 86/23
227/22 228/1 228/3 228/6 228/18 6:30 p.m [1] 86/13
229/13 230/25 231/3 231/14 231/20 2:13 [1] 187/11
6th [1] 260/21
232/6 232/7 233/24 252/10 3
2021-031 [1] 104/1
3.1 [1] 265/19 7
2021-080 [1] 129/7 7 million [1] 71/6
30 [3] 160/3 166/10 245/19
2021-088 [1] 234/8 7.1 [1] 245/16
300 [1] 268/11
2021-3005 [1] 248/2 733 [1] 1/24
3005 [1] 248/2
2021-31 [1] 138/7 75 [1] 262/16
30324 [1] 1/24
2021-56 [1] 193/8 77 [2] 70/1 71/7
30334 [1] 1/10
2021-88 [1] 235/9 7:00 [4] 249/25 249/25 254/11 254/18
31 [2] 104/5 138/7
2022 [9] 1/11 3/3 11/17 12/17 12/22 7:00 a.m [2] 163/12 209/13
31st [6] 86/14 87/8 87/14 87/19 88/3
16/13 19/21 20/2 20/7 7:00 and [1] 184/24
88/5
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328 [1] 163/3
2022-20 [1] 138/8
33 [4] 78/11 81/19 194/16 196/6
2022-25 [1] 96/21
334 [1] 265/6
8
2022-28 [2] 235/24 236/8 81 [1] 268/2
34 [3] 87/23 89/6 196/17
2024 [1] 175/7 849-2972 [1] 228/23
341 [1] 1/8
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35 [1] 92/4
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365 [1] 131/25
21-2-218 [1] 210/13 8:00 p.m [1] 209/5
365/7 [1] 275/20
21-2-230 [1] 231/5
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8:33 [1] 1/12
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8th [1] 227/9
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9 195/1 195/11 207/10 207/17 222/15 adequately [2] 190/3 193/10
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9:10 a.m [1] 98/3 access [4] 88/25 169/5 182/12 247/19 adjourning [1] 281/9
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131/12 131/13 131/13 131/15 133/5
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105/13 105/18 105/21 106/1 106/7
213/22 213/25 215/24 220/10 221/10 42/10 42/23 46/12 46/15 52/20 53/3
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16/24 23/1 23/9 24/3 24/16 24/16 26/1
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32/2 32/2 32/18 35/20 40/12 43/21
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44/25 45/25 46/12 50/4 51/16 51/20
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52/9 52/10 52/10 55/22 55/23 56/1
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58/2 59/22 62/4 65/12 71/22 72/11
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86/16 88/8 88/14 88/16 90/8 91/7
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113/10 116/11 116/12 116/21 117/1
80/16 82/16 82/20 83/5 83/6 92/13 217/11 217/22 219/13 222/13 222/19
117/3 117/8 117/14 118/2 118/12
98/5 98/9 109/6 115/18 137/22 148/2 230/2 231/13 231/19 234/12 234/15
118/19 119/13 119/21 120/6 121/3
150/21 155/15 160/17 161/23 162/6 235/10 235/10 235/13 237/13 237/14
121/14 122/12 123/6 123/19 124/2
167/5 167/16 196/8 197/16 209/7 238/16 246/12 251/7 251/13 253/22
126/10 128/16 128/23 137/12 138/13
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141/3 141/5 141/16 145/2 149/21
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153/8 159/4 160/7 162/20 164/9
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165/12 174/22 178/24 179/8 179/14
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198/6 198/14 200/6 200/22 203/7
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203/17 205/5 207/7 207/25 208/3
101/12 121/15 123/20 126/17 127/14 194/9 199/11 207/9 210/19 210/20
209/9 209/19 212/13 213/4 213/8
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243/3 243/10 244/4 246/4 249/4 249/5
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249/5 252/22 253/3 256/14 256/15
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256/21 260/2 260/9 260/24 261/4
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281/8 281/11
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210/17 211/1 211/13 apparently [10] 60/18 63/17 66/16
145/8 145/14 158/10 158/15 159/11
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162/15 162/20 164/21 169/23 170/10
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225/12 225/16 226/2 226/7 226/10
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227/20 231/6
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201/12 204/16 209/4 209/14 210/2 79/14 79/15 79/17 80/2 80/4 80/7
242/7 250/22 250/25 264/4 264/14
211/25 211/25 212/7 212/25 213/11 84/16 85/24 86/12 86/22 86/23 88/6
264/16 268/21 268/22 271/25
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156/25 162/4 180/20 191/1 240/23
254/4 258/12 259/13 259/14 260/6 135/18 144/2 144/20 145/7 145/23
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120/19 138/8 237/16 238/12
270/5 270/14 270/15 271/4 271/9 156/17 157/12 157/13 158/5 160/4
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98/11 137/16 138/18 247/17 273/17
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are [344]
121/25 122/15 122/16 122/18 136/9 217/8 217/10 224/9 226/13 226/23
area [9] 140/22 142/22 144/10 144/16
149/25 151/24 171/16 172/2 177/23 228/23 232/9 235/22 236/9 236/22
146/4 150/4 150/16 151/17 152/14
194/19 211/3 236/3 239/6 252/7 240/11 242/3 246/11 246/12 249/9
areas [2] 18/9 150/2
257/18 252/5 252/7 254/8 254/9 255/11 260/2
aren't [5] 30/21 81/21 224/22 245/4
asked [29] 6/2 7/19 21/11 24/17 24/23 260/13 261/20 262/8 262/23 266/15
279/3
25/10 25/18 48/24 49/8 53/10 58/16 268/16 270/11 270/24 271/22 273/18
argued [1] 223/18
86/17 91/8 99/16 120/23 142/13 281/15
argument [3] 226/3 226/9 251/20
146/14 149/7 149/8 175/1 184/10 Atlanta [3] 1/10 1/24 257/18
arguments [1] 231/8
206/11 229/15 230/6 258/7 264/22 attached [4] 35/17 36/9 227/19 265/18
arise [3] 9/2 66/25 184/19
264/22 270/18 277/2 attacker [1] 261/23
Arlington [16] 223/6 223/9 225/1 225/5
asking [12] 19/6 64/4 74/6 82/2 87/25 attempt [3] 15/13 74/16 270/22
226/4 226/19 227/15 228/6 228/15
88/13 116/1 137/1 204/23 204/23 attempted [1] 177/3
228/17 229/4 229/15 229/24 231/16
260/23 262/12 attempts [1] 121/11
231/22 233/25
aspect [1] 36/11 attend [1] 239/19
arms [1] 255/7
aspects [3] 174/23 190/11 193/18 attended [2] 221/4 239/20
arose [1] 169/7
aspires [1] 167/13 attention [9] 142/10 142/18 184/2
around [22] 34/23 40/21 45/13 64/15
assembly [42] 7/13 24/19 25/18 28/2 202/24 240/14 245/5 252/19 272/18
86/13 104/25 108/21 109/2 109/21
28/18 28/23 30/3 31/19 36/7 40/16 273/14
116/16 123/15 126/22 149/2 149/21
40/25 41/9 41/15 41/23 42/6 42/15 attitude [1] 23/17
165/23 206/6 209/5 241/16 241/24
42/17 44/13 46/5 60/13 60/19 61/6 attorney [55] 2/10 3/5 66/20 74/6 77/17
242/12 253/23 271/15
61/25 62/21 63/6 63/9 64/9 64/13 97/12 113/11 141/8 146/23 146/24
arrive [2] 228/10 229/7
64/22 64/25 70/5 72/14 111/14 112/5 155/22 156/4 157/2 158/10 158/20
artificial [1] 111/22
113/1 115/9 115/22 116/1 117/19 158/21 159/5 159/16 171/17 177/22
as [237] 4/10 5/23 5/23 6/17 6/25 6/25
118/23 119/5 184/15 178/19 179/9 179/24 180/24 182/4
7/3 7/3 7/10 7/25 9/25 9/25 10/7 10/10
assign [1] 64/19 182/6 185/5 185/12 195/4 195/9
10/14 13/12 14/1 14/20 14/20 15/3
assigned [3] 165/17 246/25 247/9 195/17 207/19 212/1 217/13 217/20
15/23 18/18 18/20 19/2 19/20 23/25
assignment [7] 7/24 64/11 65/14 78/1 219/15 222/16 232/4 232/9 232/12
27/18 27/20 27/20 29/9 29/22 30/14
78/1 103/22 103/23 232/17 232/23 234/19 234/24 235/1
33/9 34/1 35/1 35/1 35/7 35/13 35/14
assist [2] 15/19 20/1 235/9 236/12 236/16 236/19 236/23
38/9 38/10 38/12 38/21 39/5 40/14
A 151/3 151/6 152/1 152/3 153/25 155/1 154/4 154/7 156/2 156/6 156/9 156/19
155/13 155/18 155/18 156/10 156/18 157/9 157/16 167/13 168/6 169/7
attorney... [5] 237/1 237/15 238/13
157/10 157/14 157/15 161/3 162/9 172/1 173/18 175/2 175/24 176/16
266/13 270/2
164/8 169/8 169/12 170/22 176/14 177/25 178/12 179/13 180/6 180/13
attorney's [2] 51/17 141/9
177/5 177/8 177/8 177/9 177/11 181/1 181/25 183/17 184/8 184/16
attorneys [1] 155/14
177/15 182/17 182/18 183/22 184/6 185/1 185/6 187/3 200/11 200/19
Auburn [1] 263/4
184/6 191/2 191/2 191/6 191/17 197/9 201/16 205/17 206/15 208/14 211/3
audience [4] 24/6 68/11 81/17 239/17
208/11 213/9 213/15 214/2 215/14 211/5 212/2 214/15 218/22 220/6
audience's [1] 63/12
215/25 219/2 219/6 220/3 220/7 220/20 222/8 223/19 229/12 233/5
audio [3] 39/7 203/23 203/23
220/11 220/16 220/21 220/23 221/25 233/15 235/2 247/16 249/12 253/12
audit [5] 23/7 81/2 167/15 167/25
223/13 224/7 225/14 225/19 225/20 253/15 256/9 257/17 257/21 258/11
174/19
226/3 226/11 227/25 228/5 228/10 259/7 260/17 261/21 264/25 270/23
August [7] 1/11 4/4 14/4 83/19 153/14
228/11 228/14 228/17 228/18 228/21 272/13 272/24 274/22 276/21 276/22
167/21 265/16
230/1 231/25 233/4 233/12 233/15 277/4 277/9 277/15 277/22 278/4
August 12 [1] 265/16
241/15 265/23 268/3 268/4 270/21 278/8 279/1 279/24
August 2021 [1] 14/4
270/22 270/24 been [136] 6/7 6/16 7/12 8/6 8/24 9/8
August 22 [1] 4/4
ballots [80] 55/10 55/11 56/4 56/11 10/19 11/1 13/8 14/13 14/15 16/17
authority [7] 13/25 73/8 73/22 182/11
56/15 65/21 68/15 68/16 93/7 93/11 16/18 20/3 24/14 24/18 30/12 40/19
224/21 230/5 265/9
111/8 111/8 111/23 112/2 112/15 47/10 48/24 49/13 52/6 59/12 60/23
authorize [2] 264/23 265/10
112/22 114/12 150/19 152/9 152/14 64/15 69/8 71/24 72/23 72/25 74/24
automatically [1] 83/2
160/25 162/12 162/17 164/7 167/7 75/1 81/2 87/16 90/2 94/20 95/8 95/24
available [20] 31/17 37/14 62/11 69/13
169/11 169/24 176/2 176/6 176/12 96/10 96/21 100/16 101/11 108/14
69/14 73/19 79/22 79/25 114/16
177/1 177/20 178/2 182/21 183/5 115/4 121/18 121/19 124/7 126/14
114/23 167/7 168/16 171/3 209/19
183/14 183/18 183/19 183/20 183/20 127/17 128/9 134/16 135/20 137/18
221/14 222/8 246/11 254/19 268/9
183/21 188/18 188/21 189/11 189/24 139/19 146/16 147/12 147/16 147/22
277/22
189/25 189/25 192/7 192/19 193/2 148/2 148/11 150/10 157/17 165/25
Avenue [1] 229/6
196/8 197/1 197/18 198/11 199/1 168/4 170/4 170/6 171/23 173/15
average [1] 82/6
208/14 209/10 209/16 215/5 215/11 178/3 179/11 180/6 182/3 184/19
avoid [1] 273/24
221/22 223/16 224/8 224/13 224/21 184/23 184/24 187/5 195/2 195/7
avoiding [1] 158/12
226/8 231/7 241/15 246/8 246/23 195/7 195/20 197/18 197/19 199/10
aware [8] 77/6 168/14 179/18 213/16
254/11 254/12 254/15 254/21 255/4 200/13 204/4 204/6 205/4 205/9
214/3 240/4 243/19 265/24
255/8 264/24 265/10 268/2 276/1 205/15 207/16 208/12 208/15 210/10
awareness [1] 203/12
Baptist [3] 163/20 163/21 168/11 212/5 215/15 217/4 223/4 224/14
away [11] 80/20 80/22 86/22 88/5
bar [1] 245/12 228/7 228/18 231/2 232/16 232/19
104/6 108/4 115/16 252/5 259/7
Barbara [5] 220/2 220/8 220/13 221/11 232/22 234/22 235/8 236/13 237/18
260/20 278/16
221/25 238/12 244/15 244/25 245/2 245/18
axes [1] 128/2
Barnes [5] 233/4 233/4 233/8 233/13 246/25 247/8 250/19 251/12 256/3
aye [42] 11/17 11/18 58/3 58/4 90/9
233/17 256/17 256/24 260/6 266/7 266/23
90/10 96/23 96/24 103/3 103/4 110/10
base [1] 90/16 269/17 269/24 269/25 270/7 270/8
110/11 119/14 119/15 120/7 120/8
based [21] 7/15 17/21 22/1 30/24 52/25 270/20 271/2 272/12 273/17 274/17
128/25 129/1 138/14 138/15 159/6
73/7 76/13 93/13 118/7 121/7 134/9 274/23 275/9 277/14 280/12
159/7 185/25 186/1 187/6 187/7
135/15 167/18 187/19 188/23 193/7 before [54] 6/1 25/15 30/7 33/24 38/20
195/23 195/24 208/1 208/2 212/14
232/6 243/24 248/24 250/7 250/23 41/5 42/5 46/25 47/11 49/20 49/24
212/15 219/18 219/19 222/23 222/24
basic [1] 270/5 50/16 53/12 62/6 63/6 70/12 73/24
235/14 235/15 238/19 238/20 281/9
basically [5] 19/16 56/8 63/13 93/5 123/20 131/11 134/21 138/22 140/9
281/10
273/8 141/7 141/8 148/6 148/14 149/18
B basis [8] 40/2 66/6 70/19 80/12 80/23 156/7 156/11 160/14 163/6 164/23
back [41] 18/5 23/13 25/19 26/16 40/12 81/1 178/22 241/3 173/25 176/14 182/4 192/14 192/21
42/13 42/24 44/2 44/7 44/25 56/6 57/7 Battles [2] 276/4 276/8 209/9 214/10 215/15 228/21 235/25
77/8 100/2 100/20 103/10 113/7 bay [2] 38/14 207/3 236/14 237/19 242/1 242/17 255/15
117/10 118/13 123/13 125/17 125/25 be [354] 256/25 256/25 259/25 274/23 277/15
139/14 146/24 151/5 151/25 153/18 Bear [1] 35/7 279/23 280/2
157/14 159/13 163/25 175/2 200/23 Beaver [3] 168/10 170/19 184/23 beg [3] 174/5 176/4 250/3
236/20 254/25 255/1 256/19 256/20 became [2] 68/1 162/17 begin [10] 4/5 23/22 31/15 46/11 54/14
257/8 258/12 259/3 263/13 because [165] 12/6 12/16 17/3 19/5 62/13 62/16 97/20 119/4 139/22
Backbone [1] 244/24 20/13 21/22 24/4 27/21 31/2 32/13 beginning [6] 41/17 46/23 83/19 171/6
background [7] 12/24 24/6 25/14 27/8 32/25 33/9 33/22 34/5 34/19 34/19 180/2 240/17
46/25 114/7 240/15 37/1 37/7 37/8 37/9 38/4 44/10 44/19 begun [2] 6/17 13/1
backgrounds [1] 240/18 45/19 47/4 49/10 49/13 51/5 52/14 behalf [12] 10/15 21/17 48/1 78/5
backing [1] 260/20 52/20 53/4 56/25 57/4 57/10 58/19 175/19 177/24 210/21 222/5 222/9
bad [5] 39/16 39/24 247/18 252/3 59/5 60/12 60/21 63/12 64/15 65/23 237/15 251/3 264/7
261/4 65/23 67/9 67/10 67/21 68/21 69/14 behavior [1] 35/18
Balbona [3] 246/14 246/18 248/10 70/25 71/15 71/20 72/23 73/23 74/4 behind [1] 151/13
Baldwin [1] 121/20 74/11 74/17 75/14 76/23 76/25 77/9 being [60] 5/15 6/20 10/12 28/20 28/21
ballot [110] 14/19 56/10 58/16 59/2 77/14 82/5 83/11 86/23 87/4 92/20 28/22 29/19 30/20 39/2 46/3 47/11
59/3 65/21 77/23 85/23 85/24 86/12 97/8 99/8 102/2 102/10 113/2 113/6 47/23 48/12 50/7 62/11 70/21 71/21
86/15 88/3 88/3 88/6 98/17 101/5 113/7 114/23 115/11 125/14 125/19 71/23 84/7 85/23 90/8 94/23 95/13
101/11 101/17 140/9 140/23 140/24 126/16 127/21 131/8 132/22 133/8 108/24 120/6 129/17 136/1 138/13
144/11 144/17 146/13 146/16 147/15 133/13 133/21 133/22 141/20 142/6 142/1 145/18 148/1 149/17 152/5
148/9 148/13 150/8 150/16 151/1 149/12 149/17 152/3 152/10 152/16 166/8 167/1 185/14 185/24 195/22
B 28/5 28/14 31/13 32/7 36/6 37/25 brag [1] 154/9
41/20 41/24 42/11 42/20 42/24 42/25 branch [1] 262/24
being... [22] 197/16 201/10 203/13
42/25 43/16 44/24 45/10 46/9 47/1 brazen [1] 247/6
207/24 212/13 219/9 222/22 224/18
47/5 47/10 47/17 48/1 48/4 49/11 breached [2] 72/24 72/25
227/17 235/13 236/19 238/17 247/14
49/18 49/22 50/3 52/12 52/14 52/20 bread [1] 104/7
250/22 263/18 266/5 269/7 270/6
53/3 53/12 54/5 54/13 54/15 64/24 break [6] 138/22 138/25 139/2 139/3
270/6 270/24 271/5 279/3
65/1 69/1 71/4 74/15 78/6 88/15 91/19 160/2 186/15
belief [1] 8/13
96/13 97/14 97/18 99/3 99/5 99/7 breakfast [5] 98/2 100/15 101/10
believe [25] 5/24 14/9 16/4 51/9 52/24
103/18 113/20 113/24 115/21 121/6 125/15 125/21
57/3 63/7 66/4 75/21 76/24 76/25 77/2
123/6 123/20 130/8 130/12 136/13 brevity [2] 252/17 252/23
96/13 111/18 111/25 133/25 175/8
139/10 140/6 140/14 141/1 141/4 brief [8] 12/4 55/4 186/18 187/16
175/9 182/6 183/11 217/13 247/15
141/7 141/7 141/13 141/14 141/15 196/19 212/20 223/6 274/14
265/1 269/18 279/22
141/18 142/6 142/15 143/6 143/13 briefcases [1] 4/13
believed [4] 4/24 63/15 67/21 226/19
145/12 145/13 146/21 146/22 147/2 briefing [1] 240/11
believer [1] 31/4
147/3 147/22 147/23 147/25 148/2 briefly [1] 54/20
believes [1] 49/19
148/3 148/18 149/10 149/17 149/18 brightest [1] 263/9
bell [2] 107/21 122/24
149/20 151/7 153/10 154/10 154/11 bring [9] 6/15 7/21 18/19 18/24 228/10
Ben [1] 232/4
155/8 155/22 155/23 157/4 158/11 229/6 272/18 273/13 274/10
bench [1] 51/17
159/13 160/11 160/16 161/9 161/13 bringing [1] 18/20
beneficial [2] 76/9 76/11
161/24 162/10 162/22 162/25 163/3 broadcasts [1] 245/2
beneficiary [1] 6/16
163/9 163/15 163/16 164/3 164/16 broadly [1] 73/5
benefit [6] 38/2 63/12 176/15 178/17
164/17 165/6 165/7 167/6 168/7 broken [1] 191/9
179/22 185/6
169/19 169/25 170/24 171/18 172/2 Brooke [8] 227/22 229/8 229/11 229/13
benevolent [1] 106/10
172/4 172/7 172/8 172/17 175/22 230/20 232/3 233/19 234/12
Bennett [5] 187/20 187/21 208/24
177/16 177/21 177/24 179/11 182/5 Brooks [1] 58/10
209/7 209/8
183/4 183/16 183/22 186/17 186/18 brother [1] 87/4
best [17] 10/16 17/7 27/19 31/7 49/1
188/6 188/8 188/9 189/1 189/2 189/9 brother's [2] 87/10 87/10
64/2 77/5 81/13 111/4 124/10 166/10
190/7 190/15 190/16 190/17 190/20 brought [13] 86/22 91/5 115/9 122/8
179/19 184/1 185/2 263/7 277/21
190/23 191/24 192/2 193/13 193/20 141/6 142/9 142/17 202/23 240/6
278/25
194/14 198/18 198/22 209/8 210/16 243/20 244/7 265/14 280/2
Betsy [3] 4/10 264/17 274/6
215/8 215/21 216/6 216/10 216/17 Bryant [7] 213/19 214/3 215/9 215/22
better [10] 9/3 11/9 114/4 157/7 157/8
217/15 217/19 221/17 221/19 222/10 216/8 216/11 216/19
173/1 184/21 184/25 239/13 252/9
226/6 227/7 227/10 227/13 227/18 budget [7] 7/6 7/6 7/12 20/18 33/4
Betty [1] 225/21
228/21 229/20 229/23 231/11 231/17 247/16 247/18
between [14] 7/5 21/9 23/18 46/14 50/2
232/18 232/21 233/19 234/10 236/25 buffer [3] 108/4 124/4 124/4
70/21 88/12 135/13 166/23 228/24
237/14 237/16 237/19 243/1 243/21 build [4] 8/4 23/9 134/19 204/22
239/7 254/18 261/1 270/13
247/25 248/13 248/19 248/24 249/1 building [12] 1/9 102/1 102/4 130/23
beyond [4] 15/14 27/4 126/19 161/22
249/22 251/25 252/8 253/8 256/18 130/25 133/18 134/17 157/17 157/18
bias [1] 35/14
262/7 264/9 264/23 265/8 266/12 217/7 229/5 229/24
big [7] 13/21 35/1 74/2 130/8 164/11
271/12 272/12 274/9 274/15 275/11 buildings [1] 34/6
164/13 262/19
276/14 279/18 280/2 280/22 built [1] 260/11
bill [3] 25/17 131/16 253/19
Board's [5] 10/10 115/25 155/11 178/4 bunch [1] 200/21
Billy [1] 197/12
246/12 bunches [1] 104/7
bin [1] 184/6
boards [4] 29/13 155/16 171/15 224/20 burden [3] 75/12 75/15 78/18
bipartisan [1] 275/6
Bobbie [8] 197/17 198/4 198/18 198/22 burdensome [2] 5/23 76/9
birth [1] 225/9
199/23 199/24 200/10 201/22 burned [1] 279/25
Bishop [2] 226/25 227/8
BOC [1] 248/1 Burns [3] 129/7 129/12 134/20
bit [11] 14/11 19/2 25/9 29/11 46/24
bodies [1] 270/19 business [10] 46/22 67/20 104/5 127/6
56/7 81/8 98/21 98/23 114/7 140/11
body [3] 27/19 64/20 270/3 204/11 227/12 236/11 269/19 269/20
bite [1] 155/20
books [3] 58/15 58/24 191/2 275/21
black [15] 104/8 104/9 104/22 106/5
booted [1] 236/7 busy [1] 201/7
148/1 223/8 223/13 224/13 224/23
born [1] 263/16 but [275] 4/15 5/2 5/20 6/22 7/7 8/24
225/2 225/4 225/11 230/18 233/23
both [25] 6/5 12/19 13/6 32/6 33/21 9/5 11/6 11/15 14/12 15/9 16/3 18/1
278/10
68/15 87/5 92/5 116/12 140/22 164/25 19/2 20/5 20/11 21/13 22/11 23/20
black-eyed [2] 104/8 106/5
168/1 184/22 197/11 198/3 198/6 23/24 24/3 24/17 25/9 26/15 28/25
blame [3] 71/1 71/5 130/11
211/13 217/18 217/18 217/18 219/6 30/11 30/15 30/21 31/17 32/11 33/6
Blanchard [4] 141/3 141/24 142/7
225/15 265/16 265/19 274/21 33/14 33/20 34/21 36/24 37/8 37/13
142/19
bottom [4] 28/15 127/24 218/10 258/8 37/14 38/12 39/11 40/1 40/12 40/15
bless [3] 108/14 108/16 109/2
bought [1] 261/17 42/19 43/19 43/24 46/15 47/6 47/8
bloated [1] 255/24
bound [2] 135/4 155/6 48/8 48/20 50/9 51/12 51/18 53/2
blue [1] 104/13
box [25] 65/21 67/18 67/22 67/23 68/15 53/14 53/19 54/9 54/19 55/17 56/5
BMD [6] 59/2 161/2 165/14 176/11
85/24 86/12 86/16 86/17 86/19 86/19 57/3 58/25 59/3 60/10 60/18 61/4
266/2 268/9
86/25 87/9 87/11 87/15 88/4 88/11 61/23 62/9 62/20 63/19 63/21 67/8
BMDs [1] 171/14
93/8 93/12 177/9 184/6 210/5 225/5 67/18 67/24 68/1 68/3 69/3 69/6 70/8
board [260] 1/7 4/4 5/17 5/18 6/3 6/3
228/15 270/25 70/20 71/25 73/14 73/20 74/4 74/14
6/6 6/15 6/23 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/21 9/6
boxes [17] 66/11 196/22 197/23 199/2 74/21 74/25 75/13 75/17 75/25 76/23
10/15 10/16 10/19 10/20 12/2 12/3
199/5 203/24 204/7 204/12 204/17 77/2 77/2 77/12 78/14 80/5 81/22 83/1
12/4 12/7 13/3 13/4 13/5 13/6 13/8
206/8 206/10 241/15 241/25 246/23 83/8 84/15 85/9 85/24 86/8 86/13
13/24 14/4 14/5 15/2 15/2 15/5 18/19
257/23 258/23 259/7 87/12 87/14 88/3 88/14 89/20 91/13
20/9 21/11 22/20 25/18 25/25 26/12
Brady [1] 197/7 94/12 97/9 99/21 100/4 100/19 100/23
26/25 26/25 27/2 27/15 27/18 27/25
B 36/9 38/11 44/5 44/24 45/1 49/16 107/17 108/5 108/8 108/25 109/18
49/20 50/14 50/17 51/4 52/2 52/22 110/19 115/24 120/24 121/1 121/12
but... [158] 101/25 102/3 102/3 102/15
53/10 57/8 60/3 62/25 64/2 64/19 123/2 123/3 130/18 132/12 136/4
105/22 106/16 107/11 108/16 108/20
66/22 71/20 72/19 72/21 73/9 74/10 136/5 136/9 136/10 136/16 136/19
109/3 113/1 113/9 114/2 114/3 114/14
76/24 77/6 77/8 77/17 77/19 77/24 136/20 136/21 137/3 137/17 137/19
115/2 115/18 116/11 117/13 118/15
80/5 80/6 81/1 81/16 82/8 83/1 85/2 137/20 138/7 138/8 139/14 139/15
121/14 122/7 123/2 124/17 124/23
85/5 86/11 88/24 89/7 89/9 90/17 139/16 139/22 139/25 140/1 141/12
125/18 126/2 126/22 129/24 131/1
98/20 104/3 108/20 112/18 118/8 154/20 160/3 178/4 178/16 179/3
131/2 131/3 131/15 132/21 132/25
118/9 121/25 121/25 122/15 122/16 179/21 179/24 183/1 187/14 189/12
133/2 133/3 133/21 133/25 134/11
122/22 126/10 127/1 130/11 140/1 193/7 194/2 194/3 195/6 203/15 208/9
135/10 135/17 135/22 136/21 138/21
142/5 148/25 150/3 153/22 154/10 211/5 212/19 219/11 219/23 223/3
143/4 143/12 143/16 145/21 145/24
159/19 159/20 168/22 170/7 170/9 223/5 223/5 227/14 228/2 235/23
146/15 147/1 147/6 147/7 148/1
172/13 174/3 175/3 175/7 178/18 236/4 237/4 238/2 238/4 239/23
148/17 148/22 149/3 149/9 152/1
179/8 183/23 186/5 187/13 203/11 245/25 246/25 247/9 264/1 279/15
154/3 155/15 156/4 156/5 157/2 157/6
203/22 205/3 205/21 207/21 217/11 280/1
157/19 158/4 159/13 159/22 164/11
219/1 240/24 241/8 244/6 245/22 cases [55] 24/18 46/24 48/23 50/19
164/13 165/5 166/8 167/4 169/6
246/21 254/1 254/12 254/14 255/11 50/19 51/16 52/5 52/13 52/16 53/4
169/13 170/10 171/17 171/24 174/4
255/15 257/2 257/6 258/11 260/18 53/20 68/12 68/15 90/25 91/1 91/5
175/10 176/19 177/6 177/13 179/8
262/2 262/3 267/7 270/16 270/18 95/4 95/9 96/4 96/20 97/4 97/5 97/6
179/17 179/21 180/11 181/2 181/9
271/7 271/19 97/7 97/7 97/8 97/8 97/15 106/19
181/17 181/22 182/17 184/15 187/2
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195/2 195/5 195/6 196/5 200/16
57/3 65/24 66/11 66/12 66/15 67/10 138/9 138/17 138/22 139/7 139/8
201/11 202/20 204/6 204/12 205/2
67/10 67/11 73/22 77/18 77/20 85/5 139/8 179/10 187/14 198/25 235/21
205/21 206/20 207/2 209/24 211/2
87/23 100/21 108/20 156/2 183/16 236/6 237/4 237/7 237/10 237/14
211/25 218/2 218/6 219/6 220/16
186/6 206/2 217/10 217/14 217/22 248/24 253/11 270/5 270/24 280/22
220/23 222/8 224/1 226/18 236/3
253/14 255/4 257/1 259/2 260/15 280/25
236/6 237/15 237/22 239/1 240/20
262/24 273/8 273/9 274/10 cash [2] 30/19 46/15
241/5 242/3 245/13 245/22 246/6
cancel [3] 82/2 82/8 221/24 cast [27] 43/24 86/13 87/8 87/14 87/19
251/12 253/10 253/14 253/17 255/13
canceled [2] 177/11 255/16 87/23 88/2 88/4 111/7 112/4 112/15
257/8 257/9 258/7 259/9 259/16
cancellation [3] 210/14 215/10 221/21 112/23 115/19 132/6 132/15 151/10
259/23 259/23 260/11 261/6 261/10
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262/9 262/15 262/17 262/19 262/21
Candace [1] 250/18 215/25 243/22 243/25 261/25 270/21
263/6 263/9 268/12 272/22 279/5
candid [1] 117/15 270/22
279/15 279/24
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104/19 105/5 124/7 192/23 208/16 catch [1] 47/20
buying [1] 38/11
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bypassed [2] 144/9 145/24
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124/23 124/24 capable [1] 276/21 Caucus [3] 104/10 106/2 278/5
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225/12 225/15 225/23 226/24 228/21 capita [2] 40/2 40/7 270/24 271/2
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105/17 115/14 131/18 131/21 134/8 cards [1] 278/8 causing [1] 162/2
136/5 136/10 136/17 152/24 165/2 care [2] 54/20 242/23 CCR [1] 1/23
165/14 184/21 184/22 184/25 213/17 career [1] 8/6 cease [12] 178/17 178/21 179/17
214/4 214/9 214/17 218/2 218/3 218/4 careful [7] 100/5 109/18 123/20 126/4 179/22 180/11 181/5 181/9 181/25
228/22 239/5 254/9 260/15 263/8 126/5 278/24 279/7 185/7 185/10 185/16 237/9
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142/10 169/3 197/7 214/18 221/8 Carol [7] 212/22 214/7 214/8 215/8 cellular [1] 143/24
227/6 229/14 255/13 215/21 216/7 216/11 center [4] 37/4 37/12 167/17 174/19
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122/5 123/13 165/20 167/18 178/25 198/22 199/24 200/3 200/4 200/5 193/11 198/25
201/10 204/11 236/1 245/1 259/11 carried [2] 151/5 238/23 certainly [9] 28/5 42/11 46/1 46/4 63/10
260/19 260/20 269/13 carries [4] 138/17 196/2 223/2 235/18 171/9 171/24 182/7 240/9
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201/13 case [111] 49/6 53/23 54/21 54/24 261/11
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21/11 21/14 24/22 25/23 33/5 34/4 97/23 99/18 101/24 106/20 107/11 chain [1] 280/12
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206/19 218/19 86/22 117/1 124/18 126/8 126/8 145/4
chair [23] 2/2 5/17 11/5 11/8 13/6
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19/24 20/3 20/15 25/16 27/7 35/7 39/9
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41/12 43/14 45/4 114/6 120/17 138/19
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148/2 179/11 186/20 248/12 274/25
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Chair's [1] 138/20
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chairman [62] 10/23 11/11 35/3 37/21
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40/21 42/7 45/18 54/17 57/16 57/24
225/5 226/3 229/17 231/15 231/21 66/23 103/23 125/17 125/25 171/13
60/3 61/2 61/10 61/11 64/3 65/18
233/24 237/6 217/18 217/20 270/15
68/10 68/24 78/10 85/18 86/2 89/16
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90/24 92/11 93/23 95/6 96/7 98/18
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101/1 110/16 112/8 116/20 117/6
220/16 coming [20] 34/24 36/16 44/2 44/25
120/15 121/5 122/16 124/15 125/13
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127/16 128/14 128/15 134/2 137/15
251/14 270/19 232/14 241/20 241/21 250/21 255/8
138/1 141/19 164/10 164/15 167/14
clarification [1] 235/21 267/5 271/4 271/11 273/23 274/25
171/6 171/15 172/6 173/6 177/17
clarity [4] 22/13 30/15 252/18 252/24 281/14
181/19 182/13 194/21 196/14 204/22
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216/24 236/25 238/6 239/16
clean [2] 240/3 256/2 comment [19] 31/8 41/25 43/20 45/6
chairperson [1] 13/3
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chairwoman [1] 187/20
109/14 176/13 211/2 235/2 252/14 79/11 90/25 100/25 106/14 194/10
challenge [6] 16/22 18/18 167/1 169/20
265/23 270/9 242/15 253/18 269/4 280/17
265/2 273/16
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challenged [4] 78/11 183/19 183/23
clearly [7] 27/25 29/17 108/19 133/4 61/14 65/6 68/23 74/14 100/24 121/4
273/16
155/2 250/9 265/6 185/3 239/4 250/22 251/2 268/22
challenges [6] 94/9 169/21 231/13
Clemens [9] 213/1 213/3 213/8 213/13 commission [4] 31/20 32/15 170/24
231/19 272/11 272/21
214/21 215/4 215/13 216/4 216/12 266/12
challenging [5] 78/14 226/15 227/2
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231/3 256/3
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chance [2] 136/18 237/20
close [4] 11/15 114/25 126/16 127/9 248/1
change [16] 8/3 10/11 77/3 77/7 82/17
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82/19 82/21 83/12 113/16 131/19
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131/21 192/13 208/16 212/8 246/8
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256/14
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changes [6] 6/21 6/25 7/7 45/3 161/2
199/5 200/15 200/18 common [2] 76/15 130/20
168/1
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changing [1] 210/15
closure [1] 22/14 188/8 188/11 189/1 189/3
charge [4] 31/24 46/9 73/20 260/1
Coalition [1] 276/9 communicated [3] 91/11 188/14 189/4
charities [1] 35/12
Coast [1] 263/5 communicating [1] 244/18
Charlene [3] 2/10 186/4 236/21
Cobb [5] 246/18 246/21 254/3 256/2 communication [3] 65/1 73/17 78/21
Charles [3] 213/11 215/9 216/8
272/16 communications [4] 47/25 70/2 70/10
chart [1] 177/15
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Chasing [1] 252/3
143/20 147/24 148/21 148/23 161/12 communities [1] 106/6
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162/23 163/2 163/11 164/5 188/20 community [2] 269/20 278/19
214/15
191/5 192/9 243/13 261/24 262/3 companies [2] 73/1 262/17
checked [3] 72/6 148/12 225/5
268/8 company [7] 72/24 240/14 244/9
checking [1] 87/3
Code O.C.G.A [1] 188/20 244/14 247/24 248/6 266/9
checks [1] 115/7
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Coffee [1] 247/19 compared [2] 165/14 225/15
188/5 190/15 191/19 193/14 198/3
cognizant [1] 15/4 compares [2] 80/17 82/18
198/18 199/24 227/5 227/6 232/2
Coke [1] 139/1 comparison [1] 81/22
234/10 234/11 246/20
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children [2] 106/11 108/11
Coliseum [1] 213/20 competent [1] 14/14
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China [1] 244/25
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chips [1] 252/5
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colleagues [3] 5/18 10/16 97/14 complainant [22] 53/24 54/1 54/2 54/13
choices [1] 99/25
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chosen [1] 229/12
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Chris [1] 229/14
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Christie [5] 163/1 163/10 163/16 164/4
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170/5
collegiate [1] 23/18 complained [1] 141/1
Christmas [4] 104/25 108/11 109/2
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259/8
colored [2] 104/7 106/2 67/12 69/10 85/13 86/1 86/2 88/9
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168/11
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Cindy [2] 276/4 276/8
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C congratulate [1] 246/19 115/7 243/13 262/8
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47/3 47/4 47/6 47/18 52/10 69/2 69/6
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69/24 70/1 72/6 76/17 90/21 94/10
Conner [1] 229/5 conversation [3] 84/14 220/25 279/14
99/13 143/14 160/17 160/20 187/22
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270/12
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14/6 15/10 16/4 19/20 20/14 21/16
50/21 91/2 95/4 95/9 96/4 96/20 97/7 Cook [1] 279/17
188/17 192/5 228/13
106/16 121/7 121/12 124/16 124/21 cooperate [2] 10/3 272/15
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124/23 124/24 182/3 237/2 237/5 cooperation [2] 19/5 50/2
208/24 220/10 228/17
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270/12
Consequently [1] 173/20 copies [2] 55/9 246/10
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completing [2] 177/7 276/21
117/21 139/16 148/24 158/23 170/13 152/4 227/10
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249/21 251/22 252/8 core [2] 8/18 44/18
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192/20 231/8 cornbread [3] 106/6 278/6 278/17
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144/1 155/15 236/20 248/24 corporation [1] 23/7
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193/14
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171/12 171/13
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66/1 66/14 66/19 68/22 70/13 75/15
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102/11 112/18 182/23 183/24 184/10
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184/12 203/1 227/20
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contact [2] 82/7 148/5 100/25 103/8 105/20 105/24 112/20
117/6 117/7 117/14 182/25
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concerns [4] 74/17 101/21 113/4
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125/15
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267/4 267/25
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137/24 could've [1] 179/5
conduct [18] 4/19 5/22 9/5 9/16 14/25
continue [31] 12/17 14/10 40/14 57/17 couldn't [5] 122/6 126/12 133/21
20/19 23/12 25/5 51/4 69/12 80/12
59/10 59/18 59/19 60/10 65/17 65/22 157/13 157/15
99/8 126/17 144/19 175/18 175/24
88/20 89/8 89/20 90/3 90/7 91/22 counsel [6] 2/9 11/24 14/15 15/10
223/9 265/25
91/24 91/25 94/20 95/11 102/19 172/17 231/9
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102/20 130/9 138/2 153/15 177/23 count [9] 100/18 111/23 132/10 144/17
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187/13 211/17 236/4 244/3 250/7 155/19 165/8 183/9 210/18 263/23
224/22
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95/14 95/25 96/21 138/7 139/20 223/4 182/22 183/21 209/10 224/16 228/12
confidence [8] 38/1 48/5 48/14 183/6
236/4 236/8 243/24 254/12 254/14 254/17
252/6 264/17 275/8 275/13
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confirmation [1] 56/12
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confirmed [10] 55/14 98/16 140/20
265/14 24/16 24/16 24/17 27/24 28/8 28/12
141/5 142/16 143/15 161/7 161/19
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177/10 251/12
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control [7] 35/14 36/6 45/10 100/22 111/21 114/10 114/18 114/20 115/6
confusion [3] 135/20 188/2 270/10
C COVID [4] 34/19 38/10 106/11 161/5 150/21 167/21 223/18 226/5 244/8
cracks [1] 173/4 245/2 254/23 254/23 255/2 255/3
counties... [20] 116/7 116/9 116/10
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116/12 116/15 117/7 117/8 117/13
create [2] 23/17 31/19 DC [1] 258/24
118/20 172/22 181/12 225/15 243/23
created [2] 106/1 203/20 DDS [1] 78/18
244/16 252/9 256/8 269/2 273/12
creates [1] 37/10 de [2] 106/24 106/25
275/3 276/25
creating [2] 163/25 183/6 de-link [2] 106/24 106/25
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credit [5] 9/22 141/22 162/13 180/7 dead [4] 70/10 257/22 258/11 263/6
country [5] 5/2 34/23 80/21 257/25
272/13 deadline [13] 16/5 111/6 111/10 111/12
258/2
criminal [1] 248/7 111/22 112/12 114/17 117/21 117/22
counts [7] 163/2 163/10 164/4 165/8
criteria [4] 75/10 75/24 113/12 227/20 117/24 118/25 254/3 256/25
191/3 192/11 263/24
critical [8] 22/15 27/10 111/13 133/5 deal [19] 36/5 52/22 130/7 137/13
county [220] 3/4 11/23 12/6 12/20 13/3
240/4 241/25 268/6 271/6 227/9 227/23 229/8 229/11 229/13
13/5 14/13 14/19 14/23 14/24 15/5
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15/18 15/21 15/22 16/12 19/4 20/17
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21/1 21/2 22/10 26/1 27/14 27/22
93/16 94/5 dealing [2] 107/17 107/20
29/12 29/14 31/21 33/4 33/7 33/11
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40/7 40/9 46/4 54/22 56/18 56/23
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57/13 58/10 59/7 60/6 63/18 63/25
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65/19 73/13 79/18 81/10 82/7 82/25
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85/21 97/22 98/18 99/5 99/22 100/10
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100/16 102/1 104/2 121/1 126/13
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126/14 129/9 130/12 130/25 131/1
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131/2 132/4 132/14 132/17 133/1
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136/22 138/2 139/14 139/23 140/6
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140/14 140/19 141/4 141/25 142/7
210/6 211/25 249/17 249/19 December [3] 55/23 104/5 131/17
142/15 142/20 143/6 145/12 145/13
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160/18 160/20 161/9 161/21 161/24
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162/7 162/10 162/16 162/25 163/9
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163/15 164/3 164/19 165/1 165/23
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167/20 170/24 174/24 175/18 175/21
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183/11 183/25 186/7 187/15 187/21
263/14 52/15 52/25 53/12 89/5 97/2 141/8
187/23 188/3 188/6 188/9 189/2 189/9
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190/7 190/15 190/17 190/20 190/22
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194/22 196/8 196/14 196/17 197/22
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199/11 199/22 201/1 207/19 208/7
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210/15 210/21 210/25 210/25 212/3
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212/23 213/3 215/7 216/6 216/17
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219/24 220/23 220/25 221/16 221/19
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222/10 223/8 224/1 224/4 224/5 225/1
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225/12 225/23 226/6 226/24 228/15
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228/21 230/24 231/11 231/17 232/3
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233/19 233/22 234/10 235/24 237/6
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237/6 242/10 246/22 247/20 247/22
72/25 73/1 79/22 79/24 81/20 81/25 deeper [3] 40/8 40/10 41/21
248/8 248/17 250/19 252/1 254/4
82/12 82/18 83/15 114/23 115/5 115/7 deeply [4] 4/24 6/10 22/12 135/22
254/6 255/5 256/3 256/5 256/5 256/5
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257/11 257/11 257/15 257/21 260/24
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279/22 279/24 280/1 280/4
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83/23 84/12 87/3 132/1 150/1 165/12
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240/2 240/12 258/24
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108/6 116/14 222/7 265/12
27/22 28/6 28/6 28/7 28/7 58/19 66/13 delayed [3] 167/8 168/20 168/21
court [22] 1/23 154/6 161/21 168/12
80/7 81/5 82/13 89/13 111/7 114/21 delaying [1] 273/21
168/16 168/18 169/15 170/17 223/18
115/15 123/18 161/22 162/2 163/13 delays [4] 171/5 172/14 175/7 175/9
225/23 227/14 228/2 229/13 230/8
163/19 173/14 209/17 213/7 213/10 delete [3] 142/24 143/3 143/16
230/24 231/23 232/13 232/15 232/18
215/4 215/6 215/16 215/25 220/18 deleted [1] 142/23
232/20 232/23 279/20
223/12 225/4 227/17 228/9 232/16 deliberate [1] 219/9
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242/2 254/8 254/10 254/16 254/17 deliberating [2] 181/20 181/22
198/2 199/7 204/5 204/12
255/10 256/25 275/16 275/18 275/21 deliver [7] 160/13 161/10 163/4 164/23
cover [2] 236/6 247/25
275/22 165/20 165/22 243/21
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delivered... [3] 163/23 165/19 166/15
30/8 36/15 37/3 39/3 39/3 39/4 47/20 120/14 137/8 139/7 168/8 186/17
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48/9 56/24 57/3 67/25 81/15 81/25 207/20 227/7
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82/16 83/4 83/5 83/13 83/18 84/21 discussed [7] 84/24 107/24 143/8
165/10 165/15 166/1 166/9 166/25
87/14 87/18 88/13 91/15 93/2 93/19 176/18 227/11 227/13 227/15
167/9 169/17 169/20 191/13 198/24
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105/22 110/1 113/6 113/9 113/21 53/10 58/2 77/15 84/24 90/6 90/17
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119/20 121/23 122/2 127/19 132/16 96/12 96/18 97/22 103/1 103/9 107/9
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133/3 135/9 141/20 147/11 147/18 110/4 110/8 119/10 120/3 125/3
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147/19 148/25 149/1 149/11 150/8 125/11 125/14 128/7 128/23 130/7
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153/4 153/6 153/7 153/15 153/18 135/1 135/15 138/12 158/8 159/2
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155/13 156/5 157/4 160/21 161/20 178/8 185/22 187/4 194/14 195/19
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162/21 163/18 167/4 169/13 174/15 195/22 207/22 207/25 212/5 212/11
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174/19 174/20 174/24 178/15 178/22 219/14 222/19 235/10 235/11 238/16
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178/23 179/14 179/20 181/6 188/25 238/17 255/18 255/19 258/15 276/19
160/25 208/17 220/4 220/6 220/13
189/21 189/25 190/3 193/10 196/12 discussions [4] 40/14 49/23 93/3 186/6
220/20
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209/13 209/16 214/8 220/3 220/16 176/21 176/23 198/15 279/1
147/19 153/23 154/25 158/1
230/4 230/11 231/23 232/18 232/21 disenfranchising [1] 61/18
denominator [3] 115/14 115/15 115/18
236/5 236/14 244/9 248/6 256/19 dismiss [10] 53/2 57/18 68/20 124/23
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257/15 259/7 259/9 269/16 271/15 124/25 125/17 125/24 126/2 138/3
259/19 259/24 260/15 261/15 263/21
280/19 280/19 280/20 158/15
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60/25 63/24 67/23 68/5 71/11 87/8 137/23
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88/25 98/10 113/10 113/12 114/22 dismissed [8] 52/17 107/12 121/13
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116/4 116/10 116/11 116/21 116/25 129/5 129/17 138/8 158/6 159/10
170/15 171/9 172/19 173/12 173/22
117/8 117/14 118/12 118/18 126/8 dismissing [5] 61/4 68/12 69/10 93/15
deposited [2] 93/10 177/8
126/8 136/8 146/18 147/5 147/6 128/24
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147/18 147/22 148/11 150/12 152/2 dispel [1] 271/14
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153/9 154/11 156/12 156/15 169/12 disperse [1] 26/7
232/3 234/11
170/1 170/10 172/23 176/22 179/6 displaced [2] 279/21 280/1
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179/8 200/2 201/5 201/8 202/18 displayed [1] 240/23
Deputy Registrar [4] 227/22 229/8
202/22 202/23 204/10 206/24 218/2 dispose [2] 202/20 203/3
230/20 232/3
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26/4 30/5 36/14 36/18 49/12 61/24 distinctions [2] 132/2 135/13
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62/23 71/14 76/19 76/22 97/7 104/25 distribute [3] 26/8 73/5 253/20
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118/6 118/19 150/22 173/20 197/15 distributed [2] 10/19 28/21
179/22 180/12 181/5 181/9 181/25
218/23 224/18 240/8 256/15 256/15 distributing [1] 25/2
185/7 185/10 185/16 237/10
257/11 278/7 distribution [5] 24/9 26/18 30/24 31/19
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204/4 204/6 205/3 205/9 205/15
249/20 250/1 division [3] 47/7 48/8 84/2
205/16 275/9
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detail [2] 18/11 184/3
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detailing [1] 243/8
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directly [2] 45/15 46/14 28/25 31/9 31/10 31/13 31/25 31/25
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determine [12] 31/6 31/11 56/17 60/20
247/2 247/2 260/1 276/8 39/14 41/1 41/1 41/2 41/2 41/5 41/20
69/5 69/10 74/7 94/16 113/20 118/10
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122/6 225/13
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261/12
discover [1] 66/12 66/22 67/1 68/3 70/13 72/18 73/14
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261/25
discrepancies [1] 192/11 77/18 77/23 78/22 79/21 79/24 81/8
devote [1] 44/9
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131/13 134/3 134/7 134/11 134/14 duplicates [2] 83/17 83/21
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134/14 135/10 136/5 136/25 138/19 duplication [1] 79/2
105/24 106/18 107/16 108/12 108/23
139/24 143/17 147/4 147/21 149/11 during [40] 14/19 16/12 99/10 101/24
109/10 112/21 113/1 113/12 113/15
152/15 152/17 154/1 154/12 155/19 106/3 106/11 140/16 141/22 142/25
114/13 115/7 117/16 117/22 118/5
157/2 157/8 157/9 159/23 166/20 144/22 152/11 152/12 160/12 167/21
118/15 122/23 132/5 133/15 133/15
170/9 171/22 175/6 175/11 175/24 174/19 177/3 200/23 209/22 213/5
133/17 134/7 135/4 135/10 135/21
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136/11 136/14 136/19 136/23 138/24
179/1 179/4 181/11 181/16 181/25 220/14 221/11 221/23 222/1 224/24
142/6 143/16 145/22 147/24 148/6
182/20 183/21 183/24 184/7 184/14 227/9 227/25 228/8 233/2 241/25
153/18 154/9 154/10 156/24 164/13
184/18 199/13 200/23 201/6 201/10 244/13 270/21 270/22 276/11 276/19
172/6 172/8 174/12 178/13 178/13
206/14 211/12 219/8 224/20 237/21 280/19
178/23 179/6 179/21 181/9 186/14
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186/24 187/9 194/6 196/8 196/10
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275/22 277/23 278/14 278/18 196/17 265/1 275/24
217/12 221/2 224/1 230/4 232/8
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238/1 238/4 239/2 239/24 240/1
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241/13 242/20 245/18 246/4 250/5
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252/15 252/17 253/3 254/25 255/1
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267/13 267/18 267/20 267/20 268/2
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273/17 273/17 274/16 275/24 276/23
125/15 125/19 127/17 131/9 136/14 238/4 238/7 252/1 260/23
277/2 277/8 277/20 279/4 279/9
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256/7 279/13 281/1 173/14 240/6 241/14 242/15 257/3
192/4
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171/24 229/13 246/10
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41/9 43/2 44/15 50/25 55/24 64/24
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72/4 80/19 94/25 102/18 103/18
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111/19 111/19 115/21 122/23 132/25
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133/16 154/23 155/7 172/2 175/18
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175/22 183/23 205/4 207/9 235/6
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64/1 66/2 69/3 69/3 77/7 82/6 130/3
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101/10 108/15 111/14 118/15 128/4
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166/4 179/19 201/15 206/21 253/13
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256/4 271/10 274/16 275/17 277/20
36/12 36/19 69/17 78/7 83/8 efficiency [1] 8/2
278/2 278/11 278/25 280/12
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260/16 261/2 261/7 262/8 265/15
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265/20
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24/3 29/5 29/9 29/15 31/3 31/3 31/12
drives [8] 61/16 69/22 70/7 70/8 75/8 elected [2] 121/18 167/16
32/13 34/10 34/14 39/17 40/7 43/23
84/6 108/13 109/1 election [240] 1/7 4/4 5/7 5/11 5/17
44/17 44/17 46/1 46/12 50/10 50/10
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51/2 51/2 54/16 57/4 58/16 58/24
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128/22 159/16 207/22 207/24 219/13 21/13 21/14 21/24 32/10 32/11 39/3
141/3 141/15 141/18 141/19 143/5
253/22 264/2 39/14 40/16 44/4 46/25 49/4 49/16
145/12 167/14 210/14 211/8 247/2
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Forsyth [2] 242/10 264/18
72/22 74/1 75/13 78/25 79/5 79/6
forth [3] 66/23 242/25 269/21 G 80/14 80/16 80/22 81/11 81/24 82/12
forum [1] 39/19
Gale [5] 221/1 221/7 221/18 221/20 83/20 84/7 87/2 88/13 88/24 89/18
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222/8 91/7 97/5 105/10 105/20 106/20
28/2 40/14 51/19 67/12 100/23 124/18
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145/4 217/19 243/20 250/25 253/25
Gary [1] 197/7 126/16 127/23 134/18 137/7 137/9
255/19 258/17
gas [1] 278/8 139/14 139/17 155/8 155/19 156/12
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102/13 114/18 139/9 139/11 194/2
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197/20 200/15 204/12 205/18 225/6
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225/18 244/23 263/1 270/7 270/8
221/20 232/10 241/8 254/11 255/22 256/19 257/8
271/5 280/3
GBI [1] 266/16 258/8 262/2 263/13 269/16 269/24
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G gone [4] 126/19 172/24 173/17 203/19 guidelines [3] 36/10 62/1 161/6
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gets [3] 21/21 39/22 89/17
35/14 38/21 39/15 39/23 42/22 45/19 guys [3] 269/25 271/10 275/11
getting [9] 71/13 81/21 115/13 117/10
48/11 61/25 65/3 65/3 67/14 68/18 Gwinnett [26] 13/5 160/3 160/5 160/10
128/11 214/16 229/16 240/11 274/24
77/5 78/16 80/19 82/11 90/15 100/1 160/18 160/20 161/9 161/21 161/24
Ghazal [15] 2/4 6/9 22/8 22/21 54/18
112/21 125/10 138/24 164/15 186/13 162/7 162/10 162/16 162/25 163/8
58/8 60/1 78/4 78/5 96/13 110/17
199/17 206/15 236/24 238/10 239/19 163/14 164/2 164/18 165/1 165/2
114/8 120/12 134/24 135/15
242/9 248/12 250/16 250/17 253/2 167/13 174/24 175/18 175/21 183/9
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255/9 260/13 270/16 271/16 274/9 183/11 183/25
gist [1] 29/1
276/6
give [27] 12/4 12/8 24/6 25/13 33/20 H
goodwill [1] 128/12
36/17 37/3 37/6 38/25 39/18 39/19
gosh [1] 244/5 H-i-n-a-e-s [1] 85/11
46/24 47/18 48/14 54/7 55/3 62/18
got [49] 5/4 12/16 17/25 33/20 40/8 Habersham [5] 121/1 126/13 126/20
99/22 100/5 104/16 105/6 105/8
51/18 53/5 54/9 65/13 73/16 82/3 82/9 128/6 128/10
109/20 179/8 180/25 182/20 272/12
95/13 95/22 95/23 118/3 122/7 124/3 hack [1] 262/25
giveaway [2] 104/12 105/25
124/12 125/23 146/11 146/18 146/20 hacker [1] 262/2
giveaways [4] 104/24 104/24 105/3
149/6 149/10 150/12 151/2 151/4 hacks [2] 260/17 261/4
105/3
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179/16 200/24 206/6 206/8 240/9 12/16 18/23 18/25 24/17 35/7 44/10
38/10 42/9 61/3 114/14 135/16 141/22
242/16 253/21 253/24 254/11 257/5 44/11 51/16 52/6 55/9 56/4 58/13
177/4 179/7 180/7 182/16 197/2
261/9 263/17 274/5 278/21 279/17 60/16 61/13 62/8 63/13 63/15 63/23
264/19 267/14 267/16
280/16 65/5 67/2 67/13 67/17 67/17 67/21
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giving [20] 7/8 12/24 41/3 46/9 48/5
Gover [3] 187/24 187/24 190/14 74/25 82/1 82/13 87/4 87/6 89/15
104/6 104/15 104/17 105/1 108/11
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109/1 109/12 109/12 112/2 248/13
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278/6 278/8 278/9 278/13 278/16
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243/7 244/5 259/14 260/3 263/2 145/17 145/21 146/14 148/5 149/14
280/16
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44/6 45/13 48/25 51/10 52/1 56/6
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56/24 59/23 64/21 68/21 77/8 77/23
Gracie [1] 220/9 180/9 181/12 187/24 191/1 195/6
84/10 97/17 100/20 103/10 105/22
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105/23 105/24 108/22 108/23 124/25
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129/11 129/23 146/8 147/11 148/4
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148/25 149/20 150/22 151/25 153/18
27/10 31/19 31/23 32/23 34/1 35/21 205/8 206/15 208/14 209/7 209/8
157/14 159/13 159/18 173/1 173/18
37/16 38/9 44/6 44/18 247/24 280/13 210/5 214/12 214/18 215/14 215/25
173/19 175/3 175/16 178/10 180/13
granted [2] 36/21 238/24 220/6 220/20 221/8 224/8 225/8 227/8
186/16 186/21 186/22 187/5 201/4
grantor [1] 35/25 227/8 227/23 227/24 229/23 230/3
205/14 205/17 238/1 238/7 239/14
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245/22 246/7 246/16 253/22 254/25
35/13 35/16 35/23 35/25 36/3 36/5 244/15 245/8 247/24 253/9 255/15
255/1 256/9 275/20
36/8 36/17 43/21 44/17 45/8 45/12 255/18 256/14 257/16 258/3 259/20
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268/25 269/6 269/14 272/15 272/16 277/17 279/16 279/25
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God [3] 108/14 108/16 109/2
75/11 75/15 130/7 165/1 178/15 127/17 236/1 269/13
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179/21 242/23 245/21 half [2] 243/5 274/8
87/17 203/9 268/20
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18/18 20/3 21/8 21/21 24/4 25/13 26/1
GREEN [3] 1/23 38/14 106/1 Hamilton [2] 247/3 247/15
26/15 28/19 29/1 29/14 34/15 34/18
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37/9 39/1 39/5 39/16 39/20 42/17
278/21 Hancock [6] 97/22 98/17 99/5 100/15
42/21 44/9 46/13 46/24 47/19 49/23
Greg [6] 196/21 197/6 197/10 197/13 237/5 279/24
52/1 52/19 52/19 53/2 53/3 53/16
197/16 198/11 hand [18] 7/17 38/11 143/10 144/11
53/17 64/12 64/14 67/3 67/7 67/18
Griggs [5] 142/20 142/24 142/25 143/2 144/17 146/17 146/17 149/1 150/11
72/3 72/18 73/5 77/16 77/22 84/13
143/15 150/11 150/13 150/17 151/24 152/22
87/2 88/20 105/14 114/4 123/8 126/4
grind [1] 128/2 244/1 262/15 264/24 265/11
127/2 127/3 127/4 127/8 127/17
groceries [1] 278/8 hand-marked [1] 264/24
129/15 134/9 136/4 137/7 137/8
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139/22 139/24 143/3 147/1 147/9
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148/13 149/24 154/9 157/3 160/1
group [9] 6/6 19/14 21/18 72/9 97/5 handicap [1] 249/14
160/2 164/19 164/20 165/7 173/16
136/12 136/16 136/20 272/10 handing [1] 108/2
179/2 186/14 186/15 186/16 186/24
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187/9 199/14 200/10 201/13 201/17
guess [17] 11/15 17/17 41/7 42/21 handled [4] 53/22 89/17 176/2 189/10
205/20 205/21 210/8 229/15 239/5
70/18 71/8 102/7 110/8 124/24 152/23 handling [4] 176/1 176/5 183/18 183/19
242/12 255/6 258/4 262/7 263/21
154/16 180/8 195/3 206/19 267/24 hands [2] 145/22 156/16
268/7 272/23 272/23 273/15 273/21
269/1 272/7 hands-on [1] 145/22
275/10 275/23 276/18 277/19 278/2
guided [1] 8/10 happen [21] 28/7 56/8 56/19 57/11
278/24
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98/7 98/7 107/21 122/7 127/1 140/22 41/1 42/2 45/21 51/12 51/18 53/20
happen... [17] 64/1 68/5 107/16 124/20
142/4 146/24 149/8 151/2 151/2 151/4 55/17 64/10 75/24 77/11 80/4 87/2
134/4 134/5 157/10 169/13 179/2
151/6 156/5 156/19 157/13 157/15 92/15 92/15 92/24 94/19 100/9 100/17
180/5 181/14 184/17 207/4 210/23
172/1 172/3 172/4 173/19 173/21 101/3 101/25 106/18 107/4 111/16
217/16 219/9 257/24
173/22 174/3 174/6 182/8 204/12 112/8 113/9 114/3 116/16 125/22
happened [25] 33/24 44/11 51/6 52/3
208/14 217/11 224/14 225/5 227/8 128/12 132/2 134/13 135/8 136/1
56/7 56/13 56/17 57/9 59/15 63/14
230/18 232/14 232/20 232/20 233/5 146/5 155/11 155/22 160/5 164/12
68/5 68/19 90/18 123/18 145/25
233/15 257/3 258/3 264/10 266/1 177/18 178/17 178/20 179/1 179/1
150/20 156/7 169/18 170/8 170/21
268/7 279/20 279/21 280/2 280/3 184/8 184/25 186/4 187/10 194/9
176/17 180/10 180/15 206/13 271/25
he's [20] 11/9 64/15 91/12 92/6 92/8 195/3 199/11 210/19 210/20 210/21
happening [2] 98/12 217/17
92/14 92/16 92/16 92/18 126/25 147/1 216/13 216/17 222/5 222/9 234/8
happens [7] 36/20 50/7 53/7 81/4
174/4 174/6 204/23 264/8 264/19 234/12 236/3 236/3 236/13 236/15
146/10 181/10 258/12
267/16 267/16 267/21 272/7 239/25 245/10 248/19 250/14 253/15
happy [8] 16/7 42/22 74/14 84/17
head [3] 106/18 107/1 108/18 258/10 260/9 261/6 269/9 272/7
237/13 238/7 275/10 280/14
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Health [1] 80/15 here's [14] 23/15 23/15 23/21 23/22
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125/23 126/25 206/23
53/23 74/14 76/7 85/6 88/22 113/4 180/1 246/1 271/21 271/21
harder [1] 5/18
114/4 117/2 134/24 136/12 156/2 hereby [3] 186/21 228/4 231/9
Harper [9] 140/19 140/22 140/24 142/2
170/1 170/11 182/24 183/24 184/10 Herschel [2] 278/7 278/10
142/2 142/11 144/13 158/1 158/13
206/2 239/4 259/2 275/1 herself [1] 144/1
Harrell [5] 232/4 232/9 232/12 232/17
heard [25] 38/15 94/10 94/18 130/7 Hewlett [1] 262/18
232/23
158/4 170/14 170/16 170/20 170/23 Hewlett-Packard [1] 262/18
harvested [1] 267/7
212/22 214/7 214/8 214/10 214/14 hey [2] 75/9 115/10
harvesting [1] 93/6
214/17 215/8 215/21 216/7 216/11 Higgins [2] 141/16 144/6
Harvey [9] 229/14 229/18 229/23 230/3
216/18 230/8 270/6 276/16 279/3 high [3] 214/17 252/2 260/6
230/5 230/8 230/11 230/13 230/17
279/11 Highland [1] 229/5
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hearing [47] 11/12 29/12 52/1 52/18 highlight [2] 111/3 165/21
14/18 15/23 16/18 20/3 20/17 21/11
57/18 92/13 93/24 94/1 94/2 94/3 94/6 Highway [2] 210/7 210/17
21/12 22/4 23/7 27/3 29/15 29/15
94/10 100/3 129/23 158/22 159/3 Highway 280 West [1] 210/17
30/14 31/22 32/4 32/22 33/4 34/8
159/6 159/19 181/1 181/1 183/7 him [15] 5/2 86/15 86/18 87/1 93/4
37/25 38/5 47/10 50/9 52/23 52/24
195/10 195/14 195/18 217/20 218/9 94/6 142/11 148/5 151/1 151/5 192/21
54/5 56/18 59/11 65/13 72/16 72/23
219/4 219/15 224/9 226/1 226/13 197/8 229/23 230/7 257/18
72/25 77/12 77/25 78/1 83/10 87/16
226/22 227/1 227/3 227/9 229/7 Hinaes [3] 85/4 85/7 85/9
90/2 91/8 96/21 99/23 108/1 110/9
230/16 230/22 231/2 231/2 231/6 hindsight [1] 169/9
114/25 115/4 117/20 127/17 132/11
232/10 232/18 235/25 236/2 250/21 Hinks [1] 95/18
134/16 134/23 135/15 137/18 139/14
276/12 hire [1] 38/15
139/17 147/8 151/23 155/3 170/4
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170/6 176/3 182/6 183/2 183/11 186/3
239/18 248/18 his [34] 4/20 11/9 44/8 65/7 84/16
187/22 188/2 195/20 199/10 204/6
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205/4 208/9 210/10 211/23 220/1
Hebron [1] 163/20 88/2 88/3 88/6 91/1 91/13 146/25
220/23 224/4 224/13 224/16 226/4
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228/7 228/18 229/9 240/22 241/13
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242/20 244/25 245/2 246/24 247/8
49/3 65/24 69/4 74/6 106/2 122/22 265/12 265/25 268/19 279/16 279/17
248/24 259/16 264/10 264/16 266/7
126/11 137/25 200/11 252/9 269/23 280/4
266/23 271/2 273/10 273/17 273/19
270/9 271/9 historians [1] 266/25
275/9 276/6 276/24
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hash [1] 81/20
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232/16 271/24 hold [4] 29/10 129/8 184/14 224/2
hat [1] 260/13
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hats [1] 263/8
helpline [1] 169/4 142/9 142/12 142/13 142/16 142/21
HAVA [6] 26/8 32/22 33/5 33/9 34/2
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Henry [2] 54/21 56/23 143/11 143/14 143/18 143/20 144/1
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haven't [10] 34/21 62/5 75/5 76/23
99/9 139/17 140/8 142/9 142/10 155/3 155/21 156/21 209/23 210/5
128/19 133/22 136/15 158/4 205/15
142/21 142/23 143/3 143/9 143/10 210/8 210/13 210/20 210/24
272/16
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146/13 146/17 146/17 147/3 147/10 home [2] 149/13 279/25
68/20 84/7 86/15 95/24 98/6 111/21
147/15 147/15 147/18 150/8 150/8 Homeland [5] 259/19 259/24 260/14
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150/11 150/11 150/13 150/16 150/17 261/15 262/23
214/1 231/2 239/20 255/19 257/23
151/10 151/23 151/24 151/24 153/25 honest [1] 184/1
258/15 258/16 262/13 271/3
154/4 154/5 154/6 154/7 154/8 154/9 honestly [2] 10/17 121/8
hazard [2] 70/18 71/8
154/10 154/11 156/10 156/15 156/16 Honor's [1] 138/20
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157/13 157/14 157/15 177/8 177/11 honoring [1] 208/25
25/13 44/9 44/10 44/14 67/25 67/25
192/21 208/10 208/16 208/22 209/24 hope [8] 30/13 44/7 61/21 128/6
68/1 68/2 84/22 86/17 86/20 86/22
210/2 210/3 210/8 214/7 214/11 135/10 207/11 246/20 268/19
87/1 87/3 87/23 88/5 88/12 89/11
215/25 220/3 220/5 220/13 220/20 hopefully [6] 18/15 34/20 34/20 54/19
89/12 91/2 91/8 91/9 91/11 91/12
222/1 229/15 230/3 230/6 230/13 113/3 135/11
91/12 91/15 91/17 92/15 93/2 93/19
230/17 247/4 hour [6] 160/14 163/6 164/23 165/4
93/20 93/21 93/24 93/25 94/1 94/5
H 165/6 165/7 168/7 168/14 172/21 271/7 271/19 273/2 273/15 273/18
173/8 180/18 183/6 183/15 185/7 273/19 275/21 277/2 277/16 277/17
hour... [2] 165/4 187/9
185/8 185/10 187/1 187/1 187/2 277/24 278/23 280/11
hours [7] 81/12 166/10 168/13 184/13
196/15 196/15 199/20 199/21 199/24 ignorance [1] 266/18
201/14 228/25 253/16
203/15 204/23 205/21 206/24 217/10 ignoring [1] 155/12
house [18] 4/10 68/17 88/7 123/16
218/5 223/4 237/13 238/7 239/5 illegal [6] 257/8 257/9 265/20 265/25
126/12 130/23 130/25 131/2 131/5
239/21 240/5 246/11 246/18 246/18 266/2 266/3
131/7 131/8 131/11 132/21 133/18
248/18 250/4 250/18 250/21 254/1 illegally [3] 75/22 77/1 265/22
134/17 217/7 266/14 275/19
255/20 258/14 259/11 259/23 264/6 illegally-formatted [1] 265/22
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264/7 264/18 267/9 267/25 269/17 illiterate [2] 223/24 233/15
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270/3 271/12 272/10 273/1 273/4 illustrate [1] 8/25
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273/25 273/25 274/23 279/12 279/12 illustration [1] 67/19
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I've [30] 6/16 7/13 8/21 9/23 9/23 9/24 imagine [3] 5/19 217/22 218/18
26/7 27/10 27/12 29/4 29/17 29/18
30/18 45/25 49/13 49/18 95/13 95/22 imagined [1] 115/4
43/19 44/17 44/20 49/25 50/20 53/22
95/23 101/11 121/19 121/21 124/3 immediate [2] 218/8 219/15
56/7 56/18 61/6 62/7 62/19 64/9 65/6
126/14 130/7 147/21 176/14 178/3 immediately [3] 159/18 230/14 232/19
66/17 67/19 69/6 70/3 75/24 79/18
179/11 239/22 245/18 246/11 250/19 immigrant [1] 255/21
84/3 84/22 85/10 86/11 87/15 87/16
262/19 269/23 274/17 impact [3] 8/4 22/4 77/12
87/17 87/18 87/18 87/25 93/19 93/19
IBM [1] 262/18 impacting [1] 249/4
93/24 93/25 94/1 94/5 94/17 94/17
ID [3] 257/19 257/21 260/25 impede [1] 37/17
100/13 100/16 114/11 114/12 114/13
idea [10] 25/22 25/22 34/7 42/22 74/5 impetus [1] 114/8
115/2 115/19 116/20 129/24 130/8
112/21 201/4 206/15 238/10 241/8 implement [1] 252/9
130/11 150/22 166/16 174/15 190/4
identifiable [1] 40/4 implemented [1] 241/1
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identification [1] 229/7 implied [1] 109/11
217/15 219/8 239/18 240/4 242/11
identified [14] 9/21 9/21 161/23 162/6 implore [1] 250/3
243/15 244/22 245/17 249/4 249/16
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54/9 62/2 62/10 69/2 81/12 84/1
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221/16 221/19 222/9
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196/16 211/2 211/4 216/25 217/25
37/11 38/23 46/13 53/5 62/14 62/20 28/16 29/17 32/10 34/3 41/22 42/22
218/5 222/3 236/1 238/1 238/9 239/11
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179/15 203/2 258/6 262/9
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281/1
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107/13 107/18 113/19 141/14 145/17
11/16 11/21 54/7 141/14 149/14 277/23
171/6 180/21 227/6 227/11 236/10
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280/18 281/15
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242/20 242/23
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42/12 42/21 49/22 52/20 53/3 54/15
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64/19 72/23 81/14 96/13 97/18 136/13
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140/15 141/18 142/6 142/15 143/6
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145/13 147/25 149/17 154/10 154/12
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12/6 12/19 12/25 14/24 15/2 15/3 15/5
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49/11 52/12 54/14 64/20 68/16 74/15
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91/18 93/11 113/24 116/1 121/5 141/5
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141/5 141/15 142/1 146/21 146/22
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147/3 148/18 151/7 153/11 159/14
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164/16 168/7 168/14 169/19 171/15
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172/7 172/8 188/8 189/1 190/16
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models [1] 26/23 Motorola [1] 262/18
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mentioned [9] 28/13 80/23 134/3
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136/15 145/17 176/14 198/14 209/23
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226/13 226/23 227/14 131/11 132/17 132/24 132/25 133/7
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Mr. Kittle [1] 16/23 143/1 143/7 143/14 143/18 144/1
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Mr. Le [1] 268/23 154/16 155/3 155/21 210/5 210/8
179/23 194/23 194/25 207/10 211/21
Mr. Lindsey [13] 6/9 43/3 43/9 61/14 210/20 210/24
222/14 234/16 240/8 256/14 275/15
64/23 65/4 65/5 65/11 65/13 69/15 Ms. Hollis's [2] 210/1 210/6
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77/25 84/16 120/13 Ms. Hudson [2] 98/17 99/10
81/23 82/2 82/4 82/22 90/2 96/10
Mr. Mashburn [10] 6/8 54/15 64/15 Ms. Jackson [1] 234/9
119/3 119/7 119/25 121/6 121/12
78/1 97/20 99/15 103/25 115/21 182/6 Ms. Koth [10] 98/20 104/3 160/8 170/2
133/20 138/8 197/15 200/24 204/2
242/15 187/16 194/5 196/19 208/8 212/20
206/6 206/9 207/16 210/17 212/6
Mr. McGowan [1] 99/5 222/4
216/24 217/4 234/22 235/8 257/16
Mr. Metz [2] 264/5 267/16 Ms. Marlow [1] 177/2
273/2 277/13 281/4
Mr. Miller [1] 122/10 Ms. Page [4] 208/15 209/5 209/7 209/9
moves [4] 132/4 133/1 217/7 257/10
Mr. Murphy [2] 213/16 216/19 Ms. Page's [2] 208/17 208/23
movie [4] 241/19 241/20 241/22 242/4
Mr. Nally [1] 267/18 Ms. Price [3] 220/5 220/15 220/19
moving [12] 7/2 20/18 22/14 30/5 43/7
Mr. Palmer [1] 196/24 Ms. Price's [1] 220/21
47/23 51/19 139/15 182/10 200/21
Mr. Quinn [1] 242/8 Ms. Rouse [1] 216/12
258/17 275/25
Mr. Reed [2] 122/16 126/3 Ms. Story [1] 216/12
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Mr. Riggins [1] 272/4 Ms. Walker [2] 221/1 221/3
20/15 24/3 27/7 40/21 41/12 42/7 45/4
Mr. Schneider [1] 242/7 Ms. Walker's [2] 221/7 222/7
45/18 46/8 57/16 61/2 61/11 62/20
Mr. Story [1] 216/13 Ms. Wilson [2] 164/9 172/9
64/3 65/17 68/10 78/10 85/18 85/19
Mr. Walters [1] 264/3 much [36] 4/14 6/8 7/24 17/4 27/20
86/2 89/16 93/16 101/1 107/16 110/15
Mrs [1] 2/4 27/24 34/18 34/24 36/3 38/7 44/13
114/6 116/20 117/5 120/15 121/5
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122/18 124/15 125/13 127/16 129/12
264/21 264/25 123/18 127/13 166/17 171/2 207/8
134/2 140/22 164/10 164/15 181/19
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182/13 185/4 204/21 238/6 245/17
Mrs. Davis [2] 264/21 264/25 249/13 250/12 253/3 258/18 264/13
258/2 258/20 264/7
Mrs. Hudson [1] 99/1 272/2 274/3 276/2 280/15
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Mrs. Koth [1] 219/25 Mueller [1] 247/13
16/23 16/23 19/8 22/19 25/10 25/16
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35/3 37/21 41/3 42/1 42/8 42/16 43/3
106/1 106/7 110/17 114/8 140/4 142/5 multiple [9] 55/9 83/8 83/10 110/25
43/9 43/14 54/15 54/17 57/24 60/3
142/23 142/24 142/25 143/2 143/11 171/12 197/7 221/4 257/7 266/11
61/10 61/14 64/15 64/23 65/4 65/5
143/20 156/21 172/13 174/9 176/22 multitude [1] 266/16
65/11 65/13 68/24 69/15 77/25 78/1
196/3 221/3 253/1 258/19 municipal [13] 123/11 175/19 175/23
79/21 84/16 84/19 84/20 84/21 90/24
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90/25 92/11 92/12 92/13 93/23 94/5
60/1 78/4 98/17 98/20 99/10 104/3 228/1 228/6 231/4 231/15 231/21
95/6 96/7 97/20 99/5 99/15 103/25
104/23 105/2 105/5 105/18 120/12 municipality [1] 228/17
112/8 115/21 120/13 120/17 122/10
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122/16 122/16 126/3 128/15 134/20
142/21 143/1 143/2 143/7 143/14 Murphy [5] 213/11 213/16 215/9 216/8
137/15 138/1 138/19 142/2 158/13
143/18 144/1 154/16 155/3 155/21 216/19
171/6 171/15 172/6 173/6 177/17
158/13 160/8 164/9 170/2 172/9 177/2 must [10] 17/19 36/6 55/16 98/11
182/6 186/20 194/21 196/14 196/24
187/16 190/14 194/5 196/19 200/10 112/5 139/10 242/16 242/17 249/22
213/16 216/12 216/13 216/19 216/24
201/22 208/8 208/15 208/17 208/23 251/21
229/18 229/23 230/3 230/5 230/8
209/5 209/7 209/9 210/1 210/5 210/6 mute [1] 110/8
230/11 230/13 230/17 233/4 233/8
210/8 210/20 210/24 212/20 214/3 my [129] 4/10 4/10 4/16 5/6 5/17 6/17
236/25 239/16 240/5 240/11 242/7
214/10 214/14 214/17 216/12 216/12 7/23 8/6 8/6 8/10 8/13 10/15 12/12
242/8 242/15 246/14 248/10 255/18
216/18 216/19 220/5 220/15 220/19 19/23 23/13 27/7 28/1 28/8 31/7 31/17
257/2 264/3 264/5 267/16 267/18
220/21 221/1 221/3 221/7 221/7 222/4 35/4 38/18 40/25 41/16 44/16 44/22
268/23 272/4 272/8 276/17
222/7 222/8 227/9 229/18 230/3 230/7 45/24 49/14 53/22 53/23 55/15 56/14
Mr. Balbona [2] 246/14 248/10
230/13 232/5 234/9 248/11 250/13 61/2 61/9 63/21 64/4 65/18 65/21 66/1
Mr. Barnes [2] 233/4 233/8
250/15 267/14 68/24 72/21 72/23 72/25 75/25 77/12
Mr. Burns [1] 134/20
Ms. Adams [1] 250/13 82/7 82/7 82/8 85/23 86/11 86/20
Mr. Chair [6] 11/5 25/16 43/14 120/17
Ms. Albright [4] 104/23 105/2 105/5 86/21 86/23 88/5 88/12 94/5 94/8 95/6
138/19 186/20
105/18 96/2 97/14 101/4 102/12 103/22 104/1
Mr. Chairman [28] 11/11 35/3 37/21
Ms. Bobbie [2] 200/10 201/22 106/14 108/16 111/15 111/16 120/25
54/17 57/24 60/3 61/10 68/24 90/24
Ms. Bryant [2] 214/3 216/19 120/25 121/14 123/13 123/14 123/17
92/11 93/23 95/6 96/7 112/8 122/16
Ms. Causey [1] 232/5 125/4 126/7 126/17 127/2 128/9 130/9
128/15 137/15 138/1 171/6 171/15
Ms. Cotton [1] 158/13 130/13 132/20 133/22 133/23 139/2
172/6 173/6 177/17 194/21 196/14
Ms. Davenport [1] 248/11 145/11 147/8 148/16 149/13 151/18
216/24 236/25 239/16
Ms. Davis [1] 267/14 152/25 153/22 158/6 158/24 169/8
Mr. Clemens [1] 216/12
Ms. Deal [5] 227/9 229/18 230/3 230/7 172/16 175/2 180/1 182/1 182/12
Mr. Cross [4] 90/25 92/12 92/13 94/5
230/13 182/23 184/1 185/11 195/12 203/1
Mr. Day [1] 16/23
Ms. Gale [2] 221/7 222/8 224/20 236/8 239/23 240/2 242/12
Mr. Evans [6] 84/19 84/21 240/5
Ms. Ghazal [10] 6/9 22/8 22/21 54/18 244/5 246/1 246/21 247/5 248/16
240/11 255/18 257/2
58/8 60/1 78/4 120/12 134/24 135/15 249/11 250/18 250/20 255/21 257/17
Mr. Ferguson [1] 272/8
Ms. Gover [1] 190/14 258/14 258/22 264/15 264/17 274/8
Mr. Germany [10] 11/24 19/8 22/19
Ms. Griggs [1] 143/2 274/10 274/14 274/24 276/8
25/10 41/3 42/1 42/16 79/21 84/20
Ms. Hall [1] 250/15 myself [8] 5/8 13/2 16/24 122/11
276/17
Ms. Harper [1] 140/24 133/20 148/24 274/21 274/24
Mr. Germany's [1] 42/8
Ms. Heard [4] 214/10 214/14 214/17 mystery [1] 204/3
Mr. Harper [2] 142/2 158/13
216/18 myth [1] 271/13
Mr. Harvey [8] 229/18 229/23 230/3
N 196/6 196/13 208/6 212/19 219/23 notebooks [1] 48/16
223/3 230/9 232/14 232/15 236/9 noted [2] 193/7 248/20
NAACP [2] 104/9 278/11
236/11 272/25 notes [2] 169/8 221/7
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night [5] 81/5 91/18 166/5 245/3 260/13 247/12 253/15
267/12 267/15 267/18 267/19
nine [8] 31/24 85/18 95/24 107/5 notice [11] 81/6 82/25 83/13 109/19
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119/20 243/8 254/23 260/5 129/25 134/12 134/13 135/21 201/5
92/20 120/22 120/23 120/25 129/6
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145/4 145/9 145/10 145/11 145/11
43/20 45/10 50/22 52/8 58/6 59/16 noticed [1] 81/8
147/20 154/5 200/2 208/11 208/17
59/21 61/21 64/3 66/16 66/16 68/21 notices [2] 82/1 152/23
225/8 239/23 248/16 250/18 258/14
70/23 70/24 70/25 73/23 84/4 85/22 notification [3] 47/18 107/25 193/24
264/17 274/4 274/5 274/14 276/8
90/11 90/12 90/22 92/8 94/22 95/17 notified [6] 91/2 93/16 94/11 197/16
named [3] 172/3 172/4 237/3
97/1 98/18 98/25 99/12 103/5 103/6 197/17 197/19
names [7] 58/14 177/18 229/12 244/19
103/16 104/14 106/13 106/15 107/12 notify [2] 91/4 210/16
244/20 247/12 262/20
110/13 117/5 119/12 119/16 119/17 November [16] 15/7 16/6 16/13 29/17
narrative [1] 57/1
120/5 120/9 120/10 120/15 120/17 29/21 85/24 86/12 86/19 114/10
Nash [1] 167/14
121/10 122/8 122/25 123/4 124/6 153/14 174/14 174/14 175/10 175/13
nation [1] 38/12
124/6 128/1 128/1 128/22 129/2 129/3 175/14 175/17
national [9] 82/17 104/20 167/16 245/2
129/18 132/22 136/11 136/25 137/18 November 2020 [1] 175/10
263/20 263/22 275/15 275/18 279/6
138/16 146/5 149/3 150/9 150/20 November 2021 [1] 175/17
navigate [2] 10/10 250/1
150/20 151/15 157/2 157/8 159/8 November 2022 [1] 16/13
NCOA [7] 82/16 82/16 82/18 83/4
167/7 176/3 176/8 179/20 187/8 November 3 [1] 86/12
256/9 257/2 257/4
189/19 190/18 191/22 194/2 194/12 November of [1] 175/13
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194/17 195/22 195/25 196/1 196/11 now [55] 7/1 8/21 15/7 15/9 21/9 25/14
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198/9 198/12 201/4 201/20 204/11 35/9 35/11 43/17 44/3 49/15 50/18
necessarily [3] 58/24 65/22 173/25
204/19 205/10 205/12 206/15 207/6 75/6 80/25 97/5 101/11 125/22 129/6
necessary [5] 20/5 20/8 21/16 22/5
207/23 207/24 208/3 208/4 209/19 132/24 134/12 135/10 136/17 137/12
49/17
210/4 212/12 212/16 212/17 216/15 137/19 139/6 139/10 152/20 156/3
need [62] 6/25 7/10 7/16 19/14 19/14
216/20 219/16 219/20 219/21 221/10 157/6 166/21 168/2 171/3 171/13
21/3 21/4 21/5 21/6 21/25 22/7 23/21
221/14 222/11 222/21 222/25 223/1 180/18 182/18 187/14 202/16 207/3
27/13 31/3 31/5 31/5 31/11 35/24
224/3 226/18 230/7 230/16 230/22 224/7 224/8 224/9 236/19 239/5 242/3
43/15 43/17 47/13 47/14 49/19 50/13
234/13 234/14 235/12 235/16 235/17 244/7 246/3 246/21 254/21 254/25
51/6 53/14 57/11 61/5 63/1 63/1 69/23
238/17 238/21 238/22 247/12 247/12 256/22 256/23 270/1 272/25 273/11
70/4 78/24 82/7 106/24 106/25 107/1
247/12 253/5 253/5 257/6 261/9 275/4
109/14 117/11 118/6 118/8 134/1
261/19 269/12 280/23 280/23 281/11 nuances [1] 102/14
145/22 147/21 147/22 151/3 153/2
281/12 number [88] 16/11 18/14 30/25 31/1
154/11 154/12 159/22 179/17 186/20
No. [14] 69/19 95/24 96/14 96/22 97/22 35/15 47/1 47/2 70/1 75/1 76/16 76/17
218/9 235/5 239/2 249/11 257/21
97/23 160/3 187/14 194/3 208/6 85/12 86/3 90/4 92/12 95/3 95/4 95/13
258/8 258/9 263/10 270/25 271/2
212/19 219/23 223/3 223/5 95/15 95/18 95/21 95/22 95/23 95/23
needed [11] 19/24 24/22 29/2 36/24
No. 1 [2] 95/24 96/22 96/5 96/5 96/5 96/6 97/23 104/2
105/10 108/3 142/23 166/23 169/5
No. 20 [1] 96/14 110/19 110/19 111/3 111/6 112/3
233/5 247/20
No. 2020-033 [2] 187/14 194/3 112/14 112/15 112/22 112/24 114/21
needs [21] 7/15 19/11 20/2 22/10 27/24
No. 2020-039 [1] 208/6 115/1 115/1 123/10 136/21 158/10
28/6 32/16 34/8 40/10 49/8 57/13
No. 2020-048 [1] 212/19 158/15 166/3 166/3 166/14 166/19
60/19 78/13 79/10 79/13 114/15
No. 2020-123 [1] 97/22 166/20 167/20 167/20 167/22 168/1
147/15 155/14 178/21 217/13 264/1
No. 2020-30 [1] 160/3 189/24 189/24 191/11 191/14 191/14
nefarious [1] 68/19
No. 2020-61 [1] 219/23 192/7 192/17 192/18 192/25 193/1
Negligent [1] 248/9
No. 2020-64 [1] 223/3 193/2 196/4 228/23 237/2 237/7
negotiated [2] 178/18 237/3
No. 2021 [1] 97/23 239/13 240/10 241/5 241/6 243/22
neighbors [1] 272/16
No. 2021-88 [1] 223/5 244/11 244/16 247/1 247/9 254/9
neither [1] 143/12
No. 230 [1] 69/19 254/10 254/15 254/19 256/11 260/8
Nell [1] 199/20
nobody [6] 36/15 36/16 52/23 103/17 260/25 261/4 279/15
net [7] 89/11 89/14 141/21 210/1
149/9 258/7 number 2022-105 [1] 110/19
220/21 221/11 241/9
nomination [2] 43/6 192/24 number 44 [1] 97/23
never [22] 8/20 50/9 50/12 63/17
noncompliance [1] 110/25 number 45 [1] 104/2
126/15 126/16 127/15 131/6 131/6
none [6] 84/25 120/6 175/15 185/24 number 9 [1] 96/6
143/4 143/8 149/5 149/6 154/7 177/6
212/13 222/22 number eight [1] 96/5
198/6 218/4 220/23 239/20 263/1
nonhuman [1] 245/12 number one [1] 260/8
263/2 274/23
nonpartisan [1] 278/14 numbered [1] 177/15
new [24] 12/6 61/18 62/4 69/1 78/25
nonprofit [1] 27/8 numbers [6] 92/2 111/22 174/12
83/20 88/24 92/23 106/4 131/5 131/8
nonprofits [1] 28/13 254/19 254/24 255/11
131/11 133/23 148/8 156/6 173/1
noon [2] 139/4 228/25 numerical [1] 166/1
176/3 176/9 206/21 212/9 227/12
nor [4] 31/13 99/5 143/13 265/1 numerous [2] 15/18 187/22
228/13 247/20 253/13
normal [2] 202/11 203/23
newest [1] 10/14 O
normally [4] 159/14 200/19 201/12
newsletters [1] 259/14
202/12 O.C.G.A [23] 13/13 99/11 111/1 144/19
next [40] 11/22 19/13 19/16 42/13
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42/25 46/22 57/8 57/18 58/8 58/9
North Jackson [2] 209/25 210/2 214/23 215/10 215/22 221/21 227/18
59/24 60/1 64/21 83/22 83/23 88/21
not [392] 228/4 231/5 233/11 233/20 245/15
90/15 97/5 103/23 112/6 127/7 134/13
note [3] 55/15 236/5 242/14 247/6 265/6 265/23 268/11
135/21 145/5 168/8 168/8 196/3 196/3
O Oh [5] 176/10 204/25 244/5 246/16 169/16 184/18 190/19 191/4 191/6
257/1 248/20 254/21
object [1] 38/11
okay [47] 17/5 18/9 18/11 54/8 55/2 openings [6] 175/2 175/4 180/9 181/11
objection [1] 43/3
55/21 59/8 64/6 78/9 82/6 84/18 90/19 181/13 184/11
objectives [1] 8/5
92/10 103/12 116/18 123/1 123/5 operate [3] 6/25 7/10 7/11
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125/10 130/5 134/9 137/2 145/6 146/6 operated [1] 8/2
211/24
149/25 150/18 153/10 153/20 157/20 operation [5] 13/17 18/3 167/24 168/5
obligations [2] 74/18 212/8
172/12 178/6 194/8 199/17 199/20 174/21
obscure [2] 259/14 263/19
200/25 202/14 205/23 211/15 217/2 operational [3] 169/12 174/22 249/24
observation [6] 17/2 18/13 19/21 63/5
217/4 230/19 239/15 241/12 241/20 operations [5] 14/22 14/22 16/12 21/6
64/4 151/19
242/4 256/15 257/15 269/11 92/14
observe [6] 17/23 17/24 18/10 167/22
old [6] 131/7 131/17 165/15 201/6 opinion [5] 141/9 146/25 147/8 224/20
188/16 189/6
217/8 274/19 249/11
observed [4] 14/18 14/21 20/2 123/14
Oliver [1] 225/22 opinions [1] 39/19
observers [4] 20/21 276/20 277/1 277/3
on [448] opponent [1] 208/23
observing [3] 16/12 20/1 152/19
on-site [2] 202/15 204/11 opportunity [7] 10/6 41/21 106/10
obtain [1] 243/3
once [8] 12/16 40/18 45/3 65/22 101/2 160/25 164/17 248/14 272/17
obvious [1] 104/11
178/24 222/14 251/12 Oppose [1] 129/2
obviously [9] 13/21 15/8 16/20 17/4
one [175] 4/17 4/20 7/4 8/18 16/10 opposed [25] 11/19 58/5 59/3 90/11
18/18 92/12 103/17 132/24 255/6
20/25 22/19 29/3 30/23 31/2 33/11 96/25 103/5 110/12 119/16 120/9
occasionally [1] 83/9
35/13 37/4 37/5 38/4 38/14 38/17 39/4 138/16 141/11 159/8 183/13 184/21
occasions [1] 9/9
39/6 39/25 40/1 40/9 43/14 43/18 185/17 186/2 187/8 195/25 208/3
occur [1] 243/16
43/20 45/6 50/25 51/15 52/5 52/24 212/16 219/20 222/25 235/16 238/21
occurred [2] 51/5 69/13
54/3 54/21 54/21 55/1 55/10 55/19 281/11
occurrences [1] 162/7
55/20 55/21 56/25 58/9 59/12 59/24 option [2] 141/10 182/16
October [10] 86/14 87/8 87/11 87/14
60/5 60/9 63/10 64/19 65/6 65/8 65/9 options [3] 30/23 43/18 43/20
87/19 88/2 88/5 131/16 213/7 268/1
67/16 68/25 70/13 71/24 73/11 73/12 or [261] 5/1 5/24 7/18 10/12 10/21
October 19th [1] 213/7
73/21 73/24 76/13 81/13 86/3 89/6 12/22 24/24 25/6 25/6 26/11 27/4 27/4
October 2020 [1] 268/1
89/23 89/24 90/4 90/9 90/24 92/12 28/16 29/19 30/25 31/3 31/24 32/9
October 31st [4] 86/14 87/8 87/14 88/5
95/14 95/16 95/18 96/6 99/23 100/5 32/15 32/17 33/1 33/2 33/10 33/17
odd [3] 130/18 143/2 244/1
100/6 100/18 101/4 101/22 103/13 33/18 33/20 34/14 35/20 36/10 37/1
off [19] 31/17 65/20 83/16 83/21 83/24
103/24 103/25 104/1 106/23 109/3 37/17 37/18 38/18 38/21 39/23 40/10
87/25 106/21 106/21 121/15 123/17
112/10 112/11 113/9 116/24 117/18 43/19 44/4 45/1 45/24 46/3 46/12 49/7
139/5 154/6 169/2 187/11 194/18
118/18 122/19 124/25 125/16 126/2 50/20 51/20 52/7 52/13 53/5 53/11
219/1 240/3 241/6 258/11
126/2 129/8 130/15 130/22 132/3 53/24 55/4 56/17 57/13 58/17 59/4
offend [2] 266/20 266/20
134/23 137/20 137/24 139/13 144/17 59/12 60/21 61/16 61/23 62/8 62/22
offense [1] 248/8
146/22 149/3 149/6 153/12 156/23 63/1 64/2 64/12 64/19 65/25 66/1
offer [11] 105/11 106/2 129/23 168/3
157/11 158/10 160/1 160/14 163/6 66/22 67/12 68/5 69/11 69/11 69/25
169/15 170/9 171/8 171/17 185/2
164/25 166/3 168/6 168/19 168/25 70/6 70/6 71/24 71/24 71/24 72/19
252/16 254/1
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27/21 28/4 28/14 31/14 31/21 32/7
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240/9 240/14 240/25 241/16 242/13 104/15 104/16 104/16 104/17 104/18
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118/17 122/9 130/6 130/15 137/20 188/13 188/15 188/18 189/4 189/5
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100/8 121/18 126/15 126/18 143/19
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143/25 167/16 169/1 188/15 189/6
169/10 180/16 254/14 228/8 234/11 237/25 246/25 247/8
190/3 193/9 218/11 252/1 265/13
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168/9 168/20 168/21 169/9 169/13 256/19 256/20 256/22 257/10 257/11
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26/13 29/3 32/3 42/24 44/11 46/3
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59/12 66/21 67/16 67/16 68/2 68/12
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68/23 73/12 74/14 75/13 84/4 86/8
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265/9 273/5 273/12 275/7
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180/10 218/8 238/9
277/1 280/4 171/13
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49/2 49/3 51/4 53/15 60/12 63/8 64/2
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64/7 66/20 69/15 70/14 80/17 80/18
114/9 114/16 115/12 116/5 161/22 263/13
82/18 84/23 88/7 90/16 90/17 97/2
187/11 187/11 209/5 229/1 229/1 passes [10] 90/13 103/7 110/14 119/18
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254/3 254/5 281/15 120/11 159/9 182/9 208/5 212/18
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P.O [1] 225/5 219/22
167/22 169/21 170/4 175/25 185/9
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240/10 241/18 243/16 243/17 247/18 places [17] 4/25 17/11 17/22 30/12
password [2] 168/24 169/1
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181/7 202/9 213/24 242/1 114/24 126/21 144/20 163/5 183/2
159/15 179/11 185/8 188/1 245/9
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patches [2] 261/1 262/13
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Patrol [1] 197/3
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Paul [6] 264/21 264/24 267/8 267/8
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267/11 267/15
148/1 148/22 153/24 154/2 156/17 plenty [3] 51/16 279/1 279/2
Paulette [4] 140/5 140/13 141/18 147/5
157/12 204/10 213/6 213/7 213/10 PO [1] 257/23
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pay [8] 19/7 33/11 240/13 248/3 248/5
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261/18 276/20 277/1
219/6 219/7 220/4 220/17 221/10 poi [1] 269/15
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Peach [1] 237/6
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Peggy [1] 197/14
168/11 167/5 173/9 173/10 176/19 183/10
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pending [3] 128/20 186/17 280/21
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31/1 31/24 32/3 32/10 32/11 32/18
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38/16 38/19 38/20 38/20 39/3 39/12
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39/14 39/14 47/18 62/7 62/11 69/2
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70/1 70/10 70/10 70/16 70/24 71/7
226/12 226/14 226/17 226/22 231/14 poll [56] 58/15 58/24 59/6 87/13 98/2
72/6 72/21 73/2 73/2 73/6 73/17 73/20
231/20 98/9 140/23 142/4 142/8 142/15
77/6 77/11 78/25 80/20 81/9 81/23
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82/1 82/4 82/5 82/21 83/7 83/8 84/6
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86/8 87/23 98/4 100/13 100/17 102/10
phone [12] 99/9 101/3 110/6 110/9 148/23 148/24 149/5 149/20 153/17
105/4 105/6 105/8 105/18 105/19
142/4 143/9 144/21 149/1 152/21 153/23 154/3 155/9 155/16 168/23
105/22 106/2 106/3 106/6 106/11
152/25 228/23 241/23 168/25 169/6 169/10 170/22 184/20
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112/17 113/10 113/21 115/20 116/4
photo [2] 98/13 229/6 193/9 193/16 193/22 208/19 209/4
118/5 118/12 118/18 118/18 118/20
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119/20 119/21 122/3 123/14 127/6
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130/23 133/8 133/9 133/11 135/11
photos [2] 143/1 143/4 254/8
145/19 148/8 149/5 150/19 151/20
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153/2 156/12 156/15 179/12 184/24
pick [2] 56/24 165/20 99/10 100/9 100/22 101/7 101/18
201/3 201/14 229/25 234/12 240/8
picked [2] 148/3 166/11 108/3 108/7 114/24 114/24 125/18
241/5 241/7 241/24 242/17 243/19
picking [1] 197/8 125/21 140/10 142/17 143/9 144/20
244/11 245/4 245/6 245/8 246/3
picture [7] 86/23 86/25 99/20 153/4 144/22 144/25 150/2 150/3 150/16
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158/16 159/11 278/10 151/9 151/17 152/8 152/13 152/16
256/13 256/16 257/14 257/22 257/22
pictured [1] 98/13 152/21 155/18 158/5 160/14 160/21
258/10 265/3 266/25 271/9 271/14
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271/17 271/24 273/1 275/2 275/7
140/15 142/4 142/14 142/17 142/22 162/15 163/5 163/11 169/10 183/1
275/9 275/19 277/16 278/9 279/2
142/25 143/7 143/11 143/19 144/21 184/17 208/7 213/12 213/20 213/24
279/10 280/8
148/25 149/3 153/7 153/9 158/5 214/9 214/13 214/14 214/18 220/9
people's [2] 127/12 276/10
piece [3] 265/20 265/22 266/2 polls [20] 98/4 106/18 107/1 108/18
per [2] 40/2 40/7
pieces [1] 244/11 149/21 152/17 160/15 160/24 161/1
perceived [3] 50/4 50/5 50/6
ping [1] 241/23 163/7 164/24 168/13 169/16 189/16
percent [3] 40/5 40/6 270/23
place [44] 6/22 13/11 28/19 30/4 32/18 190/19 191/4 191/6 191/8 191/23
percentage [1] 270/12
45/23 45/25 51/5 51/6 68/18 69/9 244/21
perception [2] 37/10 126/24
76/19 77/10 99/10 100/9 101/7 101/18 pop [1] 259/15
perfect [3] 179/3 179/3 179/3
108/3 108/7 109/15 114/24 124/16 population [2] 62/15 241/11
perfectly [1] 178/25
125/18 125/21 125/24 126/22 131/3 portion [2] 225/9 232/1
perform [3] 6/4 190/4 193/11
131/9 133/23 140/8 149/24 151/9 pose [3] 29/5 156/24 157/3
performance [15] 3/4 11/23 12/5 12/19
152/8 152/21 155/18 161/2 169/10 posed [2] 231/14 231/20
12/21 13/2 13/11 13/12 14/2 14/3
172/16 176/8 208/7 217/16 249/13 position [2] 99/25 183/16
16/18 16/21 16/23 21/19 233/21
261/4 269/7 possibility [3] 18/20 19/2 78/25
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placed [10] 85/23 86/12 86/19 86/25 possible [18] 16/4 17/21 21/24 26/15
perhaps [14] 66/20 66/21 75/12 112/19
P pressure [3] 229/21 230/1 232/13 192/4 251/1 269/20
pressure-free [1] 229/21 processing [5] 56/10 80/13 80/13 83/12
possible... [14] 57/10 61/5 89/12 89/14
presumably [1] 223/21 83/19
122/6 122/7 138/23 186/9 211/19
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239/7 241/14 264/11 268/13 276/13
previous [7] 37/23 82/8 94/9 108/25 produced [1] 14/17
possibly [2] 20/12 27/25
131/2 236/18 242/23 product [1] 37/12
Post [1] 210/5
previously [4] 43/18 94/11 236/8 profession [2] 36/14 36/18
posted [4] 99/20 147/14 188/13 189/4
236/18 professionally [1] 252/17
postelection [1] 14/22
Price [8] 220/2 220/5 220/8 220/13 professionals [1] 167/17
postman [1] 86/20
220/15 220/19 221/3 221/11 professors [1] 263/4
postmarked [1] 55/22
Price's [2] 220/21 221/25 program [2] 261/19 264/9
potential [18] 61/9 74/20 75/9 107/5
pride [1] 165/1 programmer [1] 272/22
108/8 144/3 160/15 161/6 162/24
primaries [4] 215/12 218/23 221/23 programs [1] 260/13
188/19 190/14 198/17 210/12 214/20
243/4 progress [4] 14/9 21/12 21/22 22/4
216/2 221/16 233/9 234/7
primarily [1] 39/20 prohibit [2] 73/9 143/22
potentially [4] 15/2 99/11 183/5 212/24
primary [21] 116/3 116/5 141/23 prohibited [2] 45/11 245/15
poured [1] 134/23
144/24 153/13 160/12 160/19 162/8 project [2] 35/1 78/2
powder [1] 117/7
177/4 212/25 213/5 214/24 215/1 projects [1] 44/15
power [2] 116/24 118/11
215/18 218/21 218/24 218/25 220/15 promise [6] 6/20 7/2 61/9 61/19 125/7
powerful [2] 109/9 109/10
221/5 222/2 254/5 125/9
PR [1] 247/23
principles [1] 23/10 promised [1] 61/1
practicable [1] 268/15
printed [4] 114/25 148/13 190/1 208/15 promote [1] 37/12
practical [4] 75/25 76/8 77/18 268/14
printout [2] 156/12 156/13 promoted [1] 246/20
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practices [2] 79/25 251/1
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Prado [2] 141/16 144/6
107/13 107/18 115/8 181/12 191/3 prompted [2] 61/23 229/20
prayer [1] 248/20
247/4 259/19 promptly [7] 166/6 168/17 169/14
pre [1] 113/19
prisoners [1] 200/21 170/17 181/4 186/5 207/20
pre-meeting [1] 113/19
private [8] 26/23 38/8 38/16 45/23 promulgate [1] 243/2
precedent [3] 135/4 155/6 280/9
81/21 253/18 253/20 253/24 promulgating [1] 252/8
precinct [38] 29/9 58/19 58/21 59/5
privilege [2] 10/5 255/22 proof [1] 157/22
101/14 130/10 132/10 140/10 146/12
pro [1] 30/24 proper [12] 13/18 53/1 57/17 112/11
147/11 147/19 148/12 150/21 150/25
proactive [1] 170/25 145/16 162/13 163/5 188/22 189/21
156/10 156/17 157/12 160/14 166/3
probably [11] 12/11 25/3 41/18 42/21 213/16 214/3 235/3
166/4 167/19 168/19 168/21 168/24
43/16 51/22 51/22 69/22 83/23 147/6 properly [20] 61/17 137/19 140/6
176/3 180/14 192/15 192/18 192/22
191/17 162/11 164/6 188/8 188/11 188/21
192/25 193/2 197/11 197/15 209/5
probate [3] 198/3 198/19 199/22 188/25 189/3 189/23 192/6 197/23
209/12 215/12 220/10 221/23
problem [23] 29/20 40/2 40/3 61/4 199/2 203/5 215/13 221/24 246/25
precincts [21] 9/25 40/5 40/6 150/22
69/11 108/13 108/16 109/3 111/11 247/8 248/6
161/11 162/1 162/3 163/6 163/11
111/11 114/19 114/19 118/9 125/6 proposal [2] 45/3 97/11
163/18 165/21 165/23 166/19 166/22
129/24 153/15 171/10 172/24 178/23 proposals [1] 64/20
168/9 169/18 170/19 172/23 173/13
178/24 182/25 184/19 273/21 propose [2] 76/10 177/20
174/15 175/11
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278/3 proposes [1] 182/8
preference [2] 28/1 218/24
problems [11] 7/4 23/15 23/15 171/8 proprietary [1] 245/12
prefilled [2] 223/14 223/20
172/23 179/16 180/4 219/24 255/17 protect [2] 203/20 265/3
prefilled-out [1] 223/20
257/20 258/17 protected [3] 71/19 261/16 279/4
premise [1] 251/20
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prepare [4] 15/12 189/21 252/2 267/5
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procedure [7] 156/7 191/6 192/12 proud [2] 274/21 274/24
173/11 173/12 173/19 173/19 246/4
202/8 202/11 213/16 214/3 provable [3] 135/13 135/14 135/16
264/10
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preparing [2] 15/7 98/2
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12/12 12/25 13/1 13/9 14/14 14/19 74/22 75/8 75/23 114/7 241/24 265/20
prescribes [2] 242/21 245/11
22/13 23/2 23/11 23/23 24/20 24/24 provided [18] 24/14 88/9 88/14 106/5
present [16] 2/8 46/2 58/18 108/25
29/13 29/18 31/6 32/4 36/2 36/20 41/1 143/13 180/24 184/9 184/15 188/23
113/20 133/17 142/3 144/25 159/19
47/4 53/13 53/14 53/15 53/16 58/14 191/21 214/13 227/10 233/3 233/7
178/3 182/12 189/19 215/11 221/22
62/9 62/19 64/7 66/24 76/6 78/15 233/16 237/19 248/5 261/14
264/10 271/24
83/17 91/3 91/7 93/16 97/18 128/3 provides [1] 78/19
presentation [4] 37/23 178/15 179/3
162/3 162/11 164/1 164/6 176/2 176/7 providing [4] 41/25 212/8 265/25
198/24
176/14 180/14 180/16 180/17 182/4 273/22
presented [5] 177/16 188/24 231/8
182/10 182/19 183/17 183/19 188/1 provision [5] 111/5 111/18 168/15
237/25 264/20
188/4 188/22 190/5 193/12 194/15 265/18 273/7
presenting [4] 37/24 178/16 179/21
202/3 203/3 218/22 219/3 230/14 provisional [14] 58/16 59/3 111/8 161/3
237/1
241/1 241/3 250/1 250/10 251/16 177/1 177/5 177/8 177/14 183/18
presents [1] 183/1
processed [6] 80/23 81/4 83/6 189/11 183/20 183/22 224/8 224/15 228/19
preservation [2] 66/3 198/25
270/6 271/21 provisionally [1] 220/11
preserve [2] 66/18 66/25
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president [2] 86/25 266/14
22/23 37/19 56/8 79/17 167/22 190/24 prudent [1] 74/7
presidential [2] 5/7 218/24
P quickly [2] 7/3 35/24 recalling [2] 107/10 107/13
Quinn [3] 242/8 242/9 245/17 recap [1] 192/5
public [21] 6/4 6/7 8/13 8/14 8/14 37/10
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47/24 62/10 71/15 74/12 76/5 77/21
quite [6] 78/22 116/6 117/5 157/18 receive [14] 24/16 32/6 32/8 45/13
80/15 126/14 126/17 126/25 208/24
234/3 244/16 104/16 116/9 163/18 209/16 210/1
239/3 264/15 273/14 280/17
220/3 220/17 225/14 225/19 231/25
publicly [1] 240/23 R received [27] 27/3 29/23 55/9 56/4 70/2
pull [13] 53/11 54/16 66/20 67/18 67/25
R-I-G-G-I-N-S [1] 272/6 87/10 97/25 100/16 110/24 114/12
81/1 85/1 97/21 100/24 102/13 110/18
racial [1] 149/16 114/17 160/17 171/25 173/13 187/20
111/20 254/8
radio [2] 208/23 208/25 190/11 193/17 215/15 219/2 223/13
pulled [5] 99/17 109/5 123/16 148/9
Raffensperger [7] 258/3 262/11 263/14 226/6 228/9 228/24 232/15 236/2
254/17
265/5 265/12 265/24 268/1 247/10 258/25
punch [1] 259/10
raffle [1] 106/21 receives [1] 47/1
punishing [1] 279/9
raise [1] 66/19 receiving [5] 45/12 104/16 104/17
purchase [1] 247/20
raised [5] 45/22 117/11 125/15 188/2 162/13 246/22
purchasing [2] 209/1 247/22
263/16 recently [2] 121/20 246/19
purged [1] 277/14
raises [2] 66/13 70/3 receptive [1] 20/10
purity [1] 243/3
ran [2] 121/20 208/22 recipient [1] 35/19
purporting [1] 61/7
Randolph [7] 223/7 225/1 226/6 228/15 recognize [3] 23/20 129/13 184/16
purpose [10] 25/1 25/5 38/9 44/19 45/9
233/22 279/18 279/22 recognizes [1] 180/3
52/17 67/8 94/16 112/13 129/21
random [1] 166/19 recommend [4] 36/8 46/5 64/12 237/16
purposes [4] 73/3 133/13 143/25
Randy [1] 208/13 recommendation [33] 19/23 32/6 41/8
153/22
rang [1] 86/20 42/14 42/25 45/1 52/7 52/8 64/8 67/15
pursual [1] 264/2
rata [1] 30/24 89/4 97/9 100/21 106/15 107/4 117/19
pursuant [5] 111/1 228/2 231/5 231/13
rather [3] 57/18 69/9 218/7 119/5 119/6 137/17 138/9 154/18
231/19
rationale [2] 151/12 151/14 155/11 159/17 167/23 195/1 195/3
push [1] 106/10
RAY [1] 1/23 195/16 216/9 216/23 222/4 229/19
pushing [1] 126/25
re [1] 104/12 234/23 237/23
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32/18 38/3 55/15 55/15 66/23 68/14
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75/11 75/15 79/1 90/14 93/7 109/19
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116/9 124/22 129/25 147/15 150/8
read [18] 9/24 9/24 52/9 52/10 52/23 115/22 118/22 121/9 138/18 194/23
151/4 151/6 151/25 152/3 153/2
53/4 67/5 126/9 148/20 155/10 229/22 207/11 207/17 222/15 234/17 249/2
156/18 156/18 157/15 218/8 219/1
233/5 238/11 240/24 248/21 260/8 249/2
237/21 242/11 244/22 261/1 262/13
261/6 274/10 recommended [3] 24/25 194/3 216/5
262/15 264/1 271/12 276/24 277/24
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puts [1] 181/13
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86/17 86/18 88/11 134/13 151/1
ready [12] 21/9 43/23 121/3 129/11 reconvene [1] 187/10
puzzled [2] 200/13 200/14
133/21 165/19 165/25 166/11 166/25 record [22] 81/4 83/14 92/19 94/16
Q 173/18 236/22 274/1 108/10 121/16 129/14 131/16 139/5
real [7] 27/12 71/3 126/4 166/20 156/14 181/13 183/10 183/13 187/11
qualification [1] 79/4
264/19 268/24 273/21 190/18 190/24 191/23 192/4 205/11
qualified [3] 75/20 273/3 273/6
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117/24 recorded [2] 87/24 266/25
Quantico [1] 259/6
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quantity [1] 166/16
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quarter [1] 139/4
28/23 30/3 30/6 31/1 32/12 32/23 80/14 80/16 85/21 149/13 176/18
quarters [1] 131/5
33/12 34/11 34/23 53/18 57/6 76/14 189/22 190/19 191/23 196/18 196/22
question [60] 12/10 17/17 18/7 25/3
77/12 78/12 111/13 114/9 114/19 196/25 197/2 197/24 197/25 198/5
33/22 40/25 53/18 55/5 55/6 55/13
114/23 115/12 115/15 122/6 127/11 198/7 198/10 199/10 200/12 202/10
56/2 66/13 66/25 67/9 67/11 69/18
127/11 135/17 152/10 172/24 179/13 203/2 203/8 203/12 203/13 203/13
72/8 72/16 73/4 73/11 73/12 93/23
201/5 206/14 232/16 238/10 254/7 203/17 203/20 204/14 205/8 205/13
94/5 94/8 108/5 108/6 115/13 116/20
255/20 257/9 258/1 258/8 258/9 263/6 207/13 243/22 247/5
121/25 122/15 122/16 122/18 123/7
269/22 272/19 275/9 275/9 279/7 recounted [1] 192/12
137/6 151/24 153/12 155/5 155/7
280/11 redacted [3] 247/11 247/13 247/14
157/3 174/2 174/9 174/10 174/25
Reardon [3] 253/1 258/14 258/19 redistricting [1] 15/24
175/1 178/13 185/2 192/24 194/19
reason [19] 5/14 12/15 34/21 84/4 94/8 reduce [1] 113/22
210/22 211/18 214/19 241/18 246/1
99/16 115/6 130/6 135/6 138/24 reduced [2] 44/13 113/17
246/3 261/18 264/22 267/14 268/25
147/13 151/18 156/8 203/19 211/3 Reed [4] 120/25 122/16 122/19 126/3
269/15 278/5
217/12 245/7 265/10 273/6 reel [1] 122/8
questions [29] 6/2 6/5 16/7 22/18 27/3
reasonable [5] 16/3 118/10 118/25 refer [17] 158/9 171/16 172/2 177/22
29/24 41/22 49/24 53/5 53/10 54/6
181/18 241/4 185/5 185/12 195/8 195/17 212/1
112/7 124/16 150/1 153/11 154/14
reasonably [1] 266/1 219/14 222/15 234/18 234/19 234/24
156/23 172/6 172/9 174/18 178/5
reasoning [1] 151/15 235/1 235/8 236/16
185/19 188/3 202/2 207/5 237/13
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246/12 258/7 263/15
171/16 255/14 257/1 referenced [1] 83/9
quibbling [2] 123/23 125/6
Rebecca [1] 187/20 references [1] 171/21
quick [7] 153/12 263/2 264/19 268/24
recall [3] 107/19 108/24 214/8 referral [2] 97/12 207/11
276/11 276/12 281/5
R rejected [3] 7/17 224/7 228/7 Republic [1] 267/3
related [8] 58/9 109/13 132/2 160/18 Republican [4] 40/5 147/8 187/21
referred [7] 157/24 158/3 158/19
178/2 190/4 193/11 274/6 266/22
158/20 159/15 236/18 259/17
relates [3] 168/9 231/14 231/20 reputation [1] 37/18
referring [5] 143/20 159/3 159/4 180/23
relating [1] 169/24 request [19] 5/16 25/11 56/6 57/21
182/5
relation [1] 85/22 91/22 101/2 121/6 195/10 208/17
reflect [1] 59/4
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reflecting [2] 189/17 189/18
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reflects [3] 42/2 116/17 116/17
released [1] 243/7 requested [11] 14/17 96/14 220/6
refocus [1] 251/25
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refresh [1] 200/11
rely [2] 75/16 92/20 226/22 227/25 261/1
refuse [1] 36/25
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refused [1] 223/25
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regard [3] 35/13 165/5 165/10
remaining [5] 15/10 19/17 114/11 77/20 223/23
regarded [1] 108/8
133/16 138/9 required [9] 6/21 26/20 70/19 76/19
regarding [25] 13/16 15/18 20/2 42/16
remarks [1] 26/17 99/25 105/21 190/9 231/12 231/18
60/13 99/3 99/3 99/13 110/25 159/11
remedial [1] 180/6 requirement [11] 8/4 25/11 35/6 62/14
164/17 167/23 176/15 178/1 187/25
remediation [1] 207/12 68/8 69/8 72/20 73/15 112/11 112/14
189/23 197/8 199/9 229/17 237/14
remedy [1] 181/8 113/2
246/21 247/7 248/1 270/4 277/6
remember [9] 92/23 107/16 122/19 requirements [5] 26/20 35/25 61/18
regardless [1] 251/9
122/23 130/19 134/25 175/6 175/11 117/13 189/16
regards [2] 15/24 80/10
248/5 requires [8] 8/16 33/10 117/17 126/19
register [9] 61/22 74/20 75/21 77/22
remind [1] 145/3 164/22 193/15 203/6 265/2
79/4 79/7 82/17 105/4 273/2
reminded [2] 106/20 187/2 requiring [2] 66/7 75/22
register's [1] 79/9
removable [1] 262/1 rescanned [1] 189/25
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remove [5] 257/12 272/11 273/8 research [4] 117/23 255/15 263/3
60/24 61/19 63/15 63/19 71/7 71/9
277/16 277/19 280/12
76/23 77/2 77/3 77/9 84/9 84/12 131/4
removed [3] 256/25 273/4 273/10 researching [1] 263/11
183/3 191/15 210/3 210/9 211/24
removing [1] 258/9 reside [1] 131/10
226/4 256/16 257/7 277/14 278/15
rendering [1] 141/8 resided [2] 210/4 210/24
278/18 280/4
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registering [1] 104/18
repeat [4] 154/12 181/11 200/1 214/24 211/25 279/16
Registers [1] 233/19
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registrant [1] 61/19
repeatedly [1] 118/8 resident [3] 242/10 279/22 280/3
registrar [25] 78/17 82/7 187/23 188/6
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190/2 190/15 193/9 193/14 198/4
report [66] 13/23 16/5 18/5 19/22 21/10 residing [1] 244/24
198/19 199/25 210/16 227/5 227/6
24/4 24/7 25/13 25/15 25/19 26/14 resign [1] 247/15
227/22 229/8 230/20 231/17 232/2
26/21 27/3 27/4 27/5 28/15 28/16 resignation [1] 247/4
232/3 234/11 234/11 258/6 273/18
30/23 31/8 40/24 41/2 41/4 41/7 41/15 resolution [3] 156/25 180/22 235/3
279/18
42/1 42/8 42/18 42/23 43/13 53/1 59/4 resolutions [1] 237/2
registrar's [3] 56/9 225/17 227/10
71/25 72/4 86/5 113/10 116/10 116/11 resolve [3] 97/10 207/21 237/7
registrars [10] 78/19 198/18 198/22
116/21 117/8 117/14 118/2 118/3 resolved [3] 181/2 181/4 186/6
224/1 226/6 227/7 228/22 229/20
118/12 118/18 119/20 127/23 139/25 resource [3] 31/15 31/16 82/11
231/11 234/10
167/4 171/21 174/12 174/24 187/24 resources [24] 6/4 7/2 7/9 18/22 18/23
registration [81] 13/19 58/11 61/16
194/4 210/10 211/12 219/24 236/12 19/25 20/4 20/8 20/12 21/16 22/6
61/20 62/17 63/16 63/23 69/22 70/7
236/13 236/23 237/1 243/8 244/5 26/17 26/24 28/20 28/25 29/1 48/7
70/8 70/19 70/22 71/2 74/13 75/8
247/14 260/6 280/19 280/24 50/8 50/11 100/2 111/21 111/24 112/1
76/16 81/9 82/3 82/9 83/13 84/6 131/6
Report...........................236 [1] 3/5 271/3
132/3 132/6 132/7 133/7 133/14
reported [38] 9/10 98/5 104/4 115/5 respect [18] 9/4 13/15 51/9 71/22 80/1
140/15 141/4 160/11 161/9 161/25
117/9 117/20 118/24 119/21 127/18 88/19 96/20 97/3 117/20 134/22
162/11 163/1 163/9 163/15 164/3
139/12 140/2 140/5 140/14 160/11 137/13 154/20 169/17 169/23 177/21
171/18 175/22 177/10 188/10 189/2
164/24 170/15 178/25 187/22 190/2 178/4 216/22 218/15
189/10 190/8 190/16 190/17 190/21
192/7 196/22 197/6 197/10 197/13 respectfully [4] 121/6 183/23 184/18
190/23 191/25 192/3 192/16 193/13
197/16 198/11 208/10 208/18 208/21 229/8
193/21 210/14 215/8 215/21 216/6
209/2 212/23 220/2 220/5 220/8 225/7 respective [1] 163/6
216/10 216/18 221/17 221/20 226/15
229/11 229/14 236/19 Respectively [1] 267/8
227/2 228/22 231/4 231/15 231/21
reportedly [2] 98/12 189/25 respond [13] 8/18 52/4 83/1 113/22
235/25 241/8 241/9 249/8 249/17
reporting [7] 1/23 26/19 27/10 114/9 139/13 140/3 145/3 173/5 199/12
270/22 271/1 271/1 277/7 277/8
114/21 115/8 243/17 216/14 234/9 247/5 267/17
277/10 277/11 278/13 279/6
reports [14] 46/23 52/11 81/2 98/8 responded [3] 142/14 178/25 264/25
registration-never-never-land [1] 131/6
118/7 223/7 223/17 224/5 243/21 respondent [6] 53/25 97/11 172/1
registrations [6] 69/23 83/7 83/11 83/16
259/14 260/7 262/17 263/19 263/19 172/4 188/25 189/15
105/14 212/8
represent [4] 127/6 133/9 147/9 156/22 respondents [6] 47/21 107/18 107/20
regular [7] 59/2 80/11 91/7 145/23
representation [3] 180/25 188/14 189/5 222/6 237/3 237/12
152/18 202/3 202/8
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regulation [3] 58/20 76/10 141/12
representative [1] 197/4 response [53] 9/15 9/24 10/1 10/2
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representatives [4] 31/20 31/22 133/9 11/20 40/18 49/9 55/5 58/6 59/21
243/2
207/19 90/12 90/22 94/22 97/1 100/10 103/6
regulatory [2] 66/6 66/22
represented [1] 47/23 103/16 110/13 119/12 119/17 120/5
reimbursement [1] 33/2
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reject [1] 224/21
R rights [1] 62/19 218/3 220/19 227/8 227/8 230/11
rigorous [1] 23/2 230/18 230/19 232/5 232/6 232/22
response... [27] 185/2 194/12 194/17
Rimmer [5] 140/20 141/6 141/17 144/8 232/25 236/1 244/18 246/11 255/16
195/8 196/1 207/6 207/23 208/4
144/14 260/14 263/8
212/12 212/17 216/15 216/20 219/16
Rimmer's [1] 141/21 sale [1] 131/16
219/21 222/11 222/21 223/1 234/13
ring [1] 122/24 Salesforce [1] 258/6
234/14 235/12 235/17 238/22 247/10
rings [2] 107/21 110/6 Sam [1] 225/22
249/8 267/15 269/10 281/12
rise [1] 267/2 same [38] 15/20 17/2 17/14 18/18
responses [3] 69/5 249/7 256/19
risk [6] 36/1 80/2 80/4 242/13 246/2 23/25 29/25 29/25 34/22 40/6 55/24
responsibilities [4] 12/18 16/25 39/9
246/5 56/12 56/15 62/4 74/21 75/17 83/10
70/6
Robert [1] 197/7 97/17 100/4 102/4 107/15 107/18
responsibility [11] 36/22 36/25 40/23
Robinson [1] 225/22 107/20 117/4 132/4 132/14 157/3
43/4 48/18 79/20 155/8 161/17 165/17
roll [1] 79/16 157/19 192/24 196/4 208/25 211/13
165/24 206/14
rolls [18] 72/7 78/16 78/19 78/21 79/19 212/3 214/24 241/10 243/10 244/8
responsible [6] 38/23 39/2 39/14
80/1 240/3 241/2 241/6 241/7 255/25 271/7 273/13
130/12 168/11 180/17
256/2 257/4 257/13 257/22 257/24 sanction [3] 97/11 129/23 181/5
rest [2] 161/17 274/1
258/6 258/11 Sanders [6] 198/3 198/19 198/23
restore [1] 275/13
Roman [1] 267/2 199/21 202/21 202/21
restricted [1] 174/21
room [18] 1/8 102/6 102/9 140/21 sanitizer [1] 38/12
restrictions [2] 30/4 251/17
144/10 144/15 157/19 200/16 200/24 Sara [9] 2/4 2/11 55/3 90/16 103/8
restroom [2] 198/1 199/6
201/1 201/3 201/11 201/11 206/9 103/9 246/19 246/19 247/7
result [10] 91/9 91/16 161/20 162/21
229/4 245/8 253/10 253/21 Sarah [4] 227/5 232/2 233/19 234/11
167/3 167/25 192/8 193/20 209/14
root [1] 261/9 sat [2] 248/18 253/15
266/3
Rose [1] 216/3 satisfaction [1] 5/5
resulted [2] 215/17 266/4
Ross [1] 216/3 satisfied [4] 91/9 118/14 130/5 157/21
resulting [1] 162/12
Rouse [8] 213/1 213/3 213/6 213/21 Saturdays [1] 250/2
results [2] 112/3 251/11
214/20 215/2 215/24 216/12 sausage [1] 263/25
retained [1] 14/14
Royston [5] 163/1 163/10 163/16 164/4 saw [12] 30/6 55/25 87/7 100/17
retired [4] 4/12 259/13 267/21 267/22
170/5 123/15 146/17 148/5 149/3 150/11
retirement [1] 5/16
Ruby [5] 198/3 198/19 198/23 199/20 150/25 157/13 256/1
returned [5] 191/19 192/17 192/23
199/20 say [116] 8/21 9/8 11/17 14/12 17/21
220/23 228/16
Ruin [3] 168/10 170/19 184/23 18/2 18/9 21/3 21/15 22/5 23/14 23/19
returns [4] 192/10 192/12 192/13
rule [19] 76/3 114/9 115/14 116/2 30/21 32/18 33/1 33/12 34/17 39/15
192/21
127/14 127/15 140/25 144/7 144/13 40/9 51/2 51/3 51/11 51/18 51/20 53/3
revealed [2] 104/14 224/24
155/12 155/17 155/25 155/25 156/4 54/6 56/24 57/4 58/3 67/7 72/24 73/17
review [36] 11/23 12/5 12/14 12/19
158/12 158/14 203/20 255/9 255/9 73/22 75/9 75/24 77/11 78/23 79/2
12/21 13/2 13/11 13/12 14/2 14/3
rule-making [1] 76/3 80/20 82/13 83/6 84/11 90/9 96/23
14/13 14/16 14/18 15/19 15/23 16/2
rules [21] 99/3 99/7 121/22 121/23 103/3 108/21 108/21 110/10 113/14
16/9 16/18 16/21 16/23 21/5 21/6
124/8 124/19 130/8 130/13 130/13 114/11 118/1 118/17 119/13 120/7
21/19 26/18 46/18 47/2 59/11 61/25
130/16 160/16 161/13 162/22 163/3 122/2 124/12 125/14 126/17 127/3
76/13 177/9 197/3 231/13 231/19
163/17 187/25 243/2 252/8 252/13 127/4 127/8 127/15 128/24 129/22
237/20 240/24 276/18
252/14 256/21 134/21 135/6 136/18 138/14 142/5
Review..................11 [1] 3/4
ruling [1] 227/13 145/25 146/6 155/24 157/6 159/6
reviewed [9] 8/20 8/21 23/12 48/19
run [2] 127/8 257/4 170/8 170/10 173/14 180/18 184/12
48/21 197/4 221/7 230/23 276/16
running [6] 126/18 160/24 249/18 185/8 185/25 187/6 195/8 195/23
reviewing [1] 113/19
256/13 263/6 264/8 201/19 201/22 205/12 205/15 207/25
revise [2] 112/5 113/6
runoff [10] 82/15 113/13 116/3 116/14 211/14 211/19 212/14 217/21 218/2
revisions [1] 42/10
153/13 153/14 167/22 172/15 175/15 218/7 218/21 219/10 219/18 222/23
revisit [2] 70/3 112/5
242/3 235/14 235/20 238/9 251/14 253/5
revisited [1] 112/20
runs [1] 245/11 253/14 255/4 262/5 263/1 263/24
rhetoric [1] 71/11
rural [1] 209/23 267/23 270/14 271/20 275/1 275/19
Richmond [1] 235/24
Ryan [2] 2/9 37/23 276/23 281/9
Ricky [2] 13/2 13/6
saying [21] 10/4 33/19 34/12 36/17
rifle [1] 106/20 S 56/22 82/4 91/12 114/8 118/6 124/4
Riggins [3] 272/4 272/6 272/7
sacred [1] 255/21 135/19 142/14 153/1 153/23 158/19
right [83] 4/24 5/1 8/17 15/7 15/8 24/3
safe [5] 242/25 253/9 263/18 268/14 177/2 177/6 209/6 232/13 232/20
28/10 30/1 33/15 42/17 43/22 55/19
268/14 238/18
55/20 55/21 55/22 57/2 59/22 65/12
safeguards [1] 217/16 says [11] 37/13 148/23 168/15 177/1
75/6 76/3 84/18 86/1 86/4 91/14 91/20
safekeeping [1] 197/3 202/22 211/13 218/1 224/14 244/5
92/18 95/3 95/18 96/1 99/15 101/6
safes [1] 57/9 256/6 273/8
101/9 103/21 121/3 121/17 123/19
said [72] 4/11 4/12 4/14 4/21 4/24 5/3 SB [8] 13/11 24/19 29/24 40/23 47/11
124/2 124/13 127/20 127/25 128/16
11/5 22/21 26/2 37/7 37/8 39/25 42/16 252/9 276/14 276/24
131/20 137/12 138/4 145/2 147/9
42/20 47/21 49/7 50/9 67/25 67/25 scan [1] 150/19
147/16 149/24 151/21 153/25 157/11
91/1 94/11 98/10 102/7 107/21 108/17 scanned [1] 254/13
157/19 160/7 164/9 178/23 179/14
108/20 117/9 126/3 127/5 134/21 scanner [22] 140/9 140/21 144/9
200/6 204/1 206/17 207/7 216/21
140/22 142/8 142/25 143/7 143/12 144/15 145/15 145/24 147/16 150/8
217/23 219/13 220/5 220/13 220/20
143/17 148/19 149/9 149/10 151/2 150/19 151/4 151/6 152/1 152/3 152/5
234/6 235/7 239/25 242/3 242/16
151/3 151/24 152/20 156/16 172/25 153/3 158/2 158/13 163/20 163/22
242/19 248/21 251/5 251/6 251/18
177/6 180/2 183/15 195/20 198/6 169/8 169/12 170/22
259/8 263/18 263/23 272/24 275/4
208/14 209/8 210/5 214/10 214/17 scanners [1] 191/3
277/21 280/17
S 154/6 173/1 181/11 186/5 203/10 several [6] 63/14 82/3 141/25 145/15
205/17 205/25 206/3 211/2 219/1 239/16 259/11
scanning [3] 152/9 152/14 153/25
219/8 236/9 240/20 241/1 241/4 severe [1] 130/4
schedule [1] 165/18
241/20 241/21 251/24 253/4 258/11 shall [11] 13/25 143/22 191/10 191/19
scheduled [3] 158/22 224/9 227/3
265/14 270/10 270/16 271/9 271/10 192/15 192/22 193/4 193/6 231/11
scheduling [3] 17/15 19/17 226/25
271/17 271/24 273/24 275/16 275/25 231/17 266/25
schematics [1] 244/21
seeing [7] 18/10 30/9 56/25 114/20 shame [1] 274/22
scheme [1] 26/22
133/12 240/21 274/11 SHANA [1] 1/23
Schneider [3] 239/9 239/23 242/7
seeking [1] 60/10 share [6] 35/4 74/17 75/14 264/20
scholars [1] 267/1
seeks [1] 62/16 267/25 271/7
scholarship [1] 44/7
seem [4] 30/8 66/2 248/2 256/4 Sharon [1] 206/10
school [4] 4/16 163/22 168/10 271/12
seems [14] 16/8 18/12 20/19 40/18 she [145] 4/14 90/17 98/5 98/8 98/10
schools [1] 258/22
45/12 61/15 154/21 211/4 240/22 103/10 104/8 104/25 105/9 105/15
scope [1] 71/2
241/3 244/1 253/22 257/13 262/21 105/21 105/24 106/4 106/9 139/17
seal [2] 191/14 246/23
seen [11] 30/6 32/22 33/23 34/21 44/10 140/8 141/21 142/12 142/13 142/14
sealed [1] 191/13
44/19 112/16 224/4 239/22 241/19 142/16 142/21 142/24 143/3 143/7
seals [1] 191/1
269/13 143/10 143/12 143/15 143/19 144/9
season [1] 259/8
selection [1] 244/15 144/21 146/2 146/10 146/11 146/11
seated [1] 4/9
selections [1] 13/7 146/12 146/13 146/14 146/14 146/14
seats [1] 187/12
self [7] 9/21 160/11 161/7 164/24 167/4 146/15 146/18 146/19 146/20 146/25
SEB [15] 85/15 85/16 90/5 128/18
170/15 178/25 147/5 147/6 147/6 147/7 147/7 147/7
140/25 144/7 144/13 155/12 155/25
self-identified [1] 9/21 147/12 147/15 150/10 150/10 150/12
155/25 156/3 158/11 158/14 189/13
self-report [1] 167/4 150/13 150/15 151/2 151/5 151/9
193/8
self-reported [4] 160/11 164/24 170/15 151/10 151/16 151/23 151/23 154/3
second [76] 10/24 10/25 30/22 31/9
178/25 154/3 154/4 154/12 156/8 156/9
35/22 51/7 57/25 58/1 59/20 59/23
Senate [2] 25/17 266/14 157/11 157/11 157/16 157/17 157/19
65/6 65/18 89/21 89/22 89/25 90/1
send [23] 61/20 75/19 81/20 82/20 157/19 158/4 169/2 169/3 177/2 177/3
94/21 94/24 96/8 96/9 100/3 102/24
83/21 83/24 94/6 100/2 100/3 103/14 177/4 177/5 177/6 177/6 177/6 177/8
102/25 103/25 104/1 107/7 107/8
109/24 111/22 129/16 179/19 195/4 177/14 187/22 200/12 200/19 201/23
110/1 110/2 110/3 112/11 118/1 119/8
211/19 211/21 212/6 212/6 227/19 201/24 203/22 208/12 208/22 209/6
119/9 119/19 120/1 120/2 125/1 125/2
229/20 230/14 277/9 209/23 209/23 210/2 210/4 210/5
125/4 125/11 128/19 129/8 134/15
sending [6] 97/10 100/18 109/7 121/14 210/8 210/15 210/16 214/6 214/6
138/11 155/20 157/23 158/7 166/13
179/12 185/8 214/11 215/25 220/2 220/4 220/5
169/7 173/9 175/1 185/20 185/21
senior [2] 54/15 226/24 220/6 220/16 220/19 220/20 220/22
186/4 186/23 194/4 194/24 194/25
sense [10] 5/10 9/3 17/20 22/10 41/9 221/2 221/8 222/8 229/18 229/22
197/6 198/1 199/6 207/15 217/3
43/9 179/18 218/5 232/25 241/11 229/22 229/23 230/5 230/6 230/6
222/17 222/18 230/21 234/21 238/14
sent [24] 41/15 70/10 71/23 83/15 230/7 230/8 230/8 230/11 230/11
238/15 241/13 254/6 267/2 267/5
83/16 85/8 87/4 91/18 100/21 106/21 230/16 230/19 232/7 233/7 233/16
267/6 281/7
106/21 107/6 137/14 146/23 149/9 246/20 247/16 247/20 260/4 262/13
secondary [1] 158/24
179/24 223/16 224/5 229/10 229/16 264/22 274/8
seconded [15] 11/2 90/3 96/11 96/15
230/21 232/5 256/17 256/18 she's [7] 86/2 101/7 121/17 201/24
96/16 102/22 195/20 195/21 207/17
sentence [1] 143/21 201/25 236/21 250/14
212/4 212/6 217/5 234/23 235/8 281/6
sentencing [1] 9/12 sheet [2] 154/6 192/5
secondly [2] 17/25 203/18
separate [9] 56/4 100/24 102/3 107/2 shelves [1] 204/18
seconds [1] 245/20
118/19 119/19 218/24 219/3 243/8 sheriff's [2] 227/24 230/15
secretaries [2] 26/11 26/12
separately [1] 194/6 sheriffs [1] 266/19
Secretary [37] 6/23 11/25 13/23 15/15
sequence [9] 164/19 166/1 166/4 166/9 Shirley [15] 213/1 213/4 213/8 213/25
15/17 15/20 18/16 26/10 27/21 28/4
173/12 173/17 173/19 173/20 174/18 214/21 214/23 215/4 215/14 216/4
28/14 31/14 31/21 32/7 32/17 33/13
serious [8] 66/14 102/11 129/22 130/1 233/3 233/6 233/9 233/10 233/13
47/7 47/22 48/2 48/13 50/5 50/8 50/9
130/2 130/3 249/22 249/22 233/15
50/12 105/11 160/9 160/16 187/18
seriously [1] 250/4 short [5] 53/18 63/13 181/7 246/15
190/21 192/1 193/25 197/5 255/2
servants [1] 6/7 248/7
260/22 262/11 263/13 270/2
serve [5] 10/5 10/17 32/14 111/19 should [56] 7/19 31/13 36/3 36/5 39/8
section [5] 95/8 95/9 96/4 272/11
111/19 42/11 52/16 56/10 58/21 59/1 60/23
280/18
served [4] 5/12 111/17 178/16 227/23 63/11 66/25 70/9 72/12 83/22 100/5
Section 5 [1] 96/4
server [1] 244/25 111/24 112/1 112/20 120/23 122/20
secure [6] 169/14 196/17 197/23 199/2
service [8] 7/11 8/13 8/14 12/3 13/10 135/21 136/19 139/20 146/15 146/25
242/22 244/2
38/6 208/24 248/22 147/16 148/11 148/14 148/18 151/16
secured [3] 170/17 175/5 229/24
services [2] 47/6 248/5 151/24 156/4 156/9 159/18 165/24
securing [1] 199/9
servicing [1] 171/1 168/16 173/22 176/2 176/7 193/5
security [12] 33/1 34/4 34/6 80/18
serving [3] 8/14 125/20 253/3 194/5 196/14 206/19 208/12 223/18
243/6 259/19 259/24 261/16 262/23
session [9] 48/10 112/6 186/16 186/19 241/23 256/6 256/7 257/9 257/12
263/20 263/22 264/8
186/21 186/22 187/6 253/18 280/20 257/24 266/1 273/4 276/20
see [75] 11/8 17/5 17/13 17/13 24/24
sessions [2] 7/5 221/4 should've [5] 133/20 169/10 173/13
26/4 27/24 28/23 29/17 34/8 44/4 51/7
set [7] 160/15 163/7 189/19 191/16 173/17 256/24
57/4 58/16 62/22 65/25 72/7 72/19
195/10 262/5 276/14 shouldn't [12] 56/8 57/10 57/10 74/1
74/21 75/7 75/17 77/24 77/25 81/2
setting [3] 17/10 111/15 258/23 99/19 99/20 117/3 135/18 157/4 157/6
81/23 83/10 84/4 84/8 90/17 98/10
settled [5] 86/11 87/16 87/18 251/11 157/23 256/11
100/11 100/12 115/21 123/17 127/22
251/23 shouted [1] 253/21
128/6 132/17 134/3 145/6 146/18
seven [4] 31/24 72/2 72/25 244/8 show [8] 23/1 23/3 51/13 86/18 93/24
150/13 150/22 152/1 153/22 154/5
S snuck [1] 274/4 sorry [25] 11/7 11/14 19/9 19/10 19/12
so [393] 55/16 56/2 79/23 92/1 96/17 98/22
show... [3] 95/14 189/22 243/23
Social [2] 80/18 161/5 98/24 105/7 110/21 120/22 168/7
showed [6] 89/12 141/21 210/1 220/22
softly [1] 135/19 187/1 187/1 196/15 206/24 223/4
278/19 278/20
softly-worded [1] 135/19 264/6 267/9 279/12 279/14
showing [2] 191/11 192/17
software [5] 244/15 244/17 245/14 sort [29] 16/24 29/5 33/2 44/23 48/4
shown [2] 213/18 214/5
259/18 261/12 60/3 60/20 63/13 64/1 66/19 75/23
shows [4] 53/1 69/1 135/16 273/17
sold [4] 131/2 132/20 244/15 261/21 75/24 75/25 79/4 80/2 116/25 134/3
shredded [1] 197/20
sole [1] 173/9 134/8 134/8 206/18 217/15 217/17
shredder [2] 202/19 207/2
solely [2] 174/20 248/3 241/11 242/11 271/20 271/20 272/14
shut [1] 275/21
solicit [1] 121/11 273/23 277/14
sic [2] 140/24 175/7
solicitations [1] 72/1 sorta [1] 26/3
side [1] 275/7
soliciting [1] 84/10 sorts [1] 74/8
sign [5] 153/1 154/6 191/10 233/7
solution [2] 32/16 265/15 SOS [2] 246/20 268/14
233/16
solutions [1] 246/5 SOS's [1] 268/16
sign-off [1] 154/6
some [112] 5/1 9/1 9/23 12/6 17/1 sound [1] 200/17
signage [3] 147/14 149/2 153/1
17/20 18/15 18/20 19/17 20/20 23/10 sounds [3] 205/18 242/19 246/2
signature [1] 224/14
24/6 24/13 24/17 24/18 24/20 26/16 source [2] 256/1 269/4
signatures [3] 223/15 224/23 261/8
28/5 29/21 29/24 30/4 30/15 31/2 31/6 sources [2] 27/16 71/16
signed [12] 87/6 87/6 103/19 149/4
32/3 32/18 33/1 33/10 34/8 34/8 35/4 South [1] 229/6
149/7 223/14 223/20 226/25 239/3
37/3 38/13 41/3 41/6 41/25 42/2 42/11 Southwest [1] 209/12
239/6 264/6 265/15
42/20 43/17 47/12 50/14 56/5 56/12 space [5] 46/4 166/17 167/2 168/2
significant [9] 7/7 15/6 24/18 26/17
60/17 66/7 68/8 70/9 72/24 73/14 171/2
26/24 28/20 36/1 135/17 168/4
73/15 75/16 75/23 77/4 77/11 79/14 speak [17] 12/10 34/11 80/5 90/21
significantly [2] 113/17 113/22
81/7 81/9 86/8 90/15 106/3 107/25 98/23 120/20 136/2 136/5 140/12
signs [3] 103/15 147/14 149/22
110/7 113/3 113/3 115/7 117/22 118/4 199/13 199/15 203/22 205/21 210/21
silence [1] 29/11
130/6 135/18 135/20 136/15 148/8 222/5 239/12 248/14
silent [1] 258/24
152/17 153/19 154/22 170/4 177/19 speaker [2] 266/13 273/25
similar [7] 17/9 106/19 132/18 195/6
179/10 181/14 186/17 205/20 207/12 speakers [3] 199/16 199/18 274/5
211/4 221/9 260/9
236/16 237/4 239/1 240/11 241/24 speaking [4] 122/10 260/12 264/7
similarly [2] 28/12 106/19
243/13 244/12 247/11 249/12 250/5 264/15
simply [16] 10/9 27/24 44/9 57/17 60/5
253/11 253/12 253/12 253/17 258/5 special [5] 123/11 223/10 224/25 228/1
61/1 63/5 64/3 68/16 70/16 74/19
258/16 258/17 263/9 269/16 269/18 233/24
75/22 93/10 111/3 117/13 183/13
269/24 269/25 270/10 270/14 271/7 specific [20] 8/19 8/23 9/4 41/22 51/1
Simultaneous [2] 199/16 199/18
271/16 271/20 272/13 272/25 51/21 52/12 62/18 69/13 94/25 98/15
since [23] 5/12 16/9 42/20 53/22 65/13
somebody [40] 20/12 31/22 37/16 101/25 115/24 141/12 171/7 177/25
98/11 107/25 143/2 143/9 146/14
38/24 62/14 62/16 64/11 73/4 73/9 207/12 237/14 241/5 241/17
147/22 152/4 200/13 206/22 238/11
73/11 74/5 76/18 76/21 77/21 77/22 specifically [11] 16/15 18/4 107/11
245/1 250/19 250/20 258/4 262/24
84/2 84/10 110/7 117/18 122/20 132/2 132/8 133/1 168/22 188/5 214/9
263/25 274/18 274/19
123/16 124/11 125/21 126/18 130/24 237/5 239/2
single [3] 52/24 184/6 251/8
131/22 134/23 172/24 180/3 195/20 specifics [1] 183/17
sir [18] 78/8 122/1 122/25 123/4 123/9
202/20 203/9 205/12 205/18 218/6 spell [1] 85/10
123/25 123/25 124/6 124/6 124/9
219/1 234/9 257/10 269/18 274/4 spelled [4] 13/13 34/1 85/7 85/9
124/14 126/6 128/11 131/12 136/25
somehow [5] 46/2 71/20 183/3 183/5 spend [4] 39/17 126/13 167/10 258/4
151/3 205/6 276/5
203/25 spending [1] 35/23
sister [1] 209/3
someone [15] 60/22 60/24 63/22 71/23 spent [7] 9/12 28/21 28/22 111/24
sit [2] 20/25 140/1
72/1 98/11 105/10 129/16 147/16 128/9 130/16 167/20
site [4] 158/5 202/15 204/11 207/3
150/9 150/13 196/24 217/7 279/16 sphere [1] 275/12
sites [1] 160/21
279/25 spin [1] 31/17
sitting [4] 44/3 45/21 255/1 256/20
someplace [1] 77/24 spoiled [3] 140/24 140/24 155/19
situation [12] 60/20 68/20 170/3 170/12
something [64] 4/22 5/20 5/21 9/18 spoke [13] 98/5 98/9 128/5 140/18
171/5 171/11 176/20 183/14 203/24
16/17 16/19 17/9 18/23 22/2 23/6 25/8 141/25 142/7 142/12 142/19 143/5
221/3 272/19 273/13
26/4 26/9 26/14 28/16 28/19 44/5 143/8 143/15 208/13 259/25
situations [2] 8/8 184/22
44/24 45/16 46/6 46/18 52/1 53/6 54/6 sponsored [1] 104/8
six [8] 49/7 73/23 191/17 208/9 209/15
57/13 60/11 64/8 66/4 66/5 66/6 69/12 spot [4] 80/3 80/5 84/21 237/22
209/22 226/20 253/16
72/12 75/14 75/19 76/8 80/6 100/12 spread [2] 261/25 262/3
sixteen [1] 175/20
108/24 112/19 112/25 115/23 117/10 spreading [1] 271/15
size [3] 166/14 166/16 173/2
127/22 129/15 135/13 135/14 136/14 St. [1] 163/23
skills [1] 261/10
136/18 149/15 149/16 155/24 156/10 St. Stephen [1] 163/23
skirt [1] 127/14
157/4 159/15 180/21 204/8 206/13 staff [12] 14/16 14/24 15/5 95/7 96/3
skirted [1] 127/15
206/23 242/14 244/7 257/14 258/5 104/21 141/25 197/23 214/9 214/11
sleeping [1] 133/23
263/21 264/19 214/14 214/18
slip [1] 133/20
sometime [1] 109/8 staffing [2] 28/3 168/2
slot [1] 177/9
sometimes [8] 22/2 62/3 70/17 71/17 stand [6] 38/20 85/5 136/9 172/16
slow [3] 98/20 140/11 152/16
83/11 159/15 238/9 279/24 239/11 242/17
small [6] 9/2 33/17 48/23 74/3 126/20
somewhere [5] 29/2 63/21 84/8 239/7 standard [9] 51/19 51/23 51/23 52/21
232/8
270/13 66/2 163/12 164/25 165/2 167/13
smaller [6] 17/4 32/24 32/25 33/7
son [4] 86/21 88/5 88/12 257/17 standardization [1] 250/25
116/15 236/14
son's [4] 85/23 86/9 86/11 86/24 standards [1] 52/6
smart [1] 40/16
soon [3] 114/16 186/8 268/13 standing [3] 150/24 151/22 157/12
smiles [2] 241/20 241/21
S 108/6 131/16 132/7 132/14 132/15 suggestion [4] 55/11 65/7 115/8 127/2
132/21 133/4 146/12 149/10 157/8 suggestions [3] 10/22 27/4 28/9
Stanford [1] 263/5
157/11 180/2 187/13 205/17 210/10 suggests [5] 30/17 76/2 121/10 192/2
starkly [1] 224/18
211/7 211/19 212/2 228/8 239/1 262/14
start [10] 53/2 97/24 138/22 194/18
246/24 255/3 257/20 257/22 257/24 suited [1] 27/19
201/5 236/22 253/4 253/7 254/21
271/22 272/24 279/21 280/3 sum [2] 153/22 170/14
256/12
stipulates [1] 191/10 summarize [2] 53/9 104/3
started [3] 12/7 12/12 200/20
stipulation [1] 268/13 summarized [1] 199/10
starting [1] 28/17
stop [1] 230/13 Sumter [2] 208/6 210/24
state [115] 1/7 1/9 4/3 5/17 6/10 6/19
storage [1] 198/6 Sunday [1] 166/5
7/11 9/7 10/6 10/7 13/7 13/20 13/24
store [1] 203/4 Sundays [1] 250/2
13/24 14/4 15/17 15/20 18/17 18/23
stored [6] 198/7 200/12 200/12 204/8 superintendent [10] 161/18 190/10
24/13 25/18 25/24 26/11 26/12 26/12
204/19 205/2 191/20 192/14 192/20 193/6 193/16
27/15 27/18 28/13 36/6 37/4 37/18
stories [1] 38/13 198/20 199/21 265/7
41/20 44/15 45/10 47/16 47/25 48/1
story [18] 213/1 213/2 213/4 213/4 superintendent/election [1] 161/18
48/3 48/14 50/9 50/12 63/14 71/4 71/6
213/8 213/8 213/25 213/25 214/21 Superior [8] 161/21 168/12 168/16
75/3 76/22 76/22 76/23 76/24 78/15
214/21 215/4 215/5 215/14 216/4 169/14 225/23 227/14 228/2 230/24
79/16 80/6 80/15 81/24 82/2 82/4 82/6
216/4 216/12 216/13 248/7 supervise [2] 225/3 233/23
82/22 82/22 82/23 82/24 83/4 87/18
Story's [1] 215/14 supervisor [29] 98/6 140/19 142/1
99/2 99/7 103/19 105/18 130/16
straight [2] 26/1 275/25 142/11 145/19 149/8 161/8 161/18
160/17 161/13 162/22 163/3 163/16
straightforward [1] 218/9 170/6 171/22 172/2 172/5 208/13
171/3 190/11 193/18 193/25 197/2
streamed [1] 268/19 212/22 214/7 214/8 216/7 218/1 221/1
197/5 210/14 226/17 239/25 240/21
street [3] 125/22 209/25 210/2 221/18 223/8 224/12 225/2 225/4
241/16 241/25 243/1 243/11 243/20
stressed [1] 145/15 225/11 230/17 233/22 254/10 256/18
244/4 248/19 248/23 251/4 251/24
strictly [1] 141/11 supervisor's [1] 209/3
252/8 252/13 253/8 254/7 255/2 256/6
strings [2] 35/16 36/9 supplemental [2] 58/18 58/21
257/6 257/10 260/3 260/24 264/23
strong [2] 50/3 219/10 supply [1] 160/22
265/3 266/12 266/15 266/19 270/2
strongly [1] 217/12 support [10] 97/9 100/17 105/16 127/2
273/2 273/3 275/3 275/16 279/2 280/2
structure [1] 249/19 128/14 139/9 198/12 209/20 221/15
State's [22] 6/24 11/25 15/16 26/10
struggled [1] 169/2 251/25
27/21 28/4 28/14 31/14 31/21 32/7
struggling [1] 106/4 supported [2] 170/24 195/2
32/17 33/13 47/8 47/22 48/3 50/5 50/8
students [3] 60/15 63/14 63/18 supporting [2] 246/10 278/7
105/12 160/9 187/18 190/22 192/1
study [2] 25/18 25/23 supposed [12] 63/24 66/9 89/4 101/13
stated [18] 38/10 64/24 87/13 104/24
stuff [7] 121/15 123/8 200/21 275/24 118/15 142/22 150/9 151/25 152/2
105/9 105/21 106/1 106/7 156/5 198/4
278/16 280/13 280/13 203/8 203/9 205/16
210/8 229/18 230/3 230/7 230/13
subject [2] 259/4 259/11 supposedly [1] 259/18
232/9 232/17 232/23
subjective [1] 133/14 suppression [3] 108/19 249/13 250/5
statement [3] 193/8 268/12 272/22
submit [4] 42/5 58/16 111/6 196/25 sure [63] 11/10 21/20 22/23 24/20 25/4
statements [1] 161/14
submitted [7] 7/13 213/9 215/5 238/13 28/20 32/4 36/23 46/5 51/25 56/19
states [30] 5/1 5/3 26/5 26/6 26/7 26/13
246/23 247/7 247/16 56/24 61/7 62/24 64/1 66/17 67/14
44/11 81/19 104/11 121/9 133/4
submitting [3] 213/15 214/2 272/24 71/10 71/17 80/7 87/4 87/5 89/17
143/21 223/12 223/25 224/12 226/3
Subparagraph [1] 58/20 93/21 104/4 105/22 106/11 106/12
226/9 230/25 240/8 243/7 244/17
subroutines [1] 245/14 111/16 112/14 122/12 124/19 130/5
244/17 256/15 256/17 257/7 259/22
subscribe [1] 263/19 130/11 131/18 131/21 134/5 134/6
260/22 260/22 260/23 262/4
subscribed [1] 259/13 149/21 165/18 165/18 168/14 180/18
statewide [1] 268/10
subsection [2] 143/22 148/23 203/15 203/16 207/1 218/5 218/10
station [5] 131/19 131/22 208/23
subsequent [4] 172/18 174/13 175/1 234/4 242/24 244/2 250/4 252/2
208/25 209/13
184/11 252/11 253/9 254/1 259/23 277/21
stationary [1] 47/21
substantial [1] 14/9 278/12 278/12 278/22 279/10 280/8
statistics [2] 269/16 269/24
substantiate [1] 162/15 surfacing [1] 245/1
stats [2] 270/5 270/9
substantiated [1] 189/11 surprise [2] 4/15 261/3
status [4] 10/11 12/5 228/20 280/24
substitute [1] 248/1 surprised [1] 37/7
statute [6] 27/17 45/19 46/2 64/18
subtext [1] 37/2 surround [1] 251/1
132/8 133/3
successful [1] 272/12 surrounding [2] 244/9 252/14
statutes [1] 130/16
succinct [2] 239/7 276/12 surveillance [1] 66/10
statutory [3] 168/15 184/13 202/9
such [9] 5/4 13/25 34/10 67/1 124/20 suspect [2] 62/7 245/24
stay [2] 139/24 201/1
173/12 192/25 193/2 193/4 suspicious [1] 67/5
staying [3] 133/23 136/8 241/10
Sueur [1] 268/23 sustain [1] 104/15
step [1] 134/9
sufficiency [2] 48/22 48/24 swapped [2] 162/4 163/24
Stephanie [3] 208/23 209/7 209/8
sufficient [5] 40/8 51/24 178/20 189/14 switch [1] 108/21
Stephen [4] 13/4 13/6 163/23 208/19
193/12 synagogue [1] 45/25
Stephens [20] 187/14 187/21 187/23
suggest [34] 27/18 31/18 56/3 79/12 synchronized [1] 240/7
188/3 188/6 188/9 189/1 189/9 190/7
84/1 127/7 127/9 144/5 144/12 144/18 synthesize [1] 87/21
190/15 190/16 190/20 190/22 191/24
157/25 162/25 163/8 163/14 164/2 system [25] 9/16 44/19 62/8 69/7 71/12
192/2 193/13 193/20 194/9 194/22
183/7 189/15 190/6 193/12 197/22 80/6 81/9 84/15 113/5 165/14 174/12
196/8
198/9 198/21 210/13 213/2 214/22 177/10 203/7 203/16 204/13 240/6
steps [5] 19/13 19/16 170/25 242/24
215/7 215/20 220/12 221/19 233/10 240/12 253/14 255/13 260/10 260/17
252/11
233/18 241/17 241/21 256/7 268/6 268/9 275/5 276/14
STEVEN [1] 1/23
suggested [2] 146/22 276/19 systemic [3] 8/20 171/7 171/10
stick [1] 261/20
suggesting [3] 52/6 117/3 190/22 systems [8] 171/14 243/9 243/10
still [34] 29/4 29/11 40/19 82/24 82/25
S technically [2] 127/1 133/2 35/17 36/13 36/18 38/4 39/18 39/20
technology [2] 10/14 39/10 42/21 44/1 44/16 46/6 49/1 49/17 50/6
systems... [5] 243/11 243/14 243/15
Ted [2] 264/16 268/18 51/25 52/8 52/17 53/13 54/22 55/19
261/7 262/9
telephones [1] 143/24 55/22 57/22 60/8 60/8 60/21 61/1 61/9
T tell [37] 6/1 9/5 9/6 9/17 19/8 19/10 64/3 64/17 66/4 67/2 67/14 67/14
tab [26] 54/22 55/17 58/10 60/7 60/8 19/11 21/10 23/10 24/11 32/12 48/21 68/22 72/24 73/7 73/11 76/8 76/8
65/18 69/20 69/21 78/11 85/18 92/3 53/8 81/12 85/2 121/2 126/8 134/17 76/10 77/14 80/6 80/22 83/3 84/15
92/4 95/23 95/24 96/5 96/6 97/22 147/21 147/23 154/8 154/8 154/10 91/3 95/14 101/9 101/15 101/16
104/2 110/19 110/19 110/21 121/1 154/11 157/1 159/14 168/22 172/17 101/20 111/20 111/24 112/24 114/19
121/2 138/2 138/3 160/4 174/3 175/3 175/7 195/5 205/21 114/25 115/11 122/12 123/9 125/24
TABLE [1] 2/14 252/21 259/7 259/9 263/12 128/20 130/14 130/14 131/3 131/18
tabulation [2] 192/10 196/7 telling [7] 60/15 62/18 150/19 153/2 131/24 132/23 134/4 134/8 134/12
tags [1] 200/18 214/8 218/6 224/6 136/4 136/24 137/2 137/4 137/5 137/5
take [68] 16/7 26/24 28/19 38/16 41/18 tells [3] 111/10 147/15 251/19 145/5 145/6 145/25 146/4 147/10
42/10 42/12 42/12 42/18 42/23 45/16 temporarily [3] 217/7 279/20 279/25 148/13 148/22 149/22 153/13 154/2
45/19 46/7 48/19 53/18 54/20 54/25 temporary [9] 131/4 131/10 131/18 155/2 158/6 165/21 166/19 166/20
55/1 60/11 60/20 60/25 62/13 62/15 132/13 132/23 133/11 211/10 273/11 168/2 168/23 171/3 171/23 178/12
63/3 63/9 65/8 65/15 66/7 78/2 84/13 279/16 178/12 178/22 178/23 180/6 181/17
99/9 100/22 113/1 117/12 130/2 ten [4] 69/21 116/16 138/21 261/8 183/6 183/25 184/1 185/1 200/23
135/18 136/12 136/13 139/2 139/3 tend [1] 8/25 201/9 201/21 211/20 217/23 218/4
139/11 139/18 142/17 143/19 145/5 tends [1] 33/8 222/3 223/4 238/10 240/7 240/8
148/25 149/3 153/4 153/7 153/9 Tennessee [1] 80/21 245/25 246/16 254/10 256/11 257/8
159/20 160/1 164/19 166/17 166/21 terminated [3] 173/21 174/3 174/7 259/22 260/5 260/19 262/10 263/1
170/25 176/7 187/9 187/12 194/5 terms [14] 16/1 18/14 20/6 30/11 34/23 263/12 263/24 264/10 269/15 272/20
202/20 206/13 238/3 238/5 250/4 34/24 66/3 66/5 66/7 66/17 75/4 108/2 272/22
252/10 256/17 274/12 112/13 207/13 theft [1] 266/24
takeaway [1] 26/14 terribly [1] 100/12 their [122] 4/19 6/12 6/16 10/1 10/2
taken [11] 5/19 21/12 56/20 99/20 test [3] 53/15 133/14 178/11 13/10 14/16 14/16 15/8 15/9 15/11
99/23 100/8 157/14 180/6 241/6 tested [1] 261/7 16/9 16/25 19/4 22/25 23/11 24/15
242/23 242/24 testimony [3] 123/19 154/25 269/4 29/7 29/8 32/1 32/9 36/4 37/12 54/6
takes [5] 71/5 82/18 108/4 165/1 180/4 testing [1] 171/4 58/14 60/25 62/19 68/16 68/17 70/22
taking [16] 24/25 68/18 113/7 115/16 text [3] 71/13 75/12 88/12 73/13 76/24 77/7 77/8 78/21 79/17
130/4 135/22 142/13 142/22 143/1 texted [1] 87/1 79/18 79/20 79/20 79/25 80/8 80/8
143/4 143/7 143/10 158/16 159/11 than [38] 5/18 5/19 6/8 7/22 11/9 12/8 82/2 82/25 83/14 84/3 84/3 87/6 87/23
167/2 243/13 22/15 22/16 27/25 40/11 42/22 47/3 90/21 91/5 93/10 93/11 105/7 105/9
talk [18] 21/2 46/17 53/21 60/3 67/3 57/18 64/16 69/10 74/3 75/13 96/21 106/8 111/4 131/2 131/5 131/7 131/8
84/25 86/9 109/5 124/11 137/7 147/18 97/7 111/9 115/4 115/5 115/5 117/8 131/11 132/7 132/16 132/17 133/7
147/18 147/19 159/13 186/10 242/2 134/16 134/18 137/17 155/21 185/11 133/9 136/2 139/14 141/8 148/10
242/19 280/20 214/25 218/7 226/4 226/5 236/14 150/19 151/8 152/4 152/9 152/14
talked [12] 4/18 93/8 93/8 122/2 143/12 247/17 262/21 278/7 280/13 153/2 155/13 156/14 159/19 166/10
149/5 154/7 240/3 241/14 241/16 thank [103] 10/11 11/8 11/13 11/14 167/8 168/19 168/21 174/19 174/20
275/2 276/11 12/2 19/10 20/17 20/22 24/1 24/3 177/20 178/11 183/8 197/18 209/16
talking [19] 18/22 27/22 38/22 49/11 25/16 27/6 36/12 37/21 38/6 40/12 211/24 211/25 211/25 217/8 223/10
71/6 71/7 74/24 94/4 121/14 130/17 40/21 40/21 43/9 43/11 54/8 54/23 224/6 224/7 229/12 229/25 232/24
150/1 151/8 167/10 262/11 270/1 57/15 65/16 66/10 69/14 78/4 84/18 232/24 235/5 240/18 242/18 244/13
277/7 278/4 279/7 280/9 84/20 85/19 90/19 93/1 94/12 95/23 244/19 244/19 247/24 251/25 255/16
tampering [1] 261/15 100/25 103/12 103/21 110/9 110/23 257/4 263/9 263/10 265/1 266/18
tape [9] 65/24 66/12 66/15 67/6 67/9 114/6 118/13 121/3 121/23 121/24 267/7 274/4 277/21 277/21 279/3
67/13 114/25 189/17 254/9 122/12 122/14 128/4 128/13 128/13 279/10
tapes [10] 66/25 67/6 67/8 67/19 67/21 128/16 135/24 137/10 153/20 154/16 them [106] 7/9 7/10 19/6 21/6 21/7
68/1 68/1 68/4 68/7 254/17 157/20 159/24 160/7 164/10 164/16 21/10 21/18 22/24 23/2 23/19 23/19
targeted [1] 72/9 172/20 178/6 178/7 186/12 186/13 23/20 29/18 31/24 31/25 32/4 32/8
tarnish [1] 37/18 199/17 200/6 202/25 207/7 234/3 32/12 48/21 48/25 49/25 50/17 54/25
task [3] 15/8 173/25 248/21 236/24 239/10 239/23 242/5 242/6 55/1 56/24 60/4 60/17 62/17 62/18
tasked [1] 165/24 242/15 245/21 246/13 248/10 248/13 62/18 63/20 63/25 69/3 73/20 74/20
tasks [2] 15/10 15/13 250/11 250/12 252/19 252/21 252/25 75/12 80/3 80/5 81/20 82/2 82/25 83/2
Tatum [1] 141/20 253/2 258/18 258/19 259/5 264/3 83/5 105/11 108/12 108/16 109/19
taught [1] 4/17 264/13 268/18 268/20 268/24 272/2 112/22 116/24 117/15 118/13 118/13
tax [1] 29/10 272/3 274/2 274/3 274/15 276/2 276/3 122/10 123/17 129/25 132/3 133/6
taxing [1] 32/17 280/14 280/15 281/14 133/10 134/13 136/12 137/9 139/18
taxpayer [1] 35/20 thankful [1] 13/9 143/4 143/16 147/10 147/21 147/23
Taylor [1] 208/12 thanks [2] 250/21 268/18 148/15 153/2 156/24 159/14 164/19
TDY [1] 131/23 that [1598] 165/20 165/20 173/1 195/8 197/19
team [14] 8/4 12/19 13/2 13/12 14/2 That' [1] 136/25 202/12 202/20 202/20 203/4 203/5
14/3 14/17 14/18 15/21 16/1 16/18 that'll [1] 28/22 204/16 204/17 204/19 205/14 205/18
16/21 16/23 17/13 that's [162] 5/21 8/19 9/3 10/8 13/20 205/18 215/15 218/4 224/6 236/9
teams [1] 15/16 15/8 16/17 16/21 23/3 23/4 23/4 23/9 236/20 237/21 254/1 258/11 259/20
technical [10] 13/17 35/6 47/12 124/17 23/16 23/23 25/7 25/7 25/13 25/14 259/21 259/22 260/25 265/2 271/18
133/2 134/25 161/1 170/21 184/19 25/16 26/9 26/21 28/8 28/8 28/10 30/2 275/4 275/21 278/13 279/2
211/6 30/11 30/13 31/7 32/15 32/18 32/19 theme [1] 242/11
T 244/23 257/16 270/18 276/15 277/14 those [158] 5/12 6/5 8/9 9/9 9/21 9/24
278/4 11/16 11/19 15/13 17/1 18/2 19/7
themselves [7] 18/6 42/18 63/1 63/2
things [52] 9/20 17/2 18/4 18/9 18/11 19/20 19/24 21/8 21/16 23/14 23/16
257/12 263/8 276/22
20/24 21/16 22/19 30/12 30/13 30/18 23/21 25/22 27/12 28/24 28/25 29/1
then [84] 4/14 8/8 9/11 10/2 17/25
33/2 34/6 34/22 38/17 39/20 44/20 29/25 33/5 34/22 35/14 38/23 45/14
19/20 19/21 21/14 26/18 28/21 39/25
47/13 47/14 48/4 50/16 63/10 68/2 46/2 47/25 48/4 50/20 51/16 52/5 58/2
41/6 41/12 42/3 42/9 42/12 42/18
77/4 107/2 150/22 165/1 167/2 179/23 60/18 63/16 68/24 73/3 73/19 73/19
42/24 44/13 44/25 45/14 51/10 52/4
183/7 184/17 186/15 200/19 201/5 74/8 74/12 74/21 75/7 78/17 80/13
57/7 57/8 58/7 59/6 59/7 59/11 63/23
217/24 224/18 239/2 240/2 240/9 82/20 90/8 92/5 92/6 92/7 93/9 94/9
64/21 67/3 80/22 81/25 82/20 82/23
240/13 240/19 244/12 249/12 253/17 94/9 95/8 96/3 96/25 97/4 103/3 107/1
83/5 83/17 83/20 87/3 87/7 88/16
257/8 264/15 276/11 277/9 278/3 110/10 111/23 111/24 113/21 115/2
94/24 95/15 95/17 97/2 102/4 106/18
278/23 279/8 279/24 115/14 115/23 118/12 118/20 118/20
107/1 108/22 113/10 118/12 118/21
think [253] 7/16 7/18 9/5 9/16 11/5 11/6 119/13 119/20 119/21 119/23 120/6
118/22 136/15 139/18 140/2 144/3
16/2 17/1 17/3 17/14 18/8 18/15 18/24 124/20 128/23 130/12 132/8 132/9
152/22 160/2 161/8 166/3 166/10
19/18 20/5 20/9 21/15 21/23 22/12 132/9 133/4 137/25 138/13 139/19
166/25 177/4 177/9 181/13 183/4
22/15 22/19 23/1 23/23 25/8 25/21 140/16 149/6 159/4 161/6 167/2
197/19 204/10 217/1 218/25 223/14
25/23 26/7 26/13 28/10 28/15 28/17 167/17 168/12 170/18 171/5 171/16
229/9 229/22 240/24 254/10 256/12
28/22 29/3 29/16 29/21 29/23 30/1 176/6 176/7 180/12 183/7 184/22
256/16 257/5 262/23 271/2 277/15
30/2 30/11 30/14 31/9 31/12 31/13 185/24 186/2 187/6 194/1 195/23
278/2
32/10 32/23 33/6 33/8 33/14 34/5 196/9 202/10 204/9 204/12 207/25
there [312]
34/18 34/18 35/5 35/7 35/9 36/3 36/5 208/3 216/2 219/5 219/17 219/20
there's [73] 4/21 7/5 16/20 17/8 20/23
37/13 38/2 38/4 38/14 38/17 39/4 40/7 222/4 222/22 224/17 227/19 234/6
22/24 23/11 24/21 25/3 29/3 29/11
40/8 40/15 41/14 41/17 41/20 41/25 234/12 235/13 235/16 235/22 237/7
29/20 36/20 36/21 50/24 51/7 51/15
42/11 43/8 43/14 43/17 43/19 43/23 237/11 238/17 238/21 239/3 240/16
51/18 52/8 57/12 62/2 65/23 67/3 67/4
45/22 46/8 48/5 48/10 48/25 49/6 49/7 242/16 252/14 252/22 254/12 254/16
73/1 73/23 76/14 77/11 79/24 81/7
51/11 51/21 56/16 60/11 60/19 61/4 254/18 254/23 256/13 256/16 256/16
82/11 82/11 84/4 90/25 94/20 97/8
61/24 62/2 62/3 62/10 62/13 62/21 256/17 260/17 268/25 269/1 273/15
112/7 114/25 123/12 126/22 128/22
63/10 64/18 65/2 66/5 67/14 68/1 68/2 273/20 277/4 277/11 277/19 277/25
132/1 144/12 154/1 157/21 163/14
68/6 70/8 72/12 72/12 72/18 73/2 278/1 278/2 280/22 281/8 281/11
164/2 168/4 168/23 168/24 171/2
73/12 74/4 75/3 75/5 75/11 75/14 though [13] 10/8 12/20 48/13 132/13
177/13 179/15 179/17 180/24 182/14
75/22 76/2 76/14 76/25 77/1 77/10 132/16 151/9 181/8 201/21 206/14
182/17 182/18 184/18 187/5 190/6
77/12 77/15 77/16 78/13 79/14 82/6 223/22 224/20 256/5 266/1
194/19 198/21 203/11 210/12 213/2
84/14 84/15 88/19 89/8 91/24 100/1 thought [21] 24/19 31/17 32/20 37/11
215/7 221/18 234/14 240/12 256/10
100/4 100/9 102/15 106/17 106/23 60/16 60/22 63/18 75/5 102/14 113/16
271/19 273/7
107/23 107/24 108/7 108/13 108/21 116/8 116/19 147/6 148/17 152/4
therefore [4] 58/14 189/7 190/6 251/21
109/10 109/14 111/12 112/4 112/21 156/8 156/19 181/16 219/3 263/7
therein [1] 193/3
112/24 114/3 114/9 114/23 115/6 264/1
these [95] 17/5 18/4 18/9 18/11 20/20
115/20 116/16 116/25 117/2 117/9 thoughts [2] 44/22 263/13
21/3 21/4 21/5 23/19 25/12 25/23
117/16 119/1 126/10 126/25 127/12 thousands [5] 82/3 82/9 245/5 245/6
27/20 30/19 32/25 33/18 37/24 39/12
127/18 127/21 130/14 132/1 133/11 273/20
48/6 48/12 48/16 48/17 49/2 50/4
135/7 135/14 137/20 149/15 152/15 threats [2] 251/7 265/12
51/11 51/11 51/13 51/20 52/5 52/10
152/15 152/16 153/18 155/1 155/3 three [30] 15/14 16/20 17/8 17/25 18/2
52/16 52/23 53/4 53/20 58/24 58/25
155/14 155/15 156/24 157/1 166/20 20/11 21/2 33/11 57/15 71/24 100/6
59/1 60/15 62/1 67/19 68/3 69/25
167/5 167/18 168/6 168/19 169/3 123/24 125/7 149/7 158/15 188/13
71/11 72/5 72/6 72/8 75/7 76/17 87/23
169/24 170/14 170/16 170/19 170/23 197/10 208/21 215/17 219/7 226/5
90/25 105/15 107/18 134/23 139/11
171/20 175/10 176/24 178/14 178/15 239/8 242/1 245/7 251/12 251/22
153/1 159/5 160/19 162/13 171/12
178/17 178/19 178/21 179/1 179/4 252/22 255/2 256/23 276/10
172/14 172/25 176/16 182/19 189/7
179/5 179/8 179/14 179/21 180/20 three days [1] 226/5
189/12 194/5 198/14 201/14 203/2
181/10 181/17 183/9 183/24 184/10 three feet [2] 123/24 125/7
204/7 236/17 237/4 237/16 237/18
184/14 185/6 186/20 194/6 203/6 three weeks [1] 219/7
237/23 239/18 242/20 243/10 243/11
204/22 211/21 218/7 219/3 235/1 threw [1] 260/21
243/15 244/3 248/2 254/19 256/13
235/5 236/15 239/14 240/4 240/22 through [39] 10/13 17/12 25/24 29/14
258/17 269/10 269/25 270/12 270/19
240/24 242/3 242/12 243/19 245/4 33/13 45/8 63/15 70/23 75/5 80/17
270/19 271/4 271/23 273/12 274/17
245/9 253/15 255/9 255/12 259/22 82/10 97/17 109/7 126/9 152/25 161/7
278/9 279/7
260/19 262/5 262/9 263/4 263/22 173/4 182/3 188/22 195/4 198/14
they [353]
264/1 269/3 269/9 269/23 270/8 271/5 203/10 209/21 210/3 214/11 214/16
they'll [1] 157/1
271/23 275/4 275/8 276/23 277/23 223/22 238/1 238/7 242/2 248/18
they're [32] 8/22 34/9 35/20 42/17
280/5 249/3 253/11 253/15 255/22 256/21
48/13 50/21 51/20 61/19 66/9 70/25
thinking [10] 30/3 84/5 114/22 125/12 262/3 266/10 276/7
71/12 77/1 81/22 84/8 90/8 108/13
147/4 148/9 156/6 156/13 180/1 throughout [5] 13/9 38/12 79/16 112/17
131/1 131/6 167/18 201/6 203/8
242/11 249/23
205/14 236/19 237/24 244/2 244/22
thinks [1] 217/11 throw [2] 39/17 223/19
260/9 260/11 262/25 271/5 278/9
third [11] 35/22 51/15 111/9 116/6 Thursday [1] 104/5
278/16
159/11 198/7 200/20 200/22 204/20 thus [1] 61/18
they've [10] 6/7 53/4 53/4 131/2 254/11
254/6 258/1 tie [1] 141/21
256/17 263/3 272/14 277/17 277/17
this [418] tied [2] 169/19 169/20
thing [32] 17/14 30/2 30/8 38/8 43/7
Thomas [2] 104/2 138/2 tight [1] 126/21
57/17 64/1 68/25 73/21 75/23 80/19
Thomasville [1] 104/6 tighten [2] 270/25 271/3
89/9 100/4 101/22 103/13 124/2
Thompson [1] 209/12 till [1] 139/4
124/20 134/4 134/18 135/3 148/16
thorough [4] 13/14 13/21 79/10 249/11 time [84] 5/19 6/8 6/16 9/12 12/2 20/13
156/21 169/25 217/16 217/17 241/12
T 109/12 109/16 109/20 258/21 259/9 199/2 202/5 203/10 203/24 204/7
278/13 278/17 204/16 208/18 218/2 218/23 220/1
time... [78] 21/13 27/19 32/1 43/17
traceable [1] 261/13 220/8 221/13 223/18 224/18 237/9
50/10 55/1 62/12 63/6 70/21 71/5
tracing [1] 203/17 237/10 239/8 240/19 243/5 246/16
73/25 78/23 82/5 86/24 87/2 104/25
track [1] 68/14 246/17 256/22 274/5
106/3 107/25 108/11 109/2 109/15
tracking [3] 188/18 203/17 204/14 two days [1] 223/18
112/17 112/19 124/8 126/13 126/15
train [1] 148/16 two years [3] 202/5 203/10 204/16
127/7 127/16 128/9 130/17 131/11
trained [4] 145/18 145/21 190/3 193/10 twofer [1] 79/6
134/14 134/15 135/21 135/22 139/2
training [14] 57/12 145/16 145/20 Tyler [1] 197/14
139/17 144/2 145/7 155/7 157/10
145/22 145/22 151/19 153/16 153/19 type [5] 25/25 30/2 30/9 176/8 207/12
157/23 160/14 160/21 160/24 161/20
190/11 193/17 193/25 221/4 264/9 typed [3] 225/9 226/11 232/1
163/7 163/12 165/13 167/14 168/19
268/20 types [2] 30/5 34/22
170/18 172/5 174/13 174/16 179/10
transmit [1] 65/2
181/7 182/15 182/20 197/11 200/23 U
transparency [1] 269/23
202/18 210/9 214/25 227/16 230/12
transported [1] 162/4 U.S [3] 266/11 266/17 266/21
238/5 242/1 246/12 252/5 252/19
traveled [2] 167/18 167/19 Uh [1] 103/11
254/23 268/18 268/19 268/20 269/18
treat [3] 62/4 62/23 106/19 Uh-huh [1] 103/11
274/13 277/25
tremendous [1] 178/14 ultimate [2] 39/22 161/17
timeline [2] 12/15 14/7
tried [4] 47/17 105/1 220/4 253/19 ultimately [14] 31/24 32/8 32/9 37/11
timelines [1] 133/19
tries [1] 23/5 39/13 40/23 41/6 112/16 115/20
timely [4] 161/11 165/16 231/12 231/18
tripod [1] 145/6 141/13 151/8 166/5 169/3 221/9
times [12] 17/1 83/8 101/11 145/16
trouble [1] 214/16 unable [7] 111/4 111/10 162/14 167/8
149/8 197/7 217/23 245/8 251/13
troubled [1] 100/10 170/7 209/14 233/5
251/22 253/5 259/12
troubles [2] 38/8 217/25 unanimously [1] 227/18
timing [3] 12/12 87/25 117/13
troubling [2] 99/22 102/13 unannounced [1] 161/2
Tindall [1] 2/4
Troup [13] 139/14 139/23 140/5 140/14 unanswered [1] 49/5
title [1] 24/10
140/19 141/4 141/25 142/7 142/15 unassociated [1] 109/22
Toccoa [1] 128/9
142/19 143/5 145/12 145/13 unaware [3] 156/3 180/8 221/2
today [30] 25/9 42/3 43/24 47/12 48/3
truck [3] 126/9 166/17 166/18 uncertainty [3] 182/14 182/17 182/19
49/24 52/9 54/10 64/10 68/12 92/15
trucks [4] 165/20 166/21 167/1 173/2 unclear [2] 19/3 60/9
204/14 216/13 237/1 240/2 240/18
true [4] 10/8 51/20 124/5 253/6 uncooperative [1] 68/2
242/12 242/15 248/18 248/24 250/21
trust [7] 52/22 128/2 128/3 180/14 under [19] 7/1 36/5 40/23 51/14 58/19
253/11 257/3 259/12 264/9 269/4
182/22 250/9 251/15 75/3 95/9 96/4 101/12 130/10 132/8
274/22 274/23 276/12 276/17
trusted [1] 261/11 133/25 155/5 155/13 177/1 204/8
Todd [8] 223/8 223/13 224/13 224/23
trustworthy [1] 22/23 204/20 245/15 246/23
225/2 225/11 230/18 233/22
truth [3] 60/16 218/6 250/7 undergo [1] 194/15
together [5] 89/18 167/3 244/22 262/16
try [12] 20/4 42/3 44/23 71/11 106/10 undergraduate [2] 4/16 4/17
271/13
106/18 106/19 127/1 135/12 186/11 undermines [2] 250/9 251/15
token [2] 74/21 75/17
202/1 206/11 underneath [1] 18/25
told [30] 4/11 7/9 7/10 9/11 10/7 14/5
trying [25] 23/9 25/5 34/9 37/2 37/16 underscores [1] 68/6
39/8 49/18 53/17 53/23 98/7 121/15
49/15 68/4 71/4 71/18 74/13 74/18 understand [32] 8/3 48/11 50/14 57/11
122/10 142/23 142/24 143/2 143/15
74/19 75/15 75/16 77/1 85/25 86/10 84/14 86/11 87/24 89/2 89/3 94/14
145/18 148/2 148/12 148/15 154/4
91/4 94/15 111/16 126/23 269/24 112/13 112/18 114/13 124/19 127/23
208/19 218/3 218/4 224/1 224/18
270/4 273/5 279/10 133/6 133/24 134/6 134/11 135/19
230/3 244/2 261/16
Tuesday [3] 173/16 230/10 232/8 155/16 155/17 156/15 157/9 157/18
tolerated [1] 218/12
turn [6] 35/5 60/25 63/25 64/14 199/14 164/22 167/6 176/20 181/10 182/2
tone [3] 135/5 135/7 135/8
220/10 184/11 250/4
too [16] 4/11 35/23 74/18 75/11 75/15
turned [4] 13/7 60/18 63/19 274/19 understandable [1] 217/6
84/17 102/13 127/10 134/19 206/21
turnip [1] 126/9 understandably [1] 115/6
208/14 237/25 238/4 240/25 255/24
turnout [2] 123/12 252/3 understanding [6] 8/7 101/4 101/12
280/2
turnover [1] 170/4 153/16 226/10 280/8
took [18] 7/24 65/8 86/23 86/25 89/10
turns [3] 68/15 93/9 125/17 understands [1] 111/14
108/17 125/23 126/21 134/18 140/15
tweak [2] 32/8 61/6 understatement [1] 250/24
142/3 144/21 146/13 150/7 151/5
tweaks [1] 60/14 undertake [1] 21/9
158/5 166/10 203/18
twice [10] 142/23 212/24 213/4 215/18 undertaken [2] 8/11 29/16
tools [1] 81/13
217/11 217/22 218/16 219/7 251/12 undertaking [1] 71/19
top [4] 201/25 223/21 225/9 232/1
256/22 undetectable [3] 260/11 260/12 260/18
topic [1] 255/20
twin [1] 87/4 undue [4] 32/13 162/2 162/12 163/25
total [7] 114/12 115/1 189/24 192/6
two [86] 4/13 4/20 6/2 17/18 30/18 unfair [1] 276/23
192/22 193/1 193/2
30/23 31/20 31/21 37/24 39/15 43/18 unfortunate [1] 183/15
totally [4] 36/19 84/14 118/5 173/4
50/24 60/2 60/4 61/23 61/24 64/19 unfortunately [5] 12/20 14/8 113/9
Tots [2] 108/15 258/22
65/5 68/11 68/24 71/24 72/16 92/11 170/4 272/15
touch [2] 90/16 146/20
93/9 100/6 112/7 117/16 117/17 unfounded [2] 248/25 250/8
touched [1] 81/3
118/21 119/19 119/22 122/3 133/20 unfunded [1] 250/8
towards [3] 47/23 81/25 83/18
134/22 140/17 143/11 149/5 150/2 UNICOM [1] 244/24
town [1] 123/15
150/3 159/5 161/19 161/23 162/3 uniform [3] 66/24 258/9 268/9
Townsend [1] 220/9
163/10 163/11 163/17 164/4 166/3 uniformity [3] 66/16 79/15 258/16
toy [11] 104/24 105/3 106/17 106/24
167/2 168/9 169/18 170/18 175/10 unintended [1] 45/20
107/1 107/11 108/13 108/18 108/20
183/1 183/4 183/7 186/14 188/11 unique [2] 203/23 203/24
108/22 109/1
191/22 196/4 196/22 197/23 198/14 United [4] 5/1 5/2 243/7 244/17
toys [11] 105/1 106/12 108/11 108/15
U 45/16 45/19 46/17 46/18 48/7 48/12 133/3 133/12 165/13 201/22 207/7
48/17 48/21 49/3 49/4 50/4 50/7 51/17 211/4 217/12 219/5 232/8 235/22
units [1] 161/2
52/9 53/8 57/17 60/11 63/7 64/18 66/4 238/8 239/4 239/17 242/4 242/6 245/6
unlawfully [2] 246/22 247/18
66/7 66/19 69/4 74/6 74/8 83/15 104/3 246/13 249/13 250/12 252/7 254/12
unless [3] 36/15 101/19 223/23
109/2 112/22 129/23 130/2 130/4 255/9 255/21 255/23 258/18 262/5
unlike [1] 175/20
134/22 135/1 151/2 154/24 156/23 264/13 268/16 269/13 271/5 272/2
unlocked [2] 204/9 206/16
157/1 159/17 164/22 179/7 179/8 273/20 274/3 276/2 280/15 281/5
unnecessary [2] 35/23 251/16
181/13 184/9 187/5 187/16 196/19 veterans [1] 208/25
unpopular [1] 8/17
210/7 212/20 219/25 223/6 236/20 vetted [1] 259/20
unprotected [1] 261/17
237/19 237/24 238/13 251/19 258/24 VFW [1] 45/25
unproven [1] 251/14
259/7 259/9 263/17 265/14 272/15 via [3] 162/9 164/7 262/1
unqualified [2] 161/4 215/23
275/10 277/23 279/9 279/9 victim [1] 258/1
unquestionably [1] 219/8
US Highway 280 [1] 210/7 video [5] 68/13 205/25 206/3 206/5
unrealistic [1] 111/12
use [34] 11/11 29/7 37/16 45/8 45/9 206/7
unsecured [3] 196/23 197/25 199/5
47/6 71/16 72/21 73/2 73/18 104/3 videographer [1] 239/14
unsubstantiated [2] 162/21 189/8
111/21 118/6 130/9 143/22 156/1 view [5] 42/7 44/16 111/16 127/12
untenable [1] 247/13
162/16 162/17 167/7 201/17 243/10 265/4
until [15] 7/23 16/5 33/23 77/3 88/4
244/16 245/12 257/1 257/3 257/3 viewed [2] 50/20 100/19
131/5 136/5 139/3 169/11 191/8 197/3
258/6 261/11 261/11 265/10 268/8 views [2] 35/4 132/23
199/3 202/23 204/9 209/17
268/14 268/15 275/12 vigilant [1] 78/24
untraceable [1] 262/25
used [27] 24/22 27/13 34/1 34/2 34/4 violate [1] 121/23
unused [1] 199/1
37/12 38/13 38/15 48/2 76/18 98/13 violated [20] 144/7 144/13 144/19
unusual [1] 243/23
126/7 148/8 152/6 156/11 166/15 161/12 163/2 163/10 163/16 164/4
UOCAVA [2] 132/18 132/18
166/18 168/23 169/11 196/25 198/6 190/23 192/3 192/9 198/23 210/13
up [101] 8/24 14/16 17/10 18/19 22/9
198/10 209/24 210/2 240/7 243/25 214/23 215/9 215/22 221/20 233/11
28/23 29/22 31/20 41/18 41/23 42/12
244/4 233/20 247/22
44/24 46/20 49/16 50/12 50/13 56/24
user [1] 81/3 violating [2] 99/1 130/15
65/2 65/11 73/23 80/8 81/19 85/5
using [11] 18/16 48/7 71/1 73/10 99/9 violation [53] 50/22 50/24 51/7 51/10
89/11 93/24 98/23 103/23 111/15
165/13 166/1 176/11 181/7 241/3 51/13 51/14 51/22 51/23 51/24 52/3
115/9 124/21 125/25 128/5 139/15
245/14 52/8 97/9 99/6 99/11 106/15 107/12
139/18 140/12 141/13 147/1 150/1
USPS [2] 82/16 82/19 124/17 127/4 129/22 133/2 135/9
151/1 153/13 153/22 153/24 154/3
usually [3] 92/14 124/20 262/21 137/2 137/8 137/18 138/22 139/7
156/18 160/1 160/23 165/20 166/11
utilize [3] 20/20 45/14 81/13 139/8 139/9 148/5 148/19 148/19
166/17 167/2 180/12 180/25 186/11
utilized [1] 15/15 154/20 155/2 155/11 157/22 158/11
194/5 195/10 197/8 201/24 204/6
utilizing [1] 15/19 158/12 158/14 160/1 162/21 178/20
206/20 217/20 221/5 232/14 238/6
181/2 181/8 188/19 193/21 210/12
239/3 239/5 239/6 239/14 240/6 V 211/7 212/10 216/9 221/15 232/19
241/20 241/21 242/1 243/24 244/8
vacant [1] 257/23 247/6 265/23
244/13 247/25 250/21 254/15 254/22
valid [8] 67/13 87/5 133/4 192/5 211/7 violations [26] 106/13 107/5 139/11
255/6 256/8 258/23 259/11 259/15
229/6 246/9 270/13 144/3 147/24 160/15 161/6 162/24
259/22 262/5 264/1 264/6 270/9
validate [3] 87/15 261/8 261/10 181/12 187/13 189/12 190/14 193/7
270/25 271/3 271/4 271/19 271/23
value [7] 5/4 5/8 5/22 9/3 69/2 180/11 194/3 194/10 195/2 198/13 198/17
273/10 273/17 274/24 276/14 278/20
239/24 209/20 214/20 216/3 216/5 221/16
278/20 278/23 278/23
values [1] 4/19 233/9 234/7 235/19
upcoming [2] 15/12 248/4
Vanessa [2] 142/20 143/15 visit [1] 17/11
update [17] 11/22 12/4 12/8 14/6 70/20
varied [1] 8/6 visited [1] 150/21
71/5 73/24 74/11 116/17 132/5 132/17
variety [2] 8/8 73/3 visual [1] 68/4
133/3 133/7 210/8 211/24 276/16
various [6] 66/10 70/2 160/18 257/1 vital [2] 17/3 32/24
280/22
262/17 266/15 voice [3] 164/11 164/14 279/11
updated [14] 70/22 73/16 78/20 88/25
vehicle [1] 166/24 voices [1] 279/3
113/8 132/7 132/11 133/22 139/21
vehicles [1] 166/12 void [4] 265/2 265/5 265/16 266/8
210/11 240/7 241/2 277/11 277/13
vein [1] 271/7 voided [1] 146/13
updates [3] 58/25 73/13 79/19
vendor [2] 261/2 261/18 volume [2] 114/14 214/17
updating [7] 78/21 80/1 80/25 84/3
venerable [1] 261/25 volunteer [6] 27/19 32/1 32/11 42/22
85/20 130/8 130/12
verbal [1] 121/11 209/13 274/17
upgrades [3] 33/2 34/3 34/4
verifiable [1] 261/13 volunteered [1] 258/22
upload [1] 115/17
verification [4] 78/20 79/3 79/7 188/22 volunteering [1] 43/3
uploading [1] 115/16
verified [2] 223/15 224/14 vote [120] 4/25 26/9 31/1 41/7 43/24
upon [24] 7/15 17/21 19/4 22/1 30/25
verify [4] 213/17 214/4 215/13 229/25 59/2 60/24 61/24 63/15 63/19 63/21
42/9 42/19 52/25 63/7 73/7 76/13
verifying [2] 189/19 224/23 65/2 70/25 71/11 73/7 75/11 75/20
92/20 118/7 130/14 135/15 161/17
versed [1] 239/17 75/22 76/24 77/1 77/9 77/12 77/22
191/14 192/20 231/7 236/8 245/6
version [4] 261/7 261/7 261/17 261/17 79/7 86/13 86/24 87/5 87/8 87/14
266/5 266/6 266/24
versus [2] 123/7 271/13 87/24 88/2 88/5 89/5 89/13 105/4
upward [1] 20/18
very [76] 4/14 5/7 7/24 8/8 10/16 11/12 105/21 105/22 105/23 106/20 108/20
urging [1] 165/7
13/9 14/13 14/14 20/5 20/10 34/11 108/22 109/13 122/21 130/10 131/4
us [102] 4/5 6/12 7/15 9/10 9/11 9/17
34/18 36/2 38/7 40/4 40/16 40/16 132/15 132/16 132/18 132/21 140/8
9/21 10/5 10/10 15/14 16/13 17/8
48/23 49/21 50/25 54/20 56/16 63/22 141/2 141/11 141/17 141/20 144/8
17/11 17/12 19/8 19/10 19/11 20/10
66/10 66/14 79/9 84/21 91/8 92/13 146/14 146/25 147/4 147/9 147/10
20/13 23/1 23/18 24/23 25/7 25/10
94/12 99/21 109/18 114/16 115/11 148/22 151/10 151/20 156/9 157/23
25/11 25/14 31/13 32/2 32/5 32/18
116/23 121/24 126/1 132/8 132/17 162/8 167/8 167/8 170/18 176/24
37/6 38/10 41/25 42/9 42/10 42/19
V 14/20 14/21 62/8 62/12 62/23 73/6 129/16 145/19 253/17 263/12 273/13
73/7 76/16 85/20 95/12 98/4 99/10 wants [10] 22/20 29/7 36/21 38/25
vote... [50] 177/3 180/13 182/15
101/13 101/19 101/24 102/10 104/2 52/23 53/11 77/22 124/11 136/13
182/16 183/9 192/11 192/18 192/23
104/12 104/18 104/19 105/4 105/7 139/13
197/12 198/16 208/20 209/14 213/14
105/9 105/11 105/19 106/8 106/9 Ward [1] 121/21
213/22 214/1 215/15 215/24 215/24
106/25 109/16 115/11 115/15 131/17 warehouse [6] 167/23 168/2 168/5
217/11 217/22 220/4 220/5 220/11
133/8 140/16 140/22 141/19 142/22 170/25 171/2 174/21
220/14 220/17 220/20 221/10 222/1
144/10 144/16 144/23 150/21 152/11 warning [1] 273/23
224/10 224/17 228/8 228/11 235/21
152/11 152/12 152/18 156/6 156/11 warrants [1] 217/9
243/22 249/18 249/20 250/20 251/5
160/13 160/23 160/23 161/3 161/10 was [505]
255/21 255/22 256/16 256/24 257/7
161/16 162/1 162/2 162/3 162/14 was overheard [1] 209/6
257/22 258/12 263/24 267/7 273/17
162/17 162/18 163/5 163/18 163/19 wasn't [17] 4/11 11/15 18/22 59/7 87/2
275/24 277/22
163/25 165/14 165/22 169/22 171/13 113/9 113/23 123/2 127/4 147/7 169/8
voted [37] 5/6 5/11 45/23 55/10 62/5
177/3 180/17 189/18 189/18 189/20 177/14 179/5 179/6 184/8 220/10
62/6 83/7 94/24 123/13 128/20 141/2
190/25 191/12 198/24 209/4 209/12 234/3
141/17 144/8 147/3 148/10 156/14
210/3 210/9 213/9 213/23 213/23 waste [1] 252/4
164/7 193/1 211/5 212/24 213/4 213/6
214/24 215/3 215/6 215/17 216/1 watching [5] 10/13 22/12 22/22 245/6
213/18 214/5 214/12 214/25 215/2
219/7 221/11 226/5 228/8 243/9 250/20
218/15 219/6 224/8 224/13 224/17
247/19 247/21 249/25 250/2 250/5 way [42] 16/10 18/1 24/21 24/25 25/2
235/22 254/20 257/6 257/17 274/18
250/19 251/2 251/15 251/18 254/16 28/22 37/15 37/17 39/17 47/11 49/16
voter [138] 8/1 55/9 55/12 56/4 56/12
255/10 259/8 259/9 259/16 260/16 50/11 51/15 51/21 59/12 82/12 84/5
56/16 58/10 58/13 60/18 61/8 61/9
260/17 261/2 261/7 262/8 275/5 275/5 88/7 99/7 122/9 132/23 139/2 149/23
61/15 61/22 62/17 63/16 63/23 69/21
275/16 275/18 155/10 175/2 180/2 181/3 181/17
69/23 70/6 70/8 70/19 70/22 71/1 72/8
VRE [1] 247/4 185/7 194/19 195/15 206/6 206/8
72/10 72/10 73/13 73/16 73/18 74/11
vulnerabilities [4] 243/8 243/11 259/17 243/18 243/24 258/9 260/3 267/4
74/13 75/8 75/9 78/16 79/1 79/15 80/1
260/10 271/19 271/19 273/24 279/19
80/6 80/18 81/1 81/9 82/3 84/6 85/20
vulnerability [1] 261/23 ways [5] 50/24 134/22 243/14 246/6
87/12 99/8 104/11 104/18 108/9
vulnerable [4] 72/10 72/10 72/11 253/25
108/19 123/11 130/8 130/13 132/3
262/20 we [624]
132/4 132/11 132/13 133/2 133/14
we'd [1] 33/19
140/7 140/20 140/23 141/1 141/2 W we'll [18] 14/10 14/10 18/15 19/19
141/6 141/10 141/17 144/8 144/14
Waffle [1] 275/19 29/16 29/17 30/9 41/8 53/7 54/12 81/6
155/1 155/12 155/20 157/22 158/2
wait [6] 73/22 74/2 128/19 136/10 83/21 83/24 90/14 97/17 97/20 139/3
167/7 170/3 177/10 183/8 183/23
186/4 230/12 194/15
208/19 209/14 211/22 211/23 213/13
waiting [1] 86/21 we're [58] 7/4 17/6 21/20 21/21 23/2
213/18 213/21 214/5 215/2 217/9
walk [4] 114/3 146/16 147/12 157/11 23/9 24/4 39/2 39/16 39/19 42/4 48/7
217/11 218/15 220/8 220/13 221/9
walked [7] 146/11 146/15 146/19 52/1 52/6 53/2 53/17 64/12 68/20 71/6
221/25 223/15 224/16 226/15 227/2
150/10 150/13 150/15 156/9 71/7 77/16 81/14 81/24 83/2 83/20
228/22 231/4 231/15 231/21 231/25
Walker [5] 220/13 221/1 221/3 221/24 84/5 88/20 94/4 95/11 95/11 99/25
235/24 240/3 241/2 241/6 241/7 241/8
278/7 133/12 133/21 134/12 135/2 135/3
241/9 248/22 248/25 249/8 249/13
Walker's [3] 221/7 222/7 278/10 137/3 137/6 137/8 160/1 160/2 179/12
249/17 250/8 250/10 250/19 252/2
walking [5] 17/11 149/2 150/25 152/25 185/15 186/14 186/15 255/1 256/20
252/4 252/13 255/25 256/2 257/4
156/15 261/20 271/21 272/24 277/25 278/23
257/13 263/16 277/7 277/8 277/10
wall [2] 146/4 260/22 278/24 279/7 279/8 279/9 280/9
277/10 277/11 278/13 278/13 278/15
Walters [2] 258/20 264/3 280/13
278/18 279/6 280/4
want [120] 6/1 6/11 7/11 10/11 14/12 we've [32] 6/10 7/12 7/19 14/21 14/23
voter's [1] 81/21
15/4 17/4 17/20 17/23 17/24 18/4 18/16 23/22 25/9 45/11 48/24 54/9
voters [82] 22/16 30/25 58/22 58/22
19/18 21/22 22/6 23/4 23/4 23/17 24/6 74/24 84/24 112/16 112/16 124/12
59/1 61/17 62/4 62/4 62/5 62/5 62/6
27/14 28/24 31/3 32/13 32/19 35/24 125/23 175/15 179/2 185/7 200/20
71/7 71/9 74/20 78/11 78/14 79/2 81/2
36/17 37/22 41/2 41/2 44/17 44/18 237/20 245/8 251/22 253/9 253/15
82/20 104/9 104/22 111/17 111/19
45/19 46/1 46/4 46/7 47/8 48/14 49/3 263/2 271/21 272/11 274/5 276/11
132/20 133/6 144/20 153/16 160/18
49/4 50/1 50/15 53/5 53/14 53/15 54/6 280/12
160/20 160/24 162/7 162/13 170/12
55/4 56/12 59/23 63/25 64/7 65/23 wealthy [1] 249/15
170/18 176/20 176/23 177/15 177/19
66/18 66/18 67/6 71/9 71/17 75/4 75/7 website [3] 87/12 87/18 105/12
180/12 182/16 182/21 183/3 198/14
75/17 76/10 77/13 78/12 85/1 86/9 week [6] 83/23 223/12 227/17 232/14
203/21 209/16 212/23 212/25 213/3
91/15 99/17 101/2 102/18 109/19 254/22 275/20
213/25 215/4 215/17 217/19 217/22
115/6 115/20 121/15 126/17 127/5 week's [1] 260/5
218/10 219/5 224/6 224/10 224/17
127/6 127/13 127/15 133/8 134/3 weekend [1] 214/10
225/13 225/18 226/4 229/9 229/21
134/20 135/4 135/6 135/8 136/2 weekends [1] 81/6
230/15 249/5 249/5 249/6 249/10
136/18 138/19 142/6 154/5 165/11 weeks [9] 48/10 71/3 71/8 83/23
249/14 249/14 249/14 249/20 249/25
165/11 166/7 167/10 168/8 171/20 133/20 219/7 242/1 256/22 256/23
256/3 266/6 268/10 272/11 273/4
176/19 180/13 181/2 181/3 234/4 weigh [1] 22/5
273/7 277/19 278/11 279/1
235/20 237/21 238/1 241/4 242/14 welcome [6] 40/22 135/25 137/11
voters' [2] 225/8 252/5
247/1 248/25 249/16 251/8 253/6 154/17 159/25 248/15
votes [28] 87/7 111/7 112/3 112/4
254/25 255/1 258/2 258/21 267/25 welcomed [1] 35/21
114/21 115/1 115/2 115/17 115/18
269/16 276/10 277/8 279/6 280/7 well [74] 9/25 10/17 14/20 15/3 15/23
115/19 121/11 123/15 126/24 127/14
280/11 280/19 16/17 18/7 23/6 25/11 29/22 34/11
132/6 132/9 132/10 133/4 133/5
wanted [19] 17/13 25/14 25/23 37/5 38/9 44/22 50/10 51/3 51/11 54/5
189/19 192/15 211/7 217/8 230/19
84/24 100/24 105/20 111/20 113/14 63/22 64/14 65/5 72/24 74/16 77/11
243/18 243/23 243/24 263/18
113/20 117/18 120/13 125/19 127/11 77/13 83/3 83/21 84/21 89/19 103/17
voting [120] 4/21 5/3 5/14 6/14 7/25
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56/18 57/9 57/22 59/14 60/7 60/23 179/11 181/11 183/25 184/18 200/18
well... [45] 108/5 111/17 112/7 113/13
61/8 62/19 62/25 63/1 63/13 63/21 203/8 205/2 205/13 205/16 210/23
117/2 122/22 124/4 125/12 125/18
63/24 64/6 68/5 68/5 72/2 72/21 76/19 213/13 213/21 213/24 219/1 220/22
126/1 126/14 128/5 129/13 130/21
76/19 77/17 77/18 81/2 81/3 81/17 239/10 240/23 249/18 253/4 253/10
131/20 134/16 136/7 151/7 157/6
81/25 83/25 85/12 86/10 87/24 90/18 255/8 260/19 260/19 263/25 267/6
161/12 178/16 181/21 201/4 204/15
91/15 92/2 92/3 95/11 95/18 105/17 269/13 270/15 270/20 271/4 271/5
205/13 205/19 216/8 216/25 217/21
106/18 107/23 110/21 111/5 111/14 271/22 275/2 275/18 275/22 276/14
238/4 239/13 239/17 240/19 249/8
113/11 113/20 114/8 114/18 115/12 277/18 280/22
257/2 257/5 258/13 261/15 262/6
115/20 116/8 116/18 117/2 117/10 Whereas [1] 115/13
268/20 270/3 271/9 273/18 273/20
117/20 118/4 118/9 118/15 118/23 whereby [1] 183/1
276/1
120/23 121/22 123/18 125/23 126/7 whether [55] 5/1 7/18 10/12 10/13
well-versed [1] 239/17
126/19 127/3 128/3 129/25 134/4 24/24 29/13 29/19 33/17 34/14 38/21
went [21] 44/12 44/12 44/15 47/20
134/6 134/8 134/12 135/2 135/9 39/11 39/23 44/4 56/17 58/17 59/4
47/21 113/7 123/10 123/12 123/13
136/11 136/23 139/10 142/6 145/25 60/21 62/22 64/12 65/25 66/22 69/10
147/25 149/18 188/22 204/9 214/11
146/10 147/24 148/6 151/12 151/14 72/5 72/19 73/4 73/8 73/8 74/7 74/9
220/9 220/17 223/17 253/11 255/22
151/15 154/9 155/7 157/10 159/20 75/6 76/8 77/24 84/8 89/5 102/8
279/19 279/19
165/2 170/1 172/21 173/2 176/3 176/8 104/11 107/17 108/5 112/10 112/12
were [210] 5/25 12/25 18/21 19/5 19/6
176/18 176/18 178/13 179/2 180/8 112/23 117/21 118/10 118/24 125/5
30/4 37/7 43/18 45/14 47/19 49/6
181/16 183/6 184/8 185/4 195/13 125/6 125/20 157/1 176/8 176/11
50/19 55/7 55/11 55/18 55/22 56/15
196/6 201/4 201/9 202/7 203/10 180/19 207/20 210/23 215/13 265/7
56/22 58/14 58/15 60/18 60/22 63/17
203/12 203/15 204/22 204/23 204/23 which [99] 12/11 12/12 13/25 16/10
63/19 63/20 63/21 63/24 68/16 68/18
206/7 211/16 217/20 221/2 227/8 22/21 23/6 23/11 24/10 28/16 29/4
70/1 71/25 72/6 72/7 75/1 75/2 81/3
229/15 232/6 232/20 232/22 235/3 29/5 30/6 31/6 31/25 34/25 44/11 46/1
81/8 82/15 83/17 83/19 87/5 87/6 87/7
237/23 237/23 241/14 241/17 242/19 48/4 48/19 49/16 50/18 55/18 58/10
93/20 94/10 98/1 98/4 98/4 98/9 99/6
246/4 252/2 252/17 253/13 253/16 62/21 63/24 67/6 67/12 68/5 68/13
99/12 102/10 105/4 105/7 105/9
254/6 256/7 263/24 264/10 267/22 69/12 69/13 69/20 69/22 73/16 76/14
105/15 105/20 106/3 106/13 111/3
267/25 270/11 271/10 271/17 271/21 80/17 94/19 96/21 97/6 103/23 113/22
111/9 112/23 113/7 115/2 115/19
271/21 272/22 273/17 274/16 274/16 114/22 115/17 115/17 115/19 118/1
115/25 116/12 118/16 118/20 119/21
275/1 275/10 277/19 278/10 118/4 121/7 121/9 127/3 127/11
121/14 122/22 123/17 123/20 123/21
what's [11] 38/25 39/1 40/25 48/24 128/24 132/18 135/13 137/18 138/2
125/20 126/3 129/15 130/23 131/3
119/2 180/20 202/7 202/7 202/10 139/7 139/8 139/10 139/18 148/21
136/9 143/13 145/18 145/20 147/14
204/13 271/24 150/3 156/10 158/14 160/3 161/11
147/25 150/1 152/2 152/7 152/13
whatever [8] 17/13 20/1 20/8 32/15 177/5 188/2 195/1 202/9 203/3 203/13
152/18 152/19 152/22 155/6 156/3
75/3 169/5 176/12 278/17 205/3 210/3 211/5 213/13 213/21
156/12 160/23 160/24 161/6 161/14
when [127] 4/16 5/5 5/12 8/12 9/9 9/13 224/13 229/19 234/8 235/23 236/8
162/20 165/13 166/4 167/7 167/8
12/7 12/12 12/25 16/1 18/2 21/14 22/5 237/2 237/9 241/2 245/14 250/4 250/8
168/1 168/13 170/12 170/21 171/7
27/11 30/3 41/15 44/16 51/8 51/16 252/16 253/24 261/24 265/14 265/19
171/11 172/14 175/3 175/7 175/9
53/7 56/22 58/25 64/7 65/20 66/8 265/21 266/7 266/8 267/16 272/19
175/15 175/21 176/20 176/23 176/23
66/16 66/22 67/4 68/4 70/9 74/22 77/6 273/13
177/5 179/15 180/8 183/1 189/7
78/25 79/4 82/5 87/7 87/9 87/19 88/25 while [11] 24/14 45/22 55/10 117/11
189/11 189/12 189/19 189/19 190/3
89/11 91/5 91/11 99/22 100/10 101/12 127/1 129/8 135/3 143/8 144/22 169/2
191/16 193/9 196/22 197/2 197/12
103/13 106/3 109/6 109/6 111/21 211/6
197/15 197/25 198/5 198/7 198/10
114/24 122/4 122/7 124/11 125/17 white [2] 260/13 263/8
198/15 198/15 198/17 199/5 200/13
125/25 132/20 133/7 133/18 134/17 who [106] 12/25 14/15 22/3 27/22 28/7
200/14 200/15 201/5 201/8 201/13
137/7 140/7 142/3 142/12 144/8 31/1 31/10 31/22 32/3 38/11 38/19
201/15 201/16 202/16 202/22 203/19
144/14 144/21 145/20 146/11 146/17 39/22 53/11 54/14 58/22 61/7 62/14
203/24 204/7 204/8 205/15 209/10
146/18 146/21 148/12 149/1 150/10 68/14 68/17 70/24 73/18 74/23 74/25
212/25 213/25 214/13 218/3 223/15
150/12 150/13 151/2 156/22 159/13 74/25 75/1 75/2 75/16 75/19 76/21
223/16 223/20 224/7 224/8 225/7
160/25 162/17 163/4 163/11 163/17 77/22 80/20 82/1 82/19 82/21 83/7
225/13 225/18 225/19 227/11 229/10
164/5 164/24 165/19 166/5 176/16 83/8 86/21 92/24 93/7 93/11 100/17
229/11 229/12 231/25 236/3 236/3
178/11 178/13 180/3 180/3 184/10 103/14 103/14 112/15 113/21 116/4
236/7 236/15 236/17 237/3 241/24
189/17 190/24 191/6 192/4 194/19 116/4 118/2 118/12 118/18 119/20
243/16 243/25 244/15 247/11 248/3
199/1 200/24 205/15 206/20 208/12 123/17 127/18 130/15 133/9 134/23
248/4 253/12 253/12 253/12 253/13
210/15 214/24 215/12 215/24 215/25 139/13 139/14 140/19 142/20 143/6
253/18 263/7 263/9 269/7 269/9
217/11 217/18 220/4 221/23 225/4 144/25 147/5 147/6 147/21 147/23
269/10 269/19 270/20 270/20 271/14
228/10 229/7 235/22 236/5 240/8 148/3 148/10 156/14 157/23 164/7
271/17 271/18 277/6 278/4 280/22
247/10 248/4 249/18 255/1 255/24 170/5 180/12 192/18 193/1 214/12
weren't [7] 26/5 114/11 116/4 179/18
279/7 280/8 215/11 218/1 218/1 218/15 219/5
179/18 179/19 180/15
whenever [2] 21/9 202/19 221/22 224/16 226/21 236/12 239/17
West [3] 40/20 210/17 263/5
where [98] 4/25 8/12 17/20 17/22 18/9 240/15 240/17 242/16 247/14 247/21
what [222] 5/25 6/24 7/24 8/17 9/5 9/5
18/11 24/21 24/21 24/22 27/16 28/23 249/18 254/20 258/10 258/10 258/10
9/11 9/14 14/11 15/22 16/14 16/15
31/6 31/11 33/25 36/15 36/21 36/24 260/24 267/10 267/12 272/5 273/1
17/8 17/9 17/21 18/16 19/11 19/13
38/15 39/19 39/21 40/3 40/5 52/5 53/2 273/16 276/6 278/19 279/3 279/16
19/19 21/3 22/1 22/6 22/21 23/1 23/3
56/23 57/9 67/22 76/17 76/17 77/3 who's [9] 77/21 84/10 131/22 240/16
23/4 23/5 23/15 23/16 23/21 23/22
77/10 81/19 83/10 97/8 102/9 102/14 273/5 277/13 277/13 277/13 277/14
24/7 24/11 24/23 25/9 29/6 31/5 31/25
103/10 105/6 105/9 106/8 111/24 whoever [6] 20/4 21/1 88/4 110/8
32/22 33/24 34/12 34/14 34/21 37/11
113/19 122/20 124/17 126/21 126/23 147/20 199/14
39/4 39/20 41/4 41/24 42/4 42/4 42/14
130/22 131/9 134/1 135/5 141/21 whoever's [1] 147/9
42/16 42/19 44/11 47/9 47/12 47/24
143/21 145/17 146/4 161/24 162/7 whole [8] 44/1 52/15 52/22 67/8 127/16
49/5 50/12 50/13 51/3 51/4 51/6 51/25
W work [55] 5/18 5/23 6/24 7/6 8/6 8/15 275/18 275/20 275/25 276/25 277/1
10/7 10/8 15/6 15/9 15/12 15/15 15/19 277/4 277/23
whole... [3] 174/11 251/13 256/1
15/21 17/5 17/18 32/9 32/12 36/16 would've [2] 184/23 184/24
wholly [2] 31/12 31/13
37/3 38/3 40/13 41/5 42/3 44/5 44/24 wouldn't [4] 154/7 154/8 238/3 238/5
whom [2] 28/25 226/18
48/25 49/8 50/6 50/11 50/14 52/13 wound [1] 259/22
whose [6] 67/24 161/15 173/21 227/20
65/10 77/16 78/18 78/22 81/8 165/18 wrapped [1] 186/11
244/14 279/25
166/2 166/23 174/20 175/2 179/8 wrestle [1] 40/15
why [43] 6/11 6/11 6/12 23/6 50/14
180/13 239/24 239/25 253/3 256/7 write [4] 21/10 118/13 252/22 279/15
50/20 65/3 66/14 66/14 89/3 111/20
256/21 263/10 271/10 275/23 276/22 writing [5] 19/21 21/7 22/2 230/6
113/23 114/13 116/25 125/24 135/2
276/22 279/4 252/16
135/6 136/25 139/24 146/18 147/10
worked [4] 10/1 124/18 149/17 149/19 written [5] 57/4 87/13 143/14 224/4
147/12 150/12 151/16 156/8 157/9
worker [6] 59/6 142/15 169/10 184/20 230/12
157/13 157/15 168/22 170/20 175/6
208/19 221/4 wrong [17] 9/18 55/15 55/16 55/17
179/1 196/4 200/14 203/18 203/19
worker's [1] 143/14 71/12 89/19 98/10 99/17 100/11
239/12 247/1 258/2 259/22 264/22
workers [11] 98/3 98/9 143/11 145/18 100/12 100/17 127/18 127/19 162/1
269/6 273/13
153/17 155/16 190/10 193/17 193/23 179/4 201/24 217/8
wife [2] 4/10 258/22
204/9 244/19 wrongful [1] 9/16
Wild [1] 40/20
working [12] 28/7 29/18 48/11 49/15 wrote [4] 146/10 146/24 246/15 267/10
will [73] 4/5 5/19 7/15 9/23 10/16 11/23
81/11 114/18 114/20 116/7 150/23
17/1 19/19 23/1 23/3 23/12 28/11 Y
169/8 207/12 230/2
28/11 31/10 41/8 41/21 47/9 53/9
works [3] 62/8 62/19 69/7 y'all [4] 277/6 278/5 280/11 280/14
54/20 63/3 65/12 65/14 68/12 70/22
world [3] 62/7 72/2 258/1 ye [1] 267/5
78/5 80/4 81/6 81/12 83/6 83/9 90/13
worried [3] 124/3 130/20 262/6 yeah [25] 37/20 54/4 55/22 60/2 68/23
94/24 103/22 113/3 115/25 117/22
worry [4] 44/6 72/9 265/13 275/23 72/17 76/7 85/16 88/22 89/24 98/24
132/10 134/16 135/11 137/9 139/11
worst [1] 35/20 101/20 154/1 173/15 181/21 196/13
139/16 139/18 140/3 143/16 155/19
worth [1] 74/9 218/13 218/17 218/20 234/1 235/4
156/23 156/23 160/3 170/10 180/14
worthwhile [1] 84/15 257/2 259/10 262/15 280/7
182/22 186/8 186/18 187/10 199/23
would [239] 5/24 6/2 6/3 7/3 10/9 12/17 year [19] 12/13 12/14 14/5 16/3 20/19
201/22 218/21 219/5 224/16 224/16
16/4 16/14 16/19 17/20 17/23 17/23 21/10 21/25 30/10 34/22 83/4 83/5
228/12 228/24 229/3 230/16 236/9
17/24 18/10 19/2 20/20 20/22 26/13 115/9 134/16 134/18 243/5 260/21
236/12 242/14 252/9 261/19 262/25
26/24 27/18 28/1 29/20 30/15 30/16 270/1 279/23 279/23
264/23 275/4
30/24 32/6 32/7 32/14 32/21 34/5 years [19] 39/15 71/25 72/2 72/2 72/2
William [3] 2/2 141/20 242/9
34/17 36/8 36/10 36/22 37/12 37/15 108/15 108/15 121/19 121/20 149/19
Williams [2] 171/22 171/25
37/17 39/18 41/4 41/14 41/16 41/17 202/5 203/10 204/16 204/16 204/16
Williamson [3] 197/14 197/14 197/15
41/24 43/5 43/5 45/7 46/2 51/13 52/4 258/23 259/10 259/13 274/19
Williamsons [1] 197/17
53/6 56/5 56/16 57/6 57/16 57/23 59/9 yes [87] 6/5 18/8 26/14 27/6 41/11
Willie [3] 233/3 233/13 233/17
59/9 61/21 61/22 61/25 64/21 65/1 41/13 45/5 46/10 55/7 57/14 57/19
willing [2] 157/5 242/17
65/1 65/3 65/24 67/13 67/25 70/17 57/20 57/22 58/9 61/12 69/18 76/4
willingness [2] 6/22 46/16
71/8 74/21 75/4 75/7 75/11 75/20 78/3 78/8 80/2 81/18 82/4 86/10 88/10
Wilson [4] 164/9 172/9 172/9 172/13
75/25 76/20 78/1 78/15 78/23 79/11 88/16 89/16 97/16 97/21 102/17
win [2] 127/11 127/13
79/14 82/13 83/25 84/13 86/18 89/18 102/23 103/22 107/22 110/18 111/2
window [3] 82/13 146/4 232/8
89/20 90/15 90/21 93/14 95/1 97/18 112/9 113/25 122/1 122/17 123/9
Wisconsin [1] 38/14
100/1 100/13 100/16 100/20 101/22 123/22 123/25 123/25 124/9 124/14
wisdom [4] 6/17 9/17 44/8 62/3
102/5 102/8 105/11 106/16 106/23 126/6 129/10 130/24 137/15 138/5
wise [1] 40/16
107/4 107/25 108/12 108/19 110/18 138/6 139/1 139/24 141/17 142/14
wiser [1] 274/8
111/2 113/22 115/17 117/18 117/24 144/4 145/7 146/7 146/9 150/5 151/11
wish [2] 228/20 257/16
118/1 118/17 119/19 124/22 124/24 154/23 157/2 159/12 159/24 172/11
wished [2] 188/16 189/6
124/24 126/16 127/5 127/14 128/17 186/8 194/7 194/7 195/20 195/21
withdraw [1] 113/3
129/15 130/14 131/15 131/21 131/22 196/20 200/9 204/25 205/6 207/14
within [25] 7/6 9/7 22/24 31/12 31/14
134/8 135/8 137/15 138/21 138/23 211/11 211/11 219/12 219/12 238/3
36/4 47/25 55/7 56/9 71/2 82/22 82/24
138/23 141/10 142/24 145/2 145/5 239/10 239/23 240/25 252/24 264/12
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In The Matter Of:
State Election Board Meeting
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APPEARANCE OF THE PANEL
Mr. William S. Duffey, Jr., Chair
Mr. Matthew Mashburn, Member
Mrs. Sara Tindall Ghazal, Member
Mr. Edward Lindsey, Member
Dr. Janice W. Johnston, Member
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
2 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Good morning,
3 everybody. Is this is working? Can you hear
4 me?
5 MR. MASHBURN: Yes.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. I want to call to
7 order the meeting of the State Election Board
8 on this September 28th of 2022. Thank you for
9 all being here, including those that are
10 watching us by the livestream. As you know,
11 we begin usually with an invocation and a
12 Pledge of Allegiance. And I'm going to do
13 that myself today.
14 Invocations in -- in the various jobs
15 that I've had in public service I think serve
16 the purpose that one, that it ought to reach
17 across all religions and all beliefs. But it
18 is the purpose I think of an invocation is
19 before a meeting especially to make people
20 think is there a higher purpose in our lives.
21 And is there a higher purpose with respect to
22 the -- to the content and -- and the meeting
23 that is being conducted.
24 So I had a chance a couple of years ago
25 to be on the Island of Iona in Scotland. And
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1 there in Scotland when we were walking towards
2 the Bay of Columba. The person who was
3 leading us read us a poem and I'm going to
4 read you that poem. It's by R. S. Thomas. I
5 would ask you to just think about the words.
6 You can view it as a prayer, if you'd like.
7 You can view it as just something that's
8 reflective, if you'd like. It's up to you.
9 But the poem one, is beautifully written.
10 It's R. S. Thomas was probably if you asked
11 him, he considered himself more a poet than a
12 theologian. But he was credentialed as a
13 theologian, as well. And this is the poem:
14 It's called The Bright Field.
15 I've seen the sun break through to
16 illuminate a small field. For a while and
17 gone my way and forgotten it. But that was
18 the pearl of great price. The one field that
19 had treasure in it. I realize now that I must
20 give all that I have to possess it. Life is
21 not hurrying on to a receiving future. Nor
22 hankering after the imagined past. It is the
23 turning aside like Moses to the miracle of the
24 lit bush to a brightness that seemed as
25 transitory as your youth once. But is the
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1 eternity that awaits you.
2 And I think that puts in perspective of
3 the issues that we're going to talk about
4 today. But there -- it is a point in time of
5 our lives, an important time in the history of
6 our state and our country. And that we ought
7 to consider how this point informs both.
8 So with that, if you'll all stand, we'll
9 recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
10 (Pledge of Allegiance)
11 MR. DUFFEY: Be seated please. This is a
12 different sort of meeting by -- for the Board.
13 It was something that occurred to us after our
14 last marathon nine-hour meeting. Where we
15 went over a lot of complaints and made
16 decisions. And I can't -- and I felt as if
17 there was a need for an opportunity to
18 communicate more fundamentally about things
19 that were known to us. That I think are
20 important to be known to you. And that we
21 ought to have a meeting which I have called
22 within -- within the Board in our discussions,
23 a -- a informational meeting.
24 But I want -- but before we do the
25 presentations, I want to first tell you an
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1 incident that had a fundamental impact on me
2 as a lawyer. I've been a lawyer for a long
3 time. But when I was very young, I had a case
4 that taught me two important things which has
5 guided us I think collectively as a Board but
6 has certainly guided me in my life in my
7 public duties.
8 So when I was a very young lawyer, one of
9 the first cases I had was a case in Florida
10 where I was to go down and try the case. I
11 was -- at that time I was trying cases
12 exclusively. And my job was to go down to --
13 to Florida and try this case on the coast. It
14 was a criminal case. I was going to prosecute
15 the case. But I was going to do it in a place
16 where I wasn't living. I was a travelling
17 lawyer. And so I'd go from location to
18 location.
19 And when I got there, I knew enough about
20 the case but when I got there, I talked to not
21 only the defense counsel, but also to the
22 local prosecutor who was helping me and had
23 worked up the case to try. And I was there a
24 week before to get prepared to actually do
25 that. And it was interesting because I had
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1 these two people with two fundamentally
2 different views of the single issue.
3 (Phone ringing)
4 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: They're buying lunch.
5 MR. DUFFEY: In the court I would take
6 that away, but I don't think I can do that in
7 this position. And anybody else who have
8 their phones on, if you would silence that
9 would -- that would be a good idea.
10 So anyway back -- back to Florida. So I
11 have -- I have the defense counsel and I had
12 my local prosecutor who had this fundamentally
13 different view of a particular issue in the
14 case and that was the defendant's alibi. So
15 this was a woman who had been charged with
16 selling quaaludes which was the drug of choice
17 at the time, cocaine and marijuana, fairly
18 significant amounts. We had three counts
19 against her. And one of the counts the
20 defense lawyer had raised an alibi defense.
21 An alibi defense is a -- is a law
22 defense, legal defense, and once it's raised,
23 if there's a credible basis for the alibi,
24 then the government has to prove the element
25 of the offense. Which is they did, in fact,
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1 the defendant was present when the crime was
2 committed and committed the crime. So that's
3 the law.
4 And I realized at that point when I had
5 this contest that I had to always be cognizant
6 that it was -- it was the government's burden
7 of proof to prove that she was present and had
8 the intent to commit the crime. Here was the
9 problem and it was interesting because the
10 prosecutor, the local prosecutor and defense
11 lawyer totally agreed upon this. They said
12 there was a woman, the alibi witness was going
13 to testify that on the date of one of the
14 charges that they were together not where the
15 crime occurred. But in a city that was about
16 an hour and a half away visiting a place in
17 Florida called Wakulla Springs. You've heard
18 of that it's sort of a resort sort of place
19 where people travel for recreational purposes.
20 But it's -- but it's -- I found out it's also
21 a significant wedding venue. A lot of people
22 get married at Wakulla Springs.
23 So I said, I need to know the facts of
24 this case if I have the duty to follow the
25 law. And they said, well, she's very
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1 believable. She tells about the day that they
2 went which was the date in which the drug
3 transaction had occurred. And I said, well, I
4 know that that's your evaluation, but I need -
5 - if I'm -- if I am, in fact, going to think
6 about giving up a count because I believe the
7 alibi witness is telling the truth then I've
8 got to talk to her myself.
9 So we -- so we spent about an hour and a
10 half talking to the most delightful, honest
11 witness that I have ever had in a criminal
12 case that was testifying on behalf of the
13 defendant. But I couldn't understand why
14 because the evidence of her presence was so
15 strong. I couldn't understand why we had this
16 conflicting evidence by somebody that I
17 thought was incredibly believable and was
18 trying to be as honest and forthcoming as she
19 could.
20 So as we neared the end of the interview,
21 I said, well, how -- how do I really know she
22 was there. Not that I didn't believe her, but
23 I just thought that I had to get more detail
24 about the visit. And so I said, tell me about
25 Wakulla Springs. Tell me about the weather.
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1 The weather matched perfectly with the weather
2 information that we had. How long did it take
3 you to get there? She said who drove. She
4 remembered -- she remembered all of that. And
5 then I said, can you describe Wakulla Springs
6 and she -- I hadn't been there, but I had
7 enough information to -- to believe that that
8 was an accurate description.
9 And then she said, and one of the things
10 I really liked was the gazebo. I said, well,
11 tell me about the gazebo. And she said, it's
12 a gazebo. It was white, you know, it's kind
13 of round. And I said, why did that -- why do
14 you remember that? And she said, because of
15 the wedding that was in the gazebo on that
16 weekend. I said, well, tell me about the
17 wedding. She said, God, it was beautiful.
18 The bride had a long white dress. She had
19 flowers that were blue and white. And -- and
20 actually I think she had shoes, and she was
21 taken by the fact that all this matched. Told
22 about the husband, about the groom and what he
23 wore. It was a traditional tux.
24 To me hearing that not only is she
25 credible, but she's got good recollection of
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1 the details of that day. And so I thanked her
2 for coming in. Thanked her for her
3 forthcoming description of everything that had
4 happened. And then we left. And I -- and I
5 told the -- the younger fellow who was helping
6 me, I wasn't all that old, so he was
7 -- actually he might have been older. I said,
8 you know, we need to call the venue to at
9 least confirm that there was a wedding that
10 day.
11 He said, well, that's a good idea. I
12 haven't done that yet. So we got the number
13 for the manager of Wakulla Springs. And asked
14 him was there a wedding. He had a book and
15 said, well, let me check. He went through it.
16 On that date that she said they were there,
17 there was a wedding. And so all of this is,
18 you know, we're trying to be fair and honest
19 in this. But everything is lining up with
20 respect to this alibi. So then I asked him
21 this question: Do you -- is there anybody
22 there that can tell me about the wedding? And
23 he said, well, yes. I said, well, who that
24 is. And he said, well, that's me. I said,
25 well, why do you know about it? He said,
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1 because one, I'm the wedding coordinator. And
2 I'm the florist. So I'm intricately involved
3 in all the details of the wedding.
4 And he said, and this book that I'm
5 reading out of it shows the date of the
6 wedding on the date that you asked about has -
7 - I keep notes about the weddings, because I
8 want to remember. And I said, okay. Well, go
9 to the date that I gave him that she was
10 supposed to have been there. I said, well,
11 tell me about the wedding on that day. And he
12 said, it's really interesting because I
13 remember that really distinctly because it was
14 unusual.
15 And I said, well, what was unusual about
16 it? He said there was -- there were two
17 things that one, as the florist I didn't think
18 was in line with what you should do on a
19 wedding in that -- in that season. And the
20 second was that we didn't often have this.
21 And I said, so what are the two things. He
22 said, one, the bride was getting remarried and
23 refused to wear a long white dress and she
24 wanted a beige cocktail dress. And I said, so
25 what's the other interesting thing? He said,
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1 she insisted even though it was in the Spring
2 of having fall colored flowers to go with her
3 dress. I said, what do you mean by fall
4 colors? Orange, brown, some yellow. And I
5 said, what date was that wedding on? And he
6 gave me the date which was the date that they
7 were supposed to have been there. I said,
8 well, can you look in your book and tell me
9 about a wedding where there was a -- was there
10 a wedding in which a woman wore a long white
11 dress, had blue flowers and might have even
12 worn blue shoes. He said that was the
13 following weekend.
14 Completely honest witness. Simply wrong
15 on the dates. And, in fact, it showed that
16 our evidence was that she had, in fact, been
17 present had no alibi and she was convicted of
18 that offense. And why is that important? I
19 think as a lawyer, and I think as all of us in
20 life should do two things. One is to make
21 sure we understand those things that guide and
22 are required to be followed in an environment.
23 We do that every day. We abide by laws. We
24 know what the laws are. Sometimes we don't
25 strictly abide by the laws because we have
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1 some other motivation. But for the important
2 laws we know what they are, and we abide by
3 them.
4 And then second, the facts always have to
5 show based upon the law that they support the
6 law and the conduct that was abiding by the
7 law or conduct that did not abide by the law.
8 And I say that because this informational
9 meeting is one of our purposes, is to do just
10 that. We want you to know what the law it.
11 And second, we want you to know what facts we
12 know as we struggle with the intersection of
13 the facts that are -- that are really
14 important in this -- in this case having to do
15 with an upcoming election. And frankly having
16 to deal with the past election as they might
17 reflect on the upcoming election.
18 But -- but secondly, to -- to know that
19 when we agreed to do this job, one of the
20 things that we agreed to do, is that we were
21 bound by the law of the State of Georgia. And
22 I -- and I went back and looked at it. We
23 just haven't done a very good job of
24 explaining that. We haven't done a very good
25 job at all about telling you factually
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1 information that might help you understand
2 what it is that we're dealing with.
3 Particularly how these machines work and we're
4 not -- this is not an advocacy event.
5 We're -- we're not bringing in people to
6 say, well, they work this way. No, we don't
7 agree with that. This is just a description
8 and it's the same description that the first
9 thing that I did when I became Chair, is I
10 said, I want to go and see these machines.
11 And I want to look at them. I want to see
12 what they're like and how do they operate. I
13 don't want anybody to tell me about why they
14 don't operate or do operate the way they're
15 supposed to. I just want to understand the
16 system. I want you to understand the system.
17 So that's what we're going to do today.
18 Remembering that the law has to be followed
19 and the facts are important. And -- and I --
20 and what I learned fundamentally from my --
21 from my experience in Florida was this: That
22 in order to find truth, requires objectivity
23 and an open mind and a willingness to change
24 your position one way or the other based upon
25 what the law is and what the facts show.
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1 And so I think the best organizations are
2 one where people are open to information. And
3 only after they get a full understanding of
4 information do they reach a conclusion about
5 what their belief is and what they want -- and
6 what they ultimately want to advocate. And
7 what facts are available to allow them to
8 advocate.
9 So with that, I want to start with the
10 law. Anybody who would like to can go and
11 pull out Title 21. I would -- I would
12 encourage all of you to read Title 21 having
13 to do with elections. That's the Official
14 Code of Georgia, Title 21 which is the title
15 having to do with elections. And read it from
16 the beginning to the end. Because that gives
17 you the legal framework within which laws are
18 conducted in our state as determined by the
19 General Assembly.
20 And so what we're going to do this
21 morning is take those portions of that, is --
22 you know some of that is pretty formulating.
23 It has to do with having to file certain
24 things that are unrelated to the actual
25 conduct of election. But I've asked Matt
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1 Mashburn who was the acting Chair before I
2 became Chair. But has served on this Board --
3 how long?
4 MR. MASHBURN: I'm on two, three years.
5 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. So as the longest
6 serving Board member, does election law work
7 and does a lot of work as a lawyer with having
8 to look at legal documents and I like to make
9 sure that they're done properly. So I have
10 asked him to just summarize for you. And in
11 some cases, the summary is almost verbatim
12 what comes out of the statute so that you can
13 understand the Board. And you can understand
14 the election process. So with that, I turn it
15 over to Matt.
16 MR. MASHBURN: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
17 I'm going to move this monitor a little bit
18 this way so that court reporter can actually
19 see my -- me making the words. I think that's
20 helpful rather than me being behind a monitor.
21 So you can't see.
22 MR. DUFFEY: They can't hear you. Can
23 you pull the microphone closer, please?
24 MR. MASHBURN: I don't think -- there we
25 go. Okay. I tried to move it earlier. It's
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1 not on. You might need to turn it on.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Maybe -- well, how do I do
3 that?
4 MR. MASHBURN: There's a --
5 MR. DUFFEY: Are you number one?
6 MR. MASHBURN: Yeah.
7 MR. DUFFEY: You mean I have control over
8 everybody speaking?
9 MR. MASHBURN: Yeah. Power. Test, test,
10 test, test, test, test.
11 MR. DUFFEY: Is that better? Can you
12 hear now? Okay.
13 THE AUDIENCE: A lot better. Thank you.
14 MR. DUFFEY: And in the back can
15 everybody hear in the back?
16 THE AUDIENCE: A little more. Not
17 really. It's a little low.
18 MR. MASHBURN: Test, test, test.
19 THE AUDIENCE: (Inaudible.)
20 MR. DUFFEY: Now try it.
21 MR. MASHBURN: My voice probably picks up
22 volume, as we go along. There we go. I'll
23 back away now.
24 MR. DUFFEY: So now I can -- now I know I
25 can turn the monitor on.
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1 MR. MASHBURN: You've got all kind of
2 power.
3 MR. DUFFEY: I can also determine how --
4 whether they can be heard. Okay.
5 MR. MASHBURN: Well, one of the things we
6 do is as -- as lawyers, we start with the law
7 and read the law first. And rather than read
8 all of Title 21 for everyone here today, I'm
9 going to summarize only the applicable
10 statutes and provisions. So we start with one
11 of the things that you find out as a young
12 lawyer with regard to the law, is that you
13 can't just understand the law by reading one
14 provision. Because many provisions lead you
15 to another provision that leads you to another
16 provision. So it leads you to another
17 provision. So we're going to do a little bit
18 of that today. It just -- so that everybody
19 can have the same frame for it.
20 So we start with Title 21, we start in
21 Article 8A of the Georgia Election Code. And
22 it's entitled: Statewide voting equipment.
23 And it carries the sub-caption for 21-2-300,
24 provision of new voting equipment by state.
25 Uniform system for all elections to be
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1 conducted with the use of scanning ballots
2 marked by electric -- electronic ballot
3 markers. Pilot programs authorize county
4 responsibilities, education, county, and
5 municipal contracts for equipment.
6 So within 21-2-300, we now proceed to 21-
7 2-300(a)(2). And that provides that all
8 federal, state, county, general primaries and
9 general elections as well as special primaries
10 and special elections in the State of Georgia
11 shall be conducted with the use of scanning
12 ballots marked by electronic ballot markers
13 and tabulated by using a ballot scanner for
14 voting at the polls and for absentee ballots
15 cast in person unless otherwise authorized by
16 law provided; however, that such electronic
17 ballot marker shall produce paper ballots
18 which are marked with the elector's choice in
19 a format readable by the elector.
20 Thus 21-2-300(a)(2) has two requirements.
21 The ballots must carry both the capability of
22 being scanned and of being verified by the
23 voter prior to it being scanned. And -- and
24 also human readable in the event of a hand
25 recount. So now we've introduced the
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1 electronic ballot marker. Let's look at the
2 definition of the electronic ballot marker.
3 O.C.G.A. 21-2-2 7.1, defines and
4 electronic ballot marker as an electronic
5 device that does not compute or retain votes,
6 may integrate components such as -- such as a
7 ballot scanner, printer, touchscreen monitor,
8 audio output and a navigational keypad. And
9 uses electronic technology to independently
10 and privately mark a paper ballot at the
11 direction of an elector. Interpret ballot
12 selections, communicate such interpretation
13 for elector verification. And print an
14 elector verifiable paper ballot.
15 So now we move to -- we'll skip ahead to
16 21-2-381. And that provides: In any primary
17 or election in which the use of voting
18 equipment is impossible or impracticable for
19 the reasons set out in Code section 21-2-334
20 the primary election may be conducted by paper
21 ballot in the manner provided in Code section
22 21-2-334.
23 So now we have to turn to 21-2-334 and
24 find out what the reasons are. And the
25 reasons set out in 21-2-334 are if a method of
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1 nomination or election for any candidate or
2 office or a voting on any question as
3 prescribed by law in which the use of voting
4 machines is not possible or practicable or in
5 such case at any primary or election the
6 number of candidates seeking nomination or
7 nominated for any office renders the use of
8 voting machines for such office at such
9 primary or election impracticable or if for
10 any other reason at any primary or election
11 the use of voting machines wholly or in part
12 is not practicable.
13 So now we move ahead to 21-2-418(H), as
14 in hotel. And that provides notwithstanding
15 any other provision of this chapter to the
16 contrary in the event that the voting machines
17 or DRE units at a polling place malfunction
18 and cannot be used to cast ballots or some
19 other emergency situation exists which
20 prevents the use of such equipment to cast
21 votes, provisional ballots may be used by the
22 electors at the polling place to cast their
23 ballots. In such event, the ballots cast by
24 electors whose names appear on the elector's
25 list for such polling place shall not be
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1 considered provisional ballots and shall not
2 require verification as provided by Code
3 section 21-2-419 provided; however, that
4 persons whose names do not appear on the
5 elector's list for such polling place shall
6 vote provisional ballots which shall be
7 subject to verification under Code section 21-
8 2-419.
9 So now we're going to take a break from
10 actually just reading statutes and move along
11 in -- in the wake of the 2020 election, the
12 General Assembly made public policy choices
13 about the voting systems in use in Georgia.
14 And did so in several ways. Two bills were
15 filed in 2021 that would have variously
16 required or allowed at the option of the
17 County Election Superintendent the use of hand
18 marked paper ballots rather than ballot
19 marking devices. The bills were SB-233 and
20 SB-273.
21 233 proposed to specifically delete
22 ballot marking device and to change the method
23 of casting votes to a non-electronic marking
24 tool designed for electors to indelibly hand
25 mark votes on paper ballots or paper ballot
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1 card or cards that was assigned to a committee
2 but did not advance to a hearing.
3 SB-273, the title of which was elections
4 and primaries conduct elections by paper
5 ballots in 2021. Authorize local governments
6 proposed to specifically provide that in any
7 primary or election conducted during 2021, the
8 primary or election may be conducted by a
9 county, municipality, or consolidated
10 government, of the option of its election
11 superintendent by paper ballot in the manner
12 provided for in Code section 21-2-334. It was
13 assigned to a committee but did not advance to
14 a hearing.
15 In 2022, the Georgia General Assembly
16 spoke directly about the application of the
17 Board's emergency powers. And specifically in
18 the context of the Board's exercise of
19 emergency powers under the 2020 election.
20 Unlike the United States Congress, and its
21 congressional record that carries the
22 proceedings of the Congress. And that a
23 series called the U.S. Code Congressional and
24 Administrative news that I lived in when I was
25 an undergrad in law school.
24
1 In addition to special legislative
2 findings that are sometimes made, the preamble
3 to a bill is widely regarded as the definitive
4 legislative history of laws enacted in
5 Georgia. And the preamble to SB-202, the
6 General Assembly wrote that some of its
7 purposes in the bill were to limit the ability
8 of the State Election Board and the Secretary
9 of State to enter into certain consent
10 agreements, settlements, and consent orders,
11 to provide additional requirements on the
12 State Election Board's power to adopt
13 emergency rules and regulations. To provide
14 for allocation of voting equipment by counties
15 and municipalities. To amend Title 50 of the
16 Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to
17 general provisions regarding state government
18 so as to provide for the submission and
19 suspension of emergency rules by the State
20 Election Board. The General Assembly
21 specifically created a brand new Code section
22 which was O.C.G.A. -- Official Code of Georgia
23 Annotated 21-2-35.
24 And that Code section carries the title,
25 Imminent Peril Requirement for Adoption of
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1 Emergency Rules or Regulations; Notice;
2 Certification of Strict Compliance;
3 Conflicting Provisions.
4 And, specifically, in 21-2-35(a), the law
5 provides notwithstanding any other provision
6 in this chapter, Chapter 3 of Title 38
7 relating to emergency management for Chapter
8 13 of Title 50, the Georgia Administrative
9 Procedures Act to the contrary the State
10 Election Board may only adopt emergency rules
11 or regulations in circumstances of imminent
12 peril to public health, safety, or welfare.
13 To adopt any such emergency rule or regulation
14 in addition to any other rule-making
15 requirement in this chapter, or Chapter 13 of
16 Title 50, the State Election Board shall give
17 notice to the public of its intended action.
18 Immediately upon the setting of the date and
19 time of the meeting at which such emergency
20 rule or regulation is to be considered give
21 notice by email of its intended action to the
22 Governor; the Lieutenant Governor; the Speaker
23 of the House of Representatives; the
24 chairpersons of the standing committees of
25 each house of the General Assembly tasked with
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1 election matters; legislative counsel and the
2 chief executive officer of each political
3 party registered pursuant to subsection (a) of
4 Code Section 21-2-110.
5 And it must state in the notice as
6 required by paragraphs (1) and (2) the nature
7 of the emergency and the manner in which such
8 emergency represents an imminent peril to
9 public health, safety, or welfare. Upon
10 adoption of promulgation of any emergency rule
11 or regulation pursuant to this Code section, a
12 majority of the State Election Board shall
13 certify in writing that such emergency rule or
14 regulation was made in strict and exact
15 compliance with the provisions of this chapter
16 and subsection (e) of Code Section 50-13-4.
17 And in the event of any conflict between
18 the Code section and any other provision of
19 Chapter 13 of Title 50, this Code section 21-
20 -- 21-2-35 shall govern and supersede any such
21 conflicting provision.
22 So to close out the statutory portion we
23 need to look at O.C.G.A. 50-13-4. And,
24 specifically, 50-13-4(b). If any agency finds
25 that an imminent peril to the public health,
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1 safety, or welfare, including but not limited
2 to, summary processes such as quarantines,
3 contrabands, seizures, and the like authorized
4 by law without notice, requires adoption of a
5 rule upon fewer than 30 days notice and states
6 in writing its reasons for that finding, it
7 may proceed without prior notice or hearing or
8 upon any abbreviated notice and hearing that
9 it finds practicable to adopt an emergency
10 rule. Any such rule adopted relative to a
11 public health emergency shall be submitted as
12 a promptly as reasonably practicable to the
13 House of Representatives and Senate Committees
14 on Judiciary provided that any such rule
15 adopted relative to a state of emergency by
16 the State Election Board shall be submitted as
17 soon as practicable but not later than 20 days
18 prior to the rule taking effect. Any
19 emergency rule adopted by the State Election
20 Board pursuant to the provisions of this
21 subsection may be suspended upon the majority
22 vote of the House of Representatives or Senate
23 Committees on the Judiciary within 10 days of
24 the receipt of such rule by the committees.
25 The rule may be effective for a period of not
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1 longer than 120 days but the adoption of an
2 identical rule under paragraphs (1) and (2) of
3 subsection (a) of this Code section is not
4 precluded; provided, however, that such a rule
5 adopted pursuant to discharge of
6 responsibility under an Executive Order
7 declaring a state of emergency or disaster
8 exists as a result of a public health
9 emergency as defined in Code section 38-3-3
10 shall be effected -- effective for the
11 duration of the emergency or disaster and for
12 a period of not more than 120 days thereafter.
13 So finally, case law also impacts our
14 deliberations and our discussions. In Voter
15 GA and Phillip Singleton versus State of
16 Georgia, Judge Kimberly M. Esmond-Adams a
17 judge on the Fulton County State Court
18 considered whether electronic ballot marking
19 devices complied with voting law requirements
20 in O.C.G.A. 21-2-2(7.1) and O.C.G.A.
21 21-2-300(a)(2). In this case, the petitioners
22 claim that the State's current electronic
23 voting system does not comply with State law.
24 They argued that the paper ballot generated by
25 the Dominion ballot marking devices does not
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1 comply with O.C.G.A. 21-2-2(7.1) and O.C.G.A.
2 21-2-300(a)(2), the two sections that were
3 just described previously. Petitioners
4 requested that the Court order the State
5 switch to hand marked paper ballots counted by
6 scanners.
7 The State of Georgia moved to dismiss the
8 case. In dismissing the case on May 31st,
9 2022, the Court said, the fact that paper
10 ballots include a QR code which the system
11 uses to tabulate votes does not violate either
12 statute's requirements that the paper ballots
13 be produced, and that the interpretation of
14 the elector's intent be produced in a readable
15 fashion. These requirements are satisfied by
16 the printed paper ballots produced by the
17 ballot marking devices. The Court then
18 decided the current devices comply with the
19 statutes because they communicate the ballot
20 scanner's interpretation of the elector's
21 intent in a format readable by the elector
22 through the printed paper ballot. There is no
23 interpretation of the facts presented that
24 would provide petitioner relief of their
25 claim. The State Court of Fulton County is a
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1 trial court. The decision of Judge Singleton
2 -- the decision in Singleton of Judge Adams
3 was not appealed. Thank you.
4 MR. FAVORITO: It was appealed, Matt.
5 That's not true.
6 MR. MASHBURN: Well, we'll check on that.
7 MR. FAVORITO: Okay. I'll tell them
8 that.
9 MS. McGOWAN: It is pending appeal.
10 MR. MASHBURN: Well, I stand corrected.
11 MR. DUFFEY: So that's the --
12 MR. FAVORITO: There's many other
13 (inaudible) --
14 MR. DUFFEY: -- excuse me. You have --
15 we're going to the next part of the -- of the
16 meeting which is after having described the
17 statute that we comply with and have to comply
18 with. I want now for you to understand not in
19 a sense of advocacy but just understand how
20 the Dominion democracy sweep machines work.
21 So I want -- I want you to understand as
22 it was explained to us early on in the year
23 how exactly the machines work. Because for
24 me, I told -- I told the people that were on
25 the Board, I said, what I know about voting is
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1 that I voted. But I will tell you that when I
2 go in, I don't really scrutinize what it is
3 that's happening. I do what I'm instructed to
4 do. And I said, now I want to look at the
5 system and how it operates as a -- as a whole.
6 And I wanted to know what security devices
7 that were on it because I -- because I knew
8 that there were people that -- that had
9 criticized the security. And -- and I -- I
10 just wanted to know so I could reach my own
11 conclusion about the security in -- in the
12 machines and the system itself. So I want to
13 present to you, Mr. John Poulos who is the CEO
14 of Dominion voting to just explain to you how
15 the system -- how the machines work. And he
16 is --
17 MS. BRADSHAW: Garland said that some of
18 the information he gave was -- was incorrect
19 and I think we need to get that settled before
20 we move on.
21 MR. DUFFEY: We're going to move on, but
22 I will have something. If I can't --
23 Charlene, would you -- could you -- do you
24 have the appeal documents if there are any in
25 the case that Judge Adams decided? And do you
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1 know the status of the appeal?
2 MS. McGOWAN: It's been (inaudible) --
3 MR. DUFFEY: Is -- has there been oral
4 argument on it?
5 MS. McGOWAN: It has not (inaudible) --
6 MR. DUFFEY: It has not been --
7 MS. McGOWAN: (Inaudible) -- oral
8 argument on it yet but could be.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. So it's --
10 MR. FAVORITO: Mr. Chairman, I'm the lead
11 (inaudible) on the case that Matt was talking
12 about, and I would like the opportunity
13 sometime today to clarify some of the false
14 information that you just heard.
15 MR. DUFFEY: We'll let you do that during
16 public comments section.
17 MR. FAVORITO: All right. I’ve already
18 (inaudible) public comment. I’d like some
19 extra time for that.
20 MR. DUFFEY: We're now going to move to a
21 description of the democracy sweep machines by
22 Mr. Poulos who will -- who will be presenting
23 to you virtually. Can we do that now?
24 MR. MASHBURN: Mr. Chairman, if these
25 screens don't work, I'm going to come down
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1 here and watch.
2 MR. POULOS: Good day. Could you -- can
3 you hear me?
4 MR. DUFFEY: Yes. Do we have him on
5 camera?
6 MR. POULOS: I'm here, if you can hear
7 me.
8 MR. DUFFEY: We -- can you hear us, Mr.
9 Poulos?
10 MR. POULOS: I certainly can, yes.
11 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. Wait. We're trying
12 to get your picture -- there we have -- I
13 guess we have it now.
14 MR. POULOS: Can you -- can you hear me,
15 Chairman?
16 MR. DUFFEY: Yes.
17 MR. POULOS: Wonderful. Well, thank you
18 for having me. Do -- do you want me to start
19 a description of what our system does?
20 MR. DUFFEY: Yes, please.
21 MR. POULOS: Okay. Great. Well,
22 essentially, our system does one of two things
23 in a precinct. And -- and I suppose the first
24 comment that I will make is that we don't
25 really do anything -- any -- any of the checks
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1 or provisions of a verifying voter's
2 eligibility that is done by poll workers. But
3 once a voter enters into a precinct and is
4 verified by poll workers as an eligible voter
5 who hasn't yet voted in this election.
6 In the State of Georgia, they are given
7 access to a ballot marking device. And that -
8 - that device is a stand-alone machine. It's
9 not connected to the internet. It's not even
10 connected to each other. It's a stand-alone
11 device and essentially it is a screen
12 connected to a printer. It allows a voter to
13 go through the appropriate ballot so it keeps
14 track to make sure that the ballot that a
15 voter's view it -- viewing is from the
16 appropriate district that they should be
17 voting on. And it allows that voter to go
18 through contest, by contest each of, yeah,
19 viewing each contest and making selections
20 along the way on -- on the ultimate way of
21 producing a paper ballot that can be further
22 reviewed. And I'll -- I'll talk about that in
23 a minute.
24 So one of the advantages that the ballot
25 marking device presents is that it allows the
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1 voter to make selections in -- in a perfect
2 manner. So there is no ambiguity on the paper
3 ballot. It allows them to scroll through each
4 contest all the way to the propositions and
5 -- and also allows for accessibility features
6 that ensure that every voter regardless of the
7 level of physical ability that they may
8 possess allows them to independently mark and
9 create a paper ballot for which they are able
10 to verify privately and independently that can
11 be accurately counted and recounted and
12 audited as the case may be.
13 So at the -- at the end of this stage and
14 this is really, as I said, the first thing
15 that Dominion machines really do, is we help
16 voters mark paper ballots privately and
17 independently. On this device, on the ballot
18 marking device, votes are not stored. Votes
19 are not cast. There is nothing at the end of
20 this that is stored on the machine other than
21 a paper ballot being presented to a voter.
22 Now, if a voter picks up that paper
23 ballot and is able to verify their selections
24 that -- and verify that the selections that
25 are printed on that paper ballot are, in fact,
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1 accurate. Are, in fact, the voter's
2 selections. No more, no less. And once they
3 verify that, which, Chairman, is the very
4 important part of the process. Then they can
5 walk it over to the ballot box. So as they
6 leave the ballot marking station, they -- all
7 that's left is a paper ballot that's now in
8 the voter's hands. There's nothing stored or
9 nothing cast. There's no record of any kind
10 of votes stored on the ballot marking device.
11 So as that voter walks over to the ballot
12 box, the official cast record, it is important
13 to note. This is not a backup part of the
14 system. This -- the -- the paper ballot is
15 the official ballot that gets cast. That goes
16 into a ballot box by way of a digital scanner.
17 And so that's -- that's the other piece of
18 what Dominion does.
19 We have a digital scanner that scans that
20 paper ballot and saves an image in triplicate
21 in -- on the -- on the memory devices of that
22 scanner. And all that scanner does is it
23 accurately and objectively tabulates the votes
24 that are on that paper ballot. So without any
25 use of technology, the paper ballot would go
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1 into a locked, sealed ballot box. The chain
2 of custody of that locked and sealed ballot
3 box is under the control of the election
4 officials in that jurisdiction. And is,
5 obviously, a very essential part of the
6 mandated election protocols that go into
7 place.
8 But in addition to the paper ballot that
9 can be hand audited. It can be hand
10 recounted. You also have a record of -- of --
11 by way of digital image of what that voter
12 verified and confirmed at the time of casting.
13 So if you think through some of the legacy
14 concerns about paper ballots and why many
15 decades ago paper ballots fell out of favor
16 for a period of time. There was allegations
17 that during a hand count process or even
18 during a recount process, somebody nefarious
19 could have perhaps a piece of pencil lead
20 under their fingernail and make a
21 supplementary mark on that ballot at the time
22 of a recount or a hand count.
23 And one of the great advantages of having
24 a digital scanner in this process is not only
25 does the official record remain that voter
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1 verified paper ballot that can be hand counted
2 and audited. But you would additionally have
3 a scanned image of each ballot that has gone
4 through the machine. So as the voting day
5 continues, it is important to note that the
6 day starts with an open ballot box where
7 members of the public bi-partisan poll
8 watchers, other stakeholders who wish to watch
9 the election, can verify that the ballot box
10 is, in fact, empty. And they can verify that
11 the results tape that is printed -- we call it
12 the status tape because it -- it shows a
13 record of what is in that ballot box. And at
14 the beginning -- beginning of the day the
15 essential step in the process is to print the
16 tape that shows the machine has no votes
17 recorded on it for this election that is about
18 to begin.
19 As the election day proceeds, ballots are
20 cast by voters after they have had a chance to
21 verify their paper ballots and choose to cast
22 it. Once they are happy and sufficiently,
23 they -- they -- they view that it is
24 sufficiently voted, no more, no less. Then
25 they cast it through the machine, digital copy
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1 of the ballot is captured, as I mentioned.
2 And at the end of the day, a poll official
3 when voting closes, will close the poll. And
4 immediately at the end of the day when the
5 poll is closed, multiple copies of the results
6 tape will be printed.
7 And the reason -- so what's on the tape?
8 The tape shows a complete accounting of how
9 many ballots have been cast with the machine
10 during the day. And it also shows the results
11 of those ballots that have been cast in that
12 -- in that ballot box. And that is just one
13 piece of -- of the entire chain of custody
14 that comes together during the canvass
15 process. And the reason why we print multiple
16 tapes in the State of Georgia is because tapes
17 can be given to political parties that are
18 present in the precinct. A copy can be given
19 to poll watchers, bi-partisan poll watchers
20 and a copy of that which I'll state can be
21 publicly posted on the wall of that precinct.
22 And it really allows for an additional step of
23 transparency that members of the public. The
24 bi-partisan poll watchers, the candidates
25 themselves now know the instantaneous results
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1 before that entire package of election
2 material gets securely transported back to the
3 central location.
4 So I'll pause briefly there. And -- and
5 happy to answer any questions as it pertains
6 to this -- these two processes.
7 MR. DUFFEY: If you have a question, if
8 you'll write it out, I'll ask it. Just bring
9 it up here and put it on the table.
10 Can -- can you explain whether the actual
11 machines have any security?
12 MR. POULOS: They absolutely do. So
13 federal certification guidelines, Chairman,
14 have a comprehensive list of requirements that
15 any vendor is required to meet. And these are
16 validated through the federal testing program.
17 Through independently tested and accredited
18 testing agencies as it pertains to our ballot
19 tabulator, for example, there are physical
20 security mechanism that protect the memory
21 cards that I referenced so lock and sealed.
22 It's the same type of lock and seal
23 concept that -- that -- that protect the
24 actual paper ballots in the physical ballot
25 box. So not only do you have a physical lock,
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1 but then you have a seal that can be verified
2 very easily. They're highly visible so they
3 can be verified by any poll watcher or bi-
4 partisan stakeholder in the election even from
5 a distance.
6 Beyond that the actual memory cards are
7 both digitally signed and encrypted as per
8 federal requirements. And -- and that -- that
9 is only as it pertains to the security of --
10 of the -- of the system sitting on the ballot
11 box. Above and beyond that, jurisdictions
12 have their local chain of custody and a host
13 of physical security processes in public
14 testing that layer on security on top of the
15 actual machine’s security.
16 MR. DUFFEY: And I -- I know that at some
17 point for an election somebody has to put the
18 ballot on to ballot marking devices for that
19 particular precinct. How is that done and is
20 it possible that somebody could put something
21 else that would corrupt the ballot marking
22 device after it's loaded with the ballots?
23 MR. POULOS: Sure. The -- the specific
24 process is really best answered by -- by the
25 State and basically the election officials
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1 that are accountable for defining that
2 process. But, essentially, the way to think
3 about it is once an election is programmed
4 there -- that the -- the -- the election
5 specific nature, so candidates, the types of
6 contest, you know, is it -- is it, basically,
7 the specifics that change from election to
8 election are loaded on to the ballot marking
9 devices.
10 They -- they are loaded one by one into
11 the ballot -- into the ballot marking devices
12 so it's not by way of internet. And it's not
13 done by network. They are done by physical
14 cards and that process -- and the -- and the
15 mandated protocols of physical security and
16 checks are an essential part of this. And as
17 I said, that is done by those who have
18 accountability for that which is the election
19 officials in that jurisdiction.
20 So there -- there are many protocols
21 around from the federal testing standpoint
22 that protect that process including password,
23 including specific election security
24 identification that is not given out. But the
25 process doesn't end there. It's designed to
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1 allow transparency not only for candidates but
2 by bi-partisan poll watchers. But frankly any
3 election stakeholder by way of public testing.
4 So once these devices are loaded, there is a
5 host of public testing that occurs on them to
6 ensure that nothing nefarious has happened and
7 just as importantly nothing has happened by
8 way of a spelling mistake that is propagated
9 through the -- through the checking of -- of
10 election programming. And it gives not only
11 the local county election jurisdiction a
12 chance to but also any watchers the chance
13 that the ballot marking devices presenting the
14 choices accurately to the voters and -- and
15 ultimately the -- the paper that is printed
16 that allows them to review their -- their --
17 their selections are accurate.
18 MR. DUFFEY: I'd like for you to go back.
19 You keep talking about public testing. But
20 you never told us what that is. What is --
21 what is -- what do you mean by public testing?
22 MR. POULOS: All right. So that is a
23 process that is controlled by the election
24 jurisdictions themselves.
25 MR. DUFFEY: I want --
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1 MR. POULOS: And, essentially --
2 MR. DUFFEY: -- excuse me. I understand
3 that. I want you to tell us what that is.
4 MR. POULOS: Sure. So once the election
5 is loaded on to each of the machines, it, you
6 know, immediately preceding an election. The
7 public is invited in. The entire system is
8 set up. So every single unit on every single
9 -- every single tabulator, for example, is set
10 up and this -- this is the part where it
11 varies jurisdiction by jurisdiction, but there
12 is -- the goal of the testing is to create a
13 known test deck of -- of ballots. So as -- as
14 a participant in -- in the testing, Chairman,
15 if you were there, you would be asked to make
16 -- make your selections. You would then be
17 asked to verify that the paper ballot is
18 accurate, and we would do this over and over
19 and over, or more accurately, the county would
20 do this and feed those paper ballots through
21 the tabulator. And so there should be an
22 expected result based on how you voted. And
23 then once the polls are closed, in this public
24 test, the print tape is printed and you can
25 verify your expected result to -- the result
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1 that it's printed on the print tapes and it
2 often -- what is often the case, they'll do a
3 hand count of the paper ballots in the ballot
4 box just to make sure that the expected result
5 is the same as the hand recount which is the
6 same as the result tape on the tabulator.
7 And this is a process that --
8 MR. DUFFEY: When you say expected
9 result, when you put them through the scanner,
10 and you have somebody like me if I put my
11 ballot through the scanner, could you see
12 whether -- what my specific votes were to make
13 sure that they were accurately recorded?
14 MR. POULOS: Yes, you can. So, you know,
15 in a simple scenario, if we had a ballot -- if
16 we had a ballot with one contest and four
17 candidates. A sample test that might be
18 candidate 1, on position 1, we might want four
19 ballots that vote for this candidate 1. The
20 next candidate we might want three ballots
21 that vote for candidate 2. Two for candidate
22 3 and one for candidate 4. So they're all
23 unique. We would probably want to complete
24 blank ballot, as well, just to be sure and --
25 and then we would feed all those five ballots
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1 through the ballot box. So we should be
2 expecting a result of four, three, two, one on
3 that contest. And we'll keep it simple, and
4 we'll say it's a one contest election. And we
5 want to verify that the results tape exactly
6 tells you four, three, two, one. And then
7 we'll check in the ballot box to make sure
8 that those ballots are, in fact, four, three,
9 two, one.
10 MR. DUFFEY: And for how many ballot
11 marking devices do you do that sort of
12 testing?
13 MR. POULOS: Well, they should be done on
14 all of them. So and at -- at -- at the bare
15 minimum every tabulator needs to be tested in
16 this way in the public to verify that the
17 count is, in fact, accurate.
18 MR. DUFFEY: And when you say in the
19 public, how do you know -- I'm probably not
20 going to go down and watch the testing. I
21 mean, how do you know that it's really public
22 as opposed to just being people that work in
23 the -- in the precinct?
24 MR. POULOS: It's a great question. It's
25 a key part of the process. It's a key part of
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1 the transparency and so that is -- that is
2 certainly a question that needs to be asked in
3 every election, every jurisdiction and
4 encouraged -- the process needs to encouraged
5 because that is a key part of the transparency
6 that shows members of the public not only is -
7 - are the machines accurate. But also
8 educates those on how the process actually
9 works.
10 MR. DUFFEY: Do any of the Board members
11 have questions before I get to the attendees'
12 questions?
13 MR. LINDSEY: I'll have one at the end
14 after the other questions.
15 MR. DUFFEY: Okay.
16 DR. JOHNSTON: Thank you so much for
17 being here today and presenting this
18 information. I have a question. Do the
19 ballots in the test deck have QR codes on
20 them?
21 MR. POULOS: In the State of Georgia,
22 currently our certified system does feature QR
23 codes.
24 DR. JOHNSTON: On the test deck?
25 MR. POULOS: And that because they're on
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1 the ballots, the test deck is a sample of the
2 real ballots in the election. So, yes, both
3 the test deck would have that.
4 DR. JOHNSTON: Thank you. And another
5 question. How -- how can you demonstrate to
6 the public that the Dominion software reads
7 the QR code accurately?
8 MR. POULOS: Sure. This could be done a
9 number of ways. The simplest and way it could
10 be done is through a risk-limiting audit. Or
11 any -- any -- any type of hand verification of
12 the paper ballots in the machine.
13 DR. JOHNSTON: So a risk-limiting audit
14 will verify an accurate QR code?
15 MR. POULOS: It sure would. Because the
16 ballots -- ultimately one thing that should be
17 kept in mind is the official cast record is
18 not the QR code. It never is. The official
19 cast record -- the official part of that
20 ballot which accurately -- which shows the
21 voter's intent is the text and at the end of
22 the day that is the official cast record. So
23 the -- the accuracy of the tabulator is
24 actually the easiest thing in the world to
25 double check. And the way to do that is you -
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1 - you -- you can either look at all machines.
2 You can look at one machine. You can look at
3 a subsec. So a risk-limiting audit is --
4 refers to a certain process by which a certain
5 percentage of tabulators or ballot boxes are
6 chosen at random. And each ballot box that is
7 chosen, regardless of what that number is,
8 from more than zero to a 100 percent of the
9 ballot boxes, you pull up the paper ballots,
10 the voter verified paper ballots which is
11 always the official part of the election.
12 Those are the official results. Those are
13 what can't be hacked, and you hand count them
14 to verify the count on the tabulator.
15 MR. DUFFEY: Any other questions from the
16 Board?
17 MS. GHAZAL: I have a question. Thank
18 you. Thank you so much for -- for being here
19 and answering our questions. I have a very
20 simple one. Can you explain whether or not
21 the security features and passwords are
22 changed from election to election or is it
23 carried through?
24 MR. POULOS: They should be changed
25 election to election. That's ultimately
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1 something that are -- is done by election
2 jurisdictions.
3 MS. GHAZAL: Thank you.
4 MR. DUFFEY: Any other questions from
5 Board members?
6 MR. LINDSEY: I'll have one at the end,
7 Mr. Chairman.
8 MR. DUFFEY: Some of these questions are
9 redundant so I'm not going to ask the
10 redundant questions we have an explanation of
11 --
12 MR. POULOS: I'm -- I'm sorry, Chairman,
13 I can't hear what you're saying. I'm not sure
14 if that was directed at me, but I -- I could
15 barely make it out.
16 MR. DUFFEY: That's because my mic wasn't
17 on. Now it is.
18 MR. POULOS: Okay.
19 MR. DUFFEY: All right. So I'm going
20 through the questions that have been submitted
21 to me are -- I'm taking out those questions
22 which I believe have already been answered and
23 there are some that are redundant. So here's
24 -- here's one: Does the QR code assign a
25 unique number to each ballot?
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1 MR. POULOS: No. Absolutely not.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Here are two questions I'm
3 going to ask it in a more general way that --
4 what is -- what is the function of Dominion
5 techs? What do they do on election day? What
6 is their purpose?
7 MR. POULOS: Their purpose -- their
8 primary purpose is to be available to ask any
9 questions. And -- and provide help to
10 election -- election officials who have any --
11 any kind of need for troubleshooting. It
12 really could be a number of things. A very
13 common one, believe it or not, is, you know,
14 the power -- the power seems to be on battery
15 power even though the unit it plugged in. And
16 a Dominion tech might come. They're --
17 they're instructed never to perform in any
18 official duty that is the accountability of
19 the poll official. But you'd be surprised at
20 how often this one happened to where it's
21 plugged into an outlet in a precinct that is
22 not live and, you know, that -- that type of
23 thing is where a Dominion tech is sometimes
24 helpful for jurisdictions.
25 MR. DUFFEY: Do your machines use blue
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1 tooth or other technology that would allow it
2 to be accessed by somebody using the internet?
3 MR. POULOS: No. They are specifically
4 designed as per federal statute or federal
5 certification standards to not have that
6 capability and that is what they are tested
7 against.
8 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you. And do your
9 machines have any blue tooth, wi-fi chip sets?
10 MR. POULOS: No. To the extent that any,
11 like, our tabulator, for example, absolutely
12 does not and to the extent that any other
13 devices that we would have. So, for example,
14 if we supplied a Windows PC for a central
15 location, that -- that PC is an off the shelf
16 product. And -- and they change all the time
17 so typically we use Dell computers and the
18 Dell models keep changing as whatever Dell
19 brings up new versions and so there is a
20 specific hardening procedure that is approved
21 by the certification bodies where any
22 functionality that might have been on a -- a
23 PC that perhaps does some ballot rendering at
24 a central location, that that functionality is
25 disabled in the appropriate way.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: When the audiences can
2 control themselves, I'll proceed. Or -- or if
3 you can't, you might want to step out.
4 There's a question asking him to
5 interpret Georgia statutes. I'm not going to
6 -- I'm not going to ask him to do that because
7 he -- that's not why he's here. This question
8 I don't understand. It's -- it has one
9 incomplete sentence. I'll ask, is there any
10 circumstance where a -- a scanner has to be
11 reset? And how do you do that?
12 MR. POULOS: I'm sorry, Chairman. Is the
13 -- the tabulator? The digital scanner that
14 sits at the top of the ballot box?
15 MR. BALBONA: Yeah.
16 MR. DUFFEY: The scanner that sits on top
17 of the ballot box?
18 MR. POULOS: If it needs to be reset?
19 MR. DUFFEY: Yeah. Or start -- there are
20 circum -- what might have scanners had to be
21 reset and if so, how's that done?
22 MR. BALBONA: For the count.
23 MR. POULOS: I can't think of -- I can't
24 think of anything sitting here right now why
25 it would need to be reset. I mean, sometimes
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1 I've seen ballot jams where a ballot is
2 inserted for whatever reason the ballot has a
3 torn -- a torn corner to it. Or there's --
4 but you typically don't see that in precinct
5 voting because the ballot -- it -- it doesn't
6 travel very far. It goes from the marking
7 area. The voter takes and looks at it. So
8 really, I can't think of anywhere -- any time
9 where it would have to be reset.
10 MR. BALBONA: But can it.
11 MR. DUFFEY: Well, if -- if there is an
12 instance say, for example, where there's a
13 turned up corner and it jams --
14 MR. POULOS: Yes.
15 MR. DUFFEY: How do you -- what is the
16 assurance that everything was counted after
17 that including that jammed ballot is tabulated
18 and included in the count?
19 MR. POULOS: Oh, okay. So if the ballot
20 has not been read -- is not able to go through
21 the scanner as -- as you say, it does not go
22 in and fall -- and cast into the ballot box.
23 The -- the -- the tabulator -- ballot
24 tabulator will prompt the poll official with
25 an instruction to clear that -- that ballot
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1 jam. And if the ballot is torn in a way that
2 makes it unscannable, the poll official will
3 direct that voter to create another paper
4 ballot. They have supplementary counting
5 procedures to make sure that that torn ballot
6 is properly accounted for that outside of the
7 Dominion system. Because the Dominion
8 tabulator that sits atop of the ballot box
9 only counts the number of ballots that poll
10 officials allow voters to feed in. So in the
11 course of a day, if it's 100 ballots, the --
12 the tabulator has no idea who the voters are.
13 The tabulator has no idea how they've been
14 verified. But all -- the only thing it's
15 accountable for is to make sure that the
16 ballots that have gone through that tabulator
17 have been accurately counted for and not only
18 in number of separate ballots, but also the
19 interpretation of every -- of every vote on
20 every contest. And that's -- that's -- that's
21 the part that is verified independently
22 through the use of hand count audits and hand
23 recounts.
24 MR. BALBONA: I can give you a
25 hypothetical scenario if you want. It's
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1 pretty nuanced.
2 MR. DUFFEY: This is a question about
3 training of local officials. But he is not
4 here to talk about how local officials were
5 trained so I'm not going to ask that. This is
6 a question about something that happened at a
7 local precinct, so I won't ask that. I mean,
8 this is another question having to do with
9 connection of machines to the internet. Can
10 you go, I guess, could you go over again
11 looking at your whole system. And the ballot
12 marking devices and the scanners. If
13 anything, else that is -- that is associated I
14 have, in addition to that, with your system as
15 opposed to some -- some supplemental process
16 at the local election office. Is -- which
17 devices have any ability to access the
18 internet through blue tooth, wi-fi or any
19 other technology.
20 MR. POULOS: Sure. Well, our ballot
21 marking devices do not have that capability.
22 And -- and that's what they're tested for.
23 Not only by the jurisdiction, but by
24 certification agencies. But -- but, again, a
25 ballot marking device is a screen and a
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1 printer. It doesn't store votes. It doesn't
2 in any way. It has nothing to do with the
3 tabulation process. It's a -- it provides a
4 voter with a paper ballot to be verified.
5 On the scanner you have -- you -- you
6 have a -- a scanner that is designed by
7 federal requirements to operate in a -- in a -
8 - in a -- in a air-gapped manner without
9 connectivity. So at no point during -- after
10 voting is there any capability of that device
11 being connected to anything. It is -- it is a
12 complete stand-alone system.
13 Now, the -- the tabulator is configured
14 in some jurisdictions by law and Georgia is
15 not one of those to be able to attach an
16 external device to transmit unofficial results
17 after the polls close. This is a process that
18 requires breaking a physical seal and
19 connecting something that's quite large. That
20 -- that is -- that dongles out of that
21 tabulator that is easily viewed. It's
22 designed to be easily viewed by any poll
23 watcher in that precinct. Be the -- be it a
24 poll worker, a bi-partisan poll watcher or
25 just a member of the public. And, again, the
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1 most important point here is that Georgia is
2 not one of these jurisdictions. So there --
3 there are absolutely no ways of connecting
4 that we -- we haven't sold this device in
5 Georgia. Georgia doesn't have this device.
6 And so in Georgia that locked port that is
7 both locked and sealed never gets opened.
8 I will also add Chairman, that in other
9 jurisdictions and these are typically
10 jurisdictions that for geographical reasons
11 takes several hours to physically transport
12 everything. And they're looking to be
13 transparent by -- by offering unofficial
14 results. But I will say is that even in those
15 limited jurisdictions, which is just a few
16 percent, I think now, it's rapidly declining
17 in my view. It's going down to zero. But the
18 physical device does not connect through the
19 internet. It's through a private cellular
20 network. And those results that are
21 transmitted are only unofficial. They are
22 never part of the official results record.
23 MR. DUFFEY: This question is about
24 something happened in another jurisdiction and
25 what caused it. He's not here to talk about
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1 that. And I'm not going to ask that question.
2 Is there any -- does your system work in
3 a way that a counter can erase a scanned
4 ballot?
5 MR. POULOS: I -- I don't understand.
6 Erase -- erase a ballot that is in the box or
7 erase an image that's on one of the memory
8 cards?
9 MR. BALBONA: On the counter on the -- on
10 the scanner. The ballot scanner, the counter,
11 it's kind of like the mileage is there any
12 scenario where that number is adjusted?
13 MR. POULOS: I’m sorry, Chairman. I
14 couldn't hear his question.
15 MR. DUFFEY: In your -- that -- that is
16 not the question that you asked on this piece
17 of paper. This is not a open forum for people
18 to ask. If you want to ask a question, I will
19 ask the question and determine whether or not
20 it's appropriate.
21 We -- we asked for him to address certain
22 things and I think it's unfair for the
23 audience to expand this to ask questions that
24 are not related to the way these machines
25 work. And I think he's been generous and fair
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1 in addressing the questions. And I've been
2 fairly liberal in asking him things that I
3 thought you wanted to know.
4 MR. BALBONA: It was just a clarification
5 of that question.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Pardon me.
7 MR. BALBONA: It was just a clarification
8 of that exact same question.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Well, I would disagree with
10 that. What's the purpose of air-gap
11 connectivity? And is the air-gap --
12 MR. POULOS: Air-gap means no
13 connectivity.
14 MR. DUFFEY: What -- tell me what air-gap
15 -- tell me what air-gap is.
16 MR. POULOS: Air-gap means if -- if,
17 Chairman, if you're holding a device that set
18 to be air-gaped, I can see that device from
19 the other side of the room. I know it's not
20 connected to any other device because I can
21 see that there's no -- there's no wires. I
22 can actually see that with my own eyes. And -
23 - and -- and there's no connectivity through
24 any means of electromagnetic communication
25 such as wi-fi; such as blue tooth -- such as
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1 some of these technology that you asked me
2 earlier.
3 MR. DUFFEY: This is a question about his
4 response to a report that is in litigation in
5 the Curland case. Some of which has not been
6 disclosed by the court so I'm not going to ask
7 that question. And he was not here to respond
8 to Mr. Halderman report.
9 Any further questions from the Board?
10 MR. LINDSEY: Yes, Mr. Chairman. If I
11 may. I think you need to turn me on. While I
12 do not want you to -- to discuss anything
13 that's particularly regarding the Curland
14 report and -- and regarding the Curland
15 litigation. Nor I want you to and I want to
16 make sure you understand where I’m going here.
17 Nor do I want you to reveal anything that is
18 presently under seal. Please make sure that
19 you understand that. However, I do think it's
20 important for the -- for the Board and for the
21 general public to know that there was a -- a
22 analysis done by an independent cyber security
23 company called MITA that was submitted to the
24 court in response to the Halderman report.
25 Were you aware of that?
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1 MR. POULOS: Yes, I am.
2 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah. And you're aware
3 that presently that Mitre report is under
4 seal. But there have been requests that it be
5 unsealed so that the general public can see
6 the analysis that took place by the Mitre
7 folks in response to the Halderman
8 allegations, correct?
9 MR. POULOS: I believe that report is
10 under seal, correct. I think that was your
11 question.
12 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah. It is under seal.
13 And -- and Dominion has asked for that to be
14 made public, correct?
15 MR. DUFFEY: Well, that's -- that's a
16 question --
17 MR. LINDSEY: I mean, it is -- well, let
18 me put it this way: From a review of the
19 records, it appears that Dominion has
20 requested that report. And be made public and
21 -- and the also that the State Election Board
22 has made that request to be made public. I
23 just wanted to know if you were aware of that
24 fact.
25 MR. POULOS: Yes, I'm aware of that.
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1 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah. Okay. I'll discuss
2 that further later, Mr. Chairman. Okay. Oh,
3 one other question. Mr. Chairman, if I may.
4 You're -- are you aware that the United
5 States Election Assistance Commission?
6 MR. POULOS: Yes, I am.
7 MR. LINDSEY: You -- you are, you are.
8 And -- and has your Dominion system been
9 tested and reviewed by that commission that's
10 being used to (inaudible).
11 MR. POULOS: Yes. Yes, it has.
12 MR. LINDSEY: And has it been approved by
13 the -- by this commission?
14 MR. POULOS: Yes, it has.
15 MR. LINDSEY: Could you just briefly tell
16 the public and the Board generally what the US
17 Election Assistance Commission is?
18 MR. POULOS: It is a bi-partisan
19 commission that was created in -- in the years
20 following the 2000 general -- general
21 election. And it sought to create a list of
22 definitive standards by which any voting
23 system should adhere to. And the current
24 certification guidelines I believe are
25 thousands of pages long. That they tell you
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1 exactly how a system should work. The types
2 of security mechanisms that must be part of
3 that system. And any company that wishes to
4 market an election system in the -- in the
5 United States submits their system for that
6 testing.
7 That testing is done independently by any
8 entity that -- that has applied and attained
9 its own certification and accreditation by
10 that same agency. And so really what that
11 process does it -- it demonstrates that a
12 testing lab is independent. The testing lab
13 understands election protocols. And is able
14 to independently test and verify compliance to
15 EAC, the Election Assistance Commission
16 standards. So typically, that process can
17 take -- it's -- it's not uncommon for it to
18 take years and it is very thorough. It
19 involves any manufacturer, such as Dominion,
20 to submit its entirety of the source code for
21 a line-by-line code review. The entirety of
22 its hardware platform for review. A list of
23 manufacturing partners on the supply chain for
24 any and all hardware parts. And ultimately at
25 the end if certified that certified version
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1 which is made up of the entirety of all of the
2 hardware pieces that have been submitted and
3 reviewed by that agency and its independent
4 test labs. And the source code is deemed the
5 certified version. So at any point in the
6 future if a further change is required in any
7 way, be it hardware, or even one line of
8 source code, the entire package goes back to
9 the Election Assistance Commission for another
10 review and if deemed appropriate and compliant
11 following certification.
12 MR. LINDSEY: And once again, has the
13 Dominion system utilized here in Georgia been
14 certified and approved by the commission?
15 MR. POULOS: Absolutely, yes.
16 MR. LINDSEY: Thank you.
17 MS. PRETTYMAN: Did you -- are you able
18 to ask the question on the archived data?
19 MR. DUFFEY: And your name -- tell me
20 your name.
21 MS. PRETTYMAN: Amanda Prettyman. Sorry,
22 my handwriting is messy.
23 MR. DUFFEY: But there are two questions.
24 Nothing says --
25 MS. PRETTYMAN: Primarily the archived
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1 one -- archived data.
2 MR. DUFFEY: These questions both have to
3 do with what Dominion testing and --
4 MS. PRETTYMAN: But there's no
5 (inaudible).
6 MR. DUFFEY: In your system, Mr. Poulos,
7 what is it within the system that archives
8 data? If there is more than one place --
9 MR. POULOS: I'm -- I'm sorry, Chairman.
10 I'm having difficulty hearing that question.
11 Can you repeat that? Maybe it’s the mic
12 problem again?
13 MR. DUFFEY: You're catching on. In your
14 system, in what places is data archived?
15 MR. POULOS: Great question. So I'll --
16 I'll start with the -- the ballot box which is
17 obviously a critical piece of it. So the
18 voter verified paper ballots is where -- the
19 most important part of the election. And that
20 is under locked and sealed -- physically
21 locked and sealed ballot box. In addition to
22 that, we now have images of every ballot and
23 scanned image as it went through the
24 tabulator. Immediately following that
25 independent voter verified review of their
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1 paper ballot. That is done in triplicate
2 form. So on the tabulator we have three
3 pieces of -- we have three discreet pieces of
4 electronic memory that hold that information
5 for every ballot cast in that ballot box on
6 election day.
7 At the close of that election, so if you
8 bear with me, I'm working from immediate close
9 of election. Back to reporting official
10 results. On that tabulator as I said we have
11 three discreet pieces of memory. One that is
12 -- so that they are separately locked and
13 sealed in full view of the public. And on as
14 far as how they're stored digitally on the
15 electronic media, they are both signed --
16 digitally signed and digitally encrypted per
17 Election Assistance Commission's standards the
18 so called BBSG standards.
19 At the close of election, we print
20 multiple copies of the results tape. So now
21 we at this -- at this immediate point maybe a
22 minute following all polls closed, probably
23 less. We have the physical ballots in the
24 ballot box. We have three discreet copies all
25 digitally signed and encrypted that -- that
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1 have to -- that each set of results. So an
2 independent copy of each of the ballots. And
3 now we have multiple print -- print tapes that
4 show the accumulated results of what's in the
5 ballot box. So if there's a 100 ballots,
6 it'll say there's a 100 ballots cast in the
7 ballot box that can be independently verified.
8 And then the results by candidate by contest
9 for the entirety of the election that is
10 sitting in that ballot box.
11 It's typical that you might have four or
12 five copies of that. So one publicly posted.
13 One given to parties perhaps another if
14 there's -- if there's a bi-partisan poll
15 watcher that happens to request a copy. And
16 then a copy goes back with the ballot box.
17 With the tabulator and with the ballot box
18 that has the locked and sealed ballots.
19 When that; however, some jurisdictions do
20 it differently, but ultimately one of the
21 memory cards that sits in that tabulator is
22 removed. So in -- in a -- in a -- in an open
23 and transparent process, in front of poll
24 watchers, the seal is physically cut and
25 unlocked and that -- that memory card is
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1 removed and then read into a central computer.
2 And while it forms the basis of -- of results
3 becoming official, through a very exhaustive
4 process called canvas. It is just one part of
5 it. So if anyone even has the allegation that
6 the -- from the time that memory card is
7 removed from the digital scanner and put into
8 the computer. Or if there's an allegation
9 that the computer somehow is -- has been
10 corrupted, the chain of custody has been
11 breached, you always can -- so not only do you
12 have that version that sits there. And even
13 the allegation is -- is -- is -- is a case
14 worthy to discuss here because we still have
15 the other memory card that is still locked and
16 is still sealed and remains in the secure
17 chain of custody of that jurisdiction. And up
18 to at least a minimum of -- at least 24
19 months. And sometimes more if there's any
20 kind of dispute. And above and beyond that,
21 we have the physical print tapes that -- as a
22 -- as a matter of protocol in the canvass
23 process is they are compared.
24 And ultimately the last and, again, the
25 most important part are the -- the actual
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1 paper ballot that have been voter verified and
2 locked and sealed in -- in the secure chain of
3 custody of that election official. So by my
4 count you have at least one being the paper
5 ballots. You have two and three are the
6 removable memory cards. The fourth one would
7 be the other memory card that is -- that is
8 yet another -- provides another copy of the
9 tabulator and five would be the -- the print
10 tape, which is actually five a, b, c, d, e
11 because you have multiple copies that have
12 been printed immediately following the poll
13 close. And then distributed to candidates.
14 To poll watchers and publicly posted.
15 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Thank you.
16 MS. PRETTYMAN: Can you ask him to verify
17 if -- if it's not safe for the compact flash
18 drive --
19 MR. DUFFEY: Excuse me -- are you a
20 lawyer?
21 MS. PRETTYMAN: No. I'm not.
22 MR. DUFFEY: Are you a litigant in a
23 case?
24 MS. PRETTYMAN: No. I'm a citizen. And
25 it's an issue in my county and that's what
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1 we're trying to figure out because Dominion
2 told us this. So I -- so I appreciate
3 (inaudible). I'm just trying to determine --
4 because I didn't quite catch the heart of the
5 matter which is -- the records that are
6 missing because they weren't safe from the
7 compact flash drive, we were told by Dominion
8 that they’re archived --
9 MR. DUFFEY: Well, that's -- that's --
10 MS. PRETTYMAN: -- irretrievable.
11 MR. DUFFEY: Because that's -- because
12 that's specific to you, this presentation is
13 not for specific questions about specific
14 election offices. It's generally his
15 description of the process and I think that he
16 has -- he has --
17 MS. PRETTYMAN: It could be other places,
18 like I said, if we’re wondering if --
19 MR. DUFFEY: Well, what could be and is,
20 you know, if you want to, you can send me in
21 this dedicated email, send your question.
22 MS. PRETTYMAN: Okay.
23 MR DUFFEY: And I'll send it to them to
24 see if he and, I mean, because they are
25 involved in a lot of litigation too. I'll see
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1 if they're able to answer that. I think
2 that's the best way to handle that. Okay.
3 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: But, we're interested
4 too.
5 MR. DUFFEY: Well, I know there are a lot
6 of interesting things that you're interested
7 in, but the purpose of this meeting is
8 informational. It's not about what's
9 happening in specific election offices or
10 specific counties or specific precincts. The
11 purpose of this is to give you and I think
12 he's actually been generous and going beyond
13 what the explanation is of the system. And
14 every question I've gotten that relates to the
15 system, I've asked. But this --
16 MS. BRADSHAW: I did ask about the poll
17 pads being count -- they're -- they were --
18 there was poll pads that was wrong, had the
19 wrong precinct on it.
20 MR. DUFFEY: Yeah. One particular
21 precinct, correct?
22 MS. PRETTYMAN: Yeah. But in general --
23 MR. DUFFEY: Because he has -- he doesn't
24 -- his system doesn't include poll pads.
25 MS. PRETTYMAN: Pardon?
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Does the Dominion system is
2 a poll pad part of that system?
3 MS. PRETTYMAN: Yes. That's -- that's
4 how you -- the person comes in. They give you
5 their driver's license. And it -- it checks
6 if they're a registered voter. And all that
7 works together.
8 MR, DUFFEY: Okay. We're going to take a
9 10-minute break and we'll be back at quarter
10 till.
11 MR. POULOS: Thank you very much,
12 Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you, Mr. Poulos.
14 Appreciate you being here and thank you for
15 your answers.
16 MR. POULOS: Have a great day. Bye.
17 MR. DUFFEY: You too. Thank you.
18 (Break taken.)
19 MR. DUFFEY: Can everybody please take
20 their seats. Sorry, would everyone please
21 take their seats. Seats are those pieces of
22 furniture that are in front of the desks.
23 The next is to give you a brief update on
24 the Coffee County investigation. This is a
25 little hard to do because there are really two
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1 issues. So it might sound as if things are
2 not being presented in chronological order.
3 They're not exactly in chronological order
4 because -- but I will tell you when something
5 that comes up that's not in chronological
6 order, why it's not in chronological order
7 because what happened and when it was
8 discovered are two different tracks. So I'll
9 do my best on doing that.
10 As you -- and you inevitably know there
11 is a ongoing criminal investigation and while
12 I have -- I know who the investigators are,
13 the GBI, and -- and the Secretary of State's
14 Office investigators who are assigned to us to
15 investigate and have great confidence in them.
16 It is still a criminal investigation. When I
17 was a United States attorney it was our policy
18 that whenever anybody asked about where we
19 were in the investigative process, you don't
20 disclose that. For one principle reason is
21 that investigations have to be conducted
22 according to the investigative approach that
23 the people that are actually responsible for
24 the investigation want to take. And there are
25 lots of reasons why they follow the path that
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1 they follow in an investigation, and if we
2 were give you an update as far as who's being
3 interviewed. When they're being interviewed.
4 What are the topics. They would -- they would
5 lose the -- what the design of their
6 investigative strategy which is to find out
7 what happened and who is responsible for it.
8 So almost everything that I'm going to
9 tell you although hopefully it'll be somewhat
10 more of a coherent fashion than the reporting
11 that there has been on it. But when things
12 went -- at one time were not known the fact
13 that they are now known and have been publicly
14 disclosed and there -- and there’s been very
15 little objection by anybody or correction as
16 to what happened. I -- I think you'll find --
17 what I hope is a more coherent presentation to
18 give you an idea of what happened, when --
19 when people knew about it and -- and who was
20 involved in a -- in a broad sense.
21 To the extent that there might be
22 information that I've learned, and if I can't,
23 you know, somebody might say, well, who's
24 that. And if I can't determine that, I'm not
25 going to say. Because I don't -- I'm not
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1 going to express to you anything where I am
2 not confident that the information is known
3 and verifiable.
4 I will say that what has been reported by
5 the national and local press, aligns with what
6 I learned out -- outside the criminal
7 investigation. And I think the conduct is --
8 is fairly clear and that you'll see where
9 Coffee County fits in a broader picture.
10 The conduct in Coffee County is similar
11 to the conduct in Atrium County, Michigan and
12 Clark County, Nevada. It's not entirely
13 clear, there's been a fair amount of reporting
14 on who was responsible for, you know, the
15 orchestration of the conduct. But I think it
16 is unclear as to who had specific
17 responsibilities within the organization and -
18 - and for our purposes what happened is what's
19 relevant. And not who was behind it. Because
20 what I want you to know is what happened in
21 Coffee County. So the focus of this review is
22 going to be not of Michigan or Nevada. It
23 will be on Coffee County, Georgia.
24 So the facts show that in March of 2021 a
25 phone call was disclosed in federal court
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1 litigation was that a person by the name of
2 Scott Hall stated that he had arranged for a
3 plane to travel to Coffee County. To image
4 hard drive information from voting equipment
5 in Coffee County. In the call, Mr. Hall
6 claimed that he received permission from
7 officials in Coffee County to do so. And that
8 Coffee County officials allowed people to
9 enter the office to obtain hard information on
10 hard drives.
11 The Secretary of State's Office became
12 aware of Mr. Hall's telephone remarks in
13 February 2022. So although that was
14 available, it was not known to the Secretary
15 of State's Office until February of 2022. And
16 the Secretary of State's Office reached a
17 conclusion a couple of months later that based
18 upon Mr. Hall's telephone conversation which
19 was had a lot of other information that he was
20 passing along in this call, only a part of
21 which dealt with this trip to Coffee County
22 and based upon what was known at that time,
23 the Secretary of State's Office concluded in
24 April of 2022 that there had not been a breach
25 of any equipment. Okay. So I just talked
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1 about what somebody learned in February 2022.
2 Now, let me go back to 2021. In June of
3 2021, which, of course, was after the 2020
4 election, when the new Coffee County Elections
5 Director became responsible for the Coffee
6 County Elections Office. Because the prior
7 director whose name is Mr. Campton was no
8 longer working there. And the circumstances
9 of that are unclear to me about why that
10 happened. There's been some reporting on it
11 but I don’t have any independent information
12 about that.
13 But anyway, when this new elections
14 director came in, they were unable to access a
15 computer server because of password had been
16 changed. They tried to -- with the -- with
17 the help of one Dominion employee they -- they
18 tried to bypass the new password to get access
19 to the -- to that server but couldn't. So a
20 decision was made that the Secretary of
21 State's Office would take possession of the
22 server. Bring it back to Atlanta. Maintain
23 it in Atlanta and to replace the server that
24 was taken to Atlanta with a new server.
25 Again, that's in June 2021. In August of
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1 2022, so now we're back into the current year,
2 information became publicly available showing
3 that on January 7th of 2021 a -- an Atlanta
4 firm that does forensic work and consulting by
5 the name of Sullivan|Strickler entered into a
6 retainer agreement to perform work to image
7 information on various types of devices in
8 Coffee County's election office.
9 Further, in -- in recent months there has
10 been video footage that -- that shows that
11 Coffee -- Coffee County permitted people to
12 enter the elections office and those same
13 videos, and some still pictures show that
14 Sullivan|Strickler employees were in the
15 Coffee County election office with local
16 officials. The images show Sullivan|Strickler
17 employees working in front of computers in the
18 office. Don't know exactly what they were
19 doing. But that's something that you -- that
20 you can see in these images.
21 And there -- and there were video depict
22 -- there were depictions -- visual depictions
23 of -- of hard and thumb drives tagged and
24 lying on the table. It looked like they had
25 been laid there in a orderly way. In -- so
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1 now, on July 28th -- so now we're before
2 August of 2022, so I'm going back in time a
3 bit. This is a disclosure when -- when people
4 found out about what happened in Coffee
5 County. But on July 28th, before any evidence
6 of the activities that I just described was
7 known to State officials. I was advised that
8 evidence showed that the server retrieved from
9 Coffee County in 2021 and maintained by the
10 Secretary of State's Office had been
11 forensically examined. And there was evidence
12 the data on it was downloaded to an external
13 hard drive.
14 I required this information to be
15 reported to the federal judge provided over
16 the federal litigation I mentioned. And --
17 and to be given detail about what was known
18 about -- about the attachment of a hard drive
19 to the -- to the computer in Coffee County.
20 The Board and the Secretary of State requested
21 that a criminal investigation be opened
22 immediately and that occurred.
23 The investigation is currently being
24 conducted for the Board by the investigations
25 of the division of the Georgia Bureau of
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1 Investigation with help from investigators in
2 the Secretary of State's Office assigned to
3 the Board. Because the conduct in Coffee
4 County paralleled conduct in other states, we
5 requested the Federal Bureau of Investigations
6 Office in the Southern District of Georgia to
7 participate in the investigation. Because the
8 request involves an election, it has to be
9 processed through channels that probably
10 ultimately decided (inaudible) justice in
11 Washington, D.C. I’ve called to get an update
12 on that and have not received it yet. Which
13 I'll just say from experience that doesn't
14 mean that the FBI isn't doing something maybe
15 in other states. So they could be involved,
16 but I don't know. I don't know what they're
17 doing, if anything, with respect to Coffee
18 County.
19 There's more recent -- so now I'll move
20 forward from July, there's more recent
21 information that has been disclosed that shows
22 that a different forensic firm visited the
23 Coffee County offices on January 26th of 2021
24 and were allowed into the offices by local
25 official, election officials. What happened
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1 inside the office or what the firm did inside
2 the offices in Coffee County is uncertain.
3 One final thing which doesn't directly
4 relate to Coffee County, but I wanted you to
5 know about it. On September 20th of 2022, I
6 received documents from an individual who had
7 obtained them through a Georgia open records
8 request, and they involved Spalding County.
9 These documents show communications between
10 Sullivan|Strickler and Spalding County Board
11 of Elections in August of 2021. And there is
12 an unexecuted engagement agreement for
13 forensic collection preservation of Spalding
14 County Elections Managing Systems. And
15 another Spalding County iPhone forensic
16 collections preservation engagement letter.
17 The purpose of the imaging is not clear,
18 but it could have well have related to -- to
19 Spalding County's desire to -- to have
20 available information at the time of this
21 collection was made because there might have
22 been either issued or could be issued an order
23 from a court requiring the information be
24 preserved and it could be that they wanted to
25 have an image because they thought they had a
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1 legal obligation to do that. But we're
2 investigating these communications and the
3 relationship to see -- to understand why
4 Sullivan|Strickler, a name which is now
5 familiar to us, was the firm that was talking
6 to them about that to see and assure us -- or
7 to disclose to us how it related, if at all,
8 to what happened in Coffee County or to -- or
9 to assure that it was totally different and
10 there for a different purpose.
11 As I said, a criminal investigation,
12 while I don't know the details of it. I can
13 tell you it is active and it's ongoing. I
14 can't tell you when it will be done, but the
15 purpose is to ultimately determine whether or
16 not there has been conduct that warrants
17 further review and then if necessary
18 prosecution.
19 Now, you can ask questions, but I’ve told
20 you everything I know. So I want to now go to
21 the risk-limiting audits. I'm going to ask
22 Blake Evans who's the Secretary of State's
23 Elections Director for the State to explain --
24 this is (inaudible) information to explain
25 what a risk-limiting audit is. What place
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1 they play in elections in Georgia? And while
2 you can submit to me questions, I'm going to
3 tell you that it has to pertain only to risk-
4 limiting audits and how they work. Thank you
5 for coming. This is Blake Evans.
6 MR. EVANS: All right. Thank you, Judge.
7 Does it sound okay? Can everybody hear me?
8 THE AUDIENCE: Turn the volume up.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Try that.
10 MR. EVANS: Testing. There we go.
11 THE AUDIENCE: That's good.
12 MR. EVANS: So I think what I would --
13 what I would like to do to start off the
14 discussion on risk-limiting audits is to take
15 kind of a -- of a little bit of a broad
16 approach on what audits are in elections. And
17 talk a little bit about how risk-limiting
18 audits came to be part of our practice in
19 Georgia. And then transition from that to the
20 risk-limiting audit that we have coming up
21 after November and talk about how that will be
22 conducted.
23 MR. DUFFEY: I think that's a good plan.
24 MR. EVANS: So why perform post-election
25 audits period, at all? And a big reason why
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1 we perform them is because we as election
2 officials we want to catch errors. We want to
3 -- we want to make sure that the outcome that
4 was certified was correct. To make sure that
5 the person that was -- that was indicated as
6 having won the election by the machine count
7 was the correct person.
8 And so typically when we talk about a
9 post-election audit whether it be a risk-
10 limiting audit or otherwise, you're looking at
11 a paper verifiable or a human readable
12 -- human readable text on a ballot. And
13 you're coming up with a hand tally that you
14 can then compare to the machine count. And
15 that's auditing the machines. You can't
16 really audit machines with those same
17 machines. That wouldn’t be an audit. You do
18 it separately, you do it with humans. You do
19 it with eyes looking at ballots and the text
20 on the ballot.
21 And then the other reason why we do it,
22 obviously, we want to catch errors, we want to
23 confirm the count. But we want to increase
24 public confidence in the election. And -- and
25 to me, you know, doing this, of course, we
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1 started it in 2020, but the public confidence
2 side of it, it's a little bit kind of
3 exercising. It's doing it consistently over a
4 long period of time that builds that habit.
5 And that -- and that creates kind of that
6 culture of auditing in Georgia elections. And
7 I think that's important.
8 The objective is to verify that the
9 machine count resulted in the correct winner,
10 and this is done by reading human readable
11 text that is on the ballot and coming up with
12 a tally using that text. Post-election audits
13 in the United States typically consist of
14 sampling some number of ballots after the
15 election to audit -- to audit the machine
16 count.
17 There are typically two categories, we're
18 talking about ballot audits that are used in
19 the United States. One is a -- what most
20 people call a traditional audit which is the
21 method that's been used by many jurisdictions
22 for -- for quite some time. And typically,
23 that will come with -- with some kind of a --
24 a random selection of a fixed percentage of
25 ballots or precincts. For example, I've been
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1 in a jurisdiction before in another state
2 where we would select about two percent. We'd
3 pull a couple of precincts out of a hat. And
4 those would be the precincts that -- that we
5 would audit. And that was a fixed percentage.
6 It was about two percent of the total number
7 of precincts.
8 And then there's the risk-limiting audit.
9 So you have kind of the traditional and then
10 you have the risk-limiting audit. So the
11 risk-limiting audit you may hear me refer to
12 it using the acronym RLA throughout the
13 presentation because that's commonly what it's
14 referred to as. But the RLA relies on
15 statistics and mathematics to determine the
16 number of ballots to be audited and whether
17 the outcome of the audits supports the outcome
18 of the machine count with a high degree of
19 confidence.
20 So one way to think about it is if it's
21 one of the things that impacts the number of
22 ballots to be audited greatly, is the margin
23 of victory in the contest. So if it's a wide
24 margin, you're only sampling a relatively
25 small number of ballots. If it's a small
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1 margin, you're sampling a very large number of
2 ballots. So one of the good things about RLAs
3 is they do adapt to the margin that you're
4 trying to audit in the county you're trying to
5 audit.
6 And just to provide a little bit of
7 background, my experience, when I first got
8 into elections working for a county office, it
9 was in Pensacola, Florida. And I can remember
10 after the first election that -- that I was
11 there for, it would have been in 2016. We had
12 paper ballots. And we did that fixed
13 percentage audit that I mentioned, and we did
14 that after every, every single election.
15 When I came to Georgia in 2019, of
16 course, our State was on the verge of getting
17 a new voting system with paper ballots that
18 would have human readable text. That could
19 then be audited. And so part of that process
20 was, and I wasn't necessarily a part of it,
21 but what Georgia was going through at that
22 time and the legislature and in the Secretary
23 of State's Office and the counties was
24 preparing for that new system. Preparing for
25 those paper ballots and the legislature passed
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1 a law to put in place audits to audit the --
2 the machines.
3 And that law is O.C.G.A. 21-2-498. And
4 that Code section clearly defined what risk-
5 limiting audits were. And talked through some
6 other things. And so what I'm going to do is
7 there are a few portions of that law that I
8 want to highlight. So 21-2-498, as soon as
9 possible, but no later than November 2020
10 general election, the local election
11 superintendents shall conduct pre-
12 certification tabulation audits for any
13 federal or state general election in
14 accordance with the requirements set forth by
15 rule or regulation by the State Election
16 Board. Audits under this Code section shall
17 be conducted by manual inspection of random
18 samples of the paper official ballots.
19 In conducting each audit, the local
20 election superintendent shall complete the
21 audit prior to the final certification of the
22 contest. Ensure that all types of ballots are
23 included in the audit. This is important. So
24 whether they were cast in person, by absentee
25 ballot, advanced voting, provisional ballots
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1 or otherwise. Then provide a report of the
2 unofficial final tabulated vote provided for
3 the unofficial final tabulated vote results
4 for the contest to the public prior to the
5 conduct of the audit. Complete the audit in
6 public view. That's extremely important.
7 Audits are -- are a very, very important part
8 of the election system. I'll talk about it in
9 a few minutes what we did in 2020. What we're
10 doing upcoming to make sure that they can be
11 viewed by the public. Provide details of the
12 audit to the public within 48 hours of
13 completion. And then it goes on to talk about
14 in the law, the State Election Board
15 promulgate rules. The Secretary of State
16 shall conduct a risk-limiting audit pilot
17 program with the risk limit not greater than
18 10 percent. And that the ending of the law
19 states that if such risk-limiting audit is
20 successful in achieving the specified
21 confidence level within five business days
22 following the election for which it was
23 conducted, then all audits performed by the
24 Code section shall be similarly conducted,
25 beginning not later than November 1st, 2024.
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1 So one of the things (unintelligible) the law
2 was that we the State were to be working
3 towards risk-limiting audits.
4 So that law was put in place, and I can
5 remember when I came to Georgia, I
6 participated in a pilot risk-limiting audit at
7 the county level before coming to the
8 Secretary of State's Office. And then after I
9 came to the Secretary of State's Office, I
10 participated in a pilot from the Secretary of
11 State's side. And it became clear that one of
12 the things that -- that we could do is instead
13 of training election officials on traditional
14 audits, and then down the road transitioning
15 to risk-limiting audits, which was what the
16 law wanted us to be at by 2024. That we could
17 start out at -- with doing risk-limiting
18 audits.
19 And so we -- we decided that that's what
20 we're going to train on. That's what we
21 wanted to do. And the State Elections Board
22 drafted a rule, and that rule is 183-1-15-.04.
23 And I'm going to highlight a few sections of
24 that.
25 It starts with following the November
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1 general elections in even numbered years, each
2 county shall participate in statewide risk-
3 limiting audit with a risk limit of not
4 greater than 10 percent. I'm going to pause
5 there.
6 So just to -- I want to define and
7 clarify what a risk limit is. And so when
8 you're -- when you're talking about auditing,
9 and you're talking about risk limits, you have
10 to designate for the algorithms that are going
11 to tell you how many -- how many ballots you
12 have to sample. A -- a risk limit and because
13 that will help determine how many ballots that
14 you have to pull. And so the risk limit if
15 it's 10 percent that means, essentially, would
16 you be satisfied with a 90 percent confidence
17 level at the end of your audit? And if the
18 answer's yes, then you can set 10 percent risk
19 limit you’re auditing fewer ballots. If you
20 would be satisfied with a 95 percent
21 confidence level, then you can set it at five
22 percent risk limit. You're going to be
23 auditing a few more ballots but -- but you're
24 going to have a higher degree of confidence in
25 the outcomes of the audit.
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1 And generally, what will happen is that
2 is to kickstart the process and then at the
3 end of the audit you'll have a report, and it
4 will tell you what your actual risk limit was
5 in the audit. For example, I remember one of
6 the audits that we conducted after the
7 Presidential preference primary in Fulton
8 County. I remember that one specifically. I
9 think it was a 10 percent risk limit or a five
10 percent risk limit. And the actual risk limit
11 after we audited the ballots was under one
12 percent. And we had that in the report
13 afterwards.
14 So going back to the State Election Board
15 rule, prior to county certification the
16 election superintendent of each county shall
17 prepare a ballot manifest. So a ballot
18 manifest is a document that lists all the
19 ballot containers following the election and
20 the number of ballots that are in each
21 container. Another word for container could
22 be batch. So a batch of ballots.
23 Going back to the rule, the contested
24 audit shall be selected by the Secretary of
25 State. The Secretary of State shall set a
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1 date, time, and location after the November
2 general election in even numbered years to
3 select which contest to audit. Such meeting
4 shall be open to the public. After selecting
5 the contest to audit, the Secretary of State
6 shall publicly announce which contest will be
7 audited and published the selected contest on
8 Secretary of State webpage.
9 In selecting the contest to audit, the
10 Secretary of State shall consider the below
11 criteria: The closeness of the reported
12 tabulation outcomes. The geographical scope
13 of the contest because we wanted it to be a
14 statewide audit, so it needed be a contest
15 across all counties. The number of ballots
16 counted in the contest. Any calls for concern
17 regarding the accuracy of the reported
18 tabulation outcome of the contest. Any other
19 benefits that may result in auditing certain
20 contests or the ability of the county to
21 complete the audit before the State
22 certification deadline.
23 And then another key part that was
24 reiterated in the State Election Board rule,
25 was that the audit shall be open to the public
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1 and public notice of the date, time and
2 location of the audit must be posted on the
3 county election office's website or if the
4 county election's office does not have a
5 website, in another prominent location. So
6 that was the first half of the rule.
7 The next half of the rule got into the
8 actual conduct of the audit. So the audit
9 shall be open to the view of public and press,
10 but no person except the persons designated by
11 the election superintendent or the
12 superintendent's authorized deputy shall touch
13 the ballot or ballot container. Each election
14 superintendents shall create audit teams
15 comprised of at least two sworn designees, so
16 they have to take an oath, and have to take an
17 oath, to assist with the audit. Chain of
18 custody for each ballot shall be maintained at
19 all times during the audit, including but not
20 limited to, a log of the seal numbers on the
21 ballot containers. Before and after
22 completing the manual audit.
23 For ballots marked by electronic ballot
24 markers, the auditors shall rely on the
25 printed text on the ballot to determine the
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1 voter's selection. For ballots marked by
2 hand, the auditor shall rely on the choices
3 indicated by the voter filling in the oval
4 adjacent to the candidate or question. So
5 there are other parts of the rule. Those are
6 the parts that I wanted to highlight.
7 And so with -- with the law and the --
8 and the State Election Board rule being set
9 and with -- with -- with those in mind, and
10 knowing that we wanted to move forward in 2020
11 with a risk-limiting audit. We had to select
12 a system or a vendor that could do a couple of
13 things for us. One, we needed from a
14 statistical and mathematic side, we needed a
15 system that can consume ballot manifests from
16 159 different entities. And so, for example,
17 Bartow County might have a ballot manifest
18 with 200 batches of ballots in it. This
19 system had to consume his ballot manifest
20 along with that of every other county and
21 create one long list. The total number of
22 batches in the 2020 election was somewhere
23 right around just -- just over 40,000 batches
24 in the State.
25 And so the system had to do that and then
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1 the system had to be able to run the
2 algorithms to determine, okay, how many
3 ballots based on the contest that's selected
4 need to be audited so that we have a
5 statistically significant sample and so that
6 when we do the hand tally, the outcome will
7 achieve the -- the confidence level that we
8 want.
9 And -- and going back to 2020, obviously,
10 the margin was very, very close. So what I
11 said earlier, the narrower the margin, the
12 more ballots there were to be sampled. So the
13 number of ballots to be sampled was so large,
14 well over two million ballots that it became
15 much more simpler and faster to hand count all
16 ballots statewide then to try randomly sample
17 2.5 million or however many ballots it was but
18 right around that number.
19 So what that does, when you're not
20 sampling anymore, your risk limit goes to zero
21 because you're literally counting all ballots.
22 So you have no risk limit set at that point.
23 Typically audits are samples. This was not.
24 The risk limit was set at zero.
25 Going back to the system that we use.
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1 That system that we chose was through a
2 company called Voting Works and the system
3 that was used was called ARLO. In Voting
4 Works some of the funding came from DHS and
5 CISA in order to create the ARLO tool which
6 they used in our jurisdiction as part of the
7 pilot program that they were doing in
8 cooperation with CISA and then a few other
9 jurisdictions, as well.
10 So we trained counties. Counties went
11 through and they -- there were 41,881 ballots
12 that they hand tallied over the span of about
13 six days, and they hand tallied those. The
14 error rate in the hand count can typically be
15 a little over one percent, around two percent.
16 The error rate when compared to the original
17 machine count that we had in 2020, was .73
18 percent so we were well under that. We
19 confirmed that outcome of the election through
20 that.
21 And so if we fast forward to today -- so
22 to be clear, that was according to the law,
23 the -- the one and only time that counties,
24 since the law was put into place, were
25 required to conduct a risk-limiting audit.
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1 The next election where they would be required
2 to conduct a risk-limiting audit is this
3 upcoming November 2022 election. There are
4 some counties that have conducted
5 risk-limiting audits since then. One of them
6 is in the room, Joseph Kirk in the back, he
7 conducts an audit after every single election
8 that he has. And that's a typical but I think
9 it is an excellent practice he's been able to
10 earn a lot of public confidence that way.
11 So fast forward to today, and thinking
12 about lessons that we've learned in 2020, and
13 what we plan to do in 2022. So we're still
14 using Voting Works. We're still using ARLO.
15 And we will be conducting a batch comparison
16 risk-limiting audit. Here's what that means:
17 After the election, the Secretary of State
18 will follow the State Election Board rule to
19 select whatever contest it is that will be
20 selected to audit. The counties will upload
21 their ballot manifests so their list of their
22 batch containers. Their list of ballots into
23 ARLO. And we'll -- we'll select a risk limit
24 because that's one of the things that we have
25 to do. Typically other jurisdictions -- I'll
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1 use Colorado for example, because they have
2 been using this style of audit for a while.
3 They set their risk limit around four to five
4 percent. We'll set it at probably at least
5 that, around five percent. We -- we may
6 decide to get higher. But that's something we
7 can discuss.
8 And then what counties will get is
9 instead of getting back a list of specific
10 ballots that they have to go pull, like we
11 were training for in 2020, we're using a
12 different style of risk-limiting audit. What
13 they will get is a list of batches that they
14 have to go pull. And they will be hand
15 tallying complete batches. Here's the good
16 thing about that. Is let's say that Appling
17 County gets told, go pull the batch from
18 precinct one in Appling County and do a hand
19 tally for that. Appling County will go,
20 they'll pull election day batch one. They'll
21 hand tally those ballots. They'll have the
22 results at the end. They can put the results
23 of their hand tally into ARLO.
24 And then at the end of the audit, once
25 all the counties have counted their batches,
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1 we'll publish all that information on our
2 website. We did that in 2020, but it will be
3 a report of the results of every batch in the
4 hand audit. And so anybody that wants to can
5 go and they can look and they can find the
6 batch from Appling County election day
7 precinct one. This is what the hand tally
8 was. They can look at scanner tapes, look at
9 something that was produced by the machines
10 themselves. And they can compare the results
11 by candidate. And so they can do that for
12 every -- any batch that's audited in the batch
13 comparison risk-limiting audit that we're
14 doing.
15 And so every county will be audited.
16 I'll go ahead and tell you that before I go
17 into more detail, we all know that the
18 election is on November the 8th, Tuesday,
19 November the 8th. Counties have to certify by
20 November the 15th. The start of the audit is
21 going to be Thursday, November the 17th and
22 then all counties have to be finished by
23 Tuesday, November the 22nd. So including the
24 start and end dates that's six days that they
25 have to complete the audit.
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1 Following that, we have all the results
2 we, again, just like we did in 2020, because
3 we want to be as transparent as possible,
4 we're going to put all that information, all
5 the batch sheets, all the tally sheets, all
6 the reports produced on the website so anybody
7 can go and look at it. All ballot types will
8 be audited. Every county will be auditing
9 during that timespan so every county will be -
10 - will have batches to audit. The audit will
11 be open to the public. There will be audit
12 monitors. One of the things that I will
13 highlight specifically and then we'll probably
14 be doing something very similar this time
15 around. But if we go back in how we trained
16 counties in 2020 and how we're training again.
17 One of the official election bulletins that
18 was put out by the Director of Elections for
19 our office at that time in 2020, spoke
20 specifically to public access and political
21 party monitors.
22 And I'm going to read you some exert of
23 that. The audit shall be open to the public
24 and the press. But no persons except the
25 persons designated by the superintendent shall
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1 touch any ballot or container. The
2 superintendent shall designate a viewing area
3 from which members of the public and press may
4 observe the audit for the purpose of good
5 order in maintaining the integrity of the
6 audit. The superintendent may also choose to
7 make the audit proceeding available via
8 livestream or webcast.
9 And then if I fast forward to another
10 official election bulletin that was put out
11 just a couple days after that one. We put out
12 an addendum that clarified that as an addendum
13 to the rules of political parties monitors and
14 because transparency should be a guiding
15 principle throughout this process. If the
16 election superintendent can safely allow --
17 because this was in the time of COVID -- if
18 election superintendents can safely allow more
19 than the minimum number of designated
20 political party monitors, consistent with
21 maintaining an orderly process, space
22 limitations and social distancing, public
23 health guidelines if you should. Please allow
24 as much transparency as you can while
25 maintaining a secure, orderly process in
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1 abiding your public health regulations.
2 So that's going to be the message again.
3 As much transparency during the audit process
4 as we can possibly get. It's going to be a
5 little bit easier this year because of things
6 related to the pandemic. But that's going to
7 be our message again and has been our message
8 so far.
9 So in order to start the audit, as
10 randomly as possible. Because we don't want
11 anybody to think that any of this was planned
12 out or that we knew what batches were coming.
13 As I mentioned, counties upload their ballot
14 manifest into ARLO. And then the algorithm
15 that runs has to have a -- has a random number
16 generator that is used to select the -- the
17 batches randomly.
18 But it's a little bit of fun thing, in
19 order for that to happen, the random number
20 generator needs to 20-digit number put into
21 that. And so as part as -- of the kickoff
22 process there will be 20, I think it's 10-
23 sided, 10-sided dice or die, that will be
24 rolled. So if -- Mark (unintelligible) is in
25 the room, I know you asked about that last
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1 week, I think. We have public in that
2 process, you know, we'll probably invite a few
3 people up. They can take a dice, they can
4 roll it, and the first number is three, the
5 first number that -- of the 20 digit number
6 will be three. And we'll go on until we have
7 a 20-digit number. We'll put that into the
8 system. ARLO will kickoff and that's when the
9 counties will be given the -- their list of
10 batches to go audit.
11 Then counties take their individual lists
12 notating which ballots they must pull to be
13 audited. Each county will have the number of
14 audit teams they think they need to complete
15 the audit. So we're giving counties six days.
16 We're telling them prepare for a slim margin.
17 And in the event that you have to count a lot
18 of ballots, make sure you can complete in that
19 timespan. And once counties receive the list
20 to be audited, they will begin on November the
21 17th.
22 So when the audit begins, let's say it's
23 the start of -- it's the start of the audit.
24 Everybody's starting on November 17th. If --
25 any county that you go into, you should see
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1 that their ballots are securely stored. They
2 have their batch sheet. So what they'll do is
3 they'll bring their ballots out of storage
4 with the proper chain of custody paperwork.
5 They'll take their ballots in their batch to a
6 check-in table, keep in mind every county,
7 will do this a little bit differently
8 depending on the size of the county. But
9 essentially, they'll take it to a check-in
10 table. A team at the check-in table will
11 check the seal on the -- on the batch. And
12 then that batch will be -- the -- the seal
13 will be broken. The batch taken to an audit
14 board team that's sworn an oath and then the
15 audit board team will hand tally the batch.
16 And they'll have results and then the results
17 will ultimately be put in ARLO.
18 Once the batch has finished being
19 audited, it will go to a check-out team. That
20 check-out team will make sure that the ballots
21 are stored in the batch. They'll seal it
22 back. They'll record the seal number and then
23 the batch will be returned to secure storage.
24 If there are questionable marks or anything
25 like that a ballot that needs to be looked at.
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1 There will be -- counties will have vote
2 review panels which are comprised just the
3 same way vote review panels are comprised for
4 any election. So the party nominees and the
5 election superintendent.
6 So at the end, counties will enter their
7 batch totals into ARLO. We will get the
8 reports under results of batches with the
9 batch names. One of the things I want to note
10 at this time, is that the batch names, because
11 I know a lot of folks like to go, they like to
12 look at the batches. And they want to try to
13 compare those to the machine tallies. So we
14 heard that feedback from 2020. The batch
15 names that are produced by ARLO should be very
16 close to the same or the exact same as what
17 comes out of the Dominion system. Again, that
18 makes it possible for anybody that wants to go
19 and compare what a Dominion machine got for
20 the count to what humans got for the count.
21 They can do that. So that makes that
22 possible.
23 So, again, after -- it'll be the Tuesday
24 before Thanksgiving that the audit will
25 conclude and then we will release the reports
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1 following that. Make them publicly available.
2 The 2020 documents are still on our website.
3 The Secretary of State's Election Division.
4 You can go -- click on the election results,
5 scroll down to the bottom, you'll see a link
6 to risk-limiting audit 2020. You can click
7 there and see all the documents.
8 We'll also start the process -- we'll
9 immediately make the reports available for
10 people go look at. And we'll also start the
11 process of collecting the batch sheets that
12 the counties use for -- because each
13 individual batch has its own tally, and it
14 goes on its own batch sheet, we’ll work on
15 collecting those and then posting those again.
16 So, again, the -- what we're -- what
17 we're striving for goes back to -- we want to
18 catch any errors, if there are any. We want
19 to confirm the outcome of the contest. We
20 want to build public confidence. That's what
21 we want to do. And I think doing that
22 consistently over -- over a period of time is
23 -- is the way to do that. We're -- we're
24 doing the audit in November. I know that I've
25 heard from multiple county election officials
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1 that there's a lot of interest even if the law
2 doesn't require it to do an audit following
3 the run-off as I mentioned Joseph in the back
4 from Bartow County does an audit after every
5 election, but audits are an extremely useful
6 tool. Building public confidence. Auditing
7 the machine. Being able to say that you
8 looked at the human readable text and you
9 confirmed the outcome based on that. It's
10 important.
11 So with that I'll take any -- any
12 questions that you have.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Well, I'm a little still
14 unclear about what a batch is.
15 MR. EVANS: Yeah. Good question. So a
16 batch. So the question was essentially what
17 is -- what is a batch?
18 And so there are different types of
19 voting methods. So you have election day.
20 You have absentee. And then you have advance
21 voting. For election day, typically, what a
22 batch will refer to is however many ballots
23 that were counted by a scanner. And so upon
24 election day, you had one scanner at your
25 polling place, 500 people came and voted, cast
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1 their ballot through the scanner, the ballots
2 drop into a ballot box. Then that batch for
3 the election day precinct will be 500.
4 If your election day precinct had two
5 scanners, then your election day precinct
6 would have two batches. Because each
7 scanner's going to print out its own
8 individual results -- results tape and you
9 want to be able to compare the results from
10 the batch to the tape.
11 For advanced voting, similar concept. If
12 you had over the course of three weeks, a
13 scanner that takes 5,000 ballots, then that
14 batch for that advanced voting location is
15 going to have 5,000 ballots in it.
16 For absentee, let's say a county gets in
17 2,000 absentee batches (sic), they can have --
18 generally what counties will do is they'll --
19 they'll cap their batches --
20 MR. DUFFEY: You -- you mean 2,000 -- you
21 mean 2,000 absentee ballots? You said
22 batches.
23 MR. EVANS: Yes, I'm sorry. 2,000 --
24 2,000 absentee batches (sic) beginning back in
25 2020 territory. I don't think we're going to
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1 quite hit that. But -- but 2,000 absentee
2 ballots -- generally what a county will do is
3 they'll cap each batch at about 50. And so
4 they'll take 50 ballots, they'll run those
5 through the scanner. That'll be batch --
6 that'll be absentee batch one. They'll take
7 the next 50 and run those through the scanner,
8 absentee batch two. And so on until they
9 complete the process.
10 And then a similar process with
11 provisionals. So if there are 25 provisionals
12 after the election, that are to be counted,
13 oftentimes those will be in their own batch.
14 Counties will run those through. That'll be
15 provisional batch one.
16 MR. DUFFEY: So the question is: Are the
17 actual ballots, which I assume are the paper
18 ballots? Is that what you're talking about?
19 Isn't this your -- is this your question?
20 MS. BRADSHAW: Mine, yes.
21 MR. DUFFEY: When you say actual ballot,
22 you mean the paper ballots that are --
23 MS. BRADSHAW: The paper ballots that go
24 into the ballot box.
25 MR. DUFFEY: Right. Are they used for --
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1 are those the ballots used for the audit?
2 MR. EVANS: Yes. Yes. Those are the --
3 the ballots that the audit teams are doing the
4 hand tally --
5 MS. BRADSHAW: And do people just tally
6 or are those ballots run through the scanners
7 again?
8 MR. EVANS: So the -- the audit will be -
9 - that's a good question -- so the question
10 was: Do people tally or are the batches --
11 are the ballots ran through the scanner? The
12 audit would be conducted completely separate
13 from the machines. And so it will be
14 generally what -- what folks will do is what
15 we call sort and stack method.
16 And so if it's candidate A and candidate
17 B, and they have a batch of 50, the first
18 thing they'll do when they get that batch of
19 50 is they'll sort into candidate A, candidate
20 A, candidate A, candidate B. And then once
21 they've sorted the ballots that way, they'll
22 count the pages. They'll count the ballots.
23 And that's how they come up with their tally.
24 MR. DUFFEY: Well, this question, Mr.
25 Balbona, wants us to know whether or not
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1 there's a specific article authored by a
2 fellow by the name of Phillip Stark. I'm
3 going to say this. I have read so much I
4 don't know who wrote what. So I couldn't
5 answer that question. I may have. I may not
6 have.
7 MR. BALBONA: That was a personal letter.
8 He's the creator of Risk Limiting Audits and
9 gave a letter to Brad Raffensperger and talks
10 about us using RLAs with the Dominion
11 (inaudible). I just wondering if everyone up
12 there on the podium has read it.
13 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: Is that the --
14 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: Could you speak into
15 the microphone, please?
16 MR. BALBONA: He says it's election
17 (inaudible).
18 MR. DUFFEY: I'm -- I'm going to say the
19 same thing. I get so much paper and there
20 have been a number of letters, I mean, I don’t
21 remember that. But I'm not saying -- and I'm
22 going to say -- and I'm not going to make
23 everybody else do this memory test about what
24 they had --
25 MR. BALBONA: I mean, he's literally the
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1 creator of Risk Limiting Audits he -- he came
2 up with it.
3 MR. DUFFEY: Oh, I understand that.
4 The question is whether or not -- and who
5 wrote this? This tiny little one.
6 MS. DUFORT: I'm sorry.
7 MR. DUFFEY: And your name, please?
8 MS. DUFORT: Jeanne DuFort. Jeanne
9 DuFort.
10 MR. DUFFEY: Has a decision been made as
11 to how many statewide contests are going to be
12 audited?
13 MR. EVANS: So the -- the plan right now
14 as the -- the law requires is to audit one
15 contest statewide following November. And
16 then as I -- as I mentioned, I have heard
17 feedback from county election officials that
18 there's interest in -- in auditing a contest
19 following the runoff. And -- and I'll say
20 again, I think the -- the best way to be able
21 to -- to build public confidence by using
22 audits is to do it consistently over a period
23 of time. And so I think it's a very good idea
24 in the future for us to look at ways how to
25 audit after every contest similar to how
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1 Joseph does. Similar to what, you know, other
2 -- other county election officials are
3 starting to do because there's -- there's a
4 lot of county election officials that see the
5 significance and the importance of audits.
6 But to go back to the original question.
7 Looking at one contest following November.
8 MR. DUFFEY: And where does the -- how do
9 you determine what the confidence rate that
10 you're seeking is -- is going to be. Then how
11 do you determine whether it's met or not.
12 MR. EVANS: Yeah. That's a good
13 question. So that -- that goes back to the --
14 the risk limit that -- that we were talking
15 about. So the law says that it needs to be a
16 minimum -- or that it they cannot be any
17 higher than 10 percent. And then once you
18 complete the audit, based on the -- the
19 results of the hand tally. The report will --
20 will tell you what you're actual risk limit
21 was. So initially, the -- the number that
22 you're selecting is to help kickoff the
23 process. To help determine how many ballots
24 you want to start auditing. It's not
25 necessarily based on what the hand tally is,
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1 what's your risk limit will end up being.
2 But, again, if we look at other
3 jurisdictions, and what they typically do,
4 with risk-limiting audits, ranges from four or
5 five to 10 percent. So we might do something
6 in lines with that. But what we want to do is
7 we want to make sure that every county is --
8 that we're auditing enough ballots and that
9 every county's participating in the audit. We
10 want to make sure that as the State Election
11 Board rule and the law says, we're auditing
12 every type of ballot, (unintelligible)
13 ballots, absentee, hand marked ballots.
14 And so then -- then at the end once we do
15 that and then like I said, we'll get that
16 report that says what the actual risk limit
17 was.
18 MR. DUFFEY: And when you quoted this 10
19 percent figure, you referred to a law. What
20 law is that? Where's that law at?
21 MR. EVANS: So at the end of O.C.G.A. 21-
22 2-498. It says the Secretary of State shall
23 conduct a risk-limiting -- and this is talking
24 about the pilot programs. But conduct a risk-
25 limiting audit pilot program with a risk of
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1 not greater than 10 percent. And so that's
2 typically what we used for the audit. And
3 then if you go to the State Election Board
4 rule 183-1-15-.04, following November general
5 elections in even numbered years each county
6 shall participate in a statewide risk-limiting
7 audit with the risk limit of not greater than
8 10 percent as set forth in this rule prior to
9 the certification by the Secretary of State.
10 MR. DUFFEY: Who -- how do you determine
11 who's going to be on an audit team?
12 MR. EVANS: So how do you determine who's
13 going to be on an audit team? So counties
14 usually use that State Election Board rule
15 that I referenced to be their -- their guide
16 for who they could ask. And I'll read from
17 that rule.
18 The election superintendent shall create
19 audit teams comprised of at least two sworn
20 designees to assist with the audit. The
21 superintendent may designate non-employees to
22 assist with the audit process. All persons
23 who the superintendent designates to assist
24 with the audit shall take and sign an oath
25 that they will conduct the audit accurately
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1 and securely prior to assisting with the
2 audit. And I know one of the things the
3 county do in practice is they'll reach out to
4 the poll workers first and give them the
5 opportunity.
6 MR. FERGUSON: There’s follow-up part to
7 that question, sir.
8 MR. DUFFEY: It's a repeat question about
9 Phillip Stark. He's here to explain how the
10 audit process works.
11 MR. FERGUSON: No. If there is no --
12 MR. DUFFEY: Excuse me it’s not --
13 MR. FERGUSON: -- if there is public
14 access, can it be stated at the public can be
15 placed on it and actually see what is going
16 on. Like Fulton County won't let you within
17 30 feet.
18 MR. EVANS: Yes, for sure, that's what's
19 outlined in the rule is that and it's -- put
20 the official election bulletin was that
21 everybody should have access to be able to see
22 what's going on. Now, if it's, you know, and
23 I say that knowing that where we were at in
24 2020. And having the audits of the ballots,
25 if you have 75 audit teams and you're --
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1 you're standing watching one audit team, you
2 may not be able to see what the audit team way
3 over on the other side of the room is doing.
4 But if you find yourself in a position where
5 you do not have access to be able to see -- to
6 be able to see audit teams. Be able to see
7 the audit, that is something our office would
8 -- would want to know.
9 MR. DUFFEY: What have you done to ensure
10 that these audits will, in fact, work in the
11 Dominion system?
12 MR. EVANS: So the question was: What
13 have you done to make sure they'll work with
14 the Dominion system.
15 So work with Voting Works the ballots
16 have human readable text. And so the audit
17 itself, is conducted separate from any machine
18 or equipment company period. So as long as
19 there's a human -- human readable text that
20 you have an audit team look at the ballot.
21 See what the choices are and tally -- hand
22 count that way. The audit would work with any
23 kind of system.
24 MR. DUFFEY: So the -- the audit is
25 really taking the produced paper ballot which
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1 is reviewed by the elector who puts it into
2 the scanner. Then you compare that paper
3 ballot against the machine count?
4 MR. EVANS: Correct.
5 MR. LINDSEY: Quick question sort of
6 leading part of the question that was asked a
7 moment ago. If -- if there is a question that
8 a -- that an authorized observer has regarding
9 a county's compliance with public access, how
10 do they get ahold of the Secretary of State's
11 Office to have that addressed? And I think
12 it'd be important for folks to know that.
13 MR. EVANS: Yes. So we do have our --
14 and one -- one of the easiest ways to do it is
15 just as far as what we put in public
16 communication, is to go to our website and on
17 our online form there. But we do have our --
18 I'm going to call him out real quick. Nic
19 what is our --
20 MR. LINDSEY: You can call a friend if
21 you need to.
22 MR. EVANS: Yeah -- yeah. So -- so
23 [email protected] that would be a great way
24 to reach us that way. But, I mean, if you're
25 having an issue with meaningful access at a --
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1 at an audit location, the best thing to do is
2 to talk to the superintendent -- the election
3 superintendent there. And to -- to address --
4 to try to address it that way. Because a lot
5 of times if they know about it, they'll
6 resolve it.
7 MR. LINDSEY: But if they don't, how do
8 they get ahold of the Secretary of State's
9 Office?
10 MR. EVANS: Yeah. A great way to do that
11 would be call us.
12 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: What's the number?
13 MR. EVANS: You can call us. And then
14 there's [email protected].
15 MR. NORTHEN: There's also a really
16 convenient contact us form on our website.
17 And it is staffed, and those submissions do
18 get circulated amongst our team and sent over
19 to either investigations or our team will
20 contact a county official based on, you know,
21 an inquiry that was submitted that way. So
22 there's -- there's a few -- a few ways to do
23 it. Like, Blake mentioned, calling us. But -
24 - but that -- that form on our website
25 immediately triggers an email to multiple
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1 members of the election staff. So it's kind
2 of the -- the best way to reach multiple folks
3 at once, if you will.
4 MR. LINDSEY: Thank you.
5 MR. FERGERSON: What’s the time limit?
6 MR. NORTHEN: sos.ga.gov.
7 MR. EVANS: Yeah. Okay. What was the
8 question?
9 MR. FERGERSON: The question dealt with a
10 timely response. What you're talking about
11 will take a month.
12 MR. EVANS: I wouldn't say that. I get -
13 - we get stuff that comes to our office pretty
14 -- pretty quickly. And if it's, I mean, if
15 it's -- we respond to it as fast as we can.
16 And if there's something that needs an urgent
17 response like we're in the middle of an audit,
18 and there are people that can't get access,
19 which is something that qualifies as needing
20 an urgent response. We'll get somebody on it.
21 MR. DUFFEY: So this question is about
22 the photography rule which Judge Brouillette
23 struck down. I don't think he struck it down.
24 MR. BALBONA: He said it was too broad.
25 MR. DUFFEY: I think he struck it down.
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1 Well, first of all, I don't remember in the
2 opinion how he described who -- what?
3 MR. BALBONA: He said it was too broad.
4 MR. DUFFEY: Well, what I'm saying is, I
5 think the details of what he struck down --
6 MR. BALBONA: What he struck down was
7 saying that you could never take a picture of
8 any -- or video any ballot that's been cast.
9 But there's no identifying information on the
10 ballot or there shouldn't be. So it makes no
11 sense.
12 MR. DUFFEY: Well -- well, you'll have to
13 take that up with Judge Brouillette.
14 MR. BALBONA: My point is that the county
15 won’t do it and even when I handed DeKalb
16 County the printout of the ruling, they still
17 wouldn't let me.
18 MR. DUFFEY: I don’t want to argue about
19 your desire to video. But has that happened
20 since Judge Brouillette's ruling which was
21 really pretty recently?
22 MR. BALBONA: That was after. It was
23 after.
24 MR. DUFFEY: What election was that?
25 MR. BALBONA: That was the (inaudible).
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1 It was the democratic recount in DeKalb
2 County.
3 MR. DUFFEY: What I would do is I would
4 talk to DeKalb County and ask why they did
5 that in light of Judge Brouillette's ruling.
6 MR. BALBONA: I have, and I asked them if
7 they could cite what O.C.G.A they are using
8 (inaudible) and I said, you're not just
9 pulling it out of your butt? And she said,
10 yes. We're just pulling it out of our butt.
11 And I have it on tape if you want to hear it.
12 MR. DUFFEY: Did you file a complaint on
13 them?
14 MR. BALBONA: I did. And if Sarah
15 (inaudible) was here maybe she could tell me
16 the status of that. But apparently the system
17 that SOS uses can't look up complaints per
18 complainant.
19 MR. DUFFEY: Yeah.
20 MR. BALBONA: That seems very archaic.
21 MR. DUFFEY: I'll talk to her and see
22 where your complaint stands.
23 MR. BALBONA: Thank you.
24 MR. DUFFEY: Sara you wanted to ask a
25 question?
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1 MS. GHAZAL: Thank you, yes. I wanted to
2 clarify that batch is not necessarily equal
3 precinct, correct? So in the case of -- of
4 election day voting, a batch of ballots may or
5 may not be the total for the precinct if a
6 precinct has more than one scanner it could be
7 just one scanner. But in a case of early
8 voting and absentee voting, those could be
9 from any and all precincts across the county;
10 that's correct, right?
11 MR. EVANS: Correct. So to -- to go back
12 to the first part. If you have two scanners
13 at an election day location, and you each --
14 one scanner took in 600 ballots and the other
15 scanner took 400 ballots those are two
16 separate batches. So the 400 batch ballot --
17 ballot batch gets selected to be audited, then
18 the results from that -- will -- can be
19 compared for the scanner tape for that one
20 scanner, but it wouldn't be the -- the entire
21 polling locations.
22 MS. GHAZAL: Right.
23 MR. EVANS: Same thing with absentees.
24 There are reports. It's -- there are reports
25 that break it out -- that break out results by
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1 batch. And so somebody could take a report
2 like that in the Dominion system and compare
3 the results that way. If -- if they wanted to
4 for the absentee batch.
5 MS. GHAZAL: Thank you. I just wanted to
6 make sure that folks understand that it's not
7 going to be a one to one comparison between
8 what they find on the Secretary of State's
9 website which reports by precinct versus
10 reporting by a batch. Those are different
11 groups of ballots and it's possible to make
12 that comparison. But it -- it could be
13 confusing if you're not -- if you don't
14 understand what you’re --
15 MR. EVANS: Correct.
16 MR. DUFFEY: This risk limitation audit
17 you find some discrepancy, what's the process
18 for addressing a discrepancy?
19 MR. EVANS: That's a good question. So
20 you have the initial sample of ballots. So
21 ARLO has given each county a list of batches
22 to go and look at. And to report the results
23 from. If when those results are put into
24 ARLO, if -- if they don't align with the
25 results from the machine count, what ARLO will
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1 tell you is we're going to a second round of
2 auditing. We're going to audit more batches.
3 And you will continue that process if you
4 continue to find errors and discrepancies
5 until you have audited all ballots. And if
6 you audit -- if you get to that point where
7 you have audited all ballots, and you find
8 there was an issue with the election, then it
9 is before a State certification. So the
10 counties who find errors could re-certify.
11 And ensure that the State can certify the
12 correct results.
13 MS. PRETTYMAN: I suppose is that what
14 you’re recommending for the discrepancies in
15 hand counts ballots for the primary? Do you
16 recommend counties pursue that?
17 MR. EVANS: What was that -- I could not
18 hear.
19 MS. PRETTYMAN: My question: In -- in
20 the primary there had been hand counts that
21 had discrepancies. And so, I guess, what
22 you're recommending is that we pursue that
23 further and count more?
24 MR. EVANS: You said there was a hand
25 count that had discrepancies?
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1 MS. PRETTYMAN: Yes. Multiple counties
2 and it hasn’t been dealt with --
3 MR. EVANS: Hand -- hand counts are
4 generally less reliant than machine counts.
5 And so I wouldn’t be surprised if they had
6 discrepancies.
7 MS. PRETTYMAN: No. They were
8 (inaudible) --
9 MR. DUFFEY: I'm going to let you take
10 that up. That's not about generally, Risk
11 Limitation Audits, that's a complaint you have
12 with respect to a specific election. So your
13 option is to bring that to the attention of
14 whomever you want to. But this is not the
15 place.
16 This -- this is -- your question has
17 nothing to do with risk limitation audit so
18 I'm not going to ask if it's a complaint about
19 past elections.
20 MS. PRETTYMAN: Well, that --
21 MR. DUFFEY: It -- it says here, from
22 previous elections and push back. So I'm not
23 going to ask that question. But if you -- you
24 also have options, if you want to be more
25 precise about what your concern is, you can
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1 submit to the dedicated email address, and
2 I’ll see that if it's -- it makes sense to
3 have a response that will get in the hands of
4 the right person.
5 Who asked this question?
6 MS. STEVENS: I believe that's mine, sir.
7 MR. DUFFEY: And your name?
8 MS. STEVENS: Nan Stevens.
9 MR. DUFFEY: This is a question of how --
10 how -- well, I’ll read it to you -- it's what
11 is the use of the QR code in auditing if we're
12 -- if the written ballot is being used to
13 verify the vote.
14 MR. EVANS: So really the QR code is not
15 used for anything in an audit. You're using
16 the human readable text.
17 MS. STEVENS: So why do we even have it
18 on the ballot?
19 MR. EVANS: So the machine reads the QR
20 code. And then you audit to audit the machine
21 count to confirm you've got the right outcome.
22 MS. STEVENS: Both you and the previous
23 presenter have always stated that you're going
24 to go back to written readable text when doing
25 an audit. So my question is: Because they
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1 make machines that can read readable text.
2 What is the purpose of the QR code?
3 MR. EVANS: So our scanners can read the
4 ballots.
5 MS. STEVENS: So the scanners --
6 MR. DUFFEY: Excuse me.
7 MS. STEVENS: -- are not reading the
8 readable text, they're only reading the QR
9 code?
10 MR. EVANS: The scanners read the QR
11 codes.
12 MS. STEVENS: Thank you, sir.
13 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: In violation of the
14 law.
15 MS. STEVENS: And both you and the other
16 fellow --
17 MR. DUFFEY: Excuse me. Excuse me. This
18 is not your chance to argue with the
19 presenter.
20 MS. STEVENS: Yes, sir.
21 MR. DUFFEY: If you want to do something
22 that's more elaborate or make your point
23 again, you can do it in writing and submit it
24 to the website.
25 MS. STEVENS: Yes, sir.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you. Can counties do
2 other kinds of audits if they so desire?
3 NR, EVANS: Yes. Yeah. There have been
4 counties that have gone -- like Bartow but
5 many others, I just say, Joseph because he's
6 in the room, who can conduct audits. The --
7 the preference especially if you're -- you're
8 auditing a -- if you're auditing a state
9 contest, like for counties that may have
10 conducted audits in -- in May is to complete
11 the audit before State certification. But I
12 think, I don’t know, Ryan, if you want to say
13 anything more to that. But -- but, yes,
14 counties can go above and beyond the rule that
15 is written.
16 MR. DUFFEY: And who wrote the little
17 note with the butterfly?
18 MS. CRUZ: That's my question.
19 MR. DUFFEY: And your name is?
20 MS. CRUZ: Victoria Cruz, Athens,
21 Georgia.
22 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you. In case you
23 haven't gotten the drift here your name should
24 be on your question.
25 MS. CRUZ: I'm sorry. I didn't
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2 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. Any -- any other
3 questions from the Board?
4 DR. JOHNSTON: Yes. So thank you so very
5 much for this presentation. I think audits
6 are the important piece of an election these
7 days to confirm that the outcome is correct.
8 And also, to provide some confidence in the
9 outcome. There are -- there are some
10 assumptions and requirements for RLAs that we
11 -- we need to all be aware of and one of
12 course is correct tabulation by the machines.
13 We also need to make sure that all the results
14 are complete and in and frozen and unchanged
15 throughout the audit process. So that
16 counties can't go back and rearrange their
17 data. There needs to be an -- an accurate and
18 trustworthy paper trail with proper and
19 documented chain of custody for every step of
20 the way involving the ballot -- all the
21 ballots. Like you said, thank you, are
22 included in the audit and very important is
23 the ballot manifest and we need to make sure
24 that all counties have an accurate ballot
25 manifest or the RLA will fail. So things to
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1 be aware of. I would encourage bi-partisan
2 participation in witnessing of the chain of
3 custody of the ballots even to the point of
4 retrieval of the ballots from the secure
5 storage brought to the audit table. I think
6 there are plenty of willing bi-partisan folks
7 that would sign up to be a part of that team.
8 Not to touch the ballots, but just to witness
9 the transfer. And I would encourage
10 livestream video of the audit.
11 In the medical -- in the science world,
12 statistical significance is generally agreed
13 upon to be the point (inaudible) level .05
14 percent -- .05 which is a five percent max on
15 as far as a risk limit. So I would be -- I
16 would expect a -- a RLA to be that at least or
17 better. And also, what do you see in the
18 future, if you had a perfect world as far as
19 audits? What would you recommend for -- for
20 Georgia?
21 MR. EVANS: That's a big question. I
22 didn't know I was going to get that. I want
23 to see audits after every election. I think
24 that's something we've discussed in our -- our
25 office. And I think we -- I think we all like
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1 that idea. I think it's good for -- for
2 counties. I think one thing to keep in mind
3 with this particular audit that we have coming
4 up is for -- for many counties the -- the law
5 is written such that the audit is conducted
6 after even year general elections, so for many
7 counties they have not conducted an audit
8 since two years ago. And that audit was
9 different because it was a full hand recount.
10 So this is the first time that many of them
11 will conduct kind of that sampling audit. So
12 there -- we're training on them. We're --
13 we're training on the audits. We're -- we're
14 very confident. But it will be the -- the
15 first time they've conducted an audit like
16 this. So I think we should keep that in mind.
17 But I think also going forward I think we need
18 to look for ways to expand audits. A way to
19 have audits after every election. Because it
20 is -- it's good practice. It confirms the
21 outcome. And it -- it builds public
22 confidence.
23 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. Just one last
24 question. In an RLA audit, how are
25 adjudicated ballots treated and handled?
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1 MR. EVANS: So the question was: In a
2 risk-limiting audit how are adjudicated
3 ballots handled. So if it was a ballot that
4 went through the adjudication process. So
5 there was a teams of vote review panel
6 initially in the original count that had to
7 look at a ballot. Maybe it was -- maybe there
8 was an error in a mark or for some reason had
9 to look at the ballot and try to make a
10 decision of voter intent. We see those on
11 hand marked paper ballots. There are also
12 vote review panels that are part of a
13 risk-limiting audit process. And so if
14 there's a ballot that needs to be
15 quote/unquote adjudicated in a risk-limiting
16 audit, it can also go to a vote review panel
17 for a decision to be made on it.
18 MR. DUFFEY: There is one more question
19 about why don't you transfer calls better in
20 your office. But I'm going to let that person
21 talk to you.
22 MR. EVANS: Working on it. I mean, we
23 have a dedicated group of individuals that I'm
24 very proud to work with them. You know, I
25 think there's not many of us. We've got 20
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1 full-time staff in our election division. You
2 can look at North Carolina. They've got over
3 60. You know, there's not many of us. We
4 serve the counties. And there's a lot of
5 dedicated county election officials too that
6 do a darn good job. And I know, you know, one
7 was mentioned earlier and on the agenda. That
8 is -- I do want to say publicly that we've got
9 a lot of very dedicated, very good county
10 election officials that have -- many of them
11 who have dedicated their whole lives to public
12 service. And they -- they want public
13 confidence. The elections are at their heart.
14 And they serve the public as best they can.
15 So I want to say that.
16 MS. BRADSHAW: Could I say something else
17 about the adjudicated? I know like in Fulton
18 County in the 2020 election, Richard whatever
19 his last name was, said there were 106,000
20 adjudicated ballots?
21 MR. EVANS: He was wrong.
22 MS. BRADSHAW: Okay. Well, that's good.
23 But -- but do you get the -- the ballot image
24 that someone came and revoted for them, or do
25 you get the original ballot in a risk-limiting
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2 MR. EVANS: The -- you get -- you're
3 looking at the original ballot. You're
4 looking at the original ballot to make your
5 own determination as part of the audit.
6 MR. DUFFEY: All right. The last agenda
7 item is a discussion amongst the members of
8 the Board based upon any observations or
9 insights that you had during the course of the
10 presentations today. One thing I would like
11 to know is was this exercise worthwhile? It
12 took a fair amount of time to put it together.
13 But -- but one of the things that we're trying
14 to do for the Board and since all our meetings
15 are open. I think ultimately, it's also a
16 benefit to the public. But so I'd like --
17 like that insight. And I'd also would like to
18 know what your thinking is. Your insight you
19 had as a result of what we’ve heard. I guess,
20 let's start with -- somebody suggested that we
21 start from the least senior to the most
22 senior, except I'm taking myself out, even
23 though I’m very least senior. Using my
24 prerogative to wait until I hear everybody
25 else. So that would be you, Dr. Johnston.
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1 DR. JOHNSTON: Are you talking about age
2 senior?
3 MR. DUFFEY: No, tenure on the Board. I
4 would still beat you on age senior, too.
5 DR. JOHNSTON: I don't know about that.
6 Well, I -- this is certainly I think a
7 positive and gathering together to have this
8 type of meeting and the presentations and I
9 thank you for -- for organizing this and --
10 and pulling it together. And I think
11 everybody that's here that has questions and,
12 I mean, maybe seem to have comments. My goal,
13 as always, is election integrity. And
14 whatever it takes to achieve that, and I think
15 that's true of everybody here on the Board. I
16 take this meeting as a maybe a springboard for
17 us to have further discussions of things that
18 we might do to make suggestions to the
19 Assembly -- the legislature in the future.
20 And to work with maybe some formulation of
21 some new rules that would -- would help
22 clarify areas that are maybe unclear. And
23 I'll look forward to that process. Is
24 everything perfect? No. Could it be better?
25 Yes. Are we all working very hard toward
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1 that? Yes. And once again, I thank you.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you. Mr. Lindsey,
3 you’re next.
4 MR. LINDSEY: I guess the next one falls
5 to me, Mr. Chairman. A few comments here, if
6 I may. We've discussed here today how the
7 machines are supposed to work and how the
8 system is supposed to work. But there are
9 somethings that we're going to need the public
10 here. And I want to reach beyond just the
11 group here in this room. I think the group
12 here in this room is pretty good at
13 monitoring. Based on my observations and
14 based on the emails that I get. But I want to
15 sort of reach out to the folks beyond just
16 this room to -- to encourage them to -- to let
17 us know. And let the Secretary of State's
18 Office know during the election process if you
19 see something that is not correct to let us
20 know as soon as possible so that it can be
21 corrected. That's why I asked the question a
22 moment ago on how to -- how folks should best
23 get ahold of the Secretary of State's Office.
24 During the audit process or any other part of
25 the election process. So it's incumbent upon
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1 all of us in the state of Georgia to make sure
2 that the system that's been setup on how it
3 ought to run, actually, does run. We need
4 your help. All the way down to quite frankly
5 looking at your ballot when it’s printed out.
6 I saw one, on (unintelligible) study not too
7 long ago on the fact that a large number of
8 people don't look at the ballots before they
9 turn it in to the -- to the machine. And I
10 find that appalling because there are a lot of
11 us who have been advocating for that paper
12 backup for a long time. I think I signed when
13 I was serving the legislature. I believe it
14 was 2006 was the first time I signed a bill
15 asking for that paper backup. So the paper
16 backup, which actually has now been raised to
17 the paper ballot period. Is the -- the
18 voter's best chance to make sure that his or
19 her ballot is -- is accurate before it's
20 submitted into the ballot box. So I'm going
21 to encourage everyone to read the ballots.
22 And then I'm going to encourage each of us if
23 you see something at the polling places or at
24 the counting station or at the audit process,
25 to alert the Secretary of State's Office as
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1 quickly as possible. And if it can't be
2 rectified there, to file a complaint with us
3 so that we can then deal with it. Because I
4 think all of us together are necessary to make
5 sure that the system as it should work, does
6 work.
7 Secondly, Mr. Chairman, I want to sort of
8 -- sort of talk about a concern that I have,
9 and I raised it first with the gentleman from
10 Dominion. And I want to raise it again to the
11 Board here today. And also, to the general
12 public.
13 There have been detailed studies that
14 have been taken regarding our security of our
15 election system. The latest one by -- called
16 Mitre. And for those of you who aren't
17 familiar. It is a extremely well regarded a
18 National Election security laboratory that's
19 independent. That has reviewed a lot of the
20 allegations that contain both by the Federal
21 Government and by other folks in lawsuits.
22 And I'll tell you right now, we've had a
23 chance to read it but we can't tell you what's
24 in it. Because -- because there is a gag
25 order presently in place and it's secure.
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1 I'm not comfortable with that. And I
2 want to see that Federal Judge who has placed
3 that restriction. While she reviews the
4 reports to release it. If necessary, redact
5 any parts that would compromise cybersecurity.
6 But I want to see that report out as soon as
7 possible. So that folks like you and the
8 general public can have greater confidence in
9 the system. Or can at least evaluate your
10 level of confidence in the system. And so,
11 Mr. Chairman, at the appropriate time I want
12 to make a motion that I want this -- this
13 Board to be on record asking that the Federal
14 -- respectfully asking because I'm a trial
15 lawyer too. Respectfully, asking that the
16 trial court expedite the release of those
17 reports so that the general public can see and
18 evaluate for themselves. I think that's the
19 best way to ensure confidence. And so, Mr.
20 Chairman, at the appropriate time, I'll make
21 that motion.
22 MR. DUFFEY: I’d say, while we're on the
23 subject. Does anybody else want to say
24 anything about the requesting Judge Totenberg
25 to allow, appropriately so, because there --
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1 there could well be information that everybody
2 contends would -- would be improper to
3 disclose generally. I don't think there's
4 much of that. I think most of it is the
5 evaluation. But I do think that we ought to
6 ask the Court whether it's -- gag orders where
7 you can't talk about something in public is
8 actually a protective order. But I think that
9 that should be lifted.
10 MR. LINDSEY: I didn’t mean gag order as
11 a colloquial phrase but basically, it's
12 underneath the restriction right now. And I
13 think that -- and I've got a gentleman of the
14 press over here. And I know some other
15 members of the press too. How about going
16 back and talk to your lawyers and having them
17 file a motion to be -- be part of that attempt
18 -- will you do that for me, Mark?
19 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: I'd love to see it.
20 MR. LINDSEY: All right. Good. Didn't
21 mean to put you on the spot. But at the
22 appropriate time, Mr. Chairman, I would move
23 that the -- that the Mitre report or any other
24 reports that are presently before Judge
25 Totenberg that are under seal be released to
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1 the general public subject to any needed
2 redactions for cybersecurity reasons. So that
3 we can have the public evaluate and have
4 confidence in our election system. As we
5 approach the November 8th, 2022 elections.
6 That's my motion, Mr. Chairman.
7 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second?
8 MS. GHAZAL: Second.
9 MR. DUFFEY: So it's been moved and
10 seconded that the Board ask Judge Totenberg,
11 who's the presiding judge in the Curling case
12 where these two reports exist for her to
13 release any report having to do with
14 cybersecurity and the Dominion system.
15 MR. LINDSEY: Correct, Mr. Chairman.
16 MR. DUFFEY: But that the -- that the
17 Court in her discretion, she believes that
18 there is sensitive information that should not
19 be released to the public that she redact only
20 those provisions and release the rest.
21 So if -- it's a little recast.
22 MR. LINDSEY: Yes.
23 MR. DUFFEY: But any discussion on the
24 motion?
25 (no response)
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1 MR. DUFFEY: All right. They're not
2 being any discussion. All of those in favor
3 say aye.
4 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
5 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed? No.
6 (no response)
7 MR. DUFFEY: Passes. Thank you, Mr.
8 Lindsey. Next, Ms. Ghazal.
9 MS. GHAZAL: Thank you, Judge Duffey, for
10 the opportunity to share my thoughts and to my
11 fellow Board members and our presenters today
12 for taking the time and effort. It helps to
13 understand the issues that we're facing.
14 AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Microphone, please.
15 Microphone. We can't hear. Turn all of them
16 up.
17 MS. GHAZAL: Thank you. We are already
18 well underway with the 2022 general election.
19 Voting is already happening. I also
20 appreciate that so many members of the public
21 are here. You're demonstrating your interest
22 in making sure that every eligible voter is
23 able to cast their ballot. And every ballot
24 is counted accurately. This meeting of the
25 State Election Board was called to evaluate
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1 what, if anything, could be done by this body
2 in light of the very serious allegations
3 emanating from Coffee County. Namely, that it
4 appears that unauthorized persons may have
5 been granted broad and extend -- extended
6 access to every component of the voting system
7 there.
8 The outcome of the election in 2020 is
9 not in dispute by any reputable source. The
10 only issue at hand today is what steps would
11 be appropriate to ensure that every vote in
12 the 2022 general election is cast according to
13 the will of the voter and counted as cast
14 given what we believe likely happened in
15 Coffee County. So I want to start with my
16 conclusion which is that Georgia law does not
17 authorize the State Election Board to
18 unilaterally change the -- the system of
19 voting in person from machine marked paper
20 ballots to hand marked paper ballots. But I
21 also want to make clear that even if for the
22 sake for argument, I did believe that we had
23 the authority to change our statewide system
24 of voting, I would not do so today. We've
25 heard this morning from some of the experts
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1 who are in charge of ensuring that our
2 elections are secure. They detailed all the
3 ways in which our votes are safeguarded and
4 the overlap in security measures that would
5 very quickly made apparent if there were
6 nefarious actors or actions attempting to
7 change the outcome of our elections. The most
8 critical measures built into our system
9 include logic and accuracy testing which is
10 ongoing right now and is available and open to
11 public observation. Documentation of chains
12 of custody, our reconciliation and canvassing
13 procedures, and most importantly the paper
14 ballots and the pre-certification audits
15 conducted with them.
16 Counties have heavy responsibility to
17 implement and document these procedures and
18 voters have a responsibility to verify that
19 their ballots are accurate and reflect their
20 choices. And to that end, a rule is already
21 in place that requires counties to assign poll
22 officers whose sole job is to remind voters to
23 verify that their ballot is correct. This
24 step is more important than ever, and I
25 encourage counties to reinforce this reminder
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1 to voters.
2 Make no mistake, the allegations
3 regarding Coffee County and the damage that
4 has been done to public confidence are very
5 serious. Knowingly allowing unauthorized
6 persons to access our voting system, our
7 varied votes is a massive violation of the
8 public trust and possibly state and federal
9 law. I want to see every effort given to
10 ensuring that law -- the law enforcement
11 investigation is thorough, and justice is
12 administered. Any party considering engaging
13 in such serious violations of the public trust
14 needs to understand that these actions will
15 not be tolerated in Georgia.
16 A successful election must take into
17 account three sometimes competing interests
18 security, accessibility, and efficient
19 administration. If the system neglects any
20 one of these or if it's out of balance, then
21 either the voter or the vote will suffer.
22 Georgia system reflects an attempt to balance
23 these issues and interests. I have trust in
24 our election officials and in our voters to
25 ensure that our elections will proceed
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1 smoothly and securely, and that the outcome
2 will reflect the will of the voters. Thank
3 you.
4 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you very much. Mr.
5 Mashburn?
6 MR. MASHBURN: Thank you. Thank you,
7 Judge Duffey. If you could turn my mic on,
8 please.
9 I'd like to thank you, Judge, for putting
10 all your hard work and putting this meeting
11 together today is -- is an incredible amount
12 of work. I don't -- I don't think you
13 understood the word retirement. Because of
14 the incredible number of hours that you put
15 into this. So I appreciate all your -- all
16 your diligence and I thought this was very
17 helpful. I thought the presenters were very
18 kind with their time and their expertise. And
19 I appreciated -- appreciated that very much.
20 I promise -- promise every citizen of Georgia,
21 I will protect your vote. Everyone here on --
22 every person on this Board is going to protect
23 your vote. If I see something wrong, I
24 promise you I will raise it. Okay. If I
25 don't see something wrong, I'll also tell you
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1 that. But I promise you we will protect your
2 vote. I promise you that. I will protect
3 your vote. This Board will protect your vote.
4 The only way we cannot protect it is if you do
5 not cast it. So don't let anybody tell you
6 you shouldn't vote for whatever reason they
7 give you. All right. And with that, I use my
8 seniority to say I have nothing further to
9 add.
10 MR. DUFFEY: You know, one -- one of the
11 privileges in life is -- is to work with
12 people who are bright, bring different
13 perspectives to -- to an issue. Who are
14 hardworking. And do it not for any
15 renumeration. They do it because they think
16 that what we do in the form of voting is the
17 most principle elementary participation of a
18 citizen in their governments. And while it's
19 -- that was nice to say how much time has been
20 -- and that I've been spending. I tell a lot
21 of people that this work has invigorated me
22 because I think it's important. And it's
23 totally in line with my values that I -- but
24 we -- like everybody has said, we need your
25 help and here are some specific things. You
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1 know when I opened with this description about
2 what happened in Florida and the -- the
3 fundamental principles to be they have to
4 understand the law and they have to understand
5 the facts. What's -- what overlays all of
6 that is if we are -- we are trying to do that
7 collectively, there's a productive way of
8 helping us and a productive way of us
9 communicating with you. And then there's an
10 unproductive way.
11 The productive way is that if you think
12 you have information that is important for us
13 to look at, and not just us, but the Secretary
14 of State's Office. Then you ought to give it
15 to us as soon as you have it. And not wait
16 until there's -- there's some maybe a time
17 that you think is more calculated or at a time
18 that's more convenient to you. It's easier
19 even when you're not done with your analysis,
20 to tell us what the analysis is so that we can
21 see whether or not we can give you input to
22 allow you to focus on the things that are --
23 that would be important to us. As opposed to
24 what you think is important to you.
25 So at some point this has to become not
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1 adversarial, us against you, it has to be
2 collegial. Which is if we want to work
3 together, there's got to be respectful
4 communication. And there's got to be this --
5 this overlay which -- which I have -- which I
6 regret a lot. And this overlay of suspicion
7 of each other has to stop. You could disagree
8 with us. If we could disagree with you. But
9 if we don't communicate honestly, we will
10 never know what we disagree about. And it's
11 important to define those things.
12 The other thing I said, is we -- we need
13 to know facts so that we can apply them to the
14 law. I began our session with that -- with
15 that discussion. You need to know facts
16 before you apply it to the law. I know we've
17 even had a couple of instances here where
18 there's been a -- a -- an unequivocal
19 statement about something that was wrong. And
20 it's on us that one of those unequivocal
21 statements made was about the status of the
22 case heard by Judge Adams that it's not on
23 appeal, it is on appeal.
24 I know that it's fully briefed on appeal.
25 It's an appeal that's before the Court of
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1 Appeals. And when I -- and I have been a
2 lawyer and I've been amazed at how well courts
3 can ultimately evaluate a decision in our
4 system to have a decision that then gets
5 reviewed by another. It's sort of like an
6 audit, looking at -- at an election to
7 determine whether or not the count was
8 correct. That we need to let the court system
9 work. And then when the court system does
10 work, we need to respect and trust it rather
11 than saying the court got it wrong.
12 So for that, you know, and for any other
13 misstatement, I just want us all the backup
14 and say, when we make an expression of
15 something, let's be -- let's be more certain
16 about it. One way of building trust is -- and
17 -- and one thing that we are putting into
18 place is -- and if anybody has emailed me in
19 the last four or five days and a lot of you
20 have, there are a lot of you outside have.
21 Except for somebody who just makes a
22 statement, anybody who talks to me about the
23 Board and what it should do, I think everyone
24 of those emails I’ve answered.
25 And a lot of it is because I think that
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1 if we're the government, you have a right to
2 hear from your government. There's -- there's
3 no -- I don't have a little mailbox that says
4 this is an email. I really don't have time
5 for it. I'm uncompensated so therefore I'm
6 going to put it -- put it somewhere and let
7 somebody else deal with it. Or they had their
8 say. I'm not going to respond. And we are --
9 you will have our emails, if they're not
10 already on the website, they should be on the
11 website. Meaghan, are they restored to the
12 SEB -- SEB website? So you have a way of
13 communicating with us. And we will our best -
14 - what we're going to try to do without
15 inconsistencies by looking at it in a
16 centralized way and then we will respond.
17 And the last is, I would just encourage
18 you -- there -- there are a number of people
19 who send things that are mean spirited to us
20 personally and veil threats. I didn't stop
21 sending emails when I got those, and I won't.
22 But I wish that all of you who are inclined to
23 do that, would cease sending them.
24 This is too important to get my hackles
25 up about somebody who doesn't exercise great
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1 discretion in their communications because I
2 want everybody to say, this guy, these women,
3 or these men, got an email and they -- and
4 they didn't -- what's the current term --
5 ghost you. I'm not sure that's right, but
6 it's kind of the spirit of it. But we need to
7 work more collectively rather than
8 uncollectively. During -- during -- I'm going
9 to talk to the Secretary of State's Office
10 that I am concerned about -- and I had these
11 concerns even in my work when we had a big
12 investigation, that we would -- we had a way
13 where we had a group of people that if
14 somebody saw something that needed to be
15 responded to quickly, we had a place where
16 that would go that was distinguished from the
17 regular communication systems.
18 You know, I have seen at least in the
19 last couple of days a couple of really
20 troubling things which we will open an
21 investigation on, or, at least, I think we
22 have. That's the sort of thing that needs to
23 be addressed right now and it can't go into
24 some file and be put in line with other things
25 that are not as critical. And I think during
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1 an election year, he's had to deal with the
2 upcoming election. We need to have a way to
3 respond more -- more quickly and promptly to
4 stop something that if it's not stopped in its
5 infancy might develop into something that is
6 more mature and thus more threatening to the
7 election process. So I'll talk to the
8 Secretary of State's Office about that. You
9 know, Blake and Ryan and everybody at the
10 Secretary of State's Office -- the one thing
11 I've known for a while and one of the things
12 we're going -- we're going to recommend to the
13 General Assembly is we can't operate this
14 State with as many people as we have with just
15 20 people in the elections division. That
16 we've got to be more thoughtful about the
17 priorities we have and where we staff.
18 Now, will -- will that happen? You know,
19 sometimes it doesn't happen when the first
20 time you -- you talk about it. It happens in
21 successive years, but those are the sort of
22 things that we're going to try to do to make
23 the Secretary of State's Office have the
24 capacity to respond to it. But I agree with
25 Matt and with Edward that we need -- every
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1 time you hear something that you think is
2 going to impact an election and it's happening
3 right now, we need to know. We're going to
4 find a way to do that. If nothing else, you
5 can send us an email. Send them to Mr.
6 Lindsey. I don't mind those at all. And, in
7 fact, I'm learning so much about this process
8 by getting them. So I thank you for being
9 here. I thank you for those that are
10 watching. We are a citizen democracy and we -
11 - and we appreciate very much your attention.
12 We're going to close out the meeting as
13 we normally do with citizen comments. And --
14 but -- but let's take -- this is going to be
15 true this time. It's going to be a five-
16 minute break, but it's going to be a real five
17 minutes as opposed to the 15-minute break that
18 turned into a 20-minute break. We -- so five
19 minutes. And we'll be back with your
20 comments, and then we will be done.
21 (Break taken.)
22 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Let's everybody
23 take their seats. Please, would everybody
24 please take their seats.
25 This is the public comment section. I
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1 will call you up as you're listed with the
2 exception of Cindy Battles who has to catch an
3 airplane. I'm going to let her go first.
4 MS. BATTLES: Thank you so much for
5 moving me up and to outing me to everybody.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Well, that's okay. So long
7 as -- and so long as you remember it’s a two-
8 minute time limit. It's a two-minute time
9 limit.
10 MS. BATTLES: I do remember.
11 MR. DUFFEY: And I --
12 MS. BATTLES: And I'm very good with my
13 time limit as a matter of fact. Believe it or
14 not. My name is Cindy Battles, and I am the
15 Policy and Engagement Director for the Georgia
16 Coalition for the People's Agenda. I
17 appreciate the effort that y’all have made
18 with this meeting. I don't know if it changes
19 hearts or minds. I think that the time to
20 have inoculated misinformation and
21 disinformation was when it first started
22 instead Georgia Assembly gave it a platform.
23 Which I think is why we're still trying to put
24 out a dumpster fire with a teaspoon.
25 However, what I would like to ask about
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1 is specifically something to do with SB-202
2 and State Election Board rules. A few months
3 ago you revised several -- 183-1-14-.12 which
4 is the eligibility of application for an
5 absentee ballot. And your revised rule states
6 that quote: Any application for an absentee
7 ballot sent to any voter by any person or
8 entity except applications sent by the
9 election superintendent or registrar at the
10 request of the elector shall display the
11 following disclaimer.
12 The rule goes on to describe the
13 disclaimer but what we're asking is what is
14 sent mean? Does that mean mailed? Does it
15 also include delivery in person? We're asking
16 because there's not enough guidance as to what
17 an absentee ballot application forms
18 volunteers should be using or what sent means.
19 We've got a number of people who have
20 often helped people get absentee ballot
21 requests. And just because Georgia is Georgia
22 these days, I'm specifying we are helping
23 people get absentee ballot requests not
24 absentee ballots. Specifically, we have gone
25 into Fulton County jails, not only registering
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1 eligible voters to vote, but also helping them
2 get absentee ballot requests. And with the
3 ambiguity and the language, we're concerned
4 that we're violating rules. So I understand
5 that the State Election Board doesn't normally
6 add -- answer questions, but we would love to
7 have some sort of guidance on that definition.
8 Thank you.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Tell me the rule number
10 again, just so I have it in my notes.
11 MS. BATTLES: The rule number again?
12 Hold on one second. It is 183-1-14-.12.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you very much.
14 MS. BATTLES: Thank you. Have a good
15 evening.
16 MR. DUFFEY: Have a good safe flight.
17 MS. BATTLES: Let's hope so.
18 MR. DUFFEY: Mr. Balbona?
19 MR. BALBONA: I'll try to be quick. I'm
20 George Balbona from Cobb County. The
21 Secretary of State's Office is moving money
22 around from different POs, RPOs and VARs to
23 pay for various items such as VM cloud-based
24 services. SOS is also paying IT vendors that
25 are not on Merritt Beavers IT vendors list.
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1 Just a couple of months ago, on July 19th,
2 2022, Merritt Beaver SOS CIO sent an email
3 entitled: No more presidio to the SOS agency
4 procurement officer. Merritt explained before
5 processing any new PO to presidio, please let
6 Eric and myself know as we are moving all of
7 these to CDW. She replied, I was going to ask
8 a question because I saw that presidio for
9 200K and the purchase of Haiku Neutronics
10 licensed for CDW for 28K. Merritt responded
11 there is one more presidio RPO left out there
12 for neutronics that we are working on now to
13 move to another. The other two Haiku and VM
14 we moved to CDW, end quote.
15 Is this legal? I thought that when a
16 purchase order was approved, those funds were
17 to be used only for the purposes stated.
18 Also, SOS is blatantly playing games with my
19 open records request. SOS combined three of
20 my open records requests into a single cost
21 estimate. (Unintelligible) were ridiculously
22 inflated from 832 to 2,921 in the processing
23 cost estimated rocketed -- sky-rocketed from
24 $235.77 to $1,008.00. SOS made me resubmit my
25 ORs and these numbers are for the exact same
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1 open records requests. SOS bundled five of my
2 other ORs into a single open records request.
3 This is not how SOS normally processes open
4 records requests. SOS has deemed my open
5 records requests abandoned because they will
6 not do as I have requested. Which is simply
7 process my open records requests properly.
8 The reason I'm concerned about VM is
9 because it was started by two Russians Veeam.
10 They're now billionaires. I can give you
11 their names. It's right here: Ratmir
12 Timasher and Andrei Baronoff. And in Forbes
13 it says they’re in estimated 1,000 plus US
14 companies in Russia including household names
15 like Apple, iHerb and the entirety of the back
16 office of VM software.
17 The reason that's important is because
18 SOS has decided it would be a great idea to
19 put all of our Georgia voter registration up
20 on the Cloud. Guess who has the contract?
21 Yeah, VM. And I don't care if Nick Ayers,
22 Mike Pence's former chief of staff is on the
23 board. Who wrote the software were Russians.
24 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you, Mr. Balbona. Mr.
25 Favorito?
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1 MR. FAVORITO: Mr. Chairman, I'm the co-
2 founder of Voter GA and we're plaintiffs in
3 representative Phillip Singleton case that
4 seeks relief against Dominion’s QR code voting
5 system. I needed to correct a few problems
6 after the public comments today. The -- just
7 to give you a little background, this QR code
8 issue was adjudicated in Curling v.
9 Raffensperger by Judge Totenberg, and she
10 reviewed the most comprehensive set of
11 evidence ever assembled in a Georgia election
12 integrity case to my knowledge. And she
13 issued three -- two orders totaling 300 pages
14 the stating orders that apparently the State,
15 among other things, the Secretary of State's
16 Office was "not credible". Specifically, she
17 found in regards to the QR code says, if a
18 Dominion system "does not produce an elector
19 verifiable paper ballot and the elector's
20 choices are not in a format readable by the
21 elector. That's because they're accumulated
22 in the QR code.
23 So she found that the system does not --
24 does none of these things that are required by
25 Georgia law. The Secretary of State's Office
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1 appealed the decision. And -- or at least
2 part of it, and the Eleventh Circuit heard the
3 decision, but has not made a ruling yet. So
4 the Secretary of State was able to use the
5 system again in 2022. That's the background.
6 And the bottom line or the take away the
7 background is that the system that was issued
8 to conduct in the 2020 election was found to
9 be illegal by the United States District Court
10 as not (unintelligible) or voter Georgia
11 talking.
12 But now to -- with that background, we
13 filed a case seeking relief not to re-
14 adjudicate what had already been adjudicated,
15 extraordinarily, by Judge Totenberg. And our
16 judge, Judge Adams, never received any
17 discovery evidence whatsoever. Never
18 adjudicated anything. Her first task was to
19 rule on the sufficiency of our complaint. And
20 instead, she dismissed that on the same day
21 that a hand count audit proved the dominion
22 system picked the wrong winners in the -- in
23 DeKalb County District Attorney --
24 MR. DUFFEY: Mr. Favorito, you need to
25 wrap up.
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1 MR. FAVORITO: -- commission race.
2 MR. DUFFEY: You need to wrap up.
3 MR. FAVORITO: Okay. Sure. So that
4 audit in 2022, found that the third place
5 candidate was shorted 3,000 votes. The first
6 place candidate received 1,400 unearned votes
7 and 1,800 votes the system failed to count all
8 together.
9 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Thank you very
10 much. I appreciate your comments. Tamara
11 Seymoor?
12 MS. SEYMOOR: Thank you. I'm following
13 up on May 17th, 2022 letter that asked you to
14 make SEB rules compliant with federal and
15 state retention law and the Board still has
16 taken no action on that. When SB-202 made
17 ballot images public record, Voter GA
18 submitted open records requests statewide for
19 the original 2020 ballot images and found that
20 56 counties admitted destroying them and
21 another 14 refused to legally comply with the
22 ORR. We also found that 102 counties
23 destroyed their drop box surveillance videos
24 for 181,507 ballots received from those boxes.
25 When we pointed out that they violated
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1 the state and federal election record
2 retention laws, the counties blamed SEB rule
3 that permitted destruction of those election
4 records in defiance of O.C.G.A. 21-2-73 and
5 U.S.C. 20701. Voter GA's letter simply asked
6 you to make SEB rules comply with federal and
7 state law. And to instruct the counties to
8 preserve the original ballots in lieu of the
9 images until all current litigation is
10 resolved. After four months the Board has
11 taken no action.
12 While I realize that the Board
13 composition is new, this lack of action is
14 giving us the impression that the newly
15 structured Board has no concern for election
16 integrity, transparency, and fraud prevention.
17 You can demonstrate your concern by
18 immediately adjusting these two rules in
19 question and requesting the counties to
20 preserve the 2020 election ballots before the
21 24-month retention period expires in November.
22 Otherwise, Voter GA must file suit in
23 October to force you to comply with the law
24 and to preserve the ballots from the most
25 controversial election in Georgia's history.
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1 Thank you.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you very much.
3 William Quinn?
4 MR. QUINN: Good afternoon, I believe
5 it's afternoon. All right. I always try to
6 make my comments match or meet something that
7 was said during your hearing. I'm going to
8 try to do that today. Let me start with this
9 week someone that I admire greatly said that
10 our country is in trouble. It can be saved.
11 But some very important things have to happen
12 and they have to happen very soon for it to
13 avoid going over the precipice. Perhaps it's
14 fitting that another Georgia is in the news
15 this week. Giorgia Meloni who Italy just
16 selected as their Prime Minister.
17 Her base looked to her for guidance in
18 terms of the fundamentals they should be
19 worried about. And they were three things:
20 God, family and country. I think you're going
21 to find that as this country gets more and
22 more focused on the problems that we're
23 facing, that you heard about through many of
24 the things today, they are going to drop back
25 to exactly those things. Because that, at the
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1 end of the day, are the fundamentals that we
2 all have to worry about. God, family and
3 country. Truth is sometimes difficult, but
4 it's enduring. We will see people try to
5 paint it with various things they may call
6 facts. But over time, information as it comes
7 out will make that cheap paint crack off and
8 the truth is going to be revealed.
9 One of the things I heard today is gosh,
10 the counties and this Board can't take action
11 absent law change. The fact is you've done it
12 in the past. You did it in April 2020 by
13 approving drop boxes. The problem is you
14 didn't have the power of the law to do it.
15 Right now, you say, well, we could act in an
16 emergency. You have an emergency. It was
17 just extended by the White House on September
18 7th. A National emergency with respect to
19 foreign interference in and undermining public
20 confidence in the United States elections. So
21 you haven't taken action. I understand. I
22 see you're resting on, we can't. Let me tell
23 you how the people are going to fix this.
24 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. You need to wrap up
25 here.
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1 MR. QUINN: We need to -- we will vote
2 like we have never voted before.
3 MR. DUFFEY: Excuse me.
4 MR. QUINN: We will help other people get
5 out and vote. And we will inform them why it
6 works, and we will focus on things like what
7 happened with Carrie Lake in Arizona and we
8 will focus on our own future.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you.
10 MR. QUINN: Thank you. Remember, God,
11 family, country.
12 MR. QUINN: JoEllen Shiver?
13 MS. SHIVER: Hello. I just wanted to say
14 that I do have a lack of confidence in the
15 Dominion machines. And that it's based on
16 what I saw happen in the 2020 elections and
17 even in the most recent primaries. I found a
18 lot of the the results to be questionable and
19 one example I want to cite is the -- that race
20 in DeKalb County where there were three
21 candidates and one candidate had -- came up
22 with zero votes and demanded a recount, a hand
23 recount. And she ended up winning and I found
24 this very troubling as to how many more errors
25 were there like this in how many races? How
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1 many did we not catch? Is this human error?
2 I've heard it was human error. But that
3 concerns me that we would have machines that
4 would, you know, have human error. But also,
5 what other intervention can the machines get.
6 If it's not just human error, what is -- what
7 other human intervention can they get? My
8 concern is also the software. Had we not --
9 can we not audit the software? Can software
10 not take one vote and equate it to .76 percent
11 of a vote or 101 percent of a vote or flip
12 votes? That's part of my concern. So I just
13 would say I would love to get rid of these
14 machines. Thank you.
15 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you, Ms. Shiver.
16 Ginger Bradshaw?
17 MS. BRADSHAW: Hi. I just want to say
18 that I learned a lot today which means that
19 I've got a lot more to do on -- on my plate.
20 But and some of the things I ask, you may not
21 have control over, but I just think it would
22 be good for you as the State Board being over
23 all of Georgia and election to, I'm sure you
24 know about it, but I just want you to let it -
25 - let you know it's a concern of mine. The
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1 representative from the Secretary of State's
2 Office, I thought did a great job on talking
3 about the -- the audits and how open and how
4 transparent they were. But I know we were in
5 several counties that was set up to do a hand
6 recount of the votes. And the strong --
7 strong arm from somebody came in and said, oh,
8 no you can't do that. Well, part of the law,
9 and everybody's been talking about the law
10 today, why are we maintaining the ballots for
11 24 months if we can't get access to them? I
12 know Garland has been in -- in a lawsuit that
13 has just been pushed off, pushed off, pushed
14 off. And then finally the Judge said, I'm
15 going to dismiss it. So that's what gives us
16 a bad taste in our mouth, the dishonesty. If
17 everything is so open and apparent, give us
18 the ballots and prove us wrong. So I don't
19 know how much power y’all have over there, but
20 you do have -- you do talk to people and
21 whatever.
22 And the other thing, on another vote, I
23 was a poll manager in the last couple of
24 elections and the girl that I worked with
25 worked for Fulton County on the registration
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1 side and she told me the redistricting updates
2 weren't even done. And my school board race,
3 like, a guy, Phil Chan, ran I think, and I
4 live in 7B and 7C which is not in his district
5 had his race on it. Nobody did anything about
6 it. So somebody, somewhere has got to lay the
7 law down and get -- and -- and you talk about
8 following our laws, but we're not following
9 them. And somebody needs to do something
10 about it. Thank you.
11 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you very much. Tom
12 Talbot? Mr. Talbot?
13 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: What's the name?
14 MR. DUFFEY: Talbot. T-A-L-B-O-T. He's
15 not here. Mr. Nally?
16 MR. NALLY: Good afternoon, Your Honor,
17 ladies and gentlemen. I'm a little bit
18 disappointed in this body. Not you, Your
19 Honor, you came along a little too late to get
20 included. Back in April I filed a complaint
21 concerning over 20 elected public officials
22 who were held to be by our constitutional
23 language of our Constitution not qualified to
24 hold their offices by reason of being
25 illegally in possession of public funds. In
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1 May, I filed an inquiry. In June, I'm sorry.
2 I didn't file, I emailed an inquiry. And in
3 June emailed again. I haven't emailed since
4 because I have been ignored from the very
5 first filing. It would be nice if someone had
6 the decency to pick up a phone, drop me an
7 email. Let the citizen know that the law is
8 going to be complied with or it is going to be
9 ignored. I'd just like to know which.
10 Now, that was my first comment. My
11 second comment is that the -- it is my opinion
12 that it is for a judge to determine whether or
13 not a contract is void. The rest of us refer
14 to it as being void or not -- or not voidable.
15 The Dominion State of Georgia contract is
16 void, as a matter of law. And as a matter of
17 fact. I thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
18 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you, Mr. Nally.
19 Jeanne `DuFort?
20 MS. DUFORT: Thank you for this
21 remarkable meeting. I -- I can't think of a
22 meeting in the last 20 years that's had so
23 much interaction from Board members. And I
24 really want you to know, and the public, and I
25 want you to know we noticed and I'm not the
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1 only one that appreciates it. So thank you.
2 Mr. Poulos' presentation reminds me of
3 your story, Judge, about the witness who
4 described perfectly a wedding. But the
5 wedding was on the wrong day. If you review
6 the substantial record in Curling v.
7 Raffensperger. Since, let's call it August of
8 2019 when it started to focus on the BMP,
9 their expert declarations, their transcript of
10 hearings. And there's the writings of Judge
11 Totenberg herself that would challenge the
12 rosy picture painted by Mr. Poulos. I would
13 encourage you all to take a look at it from
14 the perspective.
15 Nearly six months ago, as Vice Chair of
16 the Morgan County Dems, I joined Salleigh
17 Grubbs from the Cobb County GOP and Ryan
18 Graham from the Libertarian party of Georgia
19 and dozens of candidates to ask you act to
20 minimize risk to our elections in a manner
21 consistent with existing law. Not to make new
22 law. As the evidence mounts of what happened
23 and compromise our State's voting system,
24 starting in Coffee County, I'm going to
25 refrain from saying, I told you so and simply
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1 ask if not now, when? What would it take? If
2 Georgia's elections software being pirated and
3 distributed widely to well-funded characters
4 from the Stop the Steal Movement. If that
5 didn't scare you, what will? If CISA
6 confirming the findings of Alex Halderman
7 isn't sufficient, what would it take? If the
8 urgent advice of 13 of our most well respected
9 experts in the elections space, if that isn't
10 compelling, what would you find compelling?
11 And not one, not two, not three, but eight
12 different days unauthorized individuals were
13 in the Coffee County election office. An
14 investigator was in the office with one of the
15 perks and didn't bother to check his name as
16 far as we know. So I'm asking you again,
17 please use your authority under existing law,
18 not new law to find the theft of our election
19 software to be an emergency rising to the
20 sufficiency to command the emergency paper
21 ballot system. Thank you.
22 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you. Mr. Ferguson,
23 Earl Ferguson?
24 MR. FERGUSON: Earl Ferguson, a Fulton
25 County victim. I'm -- two years ago in
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1 October of 2021 there was a ruling in the
2 District Court of the Northern District of
3 Georgia case is Curling v. Raffensperger and
4 that investigated the security and
5 capabilities of the Dominion machine. 174
6 pages of testimony. I read it all. And it
7 indicated that there were several issues that
8 even Dominion agreed with that required
9 action. Two years later there has been no
10 attempt by the Secretary of State or -- or
11 Dominion to correct those problems. I would
12 really like to know why? Thank you very much.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you. Susie
14 Thotochanel? Is that right?
15 MS. THOTOCHANEL: Yes.
16 MR. DUFFEY: Close, right.
17 MS. THOTOCHANEL: I would like to start
18 by thanking the Board for their work
19 especially in these thankless times. My name
20 is Susie Thotochanel and I am a current
21 resident and voter in Fulton County. I've
22 lived in Georgia my entire life. And I have
23 voted in every election in which I was
24 eligible. But for me it has always been easy.
25 My career, my family, my location. The
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1 environment in which I lived always made it
2 easy. It's not always been easy for others.
3 Their jobs, their communities and
4 unfortunately the restrictions sometimes set
5 by the State made it difficult. Voting in
6 Georgia in 2020 was finally made a little
7 easier for those who wanted to vote, but
8 couldn't always make it work. And security
9 and accuracy of the 2020 election in Georgia
10 has been confirmed over and over and over
11 again. It is time to move on. Reasonable
12 people throughout Georgia, throughout our
13 State agree that all eligible voters should be
14 able to go to the polls and vote without fear
15 or intimidation. And that all eligible voters
16 should have equal access to the polls. It
17 should be just as easy for any eligible voter
18 to vote as it has always been for me. I'm
19 asking the Secretary of State and the State
20 Election Board to focus your attention on the
21 current election by providing all counties and
22 election administrators the assistance they
23 need now to run free and fair elections.
24 Despite increased restrictions let's make sure
25 that easy access to the polls is available for
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1 anyone. Thank you so much.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you very much. Joseph
3 Kirk?
4 MR. KIRK: Hello. My name is Joseph
5 Kirk. I'm the election supervisor from Bartow
6 County. A lot has been said today, but I want
7 to briefly summarize what I think matters most
8 to election integrity as an election
9 administrator with a history of secure
10 transparent elections. First is pre-election
11 testing. We have to test and verify not only
12 the content, (unintelligible) ballots. But
13 the hardware that we're going to use functions
14 properly and accurately. And then we have the
15 chain of custody. We need chain of custody
16 for credible items as election technology, the
17 blank, and most importantly voted ballots.
18 And incidentally chain of custody for blank
19 paper does not do a whole lot to increase
20 election security. Third, reconciliation
21 procedures. We should be constantly
22 reconciling how many legal voters applied for
23 ballots against how many have been issued,
24 received and counted, both in person, as well
25 as mail in ballots. And for bust canvassing
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1 and consolidation procedures which happens
2 election night and then the re-certification
3 meeting. And that's the process of verifying
4 that all and only legal votes have been
5 counted and they have been reported accurately
6 at all levels. Then finally, tabulation
7 audits. We heard about today which are hand
8 count procedures to compare results reported
9 by the voting system to be human readable text
10 on the ballots. And when done properly, these
11 can and will detect issues with the voting
12 system. We have to use election technology to
13 facilitate our voting process. Hand counting
14 is not nearly accurate or efficient enough to
15 tabulate Georgia elections. But please know I
16 do not mention how the ballot was marked or
17 who makes that technology. Hand marked
18 ballots are not a silver bullet that
19 guarantees election integrity. Voters do, in
20 fact, verify their ballots prior to casting
21 them. Our system does count our votes
22 accurately. And all these steps must happen
23 no matter how the ballot is marked. I also
24 wanted to mention -- was maintenance. It's a
25 constant plus every county goes through to
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1 keep our risk clean. Eric helps a lot with
2 this. We -- we get information from our State
3 and other states and it's worth noting that
4 Eric does not add or delete voters just gives
5 us information. And the last thing I want to
6 mention is transparency and the importance of
7 poll watchers. A well-trained poll watcher is
8 incredibly important to this process. They
9 have to be prioritized and valued. They are
10 volunteering their time to observe a tedious
11 and mountainous process. They should be
12 thanked for their service. We should focus on
13 things that truly matter if we want rebuild
14 public confidence in our elections. Thank you
15 very much.
16 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you very much.
17 MS. GHAZAL: Judge, may I break protocol
18 and ask Mr. Kirk a couple of questions simply
19 because he's not just a member of the public.
20 But also an election supervisor?
21 MR. DUFFEY: Yes.
22 MS. GHAZAL: Thank you. Mr. Kirk, can
23 you tell us a little bit more --
24 AUDIENCE MEMBER: (Inaudible)
25 MS. GHAZAL: Can us more about the
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1 audits? The pre-certification audits that
2 you've been conducting since 2020? How -- how
3 do you conduct them? Have you identified any
4 discrepancies? How many ballots are you using
5 in -- in those exercises?
6 MR. KIRK: Absolutely. And I'll try to
7 be brief. I use the same procedures we used
8 in 2020 for every election that I’ve conducted
9 since then. I -- I advertise the audit. I
10 invite the parties to come as observers. I
11 have an observation area. I have auditing
12 teams of two people that sort and stack the
13 ballots and counting the stacks of ten. Then
14 count those stacks of ten. The nice thing is
15 is with a little bit of practice it gets
16 faster, it gets cheaper. The public has more
17 confidence in the result. So and we actually
18 count every ballot cast in Bartow County for a
19 single race for every single election. To
20 give you an example, we audited the
21 gubernatorial from this year and -- and had a
22 .1 percent. So .001 margin of error. And I
23 have gone back in the past, not with that
24 audit, but previous audits to confirm that the
25 errors were made on the part of the auditors,
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1 not the voting system. So I have a hell of a
2 confidence in our system. Any major
3 discrepancies would have been noticed in the
4 audit both in the number of ballots cast as
5 well as the -- the vote totals. And I've
6 never seen anything question the results of
7 the reported voters.
8 MS. GHAZAL: Thank you.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you.
10 MR. KIRK: Thank you.
11 MR. DUFFEY: Victoria Cruz?
12 MS. CRUZ: Hello, my name is Victoria
13 Cruz. I'm from Athens, Georgia. And a lot of
14 people have already mentioned some of the
15 things that I wanted to talk about. I -- I do
16 want to tell you, Judge, I was very impressed
17 by the story you were telling about your time
18 in Florida. Because I was driving through
19 Atlanta traffic trying to get here on time. I
20 was listening to you. And, yes, you do have
21 to delve deeper. Back then, you made a phone
22 call. Now, we have access to the internet.
23 You all have access to the internet. So
24 there's no reason why you can't research and
25 get information everyone can. And -- and this
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1 is where we are right now and why we distrust.
2 It seems like the mainstream media is telling
3 one story, Dominion is telling one story, the
4 Secretary of State's Office is telling one
5 story. But there are other stories out there
6 and how do you decide which one you're going
7 to listen to? Obviously, you trusted the
8 wedding coordinator because he brought the
9 goods. We need to delve a little bit deeper,
10 especially, with regard to the Coffee County
11 case. Because I don't think you're getting
12 all the information you need from the
13 mainstream media. My last thing, because the
14 previous speaker brought it up, is Eric our
15 voter registration system. You need to delve
16 further into that too. Eric violates HAVA and
17 the data that it collects because it asks for
18 the States to give them all those people who
19 decline to register to vote. That is a
20 person's right. If they decline to register
21 to vote, why does Eric need that data? What
22 legal authority does Eric have to get that
23 data? And how is that data being used? And
24 it's being collected from all the places, not
25 just the DMV, that do the registration of
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1 voters. From social services. From fishing
2 licenses. There are people who choose not to
3 vote. Who choose not to share their
4 information with Eric and I think it's
5 incumbent upon the Board to find out what Eric
6 is doing with that information and why they
7 need it. Thank you.
8 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you very much. Ann
9 O'Mara? O'Mara?
10 MS. O'MARA: O'Mara. Good afternoon, my
11 name is Ann O'Mara. I'm from Cherokee County.
12 I've been speaking to our county Board of
13 Commissioners and Board of Elections since
14 January of 2022 to try and convince them to
15 move to hand marked paper ballots. They
16 listen but continue to point me to this Board
17 saying our best recourse is through the State
18 officials who plainly have the authority to do
19 what is being asked of them. According to
20 O.C.G.A. 21-2-344 and 366, our two Boards do
21 have the authority to use hand marked paper
22 ballots and direct the use of this optimal
23 scanning voting systems. Every President
24 since Harry Truman who created the National
25 Security Counsel in 1947 has been a concern
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1 for national security. On October 26, 2001,
2 the Patriot Act was signed into law. Here
3 critical infrastructure was defined. Systems
4 and assets whether physical or virtual so
5 vital to the United States that the incapacity
6 or destruction of such systems and assets
7 would have a debilitating impact on security,
8 national economic security, national public
9 health or safety or any combination of these
10 matters. In 2002, the US Department of
11 Homeland Security was signed into law. From
12 2001 forward, the critical infrastructure
13 continued to be strengthened and protected.
14 On January 6, 2017, election infrastructure
15 was designated as a critical infrastructure
16 subsection. This allowed election
17 infrastructure to fall under the umbrella of
18 DHS. In September of 2018, then President
19 Trump signed Executive Order 13848 a lengthy
20 Executive Order titled Imposing Certain
21 Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference
22 in the US election. In 2018, CISA was created
23 in the same agency that just found nine
24 vulnerabilities in the Dominion systems in an
25 article published in June. Finally, on
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1 September 7th of 2002 (sic) Joe Biden signed a
2 continuation of Trump's Executive Order titled
3 Notice on Continuation of the National
4 Emergency with respect to foreign interference
5 in or undermining the public confidence in the
6 US elections. So we have been under a
7 national state of emergency for four years
8 regarding the security of our elections. If
9 the two most recent Presidents believe that
10 the vulnerability of our election
11 infrastructure is threatened, I believe the
12 State of Georgia should, as well. Get rid of
13 the machines and move to hand marked paper
14 ballots for this upcoming election. Thank
15 you.
16 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you. Vesu Abhiraman?
17 MR. ABHIRAMAN: Thank you, Judge Duffey,
18 for this meeting and esteemed members of the
19 Board. My name is Vesu Abhiraman. I'm senior
20 policy counsel with the ACLU of Georgia. I'm
21 also a Georgian native. I'm a former software
22 and telecommunications engineer. So I'm
23 interested in the subject matter. And I'm a
24 proud poll worker I've worked about ten
25 elections in the last three years since the
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1 rollout of new equipment. And a poll manager,
2 as well. My biggest beef with the current
3 equipment is the power supplies are the
4 heaviest things that I've ever carried. If I
5 throw my back out, I’m going to come for the
6 State of Georgia on a worker's comp claim.
7 Mr. Lindsey and Ms. Ghazal, you -- both
8 of you talk about voter verification, for the
9 ballots. And I will say it doesn't feel like
10 the most natural part of the process now. I
11 believe there are things that can be done with
12 more prominent signage encouraging voter
13 verification of the ballots. Doing everything
14 we can to take it from voter verifiable to
15 voter verified, I think that's pretty
16 important.
17 In general, I want to talk about the
18 effect of persistent misinformation around
19 elections that we've seen over the past couple
20 of years. Our local election officials are
21 bearing the brunt of it. We believe in the
22 rule of law where things like the voter
23 challenge procedure or open records the
24 counties have had to deal with. We believe
25 that what we're seeing right now is local
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1 election officials having to deal with these
2 laws and allowances being used in a way that
3 they weren't intended to be -- to be used for.
4 And we hope that is Board can stand with local
5 elections officials like Joseph Kirk. Hats
6 off to them. Or if it's Joseph Kirk, hats on
7 to -- to Joseph Kirk. Right now, there's a
8 holy trinity going on in our election system.
9 Low pay, long hours, misinformation at best
10 and threats of political violence, at worst.
11 We encourage you to do everything you can to
12 stand up for our local elections officials.
13 We hope people take advantage of all the
14 opportunities of public observation. Like
15 with many other things that Mr. Kirk was
16 talking about. So if there's more correct
17 information about what's going on in the
18 system.
19 A couple of concerns I have going
20 forward. The week before early voting,
21 elections officials have to send out all
22 outstanding absentee ballots. They have to
23 process all the outstanding registrations in
24 the three days after the deadline. And then
25 they also have to prepare for early vote the
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1 next week. Which is the -- the method of
2 choice for Georgia voters. And then in the
3 four weeks between the election and the
4 runoff, they'll have to deal with so much, as
5 well. We hope you stand with these election
6 officials and do whatever you can to make
7 their lives easier. Thank you so much.
8 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you very much. Anne-
9 Gray Herring?
10 MS. HERRING: Hi, my name is Anne-Gray
11 Herring. I'm the policy analyst at Common
12 Cause Georgia. And I want to thank the Board
13 and Mr. Evans for the presentation on the
14 risk-limiting audits. We completely agree
15 that these audits are only going to serve to
16 help our elections and further the public
17 trust in the election results. We would
18 support, as was mentioned, an RLA after the
19 runoff in addition to after the general
20 election in November. And would even
21 encourage the State and counties to strive to
22 audit more statewide races then the one that's
23 required, you know, two or more could be
24 audited. But we acknowledge that that's
25 difficult for counties and would encourage the
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1 State Board and Secretary of State's Office to
2 provide as much support and guidance to
3 counties as possible on their role in the RLA
4 process. And help them better plan and
5 prepare for that. And while we think that a
6 risk-limiting audits are an important step
7 that can help dispel misplaced suspicions
8 about our election. We do want to acknowledge
9 that it's not a solution for all the problems
10 that exist in our State and point out some
11 things the risk-limiting audit cannot do. It
12 won't resolve voter confusion or mask unfair
13 challenges to individual voters. It won't
14 resolve discriminatory practices and the
15 results do not show the effects of voting
16 barriers, like long lines, closed polling
17 places and relocated precincts and ballot
18 drops -- drop boxes. Nor can the RLA measure
19 the desperate impact of heightened voter ID
20 requirements and ballot rejections. Thank
21 you.
22 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you very much. Ted
23 Metz?
24 MR METZ: I am Ted Metz. I am a Cobb
25 County voter. And I would just like to ask
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1 the Board to encourage precincts and -- and
2 voting centers to actually hand count the
3 ballots that are being produced by the ballot
4 marking device. And post those results before
5 the go into the scanner. Then that's the best
6 way to test the scanners to see if the
7 scanners are actually creating accurate
8 results. That way we also have a record of --
9 of the votes, the voter intent from the paper
10 ballot which is, you know, legally considered
11 evidence of voter intent. And that will
12 restore confidence. If the numbers match,
13 then we can put the whole thing to rest. But
14 we need to do this every election. So that is
15 something I'm asking of you is to make sure
16 that at the county level, the precinct level
17 that they are encouraged to actually do a hand
18 count. We've got plenty of volunteers that
19 are willing to sit and count the ballots by
20 hand using old fashioned tally sheets and --
21 and that, again, having a record of what the
22 votes are cast, voter intent before they go in
23 the -- in the scanners. And then comparing
24 that the hand count to the scanner count that
25 those numbers are equal, everybody's good. If
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1 they're not, then we know that there's a
2 problem and -- and we need to solve the
3 problem which is probably by getting rid of
4 the ballot tabulators made by Dominion because
5 we know that they can be hacked in about 37
6 different ways. The only other thing I would
7 ask is that we actually restore some higher
8 level of signature verifications for absentee
9 ballots. And with that I yield.
10 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you very much. Amanda
11 Pettyman? Prettyman?
12 MS. PRETTYMAN: Amanda Prettyman from
13 Bibb County. Thank you Board members for
14 having this meeting today allowing public
15 comment. A famous communist said, it's not
16 who cast the vote, it's who counts the vote.
17 And in the State of Georgia, who counts the
18 vote is the Secretary of State's Office and a
19 private company, Dominion. Maybe that's not
20 communist, maybe it's more fascist. But the
21 count is -- while casting the vote is done in
22 localities and in precincts. The count is
23 actually highly centralized so it may look
24 like it's not, but it's all a façade. Because
25 the programming is done for counting and then
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1 it's -- it's shrouded in secrecy. We have no
2 ability to check the code to make sure it's
3 one person, one vote. How is that vote being
4 counted? And you might refer to audits, but
5 Phillip Stark in reading his paper in Curling
6 versus Raffensperger has, first count audit
7 and re-count differ substantially with the
8 2020 risk-limiting audit. And with the
9 roughly 3,200 precincts in Georgia, three to
10 four votes changed in each precinct. It can
11 change the outcome of the statewide election.
12 And yet with a five percent or less, when you
13 look at just these spot checks, you just have
14 a few off, you -- no one does anything about
15 it. They say, well, that's within reason.
16 But if you don't look statewide, and you don't
17 make sure that those ballots are -- are a true
18 voter and a number of other things, then you
19 don't really have a true audit. And so I
20 don't have confidence in our system. And I --
21 I would very much prefer that we hand count.
22 If you can't get rid of the system for this
23 election, at least add full hand counting. Go
24 beyond the risk-limiting audit. In -- in Bibb
25 County there were 26 in one precinct from the
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1 primary in the Secretary of State's race. And
2 the hand count was accurate. It was counted
3 three times with the same results. And no one
4 has done anything. So we've asked to look
5 more to see if that problem extends further
6 into other precincts or if it's isolated to
7 that one, and then from there determine what
8 the cause is. But no one will do it and part
9 of it is because they are scared of the
10 Secretary of State. I would prefer more, I
11 guess, more curiosity and let's just find the
12 truth instead of being so scared. Thank you.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you. David Cross?
14 MR. CROSS: Mr. Lindsey, I understand you
15 missed me last time.
16 MR. LINDSEY: I always miss you, Mr.
17 Cross. Good to see you.
18 MR. CROSS: That's weird it didn't count
19 all the votes. Those words were spoken by an
20 election worker last October in Williamson
21 County, Tennessee. An election observer there
22 learned that two precinct scanners did not
23 tabulate the votes properly. One tabulator
24 had 163 ballots in it, but only recorded 79
25 votes. The other tabulator had 167 ballots,
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1 but only 19 votes were counted. Williamson
2 County, Tennessee contacted the Tennessee
3 Secretary of State. He conducted an
4 investigation and found that seven of their 18
5 scanners did not count ballots accurately.
6 The Tennessee Secretary of State contacted the
7 United States government's Election Assistance
8 Commission to investigate. The government
9 conducted their own tests with Pro V&V, S&L
10 Compliance and Dominion all present. After
11 scanning the ballots, they got the same
12 miscount of the ballots. Investigators
13 reviewed the system log files which is nothing
14 more than a diary that the machine keeps of
15 every interaction it has with a person or a
16 piece of paper. It showed multiple instances
17 of an error called a QR code signature
18 mismatch with a warning message of ballot
19 format or ID is unrecognizable. Testers
20 noticed that the machines counted the votes
21 properly until the error was triggered. After
22 the error was triggered, every current ballot
23 in the machine was not counted and every
24 ballot after it was not counted until the
25 machine was reset. The EAC Dominion Pro V&V
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1 and S&L compliance report the cause as
2 inconclusive. After a month Dominion informed
3 the government that the cause was an error in
4 the scanner software. The government asked
5 Dominion to fix it and a patch was made. As
6 part of the government's investigation, two
7 other states that used the same software were
8 notified of the problem, Alaska and Iowa. The
9 EAC tells us there were no other reports of
10 this problem. It is isolated in Tennessee. I
11 remember seeing that exact same error code in
12 Gwinnett County's 2020 primary files when I
13 was researching suspect results for Judge
14 Kathy Schrader. Those Gwinnett finals from
15 2020 showed 84 instances of the Williamson
16 error. We, the election oversight group,
17 asked the US government if the Williamson
18 error was found in any other states or
19 counties. The author, please give me another
20 moment. The author told us there were no
21 reports of the Williamson error anywhere else
22 in the United States. The election oversight
23 group placed open records requests for scanner
24 history files from all 159 counties. Judge,
25 you wanted us to present this -- this
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1 information sooner, but we were unlawfully
2 blocked and significantly delayed by Ryan
3 German and Blake Evans. As of today, we have
4 only files from 66 of 159 counties. So far 64
5 of the 66 counties reporting have the
6 Williamson error. That's 97 percent of the
7 Georgia files.
8 MR. DUFFEY: You need to wrap up, Mr.
9 Cross.
10 MR. CROSS: I'll get there. The software
11 causing the error was originally written 2018.
12 The software has not been updated on any
13 Georgia scanners. The bottom line is is our
14 work indicates the precinct scanners in
15 Georgia have not counted ballots accurately
16 since they were installed. The Secretary of
17 State announced that he's going to be removing
18 QR codes from the ballots. That will do
19 nothing --
20 MR. DUFFEY: Mr. Cross.
21 MR. CROSS: -- to correct the issue.
22 MR. DUFFEY: Mr. Cross, honor the time
23 limit please.
24 MR. CROSS: I'm sorry?
25 MR. DUFFEY: Honor the time limit.
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2 look at this. I sent you files. Mark, I hope
3 you will report on it.
4 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: They won't.
5 MR. DUFFEY: If those are all the public
6 comments, on behalf of the Board and behalf of
7 everybody who presented today who provided
8 information, I hope you found it valuable.
9 For those that are watching, I appreciate your
10 time and attention. And we look forward to
11 seeing you at our next meeting. We'll be
12 adjourned.
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APPEARANCE OF THE PANEL
Mr. William S. Duffey, Jr., Chair
Mr. Matthew Mashburn, Member
Mrs. Sara Tindall Ghazal, Member
Mr. Edward Lindsey, Member
Dr. Janice W. Johnston, Member
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
2 MR. DUFFEY: Let me call the meeting of the State
3 Election Board, this day, to order. I want to thank all
4 of you that are here personally, and those of you that are
5 on the camera welcome to the meeting. And as customary,
6 we'll begin with an Invocation which I will do. And the
7 Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Mr. Lindsey.
8 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: Can you use your microphone for us
9 deaf people?
10 MR. DUFFEY: I am using my microphone. Do you want
11 me to turn it up?
12 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: Please. Thank you.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Is that better?
14 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: Yeah.
15 MR. DUFFEY: Now, I can hear myself talk which is one
16 of my favorite things to do. So I'll begin with an
17 Invocation.
18 (Invocation)
19 MR. LINDSEY: Would you please stand?
20 (Pledge of Allegiance)
21 MR. DUFFEY: Please be seated. Just a few
22 introductory remarks. I was going to say this is the end
23 of the year which it technically is, it certainly -- it
24 seems like the end of the year. Although I've only been
25 on -- in this position for -- for five months. It seems
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1 like we've done a year's worth of work. But I'm grateful
2 for it.
3 I told you from the very beginning that this is
4 something which I thought long about and really believe
5 that working with really superb people on the Board and in
6 the charity and goodwill with which they have taken on
7 assignments is incredible. And I don't think you -- you
8 understand how hard this job is and how much time it
9 takes. With -- without colleagues like this we could not
10 perform our public duties.
11 Meaghan, would you stand up? Meaghan? Meaghan?
12 Would you stand up?
13 MS. KELLING: (Complies)
14 MR. DUFFEY: You don't see very much of Meaghan. But
15 Meaghan is the person who puts all of our notebooks
16 together. That makes -- which makes sure that we have all
17 the administrative support that we need. And I just want
18 to thank you, Meaghan, for everything you've done for us
19 in the last several months.
20 (Applause)
21 MR. DUFFEY: She's a very shy person. I'm sure
22 she'll come up and berate me for doing that to her. But,
23 you know, sometimes people need to be recognized when they
24 do a superior job and I wanted to do that.
25 Now, the last few months we've tried to be more
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1 outward facing and -- and not inward facing which --
2 because -- because I've told you, I think -- I -- I told
3 our Board that public service to me is serving the public
4 and you are the public. The citizens of Georgia are the
5 public and therefore it's our responsibility to you and
6 not necessarily just our responsibility to consider things
7 inclusively and without your input. And we've tried very
8 hard to reach out to people that are resources to us.
9 You know, I have this rule. I think I've met it in
10 every occasion. And -- and even if I haven't -- even if
11 you contacted another member of the Board, it gets to me.
12 I try very hard to make sure that you're acknowledged
13 within 24 hours. I've had a number of long conversations
14 with people because I want to dignify the input that you
15 give to us. And so I -- I appreciate -- I appreciate the
16 respectful way that those conversations have gone.
17 I think that it -- it was a way of us showing that we
18 are not just an organization that hears complaints and --
19 and decides things about people and sometimes the
20 sanctions them. That we are all in this collectively.
21 And I say that especially to the people in the counties.
22 We understand that with the elections division and with
23 them and with us that this is a collective effort. And
24 working together is always better than working apart and
25 we're trying to do that.
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1 Sara Koth and Rachel Simmons. Sara, you'll see her
2 later, is the Chief Investigator that we rely upon a lot.
3 Sara understands that I have this proclivity if I -- I
4 send an email that I expect you to answer within four or
5 five minutes. And while she's not always within four or
6 five minutes, the ability to communicate especially on
7 complaints with Sara and her -- and the investigative
8 staff is vital to what we do. I think you'll see today
9 that we are finally into -- into 2022 complaints. And
10 that we -- I hope with your help that this is not a
11 nine-hour session like the first one was or a seven hour
12 session like the second one was.
13 But we have fewer complaints and I'm hoping that
14 this, while it will be multi-hour, I'm hoping that it's
15 not as long as we've been in the past. Because in
16 fairness to the people who do the investigations and the
17 reporting they have to do at this meeting. And fairness
18 to you that I know you -- you love being here or at least
19 want to be here and are interested enough to be here. I
20 -- I -- I want to be respectful of your time. And while
21 the meetings in the past that were very long were
22 necessary. I hope that we don't have to get into a
23 pattern of that.
24 We will announce at the first of the year the
25 meetings for -- for next year. There will be at least
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1 five and they will not all be in Atlanta. In February, we
2 will meet in our first 2023 session that will be on
3 February 7th. And sometime probably in the next ten days
4 or so we will put a list up with all of the meeting dates
5 for all the meetings for 2023. And we will indicate at
6 least the tentative location of those that will not be in
7 Atlanta.
8 Now, I say that thinking that we can have meetings
9 outside of Atlanta. But all of our technology is here.
10 But -- but I'm confident and assured that we do have. But
11 they have to be tentative until we make sure that we have
12 the right arrangements and the right room.
13 So with that, the first thing we need to do is that
14 we had to make an amendment to the draft of the
15 August 22nd, 2022 minutes. We've never approved those
16 minutes. So we're going to first take up the -- our State
17 Election Board meeting and hearing the minutes from August
18 2022. Is there a motion to approve the minutes?
19 MR. LINDSEY: So moved, Mr. Chairman.
20 MS. GHAZAL: Second.
21 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded that we
22 approve the minutes of the August 22nd, 2022 meeting. All
23 those in favor say aye?
24 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
25 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
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2 MR. DUFFEY: The minutes are approved. And then we
3 have the minutes for our September 28th, 2022 meeting. Is
4 there a motion to approve those?
5 MR. LINDSEY: So move, Mr. Chairman.
6 MR. MASHBURN: Second.
7 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded that we
8 approve the minutes of the September 28th, 2022 meeting.
9 All those in favor say aye.
10 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
11 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
12 (no response)
13 MR. DUFFEY: Then those are past. We have two
14 reports this morning. The first of which you will
15 remember if you attended the August meeting, that the
16 General Assembly asked us to look at the acceptance and
17 equitable distribution of grant funds for election
18 administration. We received that report from Ryan Germany
19 and since then Mr. Lindsey has -- has looked at the report
20 to come up with what our recommendation will be to the
21 General Assembly. So I'm going to turn the meeting over
22 to Mr. Lindsey.
23 MR. LINDSEY: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
24 If you'll hit the button there.
25 MR. DUFFEY: What are you, two?
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1 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
2 MR. DUFFEY: You're welcome.
3 MR. LINDSEY: First I think it'd be helpful to
4 everyone to have a little bit of background.
5 The General Assembly in Senate Bill 202, in 2020 --
6 2021, put out the following mandate to the State Election
7 Board. The State Election Board shall study and report to
8 the General Assembly a proposed method of accepting --
9 rather for accepting donations intended to facilitate the
10 administration of elections. And a method for the
11 equitable distribution of such donations statewide.
12 The General Assembly undertook this because of their
13 -- of the concern that there was an inequitable
14 distribution of grants in which some counties received
15 grants from private sources. While others did not and did
16 not always necessarily reflect the particular needs
17 throughout the state of Georgia. And so the General
18 Assembly wanted the State Election Board to come up with a
19 new plan on how such grants can be received and how such
20 grants can be distributed statewide.
21 In the August report from the State -- from the
22 Secretary of State's Office, they basically sent out
23 various possibilities that we could consider. And what I
24 want to do today is sort of make a specific
25 recommendation. First off, regarding how the -- the funds
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1 were to be distributed. The question was whether or not
2 it should be distributed through the Secretary of State or
3 through this Board.
4 And it's my recommendation that we take on that
5 responsibility to grant the -- be the ones to -- to
6 administer, basically, decide on which -- what grant
7 should be given to what county and for what purpose. I
8 think that that's probably more closely in tune with the
9 intent of the General Assembly when they passed this --
10 this requirement.
11 The second was whether or not how this -- these funds
12 should be distributed. There -- there were two possible
13 scenarios that were offered. The first scenario was that
14 all the grants were to be collected and then to be
15 distributed to the -- to all the counties based on
16 population.
17 The second possibility was to instead -- in effect
18 create a grant program in which we would take application
19 from particular counties and -- and determine where the
20 money should be spent based on the -- my concern with the
21 first scenario is that the larger counties would thereby
22 receive more of the funding. And quite frankly larger
23 counties generally have more of the resources available.
24 They are usually the wealthier counties of our state. A
25 lot of the needs, specific needs, are usually in those
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1 smaller counties with more limited population and more
2 limited budgets in order to meet the constitutional
3 requirements when it comes to voting.
4 There's also my -- there was concern that was voiced
5 by some members of this Board in August and -- and I have
6 taken it to heed in which we don't want grants to be --
7 to, basically, end up supplementing the budget for the
8 operation. Rather we prefer to see grants to be
9 distributed to particular counties based on some type of
10 specific need, usually, probably capital needs in
11 particular. Rather than trying to supplement an
12 operational budget which over time those counties would
13 suddenly -- being more dependent upon grants rather than
14 going to their own citizens to make sure they receive the
15 necessary resources.
16 So my recommendation is that we go the latter. That
17 we administer based on the grant program which application
18 would be made by particular counties in which we take a
19 look at the particular needs of that county. And quite
20 frankly take a look at whether or not that county can meet
21 those needs on its own versus having some supplemental
22 help, particularly in the area -- some -- some type of
23 capital need. So that's generally the recommendation.
24 I also have within the report pointing out to the
25 General Assembly that should this become a fully
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1 operational system, that some type of additional funding
2 to us will be necessary in order to administer it. It's a
3 little bit difficult to determine at this time how much is
4 exactly needed until we actually see how much in various
5 grants are provided to us from various private sources.
6 But nevertheless, we need to alert the General Assembly
7 that -- that should they want to move forward with this
8 program that -- that we're going to need some additional
9 resources by this Board. As we will in other areas where
10 we're also asking for additional funding to meet the --
11 the requirements of -- of Senate Bill 202.
12 That's essentially my -- my report, Mr. Chairman.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you, Mr. Lindsey. Now, let me
14 open it up for comment from members of the Board, if there
15 are any. Dr. Johnston.
16 DR. JOHNSTON: So as we had talked about in previous
17 meetings, I am opposed to grants and the influence it has
18 and the effect on behavior that results in -- for the
19 recipients of such grants. However, I suspect I may be
20 out voted in this proposal. So if there are grants, and
21 the State Election Board is the one to administer this,
22 then I think I would recommend that all of these -- all
23 applications -- grant applications be posted publicly. So
24 that the public can review such applications and continue
25 transparency notices would be posted for at least 30 days
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1 for public comment. So that every step of the grant
2 application and award should be a matter of -- that's
3 available to the public.
4 MR. DUFFEY: Any other comments? Okay.
5 DR. JOHNSTON: I have another.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Pardon me?
7 DR. JOHNSTON: Additionally, and a little research I
8 found that Florida -- the state of Florida does have a
9 grant program. And the elections division can be a
10 recipient of grants. And they're restricted to certain
11 items which are not included in operating budgets, but it
12 would be such items as developing multi-factor
13 authentication, vulnerability management, email security,
14 network hygiene and cyber security needs. So those are
15 just some suggestions that grants might be used for.
16 MR. LINDSEY: If I may, Mr. Chairman. In regards to
17 the first recommendation, I agree and I've viewed -- view
18 that as a -- a friendly amendment. And -- and I ask that
19 you make it, and I will, indeed, second it.
20 As to the second, I like the categories that were
21 mentioned. But we don't know what's going to be the need
22 for the next generation -- or next time. So I would
23 prefer that we have greater flexibility in terms of the
24 grants, in terms of what the needs are out there. So as
25 not to limit us in what areas that we could provide that.
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1 So I would ask that we might take -- start to limit our --
2 our range yet.
3 Let's see what goes on down the road. I do believe,
4 as I stated earlier, that this ought to be based more on
5 capital, sort of cyber security need and that category as
6 opposed to operational, in nature. But I do -- I do have
7 concerns about trying to restrict because we don't know
8 what the particular needs in a particular county needs at
9 a particular time.
10 MR. DUFFEY: Well, my view is this: That the purpose
11 of government, especially, the elections context, is to
12 allow in our state because elections are all conducted by
13 counties. Is that we need to enable counties to -- to do
14 what they are being asked by the General Assembly and by
15 the state to do and that often requires resources. So the
16 idea that we would look at grant applications and
17 determine need, I think I wholly endorse that. And I
18 wholly endorse the idea that the government has a
19 responsibility to assist those counties that don't have
20 the resources for the specific needs that they tell us,
21 and they apply for in order to provide the services and
22 election processes.
23 I too don't like the idea of saying it can only be
24 used for certain purposes. I'll give you a perfect
25 example of that is that we now know that security cameras
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1 at offices where -- where election equipment and where
2 election documents are kept, need -- we need to have a
3 record of what goes on within those facilities. And so we
4 don't know how many of the -- of the counties have that
5 capability and how it intersects it -- with whatever
6 internet provider records the -- the serve -- the videos
7 that are taken at those places. So there will be a
8 combination of hardware and I think software but it would
9 be our responsibility and we would work with the elections
10 division on this since they know the counties better than
11 we do. That while we would, ultimately, once we gather
12 the information make the final decision, the idea of
13 having -- of a process where we continue to collaborate
14 collegiately with the other people in the election
15 process, including counties which would be their
16 responsibility to tell us what we want. I -- I think is
17 the right approach to this. And I really agree that --
18 that the easy way is to say, well, let's just take all the
19 money, divide it up according to population. I think that
20 that would cause us to abrogate our responsibility to do
21 the hard work that's necessary to find out what people
22 need. And then to make the hard decision of who gets
23 money even though that might open us to criticism from
24 other countries, we're prepared to do that. Yes?
25 MS. GHAZAL: I know I said I have no comments. But,
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1 of course, I have come up with some comments. Which is
2 while I -- I agree that the -- that grant funding should
3 be used for capital projects. Because this is a report to
4 the General Assembly, I would, I believe, that it's
5 incumbent on the General Assembly. And I'm putting -- I
6 want to put it in the record, that they get a greater
7 understanding of the operational costs of the counties
8 because with the implementation of the new system that
9 we've now seen through two election cycles, the
10 operational costs have grown significantly on the counties
11 and I -- it's important that the General Assembly as they
12 create mandates understand what the impact of their --
13 their policies have been on the counties. Particularly
14 smaller counties that have very little resources at hand.
15 I am concerned that the operational costs are
16 reaching a point where it's unsustainable on counties and
17 it's -- it's -- I think it's important that the General
18 Assembly take that into account. And, in fact, invest
19 some of their resources into really understanding what the
20 impacts are.
21 MR. LINDSEY: If I may, Mr. Chairman?
22 MR. DUFFEY: Yes.
23 MR. LINDSEY: I agree. And I think maybe that's
24 another report for another day. But, you know, that's
25 part of our responsibilities. Many of you that have read
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1 very closely what our various mandates are. And one of
2 them is to report to the General Assembly particular needs
3 that we think are necessary for the -- the operation of a
4 -- of an election system. And -- and I do believe that
5 that's -- that that's one area where we need to consider
6 making sure that they are aware of the additional costs
7 that have been -- that have been placed on the various
8 counties. So that they can then take into account, not
9 only what additional resources the counties have but they
10 need to take into account what additional mandates they
11 may offer to them in the future and that's particularly
12 important in -- in the upcoming year, as a matter of
13 practice, I think wise practice.
14 The General Assembly generally makes tweaks or
15 changes to election laws in odd number years so as to give
16 counties and the state a chance to be prepared for the
17 next even year election. So the times for us to be able
18 to -- to make those suggestions and recommendations to the
19 -- to the legislature is coming up pretty quickly. Second
20 Monday in January is -- is on our heels.
21 MR. DUFFEY: Yeah. It looks as though -- I really
22 appreciate those comments. It's -- being new to this
23 process but -- but finding a lot of disparity and
24 resources of whether or not resources are being used for
25 elections as opposed to -- and whether or not the -- the
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1 grant money to counties for election purposes whether it's
2 generous or stingy. We -- it doesn't work unless they
3 have the resources. And so I do think as part of what
4 Mr. Lindsey has proposed is that it would fall upon us
5 when we made a request for funding for the purposes of
6 making these grants to counties that we -- that we provide
7 to them the background of the shortfall of resources in
8 these counties and why it is that we would need additional
9 funding to fund the grants that we receive. I mean, for
10 us I think it's -- it's a heavy lift. But I think it's an
11 important one and it's one I think that we should embrace
12 and that should be our recommendations to the General
13 Assembly. But all of you -- you two over here, you two
14 over here, I mean, that's what’s worked for us. But I've
15 never seen anybody on this Board in the last five months
16 ever shy away from an assignment.
17 MR. LINDSEY: And -- and Mr. -- Mr. Chairman, I would
18 -- I would accept this as a friendly amendment. Also to
19 the report perhaps is in the area of the recommendations
20 if -- to simply just point out to the General Assembly
21 we'll be coming back talking about the additional
22 operational burdens that are being placed on the counties
23 for the -- for the General Assembly's consideration,
24 something along those lines. I think that would be
25 appropriate for us to sort of set that up for the next
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1 step that a Board member has recommended.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Anymore discussion from members of the
3 Board?
4 DR. JOHNSTON: I'll say one more thing. So I -- I
5 thank you for that comment with the General Assembly and
6 the budget and the most probably the most expensive voting
7 system in the country that Georgia has. I just want to be
8 very aware and careful that the Assembly doesn't become
9 dependent on grants to fill the gap for the operation of
10 this voting system.
11 MR. DUFFEY: But in a way, the General Assembly can't
12 be dependent upon it because they have to give us the
13 money to grant to -- to the counties. So, I mean, this --
14 this whole -- the theoretical framework and structure of
15 this is that the money does come from the General Assembly
16 to the extent that it's needed to supplement the needs of
17 the counties above and beyond what the people might want
18 to contribute to a fund to help counties. But,
19 ultimately, the -- the difference is the -- is -- would be
20 our responsibility to explain to the General Assembly what
21 the need is.
22 And secondly, explain to them what the -- what the
23 revenue that's necessary to meet the need is. And then to
24 ask the General Assembly to provide sufficient funds to
25 allow counties to -- to meet the needs that they have
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1 which I think, ultimately, if we get into the cycle, it
2 will include changes that they make to election law that
3 impose additional burdens. I suspect that there would be
4 more counties say that we need more money if we have to do
5 that. And that's something that we, I think, reserve the
6 right to go to the General Assembly and explain what's
7 necessary for the fund -- for the -- for the process to --
8 to work correctly.
9 So with that, is there a motion to approve
10 Mr. Lindsey's recommendation as amended?
11 MR. LINDSEY: I -- I -- I would, Mr. Chairman, make
12 that motion and perhaps might be best for me to simply
13 make the motion to accept the report and then I'll accept
14 a couple of friendly amendments.
15 If I may?
16 MR. DUFFEY: You may.
17 MR. LINDSEY: So I -- I simply move for the -- for
18 the Board to accept the report that had been tendered to
19 the committee?
20 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second?
21 MR. MASHBURN: Second.
22 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded to accept
23 the report given by Mr. Lindsey this morning. All those
24 in favor in say aye?
25 MR. LINDSEY: I think you need to accept the
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1 amendments first.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Well, we'll do that. Then we'll take
3 the amendments.
4 MR. LINDSEY: We take the amendments and then
5 (inaudible).
6 MR. DUFFEY: So you can tell I'm really new at this.
7 So -- so before we vote on that. We'll accept whatever
8 amendments members of the Board have to the report.
9 DR. JOHNSTON: So the suggested amendments are that
10 the applications shall be posted publicly for public
11 review with 30 days notice and public comments being made
12 available to this Board.
13 MR. LINDSEY: Second Mr. Chairman.
14 MR. DUFFEY: Just one clarification, would -- would
15 you also publicly report what the decision of the Board
16 was on the applications?
17 MR. LINDSEY: Yes, Mr. Chairman.
18 DR. JOHNSTON: Yes, Mr. Chairman.
19 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. So that's the first amendment.
20 And the second amendment, Ms. Ghazal?
21 MS. GHAZAL: I would like to propose a second
22 amendment that we include a paragraph in the report to the
23 General Assembly that with regard to operational burdens
24 on the counties and that further it study is important to
25 understand these costs in moving forward in the
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1 (inaudible).
2 MR. LINDSEY: I'll accept that as a friendly
3 amendment, as well, Mr. Chairman. So now we vote.
4 MR. DUFFEY: And so all those in favor of the motion
5 as amended by the two amendments say aye.
6 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
7 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no.
8 (No response)
9 MR. DUFFEY: Then it passes unanimously.
10 Mr. Lindsey, I don't -- I don't know how you put something
11 from an organization like us and present it to the General
12 Assembly. So could you draft up whatever we would
13 actually deliver to them and let us have a chance to look
14 at that?
15 MR. LINDSEY: I will, Mr. Chairman. I'll get it back
16 to the full -- to the full Board and -- and that's
17 generally what happens is in the first week of the General
18 Assembly such reports are -- that's when they are
19 generally transmitted to the leadership and then to the
20 full -- to the full house -- that's in the House and the
21 Senate.
22 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Thank you. Can we put a
23 date on that? That we would receive it for comment?
24 MR. LINDSEY: Well, you'll get it by the -- by the
25 end of this week, Mr. Chairman, because I'm going -- I'm
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1 going on -- I'm going to go have a holiday.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Oh, I see. He does the reports and then
3 we have to look at it over the holiday.
4 MR. LINDSEY: That's right. Seriously, Mr. Chairman,
5 I'll have it to you by the end of the week.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Yeah. Thank you very much.
7 MR. LINDSEY: These are -- these are fairly short
8 amendments.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you. All right. So the next
10 matter that we have on the agenda is a -- is a report from
11 Ms. Ghazal about Rule 183-1-12-.13. Before I turn this
12 over to her to explain why we are considering this, one of
13 the things that we will do after the first of the year is
14 collect our thoughts about rules that we ought to
15 consider. And this one came up later in the rules
16 probably that might be as important as this one. But this
17 one needs to be addressed. But we will continue to do
18 that. We will prioritize our work and do those things
19 first that need to be done first.
20 This is one that needs to be done first. And we've
21 had a fair amount of input from people and with that, I'll
22 turn it over to a Board colleague, Ms. Ghazal.
23 MS. GHAZAL: Thank you. Rule 183-1-12-.13 is
24 regarding storage of returns. This rule relates to the
25 electronic storage of election-related data following the
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1 certification of an election. And this is actually a
2 really good opportunity that I wanted to have -- have the
3 time -- it's a reminder that, in fact, the counties are
4 doing this right now. While elections are done for voters
5 and for the candidates, the counties are still processing
6 the -- the runoffs. And I just wanted to acknowledge that
7 they are still hard at work, and I appreciate everything
8 that they are doing. Because without the work of the
9 counties, none of us would be here.
10 So this rule dictates exactly what and how the
11 electronic data is stored. And the -- one of the reasons
12 that we're looking at because we received a good bit of
13 input on -- on how to adjust it. It's important that we
14 standardize the process to make sure that every county is
15 storing the same data in the same format. But also
16 maintaining copies of information that are -- that need to
17 be publicly available. Including the digital images of
18 ballots which under Senate Bill 202 are now available to
19 the public through open records requests.
20 So I just wanted to go through the process of where
21 we are right now. After having consulted with a number of
22 individuals, we have -- we redrafted the rule. It has
23 been distributed to members of the Board informally along
24 with staff of the Secretary of State's Office. It's
25 important though before we publish this formally that we
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1 understand that the impact on the counties and make sure
2 that it is a practicable rule. That it does not create
3 additional burdens that they are overly burdensome and
4 that it's -- it's something that they can -- they can fit
5 into their standard practices and without hugely -- huge
6 disruptions in -- in their operations, post-election.
7 So once we have a fuller understanding of that.
8 After consulting directly with some of the counties, we
9 will publish this rule in probably in the next meeting is
10 where -- is what I anticipate. And it will be made
11 publicly available for 30 days. And that means that it
12 would be available for comment before and -- and input
13 from interested parties before we would even vote on it.
14 So this rule wouldn't be in place until at earliest
15 the April meeting that that's when it would be up, I
16 think, for -- for final -- a final vote on the Board. But
17 that's -- this is the process that we'll use also with
18 additional rules as we -- as we open them up and try to
19 review them. And I -- I don't want to speak on behalf of
20 the Board. But I certainly welcome input from members of
21 the public and interested parties on rules that you think
22 other -- other folks think need further examination. And
23 I'd be happy to answer any questions since I have sent
24 everything out a few days ago. We haven't had a chance
25 to --
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1 MR. DUFFEY: So we're not taking any official action?
2 MS. GHAZAL: No.
3 MR. DUFFEY: This was a report --
4 MS. GHAZAL: Just a report.
5 MR. DUFFEY: -- on why we are doing what we're doing
6 and what the process will be.
7 MS. GHAZAL: Exactly.
8 MR. DUFFEY: The -- the one thing I -- I want to add
9 to this is that we understand that while we have
10 authorities that we have to exercise it with input from
11 others. Like Evans who's Election Director has -- when we
12 were talking about something that -- that I wanted and
13 wanted the Board to do, his first thing was let's get some
14 practical input on what the practical impact will be on
15 the counties. And so we gathered together a collection of
16 election officials. And it changed my mind about whether
17 or not what I wanted to do was practical or reasonable
18 when imposed upon counties.
19 We went forward with a version of that, but and we
20 will, I think, in the future. But I think all of us
21 recognize that -- that we are not to direct people to do
22 things without understanding what the impact is going to
23 be in 159 counties in Georgia. And so one of the things
24 that I want us to do is to have more task forces or
25 whatever we -- we call them with election officials as we
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1 vet our ideas with them to find out whether or not they
2 are, in fact, practically achievable and -- and if they
3 impose too much of a burden what amendments can we make to
4 that to accomplish what we think is something that will
5 improve the election and trust in the election system.
6 But at the same time allow the counties to function
7 knowing that the counties range from large counties in the
8 metropolitan area to very small counties, the impact will
9 be different, and we want to get that information before
10 we go about the rule-making process. And I -- and I thank
11 Mr. Evans for -- for his help in making me see that.
12 There's one -- just -- this is not an agenda item. I
13 just want to report to you on -- on a follow-up. As you
14 know there's a Fulton County performance review that was
15 reported on previously. That the -- the performance
16 review committee said that in order to evaluate Fulton's
17 performance and -- and where it stands today, which would
18 be important to us in making a decision on -- as far as
19 how do we respond to the review. That because there was
20 an upcoming election, that we wanted the ability to see
21 their performance real-time under the stress of an
22 election. Since -- since that's where it's most important
23 for the county, any county, to function at its -- at its
24 best.
25 So we held until the end of the year the draft is the
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1 report to allow that to happen and, as you know, it's been
2 publicly made available at the Carter Center assisted in
3 looking at the evaluation in evaluating the conduct of the
4 county during the -- the election, the mid-terms, as well
5 as the runoff. And we want to get their information and
6 have that available to the committee before they finalize
7 their report. All of that, I think, will be extremely
8 helpful to us. And I -- I am reporting that we have been
9 informed as of yesterday that -- that we will receive --
10 the Board will receive a copy of the report on
11 January 13th of 2023. And that we -- that assuming that
12 the report is in a form that can be considered, I intend
13 to put it on the February meeting agenda. So I just
14 wanted you to know where were are in that process.
15 All right. Before we move on to the investigation
16 report section, is there anything else that the Board
17 members want to bring up before we move into complaints?
18 (No response)
19 MR. DUFFEY: No. Okay.
20 DR. JOHNSTON: Do -- do you want us to talk about
21 this proposed rule or?
22 MR. DUFFEY: No.
23 DR. JOHNSTON: No. Okay.
24 MR. DUFFEY: And that -- that's because the rule has
25 to be put into a form where we've had sufficient time to
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1 provide input before it's finalized. And then present it
2 in a meeting at which time we can -- we can then talk
3 about the rule. And then we go through the process that
4 once it's approved at the next meeting, that it will be
5 published for 30 days and we would vote on it at the
6 following meeting which would be in April.
7 MR. DUFFEY: Now, with the consent of the Board
8 members, there's a lawyer from Chatham County who is right
9 there (indicating). He has to go to a court hearing in
10 Savannah this afternoon.
11 MR. MASHBURN: Oh, my.
12 MR. DUFFEY: So he's asked to be moved up on the
13 agenda. And we have agreed to do that. He -- he is the
14 last one on the list of reports where the recommendation
15 of the investigators -- and you can sit down because we'll
16 hear the report first -- for referral to the Attorney
17 General's Office. So Sara, if you're prepared to do that
18 on the Chatham County case which is 2020-062. And that's
19 at tab 34.
20 See Ms. Koth is taking me at my word that when I ask
21 her to respond to something that she has four minutes.
22 So...
23 MS. KOTH: I’m ready.
24 MR. DUFFEY: I'm just kidding.
25 MS. KOTH: Is my mic on?
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Yes. Oh, what is she? Can you try
2 that?
3 MS. KOTH: Is it on now?
4 MR. MASHBURN: Yeah.
5 MS. KOTH: Okay. So this is case number 2020-062.
6 The Secretary of State Office received the following
7 complaints during the June 9th, 2020 general primary
8 election. The August 11th, 2020 general primary runoff
9 and the January 5th, 2021 general election runoff for
10 federal offices from Bruce Snyder, Jean Seiver, George
11 Sedberry, Celestine James and Gwen -- I'm not going to try
12 and pronounce the last name, and others. There were a
13 total of 20 different allegations. Do you want all of
14 them read?
15 MR. DUFFEY: Can you summarize them?
16 MS. KOTH: They were all, I mean, completely -- I
17 have the investigator here that's probably more
18 knowledgeable on this case. Glenn, do you want to come up
19 and maybe summarize so I don't have to read all 20 of
20 these?
21 MR. DUFFEY: So we're going to hear from Investigator
22 Archie.
23 MR. ARCHIE: Good morning, everybody.
24 MR. DUFFEY: Good morning.
25 MR. ARCHIE: All right. Like the chief said there
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1 were 20 total allegations in reference to this case.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Can you pull the microphone --
3 MR. ARCHIE: Oh, I'm sorry.
4 MR. DUFFEY: -- and speak into it, please?
5 MR. ARCHIE: Yes, sir. There was 20 allegations in
6 reference to this case. And pretty much, I'll go -- I'll
7 give a little brief on each one.
8 A voter named Bruce Snyder reported that he requested
9 an absentee ballot for the June 9th, 2020 election. I did
10 my inquiries and everything. I could find no record on
11 Enet where he had requested an absentee ballot. Also
12 talked with Ms. German and she checked her documents and
13 applications and was -- and was not able to recover one in
14 his name. He did tell me that he placed it in the mail so
15 in reference to his allegation, I couldn't sustain
16 anything because we don't know what happened to the
17 application after it was submitted to the mail.
18 George Sedberry reported that he voted also in the
19 June 9th, 2020 election. He requested an absentee ballot.
20 He was issued the absentee ballot May the 21st, 2020. And
21 he also had to submit a cure letter, evidently there was a
22 question about his signature. So the cure letter was
23 dated June the 1st of 2020. What happened with his, I
24 guess, when he went to the website, he noticed that he
25 received credit for voting in the August 11th, 2020
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1 election. Not the June 9th, 2020 election. I conducted
2 some more research in reference to that. Since they had
3 to cure his signature, his ballot was not accepted until
4 June the 10th of 2020.
5 Also talked with Ms. German because the county's are
6 the one that entered the information in reference to the
7 date that the ballots are mailed. We also requested when
8 they're mailed and when they're accepted and returned.
9 She had no idea what occurred. She said it wasn't on
10 their end. And it may have been possibly something that
11 occurred with the State in reference to that. And he --
12 the voter's concern was that his vote did not count. But
13 his vote did count. I obtained a copy of the oath
14 envelope and verified that his vote did count for that
15 election.
16 MR. DUFFEY: Mr. Archie, let me make this suggestion.
17 MR. ARCHIE: Yes, sir.
18 MR. DUFFEY: In the interest of time because --
19 MR. ARCHIE: Okay.
20 MR. DUFFEY: Let's focus on the ones where -- where
21 your office is recommending referral where there were
22 violations to be referred to the Attorney General's
23 Office.
24 MR. ARCHIE: Okay, sir.
25 MR. DUFFEY: What you just said gives us a flavor of
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1 the detail to which the investigators go into including on
2 those that are claimed. But to see whether or not the
3 claimed violations are, in fact --
4 MR. ARCHIE: Okay.
5 MR. DUFFEY: -- supported by the facts. Let's look
6 at the ones that the -- the county would like to respond
7 to.
8 MR. ARCHIE: All right. Okay. No problem, Your
9 Honor.
10 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you.
11 MR. ARCHIE: Okay. This is a pretty extensive
12 report. Okay. In reference, like I said, there's 20
13 allegations. I was able to sustain allegation number 3.
14 When Chatham County Elections Office -- they proofed their
15 District 4 ballot. What they failed to realize was that
16 the -- the District 4 Board of Education races were all
17 included on the District 4 ballot not included on the
18 District 7 ballot.
19 Okay. In reference to allegation number 5, an
20 Election Supervisor, Russell Bridges, failed to notify the
21 Secretary of State in writing, I believe, seven days prior
22 to processing absentee ballots prior to election day.
23 Sustained allegation number 11, in reference to a
24 board member with the Board of Elections there in Chatham
25 County. His name was Antoine Lang. While they were
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1 processing the absentee ballots, he used his cell phone to
2 post a live stream video on Facebook. This was witnessed
3 by two people that gave me statements.
4 In reference to allegation number 15, this involved
5 the -- when voters canceled their absentee ballots, the
6 poll workers failed to write canceled, date and time and
7 their initials across the face of these absentee ballots.
8 There's approximately about 100 ballots that occurred
9 with.
10 In reference to allegation number 17, 37 polls did
11 not open at 7:00 a.m. on June the 9th, 2020, in reference
12 to various reasons that occurred.
13 Also sustained allegation number 18, that when the
14 clerks were processing absentee ballots prior to the
15 June 1st, 2020 -- correction that's June 9th, 2020 general
16 primary. They were allowed to keep their cell phones in
17 their possession while they did that.
18 In reference to allegation number 19, reference to
19 the June 9th, 2020 general primary. Election Supervisor,
20 Russell Bridges, failed to post a notice of change at some
21 previous polling places to inform voters where they needed
22 to go vote. The investigation also revealed that while
23 the clerks were processing the ballots on June the 14th,
24 2020 which was a Sunday, they did not sign an oath that
25 day. They were not able to provide it.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: So I'm going to -- and I'm not sure how
2 the microphone -- I give him to. Or does he -- or do we
3 have him come up here? Or can you come up to a microphone
4 that we can turn on down here?
5 MR. MASHBURN: Turn on the microphone.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Do you have a number at your desk?
7 MR. PRETORIUS: I have a --
8 MR. MASHBURN: Test that microphone.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Try that microphone and see if that
10 works.
11 MR. PRETORIUS: Can you hear me?
12 MR. DUFFEY: You can pull it up.
13 MR. LINDSEY: Yep. Pull it up.
14 MR. PRETORIUS: Okay.
15 ` MR. MASHBURN: There you go.
16 MR. DUFFEY: See now you can be a legislator.
17 (Laughter)
18 MR. PRETORIUS: This is my first time here. Good
19 morning, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Board.
20 MR. DUFFEY: Could you give us your name and your --
21 and who you're -- who you're with and who you are speaking
22 on behalf of.
23 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes, sir. My name is Andre Pretorius
24 and I'm an Assistant County Attorney from Chatham County.
25 I will be representing the Chatham County Board of
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1 Elections in these matters.
2 As a -- just a start to this, I have spoken to
3 members of the elections board and the registrar's office.
4 And the 2020 elections was brand new because we had
5 received -- that year -- well, we normally get maybe 2,000
6 absentee ballots. We got over -- around 50,000 that year.
7 So we had new staff. The training that was conducted in
8 that February, we didn't even have the machines yet. We
9 were still waiting on those. So they didn't come in until
10 late April.
11 And so people had forgotten what the training was.
12 They never trained on the machines themselves. A lot of
13 the things that we did in this case were self-reported, as
14 well. And -- and so I'm kind of looking at these
15 allegations. And I want you guys to understand that, yes,
16 there is a statute. And the statute is very clear. But
17 what we have is some things that we had done that we
18 believe were in compliance and would be a factor that you
19 would have to consider when you look at the allegation
20 itself.
21 When we get to the -- the first allegation that was
22 mentioned, and in that case it was talking about the
23 ballot -- the District 4 and the District 7, one. Yes.
24 In that case, the original ballot that went out and this
25 was one where we had now over 130 -- I think it was 137
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1 ballots (inaudible) that we had to do. Including the hand
2 recount at the time. And somebody missed that District 4
3 designation. And it was immediately noticed after they
4 sent out the ballots.
5 Those ballots were then fixed and sent back in. And
6 everyone that received that ballot received the new ballot
7 with the correction on it. It took people when the
8 ballots came in to see the distinction between the two and
9 then count each one of those. And no votes were affected
10 in that matter. A total -- there was only a total of ten
11 ballots that were affected, and all of those votes were
12 counted. So I believe the process was fixed and it was
13 immediately rectified because it was immediately noticed.
14 And so, therefore, we're asking that you have some -- just
15 look at that one again and see that all the votes --
16 because the intent was to have all the votes counted.
17 Even if there's a mistake that that is rectified and
18 completed.
19 The second allegation that was mentioned was with the
20 notification to the Secretary of State. And I spoke to
21 Mr. Bridges, and he admits, he said, I did -- I did not do
22 that. It was an oversight on his part. It was a new rule
23 to him. He learned that he had not. Then he contacted
24 the Secretary of State and let them know that he didn't
25 send out the -- that he put -- but failed to do that. I
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1 believe also in this case, the intent of that statute is
2 to make sure that both the monitors are there from both
3 parties, right? And they all had notice and they all were
4 there, right? So the intent was to give the notice and
5 both parties were there. And they had sufficient notice
6 to be there. But, yes, you're correct. The notice itself
7 was not given seven days prior to that.
8 I believe the next allegation -- let me go -- is the
9 one with the -- Mr. Lang. Mr. Lang is no longer a board
10 member. And to explain the situation is -- is
11 interesting. We had a huge facility set up for this.
12 First time we've ever done that. And we had media that
13 came in and they had the same kind of situation where they
14 are allowed to film. But Mr. Lang did use his Facebook
15 live to do that. But it wasn't for the intent to show
16 what the ballots or anything. His intent was to show the
17 enormity of the process, that they were doing. It was a
18 just a brand new thing. And I believe his intent was
19 just, you know, show look how big this facility is. Look
20 at all the things that we're going here. So I believe the
21 intent behind that was good, but the process of that has
22 been fixed in the meantime. We now require -- make sure
23 everyone cannot do that. That they have to fulfill the
24 requirements to be able to video any of those things. So
25 I believe the process has been fixed since then. I think
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1 this was more of a mis -- an error on his part trying to
2 show that we are doing everything and look how big this
3 place is.
4 The next allegation on that list and I think it was
5 number -- okay. Number 17 which was that 37 polls did not
6 open at 7:00 a.m. during the June 9th, 2020 general
7 primary. Now, I -- when I was looking at the statute, it
8 says that it had to open, and polling had to start. This
9 was an issue when we came in with training. All the polls
10 were open at the time. The issue was people were having
11 problems with what they were doing at the polling stations
12 so there was a delay there.
13 And what we did is we immediately contacted the judge
14 and said, Judge, that it's a training thing. The polls
15 are open. There's just not -- the people don't
16 specifically know exactly what they're doing. So we're
17 working with them to get that done. So he immediately did
18 37 polling stations and we did an order by the judge to
19 extend all hours by an hour. So we believe we corrected
20 that issue and training has now been done and everything
21 else. So this has not been an issue and will not be an
22 issue in the future.
23 MR. DUFFEY: Well, let me -- can I just ask for
24 clarification.
25 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: When you say people didn't know what to
2 do, you mean the people that were working in the precincts
3 didn't know what to do?
4 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes.
5 MR. DUFFEY: And that the voters couldn't vote?
6 MR. PRETORIUS: Well, it's not -- it was just a
7 delay. Yes, by a few minutes in some places. It's not
8 that the polling places weren't open. It was just that
9 somebody didn't know what do I do with this? What do I do
10 that? And it's because they never -- some of them had
11 never seen the machine. Because they were trained in
12 February again. The machines didn't come in until April.
13 So it was hard to train somebody about what the machine
14 does and looks like when it's not there. And so some of
15 them just didn't understand that little procedure so there
16 had to be that quick. This is what you do.
17 MR. DUFFEY: But do you think a voter who is in line
18 to vote at seven o'clock consider the polls open, but he
19 couldn't vote?
20 MR. PRETORIUS: Would the voter consider --
21 MR. DUFFEY: I mean, we tell voters the polls open at
22 seven o'clock.
23 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes.
24 MR. DUFFEY: Doesn't that tell them that that means
25 they can begin voting at seven?
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1 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes, I agree with you on that.
2 MR. DUFFEY: And that didn't happen in these cases
3 where people weren't ready?
4 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes. And it wasn't in all 37
5 locations. This was just a precautionary thing from the
6 judge to make sure that those 37 locations had that --
7 because we weren't exactly sure which ones was the ones so
8 we included the ones around it.
9 The next allegation was number 18 which was some
10 clerks that were processing absentee ballots prior to
11 June 9th, 2020, general primary were allowed to keep their
12 cell phones. And, again, this is one of those where it
13 was 2020, I know you understand the rule was changed and
14 it is -- it says that all cell phones, laptops,
15 audio/video recording device, other communications shall
16 be prohibited from the room where the processing of
17 absentee ballots are taking place except for county
18 election computers necessary. And the policy that we had
19 was that they not use their phones.
20 It was a new situation for us. It's a much longer
21 time frame now because it couldn't be processed until the
22 day of the election. And we took the phones from them
23 later on because we -- we found out that you cannot have a
24 phone in there. But the problem that we had was, again,
25 you had people that had to work multiple days. And,
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1 again, this is during the pandemic and there's medical
2 issues and family, other issues that they have. And so
3 just to have that phone there would be something that we
4 could do that we're not allowed to use them in the room.
5 I think we have corrected that issue now and wouldn't be
6 an issue in the future. I think it was just an error on
7 our part to say that our policy was to not use the phones
8 and not -- not have the phones.
9 The next one -- allegation was that Russell Bridges
10 failed to post a notice and -- hold on. I believe -- let
11 me make sure that's the correct one. The polling place
12 changes, yes. So this is another one of those situations
13 where we had multiple polling locations closed because
14 they were afraid of getting COVID. We had (inaudible)
15 hours that we're doing the -- and so we had about two
16 dozen other polls that decided even at the last minute
17 they did not want to have them there. And we corrected
18 that, and we fixed that.
19 So the only thing that we did -- we had six separate
20 workers to go around the county placing signs and notices.
21 So we believe we put all the signs and notices up. If --
22 when -- took down the sign that we didn't know about, then
23 that may have been one of the things where somebody took
24 down a notice that we didn't know about. And that would
25 be the only other explanation for that. But we had six
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1 workers that went around the county and placed notices on.
2 We also sent postcards to everybody to say when the
3 polling locations changed and the only time that we don't
4 place notice if it's the not -- not this election cycle,
5 but the next election cycle. So that you've already had
6 an election cycle where the notice was posted. So I'm not
7 sure exactly what the notice issue was because we believe
8 we sent everybody out. We put up all of our notices. And
9 that we sent out our postcards, even for the ones that
10 were last minute, we also sent those out. And we also had
11 our signs posted at those locations. So I'm not exactly
12 sure what the notice issue was if there was one that dealt
13 with a second election cycle or not. But, again, those
14 processes were in place. We believe this would not be an
15 issue in the future and we have ensured that those
16 processes are changed for the future.
17 The next allegation dealt with Ms. -- oh, here we go.
18 (Inaudible). Now, we spoke with the Secretary of State on
19 that one. And they informed us that if you had done the
20 oaths for those individuals prior to that date, you did
21 not have to do a daily oath. So as if -- if the notice --
22 or the statute says that we have to do daily notices then
23 the Secretary of State let us know that we did not have to
24 do a daily and that's what my confusion was with that.
25 We even checked on it to verify that that was not the
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1 issue. If they've already been sworn and there's an oath
2 and they didn't have to do a daily oath.
3 The last one that we had was the allegation with the
4 one with the absentee ballots. And the allegation states
5 that general -- during the general election runoff for
6 federal offices that some poll officers failed to process
7 the cancellation of absentee ballots properly. Some of
8 the poll officers failed to write canceled, the date and
9 time, and their initials across the face of the absentee
10 ballot. And this is the one that I -- I see what the
11 statute says, and I understand the reason and the need for
12 that. The problem that we have with them -- with the way
13 that it's worded is that we cannot remove the absentee
14 ballot from the envelope because then we would know what
15 the person voted. And that's the main issue that we want
16 to ensure is that you have confidentiality of your vote.
17 So if somebody comes into the registrar's office and hands
18 us their envelope with their absentee ballot in it, if we
19 open it up and write on there, then we would know what
20 their vote was. So what we did in this case, we checked
21 with the Secretary of State and the local board. And what
22 we were told was the process that we're doing was correct.
23 When we would write on the envelope canceled. And then we
24 also did an affidavit with it and submitted those. And
25 the reason that we let -- that they told us too was that
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1 that was a good process and that we have done that in many
2 years and that we were doing it correctly.
3 So if there's a -- a change that we now want to open
4 someone's ballot, then we just need to be informed that
5 and we will comply with that procedure. We felt that it
6 was a confidentiality with your vote issue, and we did not
7 want to have people know what their votes were. And then,
8 you know, you may have somebody sitting there looking at
9 it and may not like who you're voting for. And send you
10 to the wrong place or something like that. We don't know.
11 But we're -- we're trying to be as open and clear as
12 possible that we did not want to know what your vote was.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Can you -- can you tell me again who
14 told you that procedure was okay?
15 MR. PRETORIUS: The Secretary of State's Office.
16 MR. ARCHIE: Can I -- can I add something about those
17 canceled ballots? The -- the information that was written
18 did not follow the statute. Some of them were missing the
19 poll -- poll manager's name or they didn't use the word
20 canceled. They would use something else. I made copies
21 of all the ones that I found. At -- at no time were any
22 of those opened. You know, my understanding is they're
23 not supposed to open those envelopes. They're supposed to
24 just write on the outside, canceled, date and time, and
25 then the poll worker or poll manager's name.
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1 MR. PRETORIUS: Correct.
2 MR. ARCHIE: So that's where those errors occurred.
3 They didn't put all -- some of them were maybe missing the
4 poll manager's name. Some didn't have canceled, you know,
5 involved all different type categories in reference to
6 that.
7 MR. PRETORIUS: And -- and if that's the issue, then
8 I would defer to his investigation.
9 The -- I do want to state further that in June of
10 2020, we were in a full blown COVID pandemic. Poll
11 workers were trained in February for an election in March
12 that occurred in June. More than 100 poll workers could
13 not work or decided to retire. More than two dozen
14 polling locations declined to serve as a poll. The
15 election equipment was new and being used for the first
16 time. We were extremely understaffed with only four full
17 time staffing managing an election and this was an
18 election of epic proportions. We -- Chatham County does
19 not have a history of sloppy elections. Since then we
20 have gotten a new elections director. A new deputy
21 director of elections and we've added ten full time staff.
22 Again, we did not have the equipment when we were
23 training in February. The first display of the machines
24 was not until April. And we had our representative
25 actually come out too when we were unveiling the machines.
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1 And, you know, I voted for a machine that I had never even
2 seen before.
3 The main issue for us is that all the votes were
4 counted. Everything balanced. All of this had to be
5 done. We also had to do a hand recount at this time. And
6 so I think the intent of a fair election, yes, is to
7 follow all of the laws, but also to make sure that all
8 ballots were cast and all votes counted. Thank you.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you, Mr. Pretorius. Does anybody
10 have any questions for Mr. Pretorius?
11 MS. GHAZAL: First, thank you so much for coming up
12 from Savannah and for having done so much research on
13 -- on this before you came. It's extremely helpful to me
14 to really understand exactly what happened. I did have a
15 couple of questions and I'm not sure whether Investigator
16 Archie or you are in a better position to answer them.
17 But particularly with regard to those absentee
18 ballots that were -- that were brought in, turned in and
19 canceled. Were they properly canceled in Enet? And I --
20 but I think the -- the biggest concern with that is making
21 sure that only one person's vote -- or one vote counted
22 per voter.
23 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes. And that -- that is correct.
24 We did everything correctly as far as that -- the
25 affidavits were done, and they were sent because I think
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1 most of these allegations were at the registrar's office
2 and they were sent to the correct polling location.
3 MS. GHAZAL: Okay.
4 MR. ARCHIE: They did have an affidavit stapled to
5 them. (Inaudible) in terms that --
6 MS. GHAZAL: So there's no way they could have been
7 counted since they were stapled to that?
8 MR. ARCHIE: Yes, ma'am. And then there was
9 something written. It may not say canceled. But there
10 was something written on it. I think some of them said
11 spoiled, you know, and they were missing some of the poll
12 worker's or poll manager's names. But the letters were
13 attached.
14 MS. GHAZAL: Thank you. Thank you. That's helpful.
15 All right. Also with regard to that particular incident
16 and that -- that accusation. There -- there seem to be
17 some -- some real inappropriate behavior on the part of
18 the poll watcher. Interfering, you know, with voters.
19 Interfering with -- interfering with the -- the manager --
20 poll managers and it's important to note that even though
21 that was not a -- a case here. That is not appropriate
22 behavior and at the appropriate time I would like to
23 recommend that we send -- not -- not refer them to the
24 Attorney General's Office, but at a minimum send a letter
25 of instruction to the poll watcher, as well, because that
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1 behavior can't happen in a polling place.
2 MR. PRETORIUS: Thank you.
3 MS. GHAZAL: Thank you.
4 MR. LINDSEY: If I may, Mr. Chairman, a question. Is
5 now a perfect time to make a comment or do you just want
6 questions at this point?
7 MR. DUFFEY: Both.
8 MR. LINDSEY: And I appreciate your research on this,
9 I do. And I appreciate the difficult position you're in.
10 As one trial lawyer to another, I've had to stand in front
11 of governing authorities and had the feeling of wearing
12 somebody else's wet bathing suit because my client had
13 done something that he should not have done. And I want
14 to make sure you understand that.
15 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes, sir.
16 MR. LINDSEY: I'm -- I'm debating quite frankly in my
17 mind, and I don't know if I have enough information yet to
18 -- to not only send this to the Attorney General's Office.
19 But under O.C.G.A. 21-2-107, the State Election Board has
20 the independent authority to create an independent
21 performance review to see what's going on here. Because
22 my concern here -- now, most of the violations we see are
23 involving a isolated -- an incident that's somewhat
24 isolated involving one entity that's done -- one
25 individual or a small group of individuals does something
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1 wrong.
2 In this situation, we seem to have a systemic
3 breakdown by Chatham County to the degree that it -- that
4 -- that very well probably did impact some people's
5 ability to vote. You know, for instance, 37 polling
6 places that opened late. Most counties that if they have
7 a problem, it's one maybe two. In this situation we're
8 dealing with 37. That's a systemic problem. And that
9 some other issues, as well. At the appropriate time I am
10 going to make a motion to -- to send it to the Attorney
11 General. But I would also, Mr. Chairman, I don't know how
12 to do this exactly. I'd like to -- while sending it to
13 the Attorney General, I would also like to request that --
14 that someone from the county itself, like the election
15 supervisor come to us and provide us with an assurance
16 that what happened in June 2020 did not happen again in
17 November 2020. And did not happen again in subsequent
18 elections. That remedial steps have been taken so that
19 this did not happen again so that we don't have to send
20 this exercise of power underneath the code section I just
21 cited to ask for an independent review if you guys have
22 already taken can of this. You all understand where I'm
23 going --
24 MR. DUFFEY: I do and I think what I would ask
25 Ms. Koth to do is I would like for you to go back and see
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1 how many Chatham County complaints we've had in the last
2 say three years to see whether or not we could see this as
3 just, while egregious, but an isolated period of time or
4 have we seen other issues. I think that would help us to
5 decide on whether a performance review is appropriate or
6 whether having somebody come up.
7 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah. And -- and including a
8 discussion with the -- with the election officials
9 themselves.
10 MR. DUFFEY: Right.
11 MR. LINDSEY: And I would like something whether or
12 not they appear here or at least something in writing from
13 them to -- to demonstrate that the -- that the training
14 breakdowns. That the other breakdowns that we see -- saw
15 here this year. Have we take -- they've taken remedial
16 action to make sure that doesn't happen again. Because if
17 it don't, I'm going to have make a motion at some other
18 time that we have -- that have been reviewed (inaudible)
19 now. But I want -- since it was two years ago. But this
20 sort of thing should never happen.
21 MR. DUFFEY: Right.
22 MR. PRETORIUS: And -- and we agree. It's -- we
23 didn't have those issues before. And we haven't had those
24 issues now.
25 MR. LINDSEY: I -- I really understand the -- the --
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1 the circumstances in June 2020.
2 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes.
3 MR. LINDSEY: I just want to make sure that what
4 happened in June 2020, isn't a pattern conduct that is
5 impacting the voters of Chatham County today. And if it
6 is, then we need to be taking some -- some direct actions
7 in addition to sending it to the Attorney General that --
8 that's what I'm saying.
9 MS. GHAZAL: Just -- just to add a little bit of
10 color on June 2020. I don't remember the exact number of
11 counties that had extended hours. But I know that it was
12 more than a dozen.
13 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
14 MS. GHAZAL: So this -- while, yes, it -- it appears
15 egregious. I think that we could probably have similar
16 reviews of other counties that look --
17 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
18 MS. GHAZAL: -- where the patterns are similar. Just
19 before we -- I want to make sure we understand the context
20 of that across the State.
21 MR. LINDSEY: That's entirely why I'm not making that
22 motion today.
23 MS. GHAZAL: Yeah. Right.
24 MR. LINDSEY: I recognize the -- the -- the -- the
25 nature of June 2020.
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1 MS. GHAZAL: Yeah.
2 MR. LINDSEY: But I just want to make sure that steps
3 have been taken so that it hasn't happened since.
4 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes, sir.
5 MR. LINDSEY: That -- that's all I'm saying.
6 MT. DUFFEY: And the other thing I think I heard you
7 say was that the Court extended hours for 37 precincts?
8 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes.
9 MR. DUFFEY: That went beyond the precincts that did
10 not open on time.
11 MR. PRETORIUS: That is correct.
12 MR. DUFFEY: Do you know how many precincts did not
13 open on time?
14 MR. PRETORIUS: I -- I would have to -- and this
15 would just be a guess -- it may have been five. But for
16 extra safety and precaution the judge included 37 of them.
17 MR. DUFFEY: Mr. Lindsey, I think maybe what we
18 should do, talking about the 107 authority that we have,
19 is to send them a letter. And say these are the concerns
20 we would like for you to tell us and -- and explain what
21 it is that we need to know to deliberate over whether or
22 not to take an additional step.
23 MR. LINDSEY: Yes, Mr. Chairman. I think we should
24 -- that I would support that that's exactly the sort of
25 thing I'm looking for.
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1 DR. JOHNSTON: Mr. Chairman, just to be clear, 21-2-
2 388 states the poll manager shall mark canceled and the
3 date -- and the manager shall date and time across the
4 face of the absentee ballot.
5 MR. PRETORIUS: Correct.
6 DR. JOHNSTON: And show initials.
7 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes, that's correct.
8 DR. JOHNSTON: So I'm -- I'm confused about a mixed
9 message.
10 MR. PRETORIUS: No, no. It's not a mixed message.
11 What we -- what we have done in the past and what we have
12 gotten direction from the Secretary of State to do is to
13 write on the envelope that the absentee ballot is in. The
14 reason for that is that we want to protect the secrecy of
15 the ballot. So once -- if you open the envelope then you
16 would remove the absentee ballot and know what the person
17 was voting. And so, therefore, to exclude that, we leave
18 it in the envelope. Write on the outside of the envelope
19 and attach an affidavit that the vote is now canceled.
20 DR. JOHNSTON: But the statute says the ballot shall
21 be marked canceled.
22 MR. PRETORIUS: Correct. And that's why we checked
23 with the Secretary of State that the procedure was proper
24 and they told us that it was the proper procedure. Even
25 if the statute says that. Correct. And that's why I
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1 said, the statute says the thing when we call and make
2 sure that we're supposed to do that. And they tell us,
3 you know, for that reason what you are doing is the
4 correct procedure. We -- we can only comply with --
5 DR. JOHNSTON: Right.
6 MR. PRETORIUS: -- we were instructed.
7 DR. JOHNSTON: So -- so my understanding is poll
8 managers take an oath.
9 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes.
10 DR. JOHNSTON: That they will abide by the law.
11 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes.
12 DR. JOHNSTON: And they will not reveal any
13 confidential information before the close of the polls.
14 MR. PRETORIUS: That is correct. My only concern
15 with that is even if you know if I see you sitting there
16 as a poll worker and I bring my absentee ballot to you,
17 and I see you opening my ballot and then reading my
18 ballot. As a citizen, I would feel that would be
19 inappropriate because now my ballot's no longer secret.
20 That's my only concern with that. I understand what
21 you're saying about a poll worker taking an oath. But
22 even certain things are hidden from most officials. Some
23 officials are not allowed to look at certain confidential
24 information that certain people (inaudible) declares to be
25 secret. And this is one of the constitutional rights.
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1 DR. JOHNSTON: So you're saying because you're
2 concerned, you don't need to follow the law?
3 MR. PRETORIUS: No. I'm not saying that. I'm just
4 saying what we did was comply with what the Secretary of
5 State told us was correct procedure.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Well, let me remind everybody what the
7 purpose of us hearing this complaint and any of these
8 complaints is it's, especially those that are recommended
9 to be referred to the Attorney General's Office is -- we
10 don't make a finding --
11 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes.
12 MR. DUFFEY: -- whether or not --
13 MR. PRETORIUS: Correct.
14 MR. DUFFEY: -- there was a violation to refer to the
15 Attorney General's Office. And if they need additional
16 questions answered, they can investigate those additional
17 matters. And, ultimately, because even if the Attorney
18 General's representative is here and has listened to all
19 these things which I would send you're offering in
20 mitigation that might help them to determine what the
21 appropriate disposition is. But it's --
22 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes, sir.
23 MR. DUFFEY: -- us referring to the Attorney
24 General's Office should we choose to do so for additional
25 investigation for purposed disposition.
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1 MR. PRETORIUS: Correct. Thank you.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Any other comments? Questions?
3 MS. GHAZAL: One -- one last comment. This is not
4 the first and it won't be the last case in which ballot
5 proofing is a critical step that cannot be skipped by
6 counties. And so for any counties that are listening,
7 please remember how important this is. Because there is a
8 cascading series of errors that happens if -- if mistakes
9 are missed in the ballot proofing step. We've seen it
10 over and over again in multiple counties and I just think
11 that every time we see it, we need to highlight it so that
12 counties understand they can't skip that step. Even with
13 136 ballots (inaudible).
14 MR. DUFFEY: Let me just ask you for those people
15 that might be new to this. When you use the term ballot
16 proofing, could you explain what you mean by that?
17 MS. GHAZAL: So a county has -- every voter has an
18 assigned ballot which means that you have your district's
19 -- your district races to vote in. The larger the county
20 is, the more ballot styles they have and the harder it is
21 to make sure that every precinct and every voter receives
22 their appropriate ballot so that they get to vote on their
23 representatives and not somebody else's. The -- the case
24 here demonstrated that -- that some voters received a
25 ballot that had two school district races on it. And some
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1 voters received a ballot that had no school district races
2 on it when they needed it. They corrected it midstream so
3 that the -- the election itself was still valid. And
4 voters had the correct ballot. But because they had to
5 correct it, they had to create all new databases and --
6 and, like I said, there is a cascading series of problems
7 that -- that will emerge if you have -- if you first have
8 the ballots wrong. We've seen it in other counties that
9 have resulted in the -- the tabulators being mis-
10 programmed. And it creates an enormous sense of
11 uncertainty with voters. If they don't understand what
12 the problems are. So if you get the process right in the
13 beginning, you'll get the right results at the end. So I
14 just wanted to highlight that. This is yet another case
15 where it's -- it's a tedious process, but perhaps counties
16 need to make sure there is a backup review to make sure
17 they get it right the first time.
18 MR. DUFFEY: And the purpose of this is to provide
19 context. Not just for you --
20 MS. GHAZAL: Yes.
21 MR. DUFFEY: -- but for everybody --
22 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes, sir.
23 MR. DUFFEY: -- including those people that are
24 watching because all of our collective interest is to make
25 sure that if there are any -- if there -- if there's
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1 conduct that has an unintended consequence, that the
2 purpose of the rules is to make sure that -- that we don't
3 have to suffer an unintended consequence because we've
4 done it right the first time. But that's the only point.
5 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes, sir.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Anything else?
7 DR. JOHNSTON: Thank you. I'm just concerned that
8 there are -- they're valid ballots that could be used.
9 They're -- they're not marked as canceled. And could be
10 substituted at some point in the tabulation process or
11 counting process. In an -- and a unwanted vote be
12 discarded. And they've chosen a vote be substituted. So
13 I am concerned that every canceled absentee ballot be
14 marked canceled so that -- so that it could not be
15 substituted at a -- at a later stage in the process of the
16 election.
17 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Thank you, Dr. Johnston.
18 Any other comments before -- then would somebody -- my
19 proposal is that let's go ahead.
20 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
21 MR. DUFFEY: If there's an appropriate motion, we'll
22 vote on that. And we can go back to our regular agenda.
23 MS. KASPRZYCKI: Excuse me -- I'm sorry to interrupt,
24 but I'm actually one of the complainants with this case.
25 And --
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1 MR. DUFFEY: I'm sorry, what?
2 MS. KASPRZYCKI: I'm one of the complainants in this
3 case with Chatham County.
4 MR. LINDSEY: She's one of the complainants.
5 MS. KASPRZYCKI: And I received a letter that I would
6 be able to make a statement.
7 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
8 MR. DUFFEY: Okay.
9 MS. KASPRZYCKI: Sorry. I hate to interrupt but I'm
10 not I’ve never done this before. I actually -- and I was
11 a poll watcher in Chatham County for this election and I'm
12 actually the individual that noticed --
13 MR. DUFFEY: Could you pick up your microphone
14 please.
15 MS. KASPRZYCKI: Sure.
16 MR. DUFFEY: What's your -- is your number 26? 76?
17 MS. KASPRZYCKI: Hello?
18 MR. DUFFEY: What's your number?
19 MS. KASPRZYCKI: I'm -- I'm not -- I'm not sure what
20 number. I actually witnessed the improper processing --
21 MR. DUFFEY: No. I mean the number on your desk.
22 MS. KASPRZYCKI: Oh, RT5. It says it's on. It says
23 it's on but -- it's not --
24 MR. MASHBURN: Counselor, can you hand her your
25 microphone?
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1 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Just -- just come forward and speak from
3 his desk.
4 MR. PRETORIUS: Yeah. Mine's still on.
5 MS. KASPRZYCKI: Thank you very much. Thank you very
6 much for reading that part of the legislative code section
7 because I had it with me to read, as well. My name is
8 Gwen Kasprzycki. And I was a certified poll watcher in
9 Chatham County for the 2020 Senate runoff election, during
10 early voting and on January 5th. You should have a copy
11 of my signed affidavit. I would like to expound on that
12 affidavit today.
13 Every voter that arrived at my polling locations and
14 surrendered their ballot -- their absentee ballot to vote
15 in person did so without their ballot being canceled,
16 according to O.C.G.A. 21-2-388. The envelopes were taken
17 by the poll workers, most unopened. There were two
18 envelopes. The United States government envelope on the
19 outside and the ballot envelope on the inside. As long --
20 as long as the ballot -- the only envelope that was
21 touched with the affidavit assigned to it -- or was
22 stapled to it was the outer envelope. Not even the
23 envelope with the ballot inside.
24 Let's see, they were stapled to an affidavit that the
25 voter signed. They were placed in a wire basket and taken
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1 away at the end of the day which who knows what happened
2 to those ballots. Nobody knows, I mean, it -- it was a
3 live -- actually they were live ballots. I talked to
4 Russell Bridges, the Chatham County Elections Supervisor.
5 And I asked him directly why the -- the poll workers were
6 not following O.C.G.A. 21-2-388. And he looked me in the
7 eyes and sarcastically said, don't worry about it. I'll
8 take full responsibility. By failing to comply to code,
9 no one can say for sure that those absentee ballots
10 weren't cast. But I can say with certainty that the code
11 section set by the Georgia legislature was not followed.
12 And I want to thank you for letting me speak.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you.
14 MR. LINDSEY: Thank you.
15 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you, again.
16 MS. KASPRZYCKI: Thank you.
17 MR. DUFFEY: Anything else from members of the Board?
18 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah. At the appropriate time,
19 Mr. Chairman, I'll make a motion.
20 MR. DUFFEY: If you would, please.
21 MR. LINDSEY: The motion to refer the matter to the
22 Attorney General.
23 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Is there a second?
24 MR. LINDSEY: That would be the first part of my --
25 DR. JOHNSTON: Second.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: It's been first and seconded that we
2 refer the matter of 2022-062 to the Attorney General's
3 Office. Is there any discussion?
4 MR. MASHBURN: Just by way of clarification,
5 Mr. Chairman, are we going to dismiss allegations 1, 2, 4,
6 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 18? Their
7 recommendation is that they be dismissed or not? No
8 finding, are we going to dismiss those? Or are we going
9 to send all the allegations to --
10 MR. LINDSEY: Thank you Mr. -- thank you. Let me
11 clarify. I will -- I move that -- that we send the matter
12 to the Attorney General in conformance with the
13 recommendations of the -- of the investigator. And also,
14 to dismiss those allegations that were -- that the
15 investigator recommended be dismissed. Thank you.
16 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second to that motion?
17 MR. MASHBURN: Second.
18 MR. DUFFEY: Any discussion?
19 (No response)
20 MR. DUFFEY: There being none. All those in favor of
21 the motion say aye.
22 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
23 MR. DUFFEY: All those oppose no.
24 (No response)
25 MR. DUFFEY: The motion passes and it will be
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1 referred to the Attorney General's Office. I hope you
2 understand that that's the next part of the process.
3 MR. PRETORIUS: Yes, sir.
4 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
5 MR. DUFFEY: And the Attorney General's
6 representative has, you know, has been here and listened
7 to everything you had to say today.
8 MR. LINDSEY: And -- and if I may, Mr. Chairman, I
9 would also like to -- to follow-up on -- on your
10 suggestion. That -- that we direct you, I guess, to send
11 a letter to Chatham County requesting information on how
12 -- what steps they have taken to correct some of the
13 alleged actions that took place in 2020 to ensure that
14 this systemic issue that happened at that time has not
15 continued. In order to ensure the people of Chatham
16 County that their votes -- that they can -- that they can
17 vote and that their votes will be accurately counted.
18 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second to that motion?
19 MS. GHAZAL: Second.
20 MR. DUFFEY: Any -- any discussion?
21 (No response)
22 MR. DUFFEY: All right. It's been moved and
23 seconded. That we -- that we draft a letter to Chatham
24 County to address the deficiencies that were reported in
25 the -- reported in the investigation on this matter which
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1 is 2020-062. In addition to any other deficiencies that
2 might be disclosed in a review of complaints against
3 Chatham County for the last several years. And that's the
4 motion.
5 All those in favor say aye.
6 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
7 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no.
8 (No response)
9 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Then --
10 MR. LINDSEY: And I don't believe it takes a motion,
11 Mr. Chairman, just -- just if I may ask that the matter be
12 placed back on the calendar in February to see what the
13 reaction was to Chatham County. So that we can then
14 determine whether or not a performance review is necessary
15 and hopefully one will not be. But let's see.
16 MR. DUFFEY: Make a note of that and remind me when I
17 send out the agenda whether or not it's necessary to put
18 that on as an agenda item.
19 MR. LINDSEY: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
20 MR. DUFFEY: And, Ms. Koth, if you could please do
21 that review for us, I'd appreciate it. Thank you for
22 being with us. You may now travel back to Chatham County
23 attend your hearing.
24 MR. PRETORIUS: Thank you, sir.
25 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you.
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1 MR. PRETORIUS: Thank you.
2 MR. DUFFEY: All right. So we will now go back to
3 the regular order of complaints. But I'm going to -- I'm
4 going to recess for ten minutes. Ten minutes is when the
5 big hand's at the top and the -- so that we can continue
6 with a progress. So let's keep it to that time. So we'll
7 be in recess for ten minutes.
8 (Whereupon, a brief recess was taken at 10:34-10:44
9 a.m.)
10 MR. DUFFEY: Let's come back to order, please. All
11 right. Would everybody please be seated? Ms. Koth, are
12 you ready?
13 MS. KOTH: Yes.
14 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. We will now move to those groups
15 of cases which are cases recommended to be dismissed. And
16 what I will do is I will ask whether any of the members of
17 the Board would like to discuss specifically any of these
18 cases. We have been provided with the investigator's
19 summaries and reports. And so there are some that I
20 believe members of the Board would like to discuss, as a
21 Board, more specifically. I'll begin with anybody that
22 would like to discuss any of them specifically. All
23 right. Ms. Ghazal?
24 MS. GHAZAL: Yes.
25 MR. DUFFEY: We'll do them one at a time.
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1 MS. GHAZAL: Very good. I would actually -- the --
2 the first case I would actually like to request that case
3 SEB 2021-151, be continued and I would like to ask for
4 some additional research on that specific case. And that
5 was Tab 14.
6 MR. DUFFEY: All right. So let's talk about that
7 individually and specifically what you observed about that
8 and what you would like done in addition if it's pulled?
9 MS. GHAZAL: In -- in this case, Fulton County
10 absentee ballot processing due to an error in training.
11 There were multiple absentee ballots issued to a single
12 voter. And I would like that researched further because I
13 believe that there were violations in that case. And I
14 want to understand what steps have been taken to ensure
15 that that cannot happen again.
16 MR. DUFFEY: Ms. Koth, would you like to maybe
17 summarize this since we're discussing it for the group and
18 for us. And then if you can respond to what Ms. Ghazal
19 said. I'd appreciate that. You might not be able to, but
20 if you could, that would be helpful.
21 MS. KOTH: Summarize the complaint. Is that what you
22 said?
23 MR. DUFFEY: Yes.
24 MS. KOTH: Yes. This complaint -- the complainant
25 received unsolicited absentee ballots from Fulton County
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1 for the November 2nd, 2021 general election. And the
2 findings were -- they researched the issue and resolved
3 that during the training for the EV. The staff were
4 likely provided voter records for the purposes of scenario
5 training. But were in the active system of election net
6 instead of the training module.
7 Thus the action caused the voter to have changes made
8 to his actual record. An error appears that instead of
9 marking in person, they mistakenly marked by mail. Which
10 then added the voter to the absentee file that's pulled
11 daily for mail out. When marking mail out, they also
12 never clicked an issue date and therefore the voter was
13 continually added to the file to be issued a ballot.
14 The manner in which the file was run which was
15 commutatively cause for the voter with no issue date to
16 continuously be included. They corrected the method in
17 which the file was run to prevent future instances and
18 have spoken to Ms. Benjamin to ensure future trainings
19 must be verified that staff are working within the
20 training module of election net. That was from the deputy
21 director.
22 MR. DUFFEY: Right. So that seems one of the
23 concerns that you had about the intended consequences --
24 MS. GHAZAL: Yes. Yes. Exactly. And -- and I
25 believe it's -- it would behoove us to -- to make sure
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1 that Fulton has full notice of this and has an opportunity
2 to to be represented once this is discussed more fully.
3 Which is why I request that it be continued to a future
4 meeting.
5 MR. DUFFEY: Is there any objection to continuing it
6 at a future meeting?
7 MR. LINDSEY: No objection.
8 DR. JOHNSTON: I had the same questions.
9 MR. MASHBURN: No objection.
10 MR. DUFFEY: All right. So I'm going to remove that
11 from the agenda. We'll put it on the February --
12 MS. GHAZAL: Thank you.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Next.
14 MS. GHAZAL: The next case I wanted to discuss
15 separately, Ms. Koth, would -- would present Tab 15,
16 SEB 2021-153, city of Fort Gaines.
17 MR. DUFFEY: Now, Ms. Koth, could you summarize that
18 complaint for us, please?
19 MS. KOTH: Yes. This one had four allegations. The
20 city of Fort Gaines is conducting a municipal election
21 inside the City Hall and Mayor Kenneth Sumpter is running
22 for re-election. Mayor Sumpter continued to work from
23 City Hall and there's an allegation he spoke to some
24 voters inside the poll area.
25 There's an allegation that Mayor Sumpter had been
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1 observed looking out of the window blinds in his office to
2 observe voters in the poll area. There's an allegation a
3 voter named Willie Laine, a 93-year-old, told someone when
4 she voted her absentee ballot that she was not able to
5 vote for the people she wanted to vote for. At this time,
6 it is unknown that that occurred during this election or a
7 prior election.
8 There's an allegation when a voter named Rodney
9 Gordon came into vote that poll workers, Jackie Jenkins
10 and Cherry Smith, asked him who he was going to vote for.
11 The findings did not reveal any evidence to support
12 violations of Georgia Election Code in regards to any of
13 those allegations.
14 MR. DUFFEY: So, Ms. Ghazal, tell us about your
15 concerns.
16 MS. GHAZAL: So I -- I agree with the findings that
17 there was insufficient evidence to find a violation. But
18 I thought this might be a good opportunity to point out
19 that particularly in 20 -- we're coming up on 2023 when
20 we'll have more municipal elections. And best practices
21 would suggest that elections not be held in the offices
22 where officials who are up for re-election have to go to
23 do their daily job. It's -- it creates an appearance of
24 impropriety even if there is nothing that has been done
25 wrong.
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1 So having voters appear in the mayor's office to vote
2 for the office of mayor, creates a bit of a conflict of
3 interest. So I think -- I just wanted to, again, use the
4 opportunity of this forum to suggest to counties that they
5 find alternative polling locations that rather than the
6 offices of -- that are up for election that year. So if
7 -- if a county has a mayoral election, don't hold the
8 office -- don't hold the election in city hall. Hold it
9 in the -- in the courthouse or another location, if
10 possible. I understand that it may not be possible in
11 some locations. But just is better practice to make sure
12 that voters are not in the vicinity of the official who's
13 on the ballot. That's all. That's kind of my point here.
14 MR. DUFFEY: Is that something in our prerogative
15 that we could send out as a recommendation to the counties
16 along the lines of what you just said. Or is that
17 something that should come from the election division?
18 MS. GHAZAL: I think election division could -- could
19 send out a -- a directive that it's -- that simply it's --
20 it's a best practice. Recognizing that in -- in small
21 communities, it may not be possible. But it is -- it is
22 an advisory -- just -- just as an advice. I think we
23 probably would be the best. Because when we -- I don't
24 think it necessarily lends itself to rule making because
25 we don't know in 159 counties what facilities 159 counties
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1 have available to them.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Could I ask you to draft a letter for us
3 to send to Mr. Evans with that recommendation --
4 MS. GHAZAL: Yes.
5 MR. DUFFEY: -- and the reasoning for the
6 recommendation. And say that it was generally as a result
7 of this complaint. And ask him to do whatever is, you
8 know, is customary out of his office to -- to make those
9 sort of recommendations to the counties.
10 MS. GHAZAL: Yes, sir. I'd be happy to.
11 MR. DUFFEY: Great.
12 MS. GHAZAL: Thanks.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Anybody else have any comments?
14 Questions? Yes.
15 MR. LINDSEY: If I may. When you said there's --
16 there wasn't any evidence to support the violations, did
17 the -- did you -- did you all speak to the complainant
18 who, basically, made the allegation? Did they have
19 firsthand knowledge or was this simply something that they
20 heard from somebody else? I guess, that's what -- my
21 question is no evidence. I'm sort of --
22 MR. ARCHIE: This is actually one of my cases also.
23 MR. LINDSEY: Thank you.
24 MR. ARCHIE: The witnesses -- the primary witness did
25 not want to get involved. They wanted to remain
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1 anonymous.
2 MR. LINDSEY: All right.
3 MR. ARCHIE: And that's why it was hard for me to
4 prove any of the allegations.
5 MR. LINDSEY: Okay. But there is a -- did you talk
6 to the mayor to find out whether he was, in fact, in -- in
7 the city hall. Because I know, you know, that one day out
8 of the year that he shouldn't be in there, that's the day
9 of re-election if that's where the election is taking
10 place.
11 MR. ARCHIE: He said he would stop there during the
12 day, but he would go straight to his office. And he said
13 on election day he didn't go to city hall.
14 MR. LINDSEY: Okay. I mean, that's --
15 MR. ARCHIE: He denied the allegation.
16 MR. LINDSEY: Okay. So he, basically, denied the
17 allegation.
18 MR. ARCHIE: Yeah.
19 MR. LINDSEY: You know, because I just -- I mean, if
20 it is held at city hall, the mayor shouldn't show up that
21 day or the city council shouldn't show up that day. That
22 sort of goes without question. Thank you.
23 MS. GHAZAL: It's hard when you have three weeks of
24 early voting.
25 MR. LINDSEY: Thank you. That -- that makes, yeah, I
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1 didn't think about that.
2 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Dr. Johnston.
3 DR. JOHNSTON: So is there a move to continue that
4 case? Or you just wanted to make a comment?
5 MS. GHAZAL: I just wanted to make a comment. I -- I
6 agree with the recommendation that it be dismissed.
7 MR. DUFFEY: All right. So let's -- so on this case,
8 is there a motion to dismiss the complaint?
9 MR. LINDSEY: Mr. Chairman, there's somebody...
10 MR. DUFFEY: Well, first of all, are you a
11 complainant?
12 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: (Inaudible)
13 MR. DUFFEY: Well, because this case is -- so let me
14 -- before you speak, as I've explained to others, in cases
15 where a determination is made that it be dismissed because
16 there's not sufficient allegation to move forward. We
17 cannot allow a complainant to speak because the
18 complainant is the one who initiates the action is
19 supposed to have given us everything that we needed to
20 know to make a determination on how to process it. And,
21 in fact, we have been pretty generous with people that
22 want to add information to their complaints after they
23 file it for us to consider and so as far as we're
24 concerned, a complainant in this case has had sufficient
25 opportunity to present whatever they have for us to make a
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1 decision.
2 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: Right. The letter that we received
3 said we could come and speak if we wish to speak.
4 MR. DUFFEY: All right.
5 MR. MASHBURN: (Inaudible)
6 MR. DUFFEY: I'm -- I'm sorry. The letter that you
7 received said what?
8 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: This is on the campaign
9 obstruction.
10 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: 183.
11 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: 183.
12 MR. DUFFEY: Well, we're not to 183, are we?
13 MR. LINDSEY: Not there.
14 MR. DUFFEY: We're not -- we're not talking about
15 183.
16 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: Thank you.
17 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. So with respect to case number
18 2021-153, involving the city of Fort Gaines, problems with
19 the poll location. Is there a motion?
20 MS. GHAZAL: I move that we dismiss the case.
21 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second?
22 MR. LINDSEY: Second.
23 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded to dismiss
24 case 2021-153. Is there any discussion?
25 (No response)
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1 MR. DUFFEY: There being none. All those in favor of
2 dismissing the case say aye?
3 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
4 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
5 (No response)
6 MR. DUFFEY: The case is dismissed. Do you have
7 another case?
8 MS. GHAZAL: I have two other cases.
9 MR. DUFFEY: All right.
10 MS. GHAZAL: Tab 19, SEB 2021-166, Fulton County
11 handicap accessibility.
12 MR. DUFFEY: Can you summarize that for us, Ms. Koth?
13 MS. KOTH: On 11/4/2021, the Georgia State -- Georgia
14 Secretary of State's Office received a complaint from
15 Raymond Sharpton who stated Fulton County denied him the
16 right to vote during the November 2nd, 2021 election in
17 Fulton County. The complainant is handicapped and has to
18 use a wheelchair and was unable to gain access to a voting
19 poll inside Fulton County.
20 The description of the violation is as follows: He
21 is retired, has no car and uses a wheelchair. He spent
22 hours using Marta to get there and when he went there. He
23 went to Sarah Smith to vote this morning. He got off
24 Marta to find all the doors to the school locked and no
25 obvious voting there. He said the signs were confusing
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1 and they told him to go to Peachtree Methodist Church. He
2 heard that a few people had voted at the Sarah Smith
3 today. When he discovered that they had moved voting to
4 the rear of the school, the poll workers and poll manager
5 seemed oblivious that the sign was confusing to voters.
6 And disclaimed any responsibility for the sign.
7 The combination of the big sign at the normal
8 entrance to Sarah Smith, the move of the voting location
9 at the school and the significantly reduced signage of
10 where to vote, he thought was a mess. He was exhausted
11 trying to get to Peachtree Methodist Church only to be
12 turned away. He couldn't and he did not vote.
13 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Ms. Koth -- I mean, not you,
14 Ms. Koth, Ms. Ghazal, correct. Ms. Ghazal.
15 MS. GHAZAL: Yes. Thank you. I was consulting with
16 the Attorney General's Office. I actually -- here we go
17 -- in addition to the potential federal ADA violation,
18 there is also a state statute that requires that all of
19 our polling places are accessible for handicapped persons
20 and I -- I actually believe there may have been a
21 violation in this case. And as -- as in the previous case
22 where Fulton County has not been given full notice and
23 opportunity to respond here, I move that we continue this
24 case to give Fulton County the opportunity to -- to review
25 this and provide a response.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Any other discussion?
2 MR. LINDSEY: Yes, Mr. Chairman, same question that I
3 had before. You said, potential violation, none. I'm
4 trying to figure out why there's no potential violation,
5 given the allegation?
6 MS. KOTH: It said that the investigator spoke to
7 Nadine Williams. She emailed the investigator her
8 findings of the incident. And that he was unable to find
9 any evidence that Fulton County violated any election
10 laws. They had proper signage posted at Sarah Smith
11 voting site.
12 A response from Fulton County explained the location
13 and the change of voting sites, Fulton County stated the
14 following: Please see attached the template of the
15 signage that was placed at Sarah Smith. The signs were
16 4x4 and were placed per SEB 202 guidelines for sites
17 involving a polling place change.
18 They had monitors in place to assist voters in
19 finding the polling site on the SOS MyVoter page. Poll
20 managers are also instructed and provided exterior arrow
21 signs directing voters to the voting space. Although the
22 sign advises 07A, voters they are able to vote at Sarah
23 Smith where the sign was placed. They said they will
24 attempt to revise the design to avoid any confusion. The
25 investigator tried numerous times to get ahold of the
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1 complainant and could not get ahold of for any further
2 information.
3 MS. GHAZAL: I guess my question here is probably is
4 -- is -- was the location where voting actually took place
5 accessible for somebody in a wheelchair? That was not
6 entirely clear to me from the -- from the facts presented.
7 MR. LINDSEY: Well, you know, are you -- if I may?
8 Are you asking about 7A?
9 MS. GHAZAL: Yes.
10 MR. LINDSEY: And United Methodist Church?
11 MS. GHAZAL: Yes.
12 MR. LINDSEY: I can -- I can testify to that because
13 that's my polling place. And yes it is --
14 MS. GHAZAL: It is.
15 MR. LINDSEY: -- all on the same floor. And it is
16 accessible. And the question is whether or not these
17 other allegations are true or not. And it sounds like you
18 all weren't able to -- to get him to respond to -- to the
19 inquiry? Is that the problem?
20 MS. KOTH: Yes. They tried to get -- they tried to
21 email him and -- and call him. They couldn't get a
22 statement from him. They were trying to get more
23 information, but when they went out there, the signs were
24 fine. I'm not sure if they did a polling site that day --
25 MR. DUFFEY: Well, he -- didn't it say that he -- I
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1 mean, Sarah Smith used to be my polling place until they
2 moved it to Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.
3 MR. LINDSEY: We have the same one.
4 MR. DUFFEY: And if you -- when he went to Peachtree
5 Road after the effort to get there, they told him that was
6 the wrong place. And if you had all these people that
7 were at the polling place at Sarah Smith that were
8 supposed to be helping people. What -- how could they
9 have referred him to Peachtree Road when he goes there he
10 finds out that that's not where he's supposed to be. He
11 has to be back at Sarah Smith. None of this makes sense
12 to me.
13 And -- and because I know the back of Sarah Smith, I
14 don't know how accessible that was. Because the parking
15 for Sarah Smith is in front of the school. Parking along
16 the road has been blocked -- has always been blocked off
17 because it looks like a -- looks like a sidewalk, I don't
18 know if it is or not, but then you have to go up a fairly
19 steep hill to go to the back of the school if, in fact,
20 that's where the polling place was. So I have the same
21 concerns that you do. That there's -- that this -- we
22 ought to do more to investigate this. Especially when
23 somebody didn't get a chance to vote.
24 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah. I agree. Like I said, Sara
25 Smith is problematic with other -- the church -- I am, you
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1 know, I -- I will second your motion.
2 MR. DUFFEY: All right.
3 MR. MASHBURN: I -- I just -- I just have a thought.
4 Now, that the Chair has worked so hard to actually get us
5 letterhead, thank you for doing that, the Board previously
6 had no way to communicate through the mail until Judge
7 Duffey set that up so thank you for that. Can the -- can
8 the Board as a board send a letter to this complainant and
9 say if you don't assist with the investigation, your
10 complaint stands at risk of being dismissed?
11 MR. DUFFEY: Well, we do and we should. But did
12 anybody every go to his house to talk to him? Or was
13 it --
14 MS. KOTH: Yes.
15 MR. DUFFEY: Or was it just by email?
16 MS. KOTH: Yes, they did. They could hear the TV on,
17 but nobody came to the door.
18 MR. DUFFEY: Well, we don't know who that was,
19 though.
20 MS. KOTH: No.
21 MR. DUFFEY: But I just think where somebody did not
22 have a chance to vote and I will say that I'm bringing my
23 personal knowledge of these two voting places, it's easy
24 at Peachtree Road because it is all on the same level.
25 And it's -- and it's about as handicapped accessible. But
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1 they -- he was told he wasn't supposed to be there and
2 that he had to go back to Sarah Smith.
3 And the description is about having all these
4 monitors in place to assist voters in finding their
5 polling place. And here's a fellow in a wheelchair never
6 got pointed to the back of the school where -- because he
7 was where he was supposed to be. But never got to the
8 place within the place where he was supposed to be to
9 vote. And I think we ought to do some more research on
10 this. And I like the idea of sending a -- and a more
11 official looking letter telling him that. And then if he
12 doesn't do it, we can put back on the calendar for
13 February and dismiss it if we can't get further
14 information from the complainant.
15 MR. LINDSEY: Move to continue, Mr. Chairman.
16 MR. MASHBURN: Second.
17 MR. DUFFEY: Is there is -- okay. It's been moved
18 and seconded to continue this case to February with a
19 letter to go to the complainant inviting him to provide
20 more information or to meet with the investigators. And
21 if he doesn't that his complaint would be dismissed at the
22 February meeting. All those in favor say aye?
23 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
24 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
25 (No response)
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1 MR. DUFFEY: It passes.
2 MS. GHAZAL: Two -- two more.
3 MR. DUFFEY: So -- so do I get credit for being --
4 for multi-tasking to not only chairing meetings, but also
5 to creating stationery?
6 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Yes.
7 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah you get credit and we'll double
8 your salary.
9 MR. MASHBURN: I just gave you public credit, so,
10 yes.
11 MR. DUFFEY: Well, thank you.
12 MR. MASHBURN: I'm very pleased with it.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Next.
14 MS. GHAZAL: Tab 23, SEB case 2021-175.
15 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Can you summarize that for
16 us, Ms. Koth?
17 MS. KOTH: Yes. Oh, sorry, the wrong tab. The
18 complainant observed Penton Fleming take out his cell
19 phone while he was inside of the enclosed space. It
20 appeared to them he was taking a photograph of his ballot.
21 They were not able to confirm that Mr. Fleming took a
22 photograph. Penton Fleming chose not to answer questions
23 related to the investigation during our telephone
24 interview.
25 MS. GHAZAL: In this case, I believe that the facts
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1 strongly indicate that the voter took photographs not only
2 of the ballot, but also of the equipment. I do not
3 recommend referring this to the Attorney General's Office.
4 But I do believe that a letter of instruction is advisable
5 sent directly from the Board to the voter. Advising him
6 that this activity is prohibited by state law, and it
7 cannot be conducted at a polling place.
8 While I understand that -- that the evidence is -- is
9 not sufficient for referral to the AG's office, it's
10 strongly indicative of -- of voter ignoring instructions
11 directly from the -- the poll manager and the poll worker.
12 And that's I think a letter of instruction is sufficient
13 to -- to ensure that the voter's aware of -- of his
14 responsibilities and behavior.
15 So I -- I move to send a letter of instruction to the
16 voter in this case.
17 MR. MASHBURN: Second.
18 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded to send a
19 letter of instruction to this complainant along the lines
20 outlined by Ms. Ghazal. Is there any discussion?
21 (No response)
22 MR. DUFFEY: All right. All those in favor of the
23 motion say aye?
24 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
25 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
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1 (No response)
2 MR. DUFFEY: The motion passes. A letter of
3 instruction will be sent.
4 MS. GHAZAL: I have one more case.
5 MR. DUFFEY: That's all right.
6 MS. GHAZAL: And with my apologies.
7 MR. DUFFEY: There's no reason to apologize, this is
8 our job.
9 MR. LINDSEY: You've got a winning record so far.
10 MS. GHAZAL: Tab 26, SEB 2022-002, city of Nicholls.
11 MR. DUFFEY: And can you summarize that for us,
12 Ms. Koth?
13 MS. KOTH: It was reported that there were incidents
14 of non-resident voting. Voting with a fake address and
15 allegations that the elected mayor didn't reside within
16 the city limits. The complaint also includes an
17 allegation that there were early votes placed by people
18 outside the city. The complaint alleges that one
19 candidate paid for coffee for an elector if they came with
20 his or her voting sticker and took a photo with him. They
21 could then take their voting sticker to a local coffee
22 shop and would receive a free cup of coffee or a snow
23 cone.
24 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Ms. Ghazal?
25 MS. GHAZAL: We are privy to the investigation files
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1 that -- that are not public. And it became clear to me
2 when I was reading the files here that the allegations
3 were not made in good faith. And I say that because there
4 was a specific allegation that a street address was a
5 fraudulent address being used by multiple people residing
6 there. When the investigator went, he discovered not only
7 was there an apartment building at this specific address.
8 But one of the complainants had previously lived at that
9 address.
10 So the complainant said it was a fraudulent address
11 knowing that that was not true. So I'm -- I wanted to
12 point out that -- I -- I wanted to discuss this a little
13 bit more openly because there are no repercussions, right
14 now, for complainants that are made in bad faith knowing
15 that the information that they're complaining to is false.
16 And they are, in fact, alleging that voters have conducted
17 illegal activity when they have not.
18 If they put that in writing, then it's potentially
19 libelous and I just -- this case made me upset. And I
20 wanted to -- to bring it out to discuss it. Because it is
21 a very serious thing to allege that a voter has committed
22 fraud. And when those allegations are not done in good
23 faith, when they are done for some other purpose to
24 undermine the outcome of an election, I believe that there
25 should be repercussions. And so I wanted to discuss it in
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1 -- in this session.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Anybody else have a comment along those
3 lines?
4 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah. If I may, Mr. Chairman,
5 unfortunately we've seen a pattern of this. This is not
6 the first time that we've seen something like this. We've
7 seen other situations in which complaints have been made
8 and upon investigation the voter acted totally
9 appropriately. And it showed either a -- either a willing
10 -- willingness on behalf of the complainant to -- to file
11 a false complaint or a -- a failure of their part to do
12 any -- any kind of minimal investigation before filing a
13 complaint.
14 And I believe there's even a lawsuit as a result of
15 one of those. I don't know what the answer is in terms of
16 -- of, you know, on one side we want people who see
17 something that -- that is questionable to alert the
18 Secretary of State's Office to do an investigation. And
19 on the other side, we don't want to see a chilling effect
20 take place either against a particular voter or attempt to
21 question the validity of an election.
22 I -- I think it merits further investigation in terms
23 of what other states do. I'm sure other states have faced
24 similar issues. Georgia has -- I don't believe has any
25 such law that deals with complaints that are filed in bad
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1 faith. But I do think something needs to be done because
2 we are seeing a pattern of conduct taking place. And --
3 and I -- and I share in your concerns. I'm not sure what
4 the answer is though, to be candid.
5 But I do think it probably merits us taking a look
6 perhaps before the next meeting in February to see what
7 kind of recommendations we would make to the -- to the
8 General Assembly while it's still in session.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Any other comments?
10 (No response.)
11 MR. DUFFEY: I have --
12 MR. LINDSEY: That said, Mr. Chairman, I move to
13 dismiss.
14 MR. DUFFEY: Well, let me have -- make my comment
15 before we move to the motion. I think we have two
16 responsibilities. One is to look at claims substantive
17 violations of the law or rules and to hold people
18 accountable when that happens. Which is generally what --
19 what we do. But I share the concern that there -- that
20 there are actually two types of people that -- that's
21 filed complaints which corrupt the system itself. And
22 those are people who make statements.
23 And I think there's a statement in our complaint --
24 if you file a complaint online which we're going to
25 require in the future. That you make it the penalty of
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1 perjury, although we don't make them swear so the question
2 is whether or not that's perjurious. And then there are a
3 number of people that just file complaints without a
4 scintilla of information that -- that shows that there is
5 anything even to investigate.
6 And both of those are unfair to the people and it's
7 -- it's not just for the people that are accused to have
8 to go through this process. Including coming down here to
9 see whether or not as a respondent they're going to be
10 sanctioned or their case is really going to be dismissed.
11 As you notice the -- the only way a case can be dismissed
12 is by us. There -- it's a recommendation that comes from
13 the investigator, but -- so even if they see that they're
14 on the lesser category doesn't mean that that's going to
15 happen.
16 So what would I do? I would come down and see if I
17 have to defend myself. You know, at least under federal
18 law if you file -- if you file a writing or make a
19 statement to a law enforcement investigator, that can be a
20 false official statement for which there's a criminal
21 consequence. I don't know, Charlene, whether there's
22 anything simply files a complaint with a state agency, and
23 that that complaint is untrue whether there is -- maybe
24 that's something that we can look at to see what a remedy
25 might be for someone who does that.
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1 Okay. So I wholly endorse that --
2 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
3 MR. DUFFEY: -- at least begin looking at people to
4 maintain the integrity of the complaint making process.
5 And -- and -- and to protect the reputations of people who
6 are unjustly accused of something requiring them to go
7 through this process which regrettably takes longer than
8 it should so that they live under the cloud of that until
9 it's disposed of.
10 So I think that we ought to put that as an item for
11 the next agenda in February and that we with Ms. McGowan's
12 assistance to see what our -- what the alternatives are
13 available to us to hold somebody responsible. Until then,
14 I'm inclined to send a letter by the Board to these
15 particular complainants.
16 I'll have to go through and work with Ms. Koth to see
17 where it is that somebody made something that was specific
18 enough to have been false or allegedly false and just say
19 that -- that the responsibility in filing a complaint is
20 to be truthful. That they told us when they filed it that
21 they were truthful.
22 But there are just -- there are facts that are
23 apparently in direct contradiction which would show that
24 they're -- that they may not be truthful, at least tell
25 them that they have to be careful of -- but that we elect
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1 not to take any specific action at this time. Is that
2 acceptable to everybody?
3 THE BOARD MEMBERS: (collectively) Yes, Mr. Chairman.
4 MR. DUFFEY: All right.
5 MR. MASHBURN: So do we need to dispose of that by
6 motion?
7 MR. LINDSEY: I think the dismissal --
8 MR. MASHBURN: (Inaudible)
9 MR. LINDSEY: -- yeah. So we still need to dismiss
10 it.
11 MR. DUFFEY: And you've made the motion, correct?
12 MR. LINDSEY: Yes, Mr. Chairman.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Has it been seconded?
14 MS. GHAZAL: Second.
15 MR. DUFFEY: Any discussion?
16 (No response)
17 MR. DUFFEY: All those in favor of dismissing case
18 number 2022-002, say aye?
19 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
20 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
21 (No response)
22 MR. DUFFEY: It carries, and it is dismissed.
23 MR. LINDSEY: I have one, Mr. Chairman.
24 MR. DUFFEY: So you're done?
25 MS. GHAZAL: (No verbal response.)
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. Well, let me say it this
2 Ms. Ghazal. It's -- I -- I think that in a short period
3 of time we've begun to see patterns of the things where we
4 see things that aren't necessarily violations. But I
5 think it's our responsibility to do what you did today.
6 And I -- I thank you for doing that which is to begin
7 looking at the system as a whole. And trying to improve
8 it not necessarily by acting on a specific complaint. And
9 I appreciate that very much. You know, we'll do more of
10 that in 2023. Mr. Lindsey?
11 MR. LINDSEY: My understanding is that it was 183.
12 Was that it? Mr. Chairman, I would like for us to
13 individually take up case number 2021-183. I think it's
14 Tab 24, to give the folks who -- who received a letter
15 giving them an opportunity to come and speak. Give an
16 opportunity to speak, Mr. Chairman.
17 MR. DUFFEY: Okay.
18 MR. LINDSEY: I would ask that we do so.
19 MR. DUFFEY: So let's have a summary first.
20 MS. KOTH: This complaint came in on 12/9/2021. We
21 received a complaint from Tommy Smith. The complainant
22 stated that the campaigning obstruction took place during
23 the November 30th, 2021 runoff election in Forest Park,
24 Georgia. The allegation is about the sign, the 150 foot
25 rule being violated. And that a sign of his had been
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1 covered up by the Mayor, Angeline Butler.
2 MR. DUFFEY: First, any comments from the Board on
3 this one?
4 (No response)
5 You know, I made a note that it looked to me that
6 while maybe not a specific -- specifically egregious case
7 that there probably was a basis to proceed with it. The
8 question is how we should proceed with it? Because, you
9 know, I think -- I think sometimes we don't give enough
10 credit to the reporting people.
11 And we say, well, you brought that to our attention,
12 but we need -- we always need corroborating evidence or
13 that somehow the evidence of the complainant themselves is
14 not sufficient. Where somebody complains and gives
15 specific information about conduct, I think we ought to at
16 least rather than saying, well, we don't have enough and
17 we're going to dismiss it. I think the trend that I see
18 here that we're taking is that we -- that we're -- there
19 has to be better communication by us to them that there
20 are -- that -- that there are concerns that we have as a
21 result of what we see.
22 We're -- we're not going to refer to the AG's office,
23 but we are going to bring to their attention that what
24 they did was -- should not ever happen again. And if it
25 does, then we will be cognizant if there was a previous
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1 violation. So before I make a motion, I'll wait to hear
2 from anybody else who wants to speak.
3 MR. LINDSEY: Like I said, Mr. Chairman, I -- I
4 believe that -- that this was the case that -- that our
5 friend out there --
6 MR. DUFFEY: I just want to make sure. Yeah. All
7 right. You may speak.
8 MR. SMITH: Thank you. On this election -- I had ???
9 She was with me for every bit of it. We went and put our
10 signs up outside the 150 foot boundary on the night prior.
11 And when we got there at 6:30 the next morning, Ms. Butler
12 had completely covered my signs up and kept going past the
13 150 mark. We complained about it and the superintendent
14 just come over and took the sign from one side of the
15 street to the other side of the street.
16 I don't know where everybody went to school, but 150
17 feet is 150 feet. It doesn't change. And, of course,
18 there was a confrontation. The police department was
19 called and there was a report made. And this -- this
20 continues to happen in Forest Park over and over and over.
21 And nothing's ever done. And you're going to wind up with
22 the same thing happening over and over if something's not
23 done. I would like to call my witness Dr. Wanda. She was
24 there every bit of the way.
25 DR. WANDA: Good morning, I'm still on morning time,
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1 Chair. I don't know if protocol is going to allow this,
2 but, of course, I was on this journey throughout. I
3 started out in the beginning; however, my choice and what
4 we stand for in the city of Forest Park was way beyond
5 what we saw on this particular morning.
6 As the Plaintiff said, we got out there early that
7 day. Then we returned that following morning to see that
8 Ms. Butler had placed all her material and her team in
9 front of Mr. Smith's, I guess you would say campaign
10 signs. So to get a track record of this, I called the PD
11 for that city which is Forest Park to come out. And if
12 you look in your report, you always -- also should see
13 pictures of the behavior that took place from an incumbent
14 at that present time. And what that sent was a bad
15 message when it comes to election.
16 We're always dealing with poll distance, 150 as Mr.
17 Smith said, 150 is just 150. But if you brought something
18 to the attention of that superintendent elect instead of
19 marking it correctly, they lifted up the sign and moved it
20 completely. I have never seen anything like this in my
21 life. And I'm here today to plead with you that at least
22 send this message back to Clayton County, the city of
23 Forest Park that this is just unacceptable. The burden of
24 proof is there. The pictures should be in the file. We
25 made sure that everything will prove what we're standing
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1 here today.
2 We used the chain of command to call our local public
3 service to come out, take a report. But when we get back
4 to the city, I can promise you and I hate to promise
5 something, we'll be back here 2023, I can guarantee.
6 Some of you are here back to you all. I just want to
7 enlight you just speedily what is going on and we are here
8 every other year for something of another. Somewhere we
9 have to stop this -- this is where the buck stops. Coming
10 here to say that we feel that our election is not being
11 ran correctly, fair.
12 As constituents we have that right. Yes, we do have
13 our city attorney here. But at the end of the day we the
14 tax payers and we're not always wrong because we pay your
15 taxes to pay you. But we come out and be the victim at
16 the end when we are the constituents that trying to
17 regulate the right policy. The law is the law. And if
18 you abide by the law this should never come up where
19 another candidate should have an incumbent place signs in
20 front of his or move it. So I yield back unless my
21 colleague here has something to add. So thank you all so
22 much.
23 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you. And you are who?
24 MR. WILLIAMS: Mr. Chairman, my name is Michael
25 Williams. I'm the city attorney. I'm here representing
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1 the city clerk in her capacity as the Election
2 Superintendent. I'm certainly not here to speak to any of
3 the, you know, election exuberance or any of the behavior
4 that the campaign between each other. I'm here to speak
5 to the facts that were investigated by your investigator.
6 The -- the fundamental issue that's stated was
7 whether or not a 150 foot rule was violated. Your
8 investigator went out. Went to the site and determined
9 that the allegation was untrue. It's as simple as that.
10 And so we would just humbly urge you to follow the
11 recommendation of your investigator who was on the site to
12 investigate, who interviewed all the witnesses. And
13 determined that the allegation at heart was untrue.
14 MR. DUFFEY: Well, wasn't there -- didn't I hear that
15 what happened was that somebody had moved the sign from
16 one location to another location?
17 MR. WILLIAMS: That -- and that was determined to be
18 untrue by the investigator.
19 MR. LINDSEY: Tab 24, case number 2021-183.
20 MR. DUFFEY: You may be seated.
21 MR. LINDSEY: If I may, Mr. Chairman?
22 MR. DUFFEY: Yes.
23 MR. LINDSEY: The -- the struggle that I'm having
24 here is trying to figure out under the election law what
25 was violated. And -- and, you know, I -- I've been
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1 through five, six, actually six different elections
2 myself. And -- and campaign signs are always a
3 contentious issue on -- in terms of -- of what takes
4 place. But I'm trying to figure out, you know, our -- our
5 jurisdiction lies with, you know, making sure that the
6 poll workers and the -- and the county election folks and
7 the candidates themselves at times operate within the
8 election law.
9 And I'm trying to figure out, you know, and I
10 understand the frustration that you have. You know, you
11 put up the signs the night before the election. And
12 somebody else comes along, you know, and either takes them
13 down or -- or -- or -- or puts their sign directly in
14 front of yours. It's -- it's a frustrating situation.
15 But I'm -- I'm not sure where -- I'm still struggling to
16 see where underneath the election law which is our narrow
17 jurisdiction. We don't have broad jurisdiction. As
18 opposed to, for instance, somebody committing criminal
19 trespass or someone doing one of those other things with
20 your signs.
21 I'm -- I'm just trying to figure what would -- where
22 underneath our narrow jurisdiction we have jurisdiction.
23 That -- that -- that -- that's my struggle. Not -- not
24 that I'm approving of anybody else's conduct and so I
25 guess I need to know what specifically you feel the poll
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1 manager or the election official in that did. That's my
2 -- that's my narrow concern here that I think that if you
3 can understand where I'm coming from.
4 MR. SMITH: The election superintendent was also the
5 city clerk which also is a conflict of interest because
6 she works for the city. She's superintendent of city
7 election. There's an ethics violation here I'm sure.
8 MR. MASHBURN: If I could interrupt -- if I could
9 interrupt. I appreciate you being here, and I appreciate
10 everybody. But I have very specific questions with very
11 specific answers and that is did anybody from the
12 complainant's side -- is anybody from the complainant's
13 side saying that the -- that the sign creating the 150
14 foot buffer was not 150 feet? Was it 150 feet? Or was it
15 not? Or do you know?
16 MR. SMITH: I don't know -- it was -- we went behind
17 the 150 foot sign when we put my banners up the night
18 before. We complained to the superintendent about the
19 people going past the 150 foot mark campaigning. She come
20 out there and moved the sign from one side of the street
21 to the other side of the street.
22 MR. MASHBURN: But if you don't know where 150 feet
23 is, you don't know whether the sign is inside 150 feet or
24 outside 150 feet, correct?
25 MR. SMITH: That's correct. All she said was she had
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1 a buffer. Well, I don't know where that buffer's at so
2 150 feet across the street or is across this street.
3 Nobody seen it.
4 DR. WANDA: If I may? I think I can shine a little
5 more light.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Look -- look this is not an evidentiary
7 hearing. I mean, we -- we send an investigator out to do
8 this and to get the information based upon the complaint.
9 We can't change the facts that the investigator found and
10 made their recommendation by having an evidentiary hearing
11 which is inconsistent or in addition to the information
12 that was submitted to us to make a decision. And if
13 there's no evidence that you -- that of what the 150 feet
14 was, it may be the only place to put a sign was 150 feet
15 from the polling place where the signs were actually put.
16 It's not like they were taken away and thrown away. They
17 were just put to a different location.
18 But what I -- I agree with -- with Mr. Mashburn which
19 is -- what is -- what evidence is there that -- that the
20 sign was moved for the purpose of making sure that you met
21 your obligation to be outside the 150 feet. And absent
22 you having gone out with a, you know, with a -- with a
23 tape measure, to say we're clearly outside the 150 feet
24 mark.
25 MR. SMITH: Well, she had a sign that said 150 foot
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1 no campaigning. We stayed inside that -- outside of that.
2 And then when we complained about the other candidates
3 going past the 150 foot mark, she came out there and just
4 moved it from one side of the street to the other side of
5 the street and said she had a buffer. Well, I don't know
6 if that's 150 feet over here, I don't know where your
7 buffer's at. She moved -- she specifically moved that no
8 campaigning sign from one side of the street to the other
9 side of the street. Just, no tape measure, no nothing and
10 just said she had a buffer. I don't know where that
11 buffer is.
12 MR. DUFFEY: And did she take down your signs or did
13 she leave them?
14 MR. SMITH: Sir?
15 MR. DUFFEY: Did she take down your signs?
16 MR. SMITH: She did not take down my signs. She
17 moved the no campaigning sign from one side of the street
18 to the other side of the street. So 150 --
19 MR. DUFFEY: But how are you aggrieved by that? If
20 your signs were where you wanted them?
21 MR. SMITH: My signs were there. But the mayor at
22 that time was a candidate came that morning and completely
23 put her tent over my signs completely covering them up.
24 Impeded my campaign completely. There was no possible way
25 you could see any of my stuff. They come out there --
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1 MR. DUFFEY: But everybody was outside the 150 feet,
2 correct?
3 MR. SMITH: -- and then she -- and then after that
4 she started campaigning outside -- inside the 150 foot
5 mark. That's when the superintendent come and moved it.
6 MR. DUFFEY: But the -- but the campaigning within
7 the 150 feet mark I don't think is part of your complaint.
8 MR. SMITH: The complaint was -- the way she -- the
9 ethics violation -- that she -- that she did by covering
10 up -- impeding my campaign. The superintendent --
11 MR. DUFFEY: Well, first of all, look, the -- the
12 rule is -- now that I know this more clearly, you can't
13 campaign within the 150 feet.
14 MR. SMITH: That's correct.
15 MR. DUFFEY: You put your signs outside 150 feet,
16 right?
17 MR. SMITH: (Inaudible) that's correct.
18 MR. DUFFEY: Then she put her signs so that your
19 signs couldn't be seen. But she was also outside the
20 150 feet?
21 MR. SMITH: That's correct.
22 MR. DUFFEY: Right. So everybody complied with the
23 150 foot rule. What you're complaining about is that she
24 was mean spirited and hid your signs?
25 MR. SMITH: That's correct. And then when we --
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1 MR. DUFFEY: So what's the -- tell me what's that in
2 violation of? What does that violate? What rule or
3 statute does that violate?
4 MR. SMITH: Well, I talked to one campaign person
5 that's here in Fulton County said it was an ethics
6 violation. But --
7 MR. DUFFEY: But we're not an ethics --
8 MR. SMITH: -- the superintendent moved --
9 MR. DUFFEY: We're not an ethics commission. We are
10 the Board that has defined authorities.
11 MR. SMITH: I agree.
12 MR. DUFFEY: And what I hear you saying is,
13 basically, you're concerned about her unethical behavior,
14 right?
15 MR. SMITH: Well, that and the superintendent moving
16 the 150 foot mark.
17 MR. DUFFEY: But that didn't impact you; did it? I
18 mean, if that's our -- if that was a 150 feet even though
19 it was in a different location, your signs that you wanted
20 to be put up were put up in the place where you wanted
21 them.
22 MR. SMITH: That's correct.
23 MR. DUFFEY: And, in fact, that once she put up a new
24 marker, you could have put another set of signs over
25 outside the new boundary. But you didn't do that; did
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1 you?
2 MR. SMITH: I couldn't do that because the street --
3 the street's impeding that.
4 MR. DUFFEY: You mean, because it was in the middle
5 of the street?
6 MR. SMITH: What it is there is a vacant lot here and
7 this -- the 150 foot mark was here (indicating) and she
8 come out here and moved it across the street because the
9 city board built them. So the street was impeding that
10 150 foot mark.
11 MR. DUFFEY: So did any -- did anybody have -- well,
12 the fact that there's a street, I don't think if it's --
13 if you -- if they put a marker even though there might be
14 a street between the place where the marker is and where
15 the polling place is. I don't think that that means that
16 you can't designate 150 feet across a street. Did anybody
17 put campaign signs at the -- at the new boundary marker?
18 MR. SMITH: No.
19 MR. DUFFEY: So we're back to your complaint which is
20 that somebody who was not very nice hid your signs with
21 their signs?
22 MR. SMITH: In a word, yes.
23 MR. DUFFEY: And that, in your mind, is an ethical
24 violation?
25 MR. SMITH: At least that.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Well --
2 MR. SMITH: But I -- I don't --
3 MR. DUFFEY: I mean there's --
4 MR. SMITH: The thing about it is if you mark 150
5 feet off, it doesn't change. When you start complaining
6 about somebody going past the 150 foot mark, and you just
7 come out there and move that 150 foot mark, well, where's
8 -- where's the 150 foot mark? Is it here (indicating) or
9 is it here (indicating)?
10 MR. DUFFEY: It's a 150 feet around the whole polling
11 place. That's --
12 MR. SMITH: That's correct. So she's telling me that
13 it changed during the campaign.
14 MR. DUFFEY: But they didn't take down your signs,
15 sir. I mean, your signs were still there. Your complaint
16 is that somebody hid your signs with their signs, right?
17 MR. SMITH: That and evidently, they don't know how
18 to read a tape measure. Because my complaint is -- part
19 of it is how does a 150 feet change? I mean, if you
20 marked off 150 feet the night before and you complain that
21 people are going past it and you come and move that 150
22 mark ten feet in, then it's not 150 feet anymore; it's
23 140.
24 MR. DUFFEY: Can you help me?
25 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: That's how -- that's how we feel --
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1 MR. LINDSEY: But -- but -- but the problem -- the
2 problem is, like I said, it gets back to -- we have very
3 limited jurisdiction. And, like I said, if someone is
4 messing with your signs, that's possible theft, possible
5 trespass, that sort of thing. Although both of them are
6 sitting on public property so I don't -- not even sure if
7 that qualifies. And the fact of the matter is and this is
8 someone a former elected official, I've seen situations
9 where people put a sign up, their opponent puts two signs
10 on both sides of him. And then that person goes back and
11 puts two signs on the outside. It's a -- it's -- it's a
12 frustrating game that takes place for people trying to --
13 to win a serious office.
14 The -- the -- the problem comes in here where I just
15 haven't seen we're within our narrow jurisdiction. I'm
16 not necessarily -- I'm not saying what -- what was done to
17 you was right. I'm simply saying what this Board, within
18 our narrow jurisdiction, I just can't see where anything
19 that we have power over we could do anything about it. I
20 mean, I just want to make sure you understand that and
21 it's frustrating to you. You're going to be frustrated
22 with -- with that answer, but I'm afraid that that
23 probably is the only answer that -- that we have right
24 now.
25 MR. DUFFEY: Anybody else?
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1 (No response)
2 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a motion on this?
3 MR. MASHBURN: I'll -- I'll make the motion that I
4 appreciate the complainant's concerns, but the burden of
5 proof as to where the 150 foot sign was placed has not
6 been met by the complainant's side. And so without the
7 first fact that we got to know in a 150 foot case is where
8 is 150 feet? And the complainant said he didn't know
9 whether the sign was marked at 150 feet or not. So if the
10 complainant can't establish the 150 foot marker, then we
11 have no basis to go forward on the 150 foot case. So I
12 move that it be dismissed.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second?
14 MS. GHAZAL: Second.
15 MR. DUFFEY: Any discussion?
16 (No response)
17 MR. DUFFEY: All those in favor say aye?
18 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
19 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
20 (No response)
21 MR. DUFFEY: The case is dismissed. Does anybody
22 else want to discuss any of these cases specifically?
23 DR. JOHNSTON: Yes, I do.
24 MR. DUFFEY: What -- what Tab number, please.
25 DR. JOHNSTON: I think Tab number 3.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. Tab number 8 which is --
2 DR. JOHNSTON: Three.
3 MR. LINDSEY: Three, Mr. Chairman.
4 MR. DUFFEY: Three.
5 DR. JOHNSTON: Three.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Which is case 2020-225.
7 DR. JOHNSTON: 225.
8 MR. DUFFEY: Okay.
9 MS. KOTH: On 11/5/2020 the Georgia Office of the
10 Secretary of State Investigations Division received
11 several complaints regarding public viewing, the receiving
12 of absentee ballots, and public notification of the 2020
13 primary election audit of votes in Henry County. The
14 complaints are as follows: 1) John P. Herring, complaint
15 regarding public viewing, chain of custody for ballots,
16 and after hour voting. 2) Peter Christian reported
17 complaints of public viewing. So did Dylan Kalos, Karris
18 Ripple. And then number 5) is Jennifer Campbell reported
19 receiving four absentee ballots, 6) Bob Jessup reported
20 not -- he was not notified regarding the Henry County
21 November 2nd, 2020 general election audit.
22 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Dr. Johnston.
23 DR. JOHNSTON: So I -- so my question is were -- were
24 the complainants contacted?
25 MR. DUFFEY: Ask the -- Ms. Koth.
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1 MS. KOTH: It doesn't specifically say, but I would
2 -- I will double check on that. But he's very thorough.
3 DR. JOHNSTON: And were the -- were the election
4 workers contacted to respond regarding your -- their views
5 on public viewing?
6 MS. KOTH: I'm sorry. What was that question?
7 DR. JOHNSTON: So were the -- was the election
8 department contacted to ask about its policy of public
9 viewing?
10 MS. KOTH: The report doesn't specify that.
11 DR. JOHNSTON: And I -- and I was unclear how House
12 Bill 267 applied to this complaint.
13 MR. DUFFEY: What is House Bill 267?
14 DR. JOHNSTON: House Bill 267 relates to applications
15 for absentee ballots determination of eligibility for
16 furnishing these applications to colleges and
17 universities.
18 MR. DUFFEY: Anything else on this?
19 (No response)
20 MR. DUFFEY: Any other Board members have a comment
21 about the complaint?
22 DR. JOHNSTON: I just question since there were --
23 there were four complaints that -- that it may be an
24 attempt to contact these complainants. I just -- I could
25 not see where that had been addressed.
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1 MS. GHAZAL: Judge, on reviewing this, I do have one
2 question. One of the complaints suggested that a voter,
3 J. Campbell, received four ballots. Was that
4 substantiated?
5 MS. KOTH: It says the ballots she received were all
6 postmarked on December 20th, 2020. That she couldn't
7 recall if she requested an absentee ballot.
8 MS. GHAZAL: That suggests to me that she did, in
9 fact, receive four separate ballots?
10 MS. KOTH: Uh-huh.
11 MS. GHAZAL: So if -- if -- if that is the case, I
12 move that we continue this case to look into that further
13 to find out exactly how it happened. And to give the --
14 the county an opportunity to respond.
15 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second?
16 DR. JOHNSTON: Second.
17 MR. DUFFEY: Any discussion?
18 (No response)
19 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded that we
20 defer to February -- our February meeting, complaint
21 2020-225. Is there any further discussion?
22 (No response)
23 MR. DUFFEY: Not. All those in favor of the motion
24 say aye?
25 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
2 (No response)
3 MR. DUFFEY: It carries. Next.
4 DR. JOHNSTON: All right. Case Number 288, Tab 4.
5 MR. DUFFEY: Ms. Koth, can you summarize that for us?
6 MS. KOTH: On December 30th, 2020, Greene County
7 Election Supervisor, Kathlene Mayors, reported that voter,
8 Taylor Williams, voted in person on December 28th, 2020
9 during early voting. Williams had been issued an absentee
10 ballot by mail and canceled the ballot when voting in
11 person. On December 29th, 2020 he voted absentee ballot
12 -- the voted absentee ballot was received via mail.
13 According to the canceled affidavit Williams indicated
14 that they had never received the ballot.
15 DR. JOHNSON: So the question here is: What is a
16 voter to do if the ballot is -- is sent and not received
17 or accepted by late in voting -- early voting period? And
18 the -- the wording of -- of educating poll workers that
19 they need to specifically ask and note whether the ballot
20 was received by the -- the ballot received by the voter or
21 received by the election office and by whom.
22 These are -- these are rather confusing scenarios,
23 and it highlights the vulnerability of the Friday to
24 Tuesday before the elections. At the end of early voting
25 till election day on Tuesday, the cross up of mail
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1 delivery and issues of ballots placed in drop boxes and
2 ballots not received. And the dilemma of whether a voter
3 who doesn't have credit or has not seen credit for their
4 vote, whether they risk a vote in person hoping that their
5 -- their ballot will be canceled or a violation of law by
6 double voting or taking -- taking the risk that they --
7 their vote just won't count if the ballot is permanently
8 lost in the mail.
9 So it's to me it's just that sort of mind the gap
10 warning for voters as far as putting a ballot in the mail
11 versus voting in person. And once it's in the mail, it's
12 sort of a point of no return in many situations. I -- I
13 recommend the case be dismissed. But I just wanted to
14 highlight the -- the issue of -- of voting by mail, early
15 voting, recording the votes and the dilemma if your -- if
16 your vote -- if you don't think your vote has been
17 received.
18 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second to the motion to
19 dismiss?
20 MR. LINDSEY: Second.
21 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and dismissed (sic) that
22 case number 2020-288 be dismissed. Is there any further
23 discussion?
24 (No response)
25 MR. DUFFEY: There being none, all those in favor of
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1 dismissing this complaint say aye.
2 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
3 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
4 (No response)
5 MR. DUFFEY: The motion carries. Next.
6 DR. JOHNSTON: Case number 101.
7 MR. DUFFEY: What tab is that?
8 DR. JOHNSTON: Tab 5.
9 MS. KOTH: This is Morgan County poll issues.
10 DR. JOHNSTON: Morgan County poll issues.
11 MS. KOTH: The complaint alleges that there were
12 issues regarding poll workers not following proper
13 procedures in Precinct Six, Centennial Baptist Church.
14 They provided three issues that they believed
15 disenfranchised voters. The first one, the precinct poll
16 manager prevented effective public observation when the
17 poll manager resisted attempts from a NAACP representative
18 who was attempting to obtain the numbers of voters at that
19 precinct. They advised that they heard about other poll
20 watchers getting similar treatment and noted that the poll
21 manager had a negative attitude with voters.
22 Two, voters were not allowed to scan their ballots
23 into the machine due to an issue with the voter access
24 cards so they had to use emergency paper ballots. Due to
25 this, if a voter who accidentally marked multiple
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1 candidates on a singular race would not be alerted to the
2 error and could not correct it. They also noted that at
3 least one voter's vote did not count due to this. They
4 advised that they observed the poll manager later opened
5 the secure ballot box and scanned the paper ballots while
6 on site.
7 Third, in the West Morgan precinct while the cards
8 were not working, some voters voted on the BMDs, when the
9 poll manager used her supervisor card and manually entered
10 the ballot style. They advised that approximately 36
11 voters were then given the wrong ballot because of this.
12 DR. JOHNSTON: So -- so in -- in regards to the
13 allegations about poll watchers, O.C.G.A. 21-2-408 says
14 that poll watchers may be permitted behind the enclosed
15 space for the purpose of observing the conduct of the
16 election and counting and recording of votes. So I don't
17 -- so the point is poll watchers go through training and
18 should be instructed on proper procedure. But they are
19 entitled to be within the enclosed space and look at the
20 counts on the machines that include poll pad check in
21 numbers and BMD total numbers and scanner numbers while
22 not interfering with voters, the view of voter's ballots
23 or seeing personal information, identifying information.
24 I just wanted that to -- to be clear and maybe a letter of
25 instruction to this election office would be in order.
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1 The other question is: The duplicating -- allegation
2 number three, the duplication of ballots. In the
3 investigation, were -- was the duplication witnessed or
4 was it bi-partisan vote review panel utilized for the
5 duplication of these ballots?
6 MS. KOTH: I'm sorry. What was the question?
7 DR. JOHNSTON: In allegation number 3 about
8 duplicating ballots.
9 MS. KOTH: It said that 22 to 25 voter ballots to be
10 the wrong style so they could not be accepted to the
11 ballot scanner. This error was discovered and at the
12 direction of the Secretary of State's Office. The
13 precinct converted those ballots to the correct style and
14 were able to successfully scan them. The election
15 supervisor provided the poll workers with the correct
16 activation code which fixed the error.
17 DR. JOHNSTON: So --
18 MS. KOTH: They had the wrong activation code in the
19 beginning.
20 DR. JOHNSTON: My question would be: Were the -- the
21 poll workers that were duplicating the ballots, was that
22 witnessed?
23 MS. GHAZAL: Judge, I just wanted to note this was
24 the 2020 election, so this was conducted prior to the
25 passage of -- of Senate Bill 202. In which case
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1 duplication panels under the preexisting law were -- were
2 merely at the -- conducted by the county itself. So there
3 is -- there was no requirement at that point that it be
4 conducted with external monitors. That has changed and
5 that is necessary under current law. But under the law
6 that was in place when this took place, there -- there
7 would -- there was no requirement for party monitors for
8 that activity.
9 DR. JOHNSTON: Thank you. I -- I would request a
10 letter of instruction to Morgan County Election Department
11 regarding the poll watcher activity and -- and citing
12 21-2-408.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Well, what's the evidence that they
14 weren't allowed to do that? I mean, when somebody says
15 that they weren't allowed to watch. What does -- watch
16 what? And what -- so what do I tell them if I were to
17 write such a letter since there's no factual basis --
18 other than the fact that they objected to the viewing?
19 And they thought that one person had a negative attitude?
20 MS. KOTH: The investigator spoke to the -- the
21 elections director. And asked her about any issues
22 between poll managers and the poll watchers. And she said
23 that the one poll watcher had so many questions for poll
24 workers that she began to interfere with the work they
25 were performing. And that a Board member spoke with the
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1 poll watcher to let her know that she was interfering with
2 the election.
3 So for the findings of allegation 1, it said the poll
4 workers not providing the poll watcher with voter numbers
5 did not prevent the poll watcher from effectively
6 observing the election.
7 MR. MASHBURN: And I -- I seem to read that this poll
8 watcher that we -- well, this person we've been referring
9 to as a poll watcher, was from an outside group and not a
10 credentialed poll watcher. Am I -- am I right in that? I
11 understood it to be a representative of a group. But not
12 -- not a credentialed poll watcher.
13 MR. DUFFEY: That's what my understanding was.
14 MR. MASHBURN: And so -- they should -- that -- if
15 they're not a credentialed poll watcher, they should not
16 be within the enclosed space. And so I'm not even sure
17 they're entitled to have those numbers to be able to look
18 at. Although the number of people who have voted is
19 something that I frequently get whether or not
20 credentialed or not. And -- and it's an important public
21 number but I don't think if this wasn't a credentialed
22 person that their -- that their rights were violated, as a
23 -- as a non-credentialed third-party representative.
24 DR. JOHNSTON: That's a good point. Were these
25 credentialed poll watchers?
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1 MS. KOTH: No. They were --
2 UNKNOWN SPEAKER: Public.
3 MS. KOTH: -- they should have been like an observer.
4 They use that term.
5 DR. JOHNSTON: So these were observers?
6 MS. KOTH: It should have said observer, sorry.
7 DR. JOHNSTON: Never mind. Then I would move we
8 dismiss this case.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second?
10 MR. MASHBURN: Second.
11 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded that case
12 number 2021-101 be dismissed. Is there any further
13 discussion?
14 (No response)
15 MR. DUFFEY: There being none. All those in favor
16 dismissing the case, please say aye?
17 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
18 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
19 (No response)
20 MR. DUFFEY: Motion carries. Next.
21 DR. JOHNSTON: Okay. Case 118, Tab 6.
22 MS. KOTH: This is multi-state voter registration.
23 The complainant reported voters having registered to vote
24 for years in Georgia and registered to vote in 2020 in New
25 York but still voted in Georgia.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Comments?
2 DR. JOHNSTON: Comments. So there -- these are 22
3 cases of people that are registered to vote in two states.
4 In particular, registered in Georgia and New York. And
5 five of these cases indicate that the voter voted in New
6 York and then subsequently voted in Georgia. Which is a
7 -- seems to me a violation of Georgia law. Once you vote
8 in another state, you're -- you're canceled, your
9 residency is canceled in Georgia.
10 So out of these 22 cases, it seems to me that there's
11 a violation of 21-2-217. And so I would like these to be
12 investigated further. In order -- in order to register in
13 New York, the applicant claims -- has one of the
14 requisites for registering in New York is to claim -- not
15 claim the right to vote elsewhere. So when a person is
16 already registered in Georgia and then vote -- and
17 registers to vote in New York, they're -- they're claiming
18 that they don't have the right to vote anywhere else and
19 it actually asks that on the New York voter registration
20 form. But once a person votes in another state, their --
21 their residency status in Georgia is canceled and they are
22 no longer an eligible voter. But these five individuals
23 voted after -- voted in Georgia by absentee after they had
24 previously voted in New York.
25 MR. LINDSEY: I have a question, Mr. Chairman. In
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1 reference to Dr. Johnston's point, did they -- did the --
2 they -- they vote in New York but they registered in
3 Georgia at once -- I'm guessing, at one point were voters
4 in Georgia then went to New York, registered in New York.
5 Voted in New York. Did their -- did they come back to
6 Georgia and register in Georgia again? Or was it simply
7 did they try to use -- utilize their old registration in
8 Georgia? That's -- am I making my question clear?
9 MR. DUFFEY: Yeah. That's not clear. I'll --
10 MR. LINDSEY: I want to know whether or not that they
11 -- they then came back to Georgia, moved back to Georgia
12 and registered again in Georgia, or not? That's my
13 question.
14 MR. DUFFEY: Well, my motion is that we with -- that
15 we remove this from the -- from the agenda and consider it
16 in February. Because it does need more investigation to
17 summarize what this is. I'll just take one example, that
18 Mr. Zeb (ph) registered to vote in Georgia in 2019 and
19 last voted as absentee on November 3rd of 2020 but the
20 month before that he registered to vote in New York. And
21 the question that we've always had in these cases is: When
22 does their residency change? It's not necessarily what
23 you claim in New York. But it's unclear to me that
24 somebody who registers in New York and then does an
25 absentee ballot in November --
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1 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Have they really -- where are they a
3 resident? And where are they allowed to vote because they
4 registered now in two -- two states?
5 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah. Well, and -- and -- and my
6 understanding of the law -- where's my attorney general?
7 MR. DUFFEY: She's hiding over there, I think.
8 MR. LINDSEY: My -- my understanding of the law is
9 that once you register in another state, your registration
10 in this state is supposed to be -- to be wiped out. Isn't
11 that -- you can't be registered in two different states.
12 MR. DUFFEY: Well, the question is --
13 MR. LINDSEY: (Inaudible).
14 MR. DUFFEY: -- it needs more -- it needs more --
15 MR. LINDSEY: Let me -- let me put it this way --
16 MR. MASHBURN: If I could? I was a complainant in
17 the case so I have particular knowledge of this. What the
18 Board has traditionally done is if you are registered and
19 voted in another state --
20 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
21 MR. MASHBURN: -- and then came to Georgia. And
22 registered in Georgia, but you still had that lingering
23 registration that you just didn't -- didn't cancel. The
24 Board has not find a violation there.
25 MR. LINDSEY: Oh, I understand that.
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1 MR. MASHBURN: And -- and -- and deemed you a Georgia
2 voter. Even though you -- you should not be registered in
3 two places. To me these are different because they're a
4 long time in Georgia and they're doing both -- they're
5 doing both at the same time.
6 MR. LINDSEY: That's my point.
7 MR. MASHBURN: And so it's very different than the
8 ones we've dismissed in the past.
9 MR. LINDSEY: No, no. I'm agreeing with you --
10 MR. MASHBURN: Yeah.
11 MR. LINDSEY: -- that's --
12 MR. MASHBURN: Correct.
13 MR. LINDSEY: For that reason, you know, I guess,
14 maybe a little bit more investigation. I do agree that
15 let's continue this and have a little more investigation
16 because --
17 DR. JOHNSTON: Well, the fact of the matter is you
18 cannot be a resident in two states.
19 MR. LINDSEY: Correct.
20 MR. MASHBURN: Correct.
21 MR. DUFFEY: That's correct.
22 DR. JOHNSTON: It's mutually exclusive.
23 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
24 DR. JOHNSTON: And when -- and when you sign a -- a
25 voter registration application, you're attesting --
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1 MR. LINDSEY: I agree.
2 DR. JOHNSTON: -- under oath that you're giving --
3 you're giving truthful information.
4 MR. DUFFEY: Well, that's in New York.
5 MR. LINDSEY: Agreed. As a --
6 DR. JOHNSTON: And then -- then you're a resident of
7 this state that you're applying to vote in.
8 MR. DUFFEY: But under the -- under the law -- under
9 the statute, that's one indication of what your residence
10 is. So the fact is that I'm not going to -- we can't
11 conclude whether or not these are or not -- I think where
12 they are residents, we need to defer it for more
13 investigation.
14 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
15 MR. DUFFEY: And we'll have to identify the ones that
16 are really suspect. It's not all -- not all of them are
17 suspect. And ask the investigation to focus on those. So
18 my motion is that to defer this until February.
19 MR. LINDSEY: For further investigation.
20 DR. JOHNSTON: Right. So, yeah. Some of these cases
21 the -- the voter actually voted in November in one state
22 and January in the other state. Which needs to be
23 investigated.
24 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
25 MR. MASHBURN: Agreed.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Agreed. Is there a second?
2 MR. LINDSEY: Second.
3 MR. MASHBURN: Second.
4 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded to defer
5 case number 2021-118 to February. All those in favor say
6 aye?
7 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
8 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
9 (No response)
10 MR. DUFFEY: It carries. Next. Any others?
11 DR. JOHNSTON: The next case Tab 7.
12 MS. KOTH: Houston County, excess voting. It's
13 reported that Brooke Taylor Walsh under the name Brooke
14 Taylor Cunningham voted in the states of Georgia and
15 Florida, respectively. Ms. Walsh possesses both a Florida
16 and Georgia driver's license and it appears as though she
17 voted in the November presidential election under the name
18 Brooke T. Cunningham in Florida. Ms. Walsh did vote in
19 Houston County, Georgia for the January 7th runoff
20 election but she did so under the name Brooke Walsh.
21 DR. JOHNSTON: Same person, two different names, I
22 believe. And it's the same issue that she voted in
23 Florida which should have disqualified her from residency
24 in Georgia. And not be eligible to vote in Georgia.
25 MR. DUFFEY: Well, I don't think per se disqualifies
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1 her. The concern I have here is that she voted in two
2 states seems to be the real problem, to me.
3 DR. JOHNSTON: Right.
4 MR. LINDSEY: Well, it gets back to my question
5 earlier which is, Mr. Chairman, you know, did -- after she
6 voted in Florida in November, remember this was a nine --
7 nine-week runoff in which the registration period was
8 opened back up. Did she move back to Georgia after that?
9 MR. DUFFEY: That's a good point.
10 MR. LINDSEY: And then register in Georgia or not.
11 Because if she did, then that would have been perfectly
12 valid. But I can't see that from this record.
13 MR. DUFFEY: In -- in -- at the time of this
14 election, could you register for just the runoff or not?
15 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
16 MR. DUFFEY: You could?
17 MR. LINDSEY: Yes. Because of the -- the -- the
18 lengthy time period between the general and the -- the
19 runoff.
20 MR. DUFFEY: So what's your solution to this one?
21 MR. LINDSEY: I want to see -- I want to know -- I
22 want to know did she come back and moved to -- back to
23 Georgia and register in Georgia.
24 MR. DUFFEY: So you want to defer this --
25 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: -- to February?
2 MR. LINDSEY: I do.
3 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second?
4 DR. JOHNSTON: Second.
5 MR. DUFFEY: That was a motion, I assume?
6 MR. LINDSEY: Yes, it is, Mr. Chairman, sorry.
7 MR. DUFFEY: All right. It's been moved and seconded
8 that 2021-120 be deferred to February. Is there any
9 further discussion?
10 (No response)
11 MR. DUFFEY: All those in favor of deferral say aye?
12 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
14 (No response)
15 MR. DUFFEY: It carries. How many more do you have
16 Dr. Johnston? Because it's noon.
17 DR. JOHNSTON: I have one more.
18 MR. DUFFEY: Okay.
19 DR. JOHNSTON: Case 167, Tab 20.
20 MS. KOTH: Lumber City absentee ballot fraud. The
21 complainant, Nicki Stegall (ph) reports Alice Strong and
22 Barbara Quinn, filled out Pete Clark's ballot and they did
23 not sign as assisting. Mr. Stegall further alleged Alice
24 Strong and Barbara Quinn took ballots to the poll of
25 voters that they were not related to. He's here if you
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1 have any questions.
2 MR. DUFFEY: So what's the issue on this one,
3 Dr. Johnston that you have?
4 DR. JOHNSTON: So I -- I have questions about the
5 assisted voters and Ms. Strong and Ms. Quinn.
6 MR. DUFFEY: And what -- specifically what?
7 MR. ARCHIE: Okay. In reference to Ms. Strong and
8 Ms. Quinn, there was a complaint that they were assisting
9 voters with their mailout ballots. But during my
10 investigation, they only assisted voters at the poll
11 during advanced voting and/or on election day. There was
12 none when they assisted anyone with a mailout ballot.
13 Also, Mr. Stegall -- Peter Clark is his father. And he
14 was under the impression that Barbara Quinn and/or Alice
15 Strong assisted him with his mailout ballot at -- at his
16 home. But that turned out not to be accurate. Mr. Clark
17 actually went down to the precinct and voted in person.
18 And Alice Strong did assist him because he does have a
19 disability. And all the other -- they -- they signed
20 assisting all the voters at the poll. I was able to
21 verify that also.
22 DR. JOHNSTON: So they did sign?
23 MR. ARCHIE: Yes, ma'am.
24 DR. JOHNSTON: All the forms were signed?
25 MR. ARCHIE: All the ones I found, they did sign as
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1 assisting.
2 DR. JOHNSTON: Okay. And that's my only question. I
3 recommend we dismiss that case.
4 MR. LINDSEY: Second, Mr. Chairman.
5 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded to dismiss
6 complaint 2021-167. Is there any further discussion?
7 (No response)
8 MR. DUFFEY: There not being any. All those in favor
9 say aye.
10 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
11 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
12 (No response)
13 MR. DUFFEY: The motion carries. Does anybody else
14 have any others?
15 MR. LINDSEY: No, Mr. Chairman.
16 MR. DUFFEY: So there's no other proposed to be
17 dismissed recommend for dismissal cases to discuss. Is
18 there a motion to dismiss the cases which have not been
19 dismissed previously?
20 MS. GHAZAL: Absolutely.
21 MR. DUFFEY: Second?
22 MR. LINDSEY: Second.
23 DR. JOHNSTON: Second.
24 MR. DUFFEY: All right. It's been moved and seconded
25 to dismiss all the cases that are proposed and listed
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1 under cases recommended to be dismissed. Other than those
2 that have already dismissed --
3 MR. MASHBURN: Or otherwise handled.
4 MR. LINDSEY: Or otherwise handled.
5 MR. DUFFEY: What's that --
6 MR. MASHBURN: Some we -- some we sent back for
7 continuances, and some were sent back for more
8 information.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Or otherwise handled. So let me start
10 again, there's a motion to move to dismiss all the cases
11 under cases recommended to be dismissed, other than those
12 that have already been dismissed and other than those from
13 which we have deferred to -- to the February meeting. Any
14 discussion on that revised motion?
15 MR. LINDSEY: Or taking other action. We had one in
16 which we dismissed, but with instructions to you to send a
17 letter.
18 MR. DUFFEY: I promise to send the letter. Any
19 further discussion?
20 (No response)
21 MR. DUFFEY: No. All those in favor say aye?
22 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
23 MR. DUFFEY: All those opposed, no?
24 (No response)
25 MR. DUFFEY: The motion carries. All right. It is
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1 12 o'clock. There's been a late request from an attorney
2 from Sumter County, is it? You should always let me know
3 this earlier if you have a conflict letter.
4 MS. HOOKS: Sorry, Your Honor. I thought it would go
5 faster. We -- we can wait. Mr. Howard has a board
6 meeting this afternoon at 4:30. I thought we would be
7 okay. We can be fresh after lunch, if that would be
8 better for you or...
9 MR. DUFFEY: And what's the Board meeting you have to
10 attend?
11 MS. HOOKS: He asked the Board Chair, please not to
12 schedule their regularly scheduled quarterly (inaudible)
13 today because we knew (inaudible) your time and she did
14 (inaudible) be here to appear before the board.
15 MR. HOWARD: I have a 4:30 meeting, Your Honor.
16 (Inaudible).
17 MR. DUFFEY: Is there any objection to taking this
18 out of order?
19 (No response)
20 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Then we will now consider
21 case number 2020-03 involving poll watchers at Sumter
22 County. It's a case that's recommended for referral to
23 the Attorney General's Office. So let's first have a
24 summary of the complaint. Can you do that Ms. Koth?
25 MS. KOTH: Uh-huh. This is 2020-003, Sumter County
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1 poll watchers. The complaint is Mr. Howard reported that
2 individuals acting as poll watchers entered a polling
3 location and went into an enclosed space and inspected
4 Sumter County voting equipment. Sumter County Election
5 Supervisor, Randy Howard, reported that members of the
6 Constitutional Party of Georgia gained access and took
7 pictures of election equipment the day prior to the
8 March 3rd, 2020 special runoff election.
9 The election equipment was located at the airport
10 polling location. And an employee thought the group was
11 with the Sumter County Election Office and gave them
12 access to the equipment. The employee was identified as
13 Holly Lott who said she thought that the females presented
14 themselves as if they were there to check the equipment
15 and at the time she thought they were there with the local
16 elections office. Ms. Lott felt that the females
17 misrepresented themselves in order to gain access to the
18 equipment.
19 Ms. Lott accompanied the females to the room where
20 the election equipment was located and observed one take
21 what appeared to be a selfie. Ms. Lott said the females
22 never touched the equipment and she -- and she reported
23 the incident -- she reported the incident to Randy Howard.
24 The room where the election equipment was locked and only
25 Ms. Lott and her boss had keys. Ms. Lott did not ask the
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1 females for identification.
2 The election equipment was immediately checked by IT
3 personnel, and everything was okay and none of the seals
4 had been broken. Mr. Howard misplaced the file and the
5 poll watchers information and supporting documentation
6 regarding the incident. Investigator Blanchard spoke to
7 Angie Ellison of the Constitutional Party of Georgia who
8 claimed that they had no record of any poll watchers being
9 in Sumter County during the March 3rd, 2020 special runoff
10 election. The Sumter County Election Supervisor, Randy
11 Howard, was unable to locate the file containing the poll
12 watchers information and supporting documentation
13 pertaining to this complainant.
14 So the potential violations: Sumter County Board of
15 Election registration. Randy Howard, Election Supervisor.
16 There's evidence to suggest that Sumter County Board of
17 Election and Registration and Randy Howard violated
18 O.C.G.A. 21-2-500(a), delivery of voting materials,
19 presentation to grand jury in certain cases, preservation
20 and destruction, destruction of unused ballots when Randy
21 Howard failed to properly store the file containing poll
22 watcher information and supporting documentation
23 pertaining to this complaint. Mr. Howard ended up losing
24 the file and the poll watchers were unable to be
25 identified.
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1 Sumter County Board of Election and Registration,
2 Randy Howard, Election Supervisor, Holly Lott. There's
3 evidence to suggest Sumter County Board of Election and
4 Registration, Randy Howard and Holly Lott violated SEB
5 Rule 183 1 12.04(6), when Holly Lott failed to properly
6 check identification before allowing two unidentified
7 females to gain access to secure election equipment.
8 MR. DUFFEY: Okay.
9 MS. HOOKS: (Inaudible)
10 MR. DUFFEY: What is your number? 48.
11 MS. HOOKS: Well, I'm Hayden Hooks. And I'm Sumter
12 County attorney. And I appreciate you all accommodating
13 us so we can get back to Americus this evening.
14 I won't -- we don't disagree with the facts, but I
15 would just submit to you that we don't believe that the
16 facts match up with -- with the rule or the statute that
17 Ms. Lott and Mr. Howard are being cited for. And, I
18 guess, I said I don't -- we don't disagree with the facts,
19 but we do to the extent that Mr. Howard lost any records.
20 You'll note that this took place in March 2nd of 2020
21 and shortly thereafter we all know we entered into
22 lockdown and I do not know and it's not in the report.
23 Mr. Howard went back through his emails and can't confirm
24 when the investigator did come down to see him. So I'm
25 not sure the amount of time that passed between the
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1 initial self-report that Mr. Howard made and when the
2 investigator came. But I have here, and I know this isn't
3 an evidentiary hearing, but we have emails from Mr. Howard
4 to Mr. Harvey, who you all know was the former elections
5 chief, indicating who these ladies are. He has a copy of
6 their business cards that were transmitted to them. And
7 he also, you know, confirmed with Mr. Harvey because he
8 was confused. There was a little bit of a disagreement
9 because these women said they were official poll watchers.
10 And Mr. Howard had never received any -- you know, anyone
11 registering on the local level. The email shows that they
12 had sent the email to his predecessor who had resigned in
13 2018 and then they -- Mr. Harvey's office also confirmed
14 -- I don't know if it was Mr. Harvey or someone else, but
15 that these were not statewide poll watchers.
16 These individuals had not been credentialed by the
17 state. And so to the extent Mr. Howard was supposed to
18 maintain records of the official poll watchers, these
19 individuals were -- were not official poll watchers. But
20 also the statute that is cited is the statute that
21 Ms. Ghazal, I believe is how you say it, referenced
22 earlier talking about the duties of storing information
23 and that's -- that statute focuses on just securing your
24 returns. There's nothing in that statute that says
25 anything about your poll watcher records.
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1 And then for Ms. Lott, she's cited with the -- the
2 failure to secure equipment statute. Ms. Lott is an
3 employee at the airport which is run by an independent --
4 it's an independent authority. She's not a county
5 employee. She's not an employee of the Board of
6 Elections. And so I would submit to you that based on my
7 reading of that rule, she doesn't fall within, you know,
8 we've talked -- I've heard you all talk about in some of
9 these other matters about jurisdiction.
10 She's not someone that's subject to jurisdiction
11 under that rule, I don't believe. And even still, the
12 duty under that statute is that reasonable steps should be
13 taken to secure the equipment. And I would submit that
14 reasonable steps were taken. These machines were placed
15 in a secure location. They were in the conference room at
16 the airport. And, you know, only a few people had access
17 to that room. But when individuals come and, you know,
18 she had an official badge and misrepresent who they are,
19 and -- and people who aren't, you know, who aren't trained
20 because they're just the employees at the places that
21 we're, you know, we're getting for free. Just because our
22 budgets are so limited to use that their guard is not up
23 as much as if, you know.
24 These people were actually caught later at another
25 polling place trying to do the same thing by someone who
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1 was an official poll worker who had been trained on the
2 importance of security. But this is a third-party who
3 just hadn't gone through the training, and I heard you all
4 earlier today talking about the need to have elections
5 take place at non-official facilities. Well, you know,
6 you think of -- if we're going to start citing these
7 employees of theses non-affiliated facilities who haven't
8 been trained. It's going to make our lives harder to try
9 and find those facilities.
10 If -- if the -- the word gets out, I mean, we have --
11 Mr. Howard and I have really -- we thought we were going
12 to -- when this first came up in August and Mr. Germany
13 accommodated us -- our schedule and moved this to December
14 for us. We thought we were going to lose the airport as a
15 November polling place because the airport officials were
16 so upset about Ms. Lott getting dragged into this.
17 And so I would just submit that, you know, there's
18 some unintended consequences from this -- this incident
19 that Mr. Howard self-reported. He was trying to do the
20 right thing. He was reaching out to the Secretary of
21 State's Office for assistance. I believe the woman
22 involved in this complaint is well known to the Secretary
23 of State's Office as kind of being a little bit of a
24 troublemaker. And -- and now he, you know, he's being --
25 we spent our morning driving up here to Atlanta.
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1 And we just ask that you would consider maybe a
2 letter of instruction or dismissal. Since the facts don't
3 really add up to what has happened here. And if you all
4 want to look at the emails, you will see he actively
5 participated in trying to get this information to the
6 Secretary of State's Office. And I'm not sure where the
7 disconnect came from.
8 MR. DUFFEY: Let me respond to that. I would say
9 that somebody who elects to hire a third party to keep
10 secure information that's critical infrastructure for
11 voting would have taken further steps to say, if we do
12 this, let me tell you, you cannot let anybody in this
13 building. And I'll give you personal instruction rather
14 than trying to excuse the failure to do that by saying
15 that because they weren't a county worker that they
16 weren't personally instructed.
17 MS. HOOKS: And I don't -- I don't disagree with you.
18 But I would -- and I didn't want to go through the play by
19 play, but I think -- Ms. Lott has the flu, and I think if
20 she were here, she would tell you that there -- procedure
21 we have, you know, we're in a small county. We don't have
22 the resources that some of these larger counties have but
23 -- and we're certainly understaffed on deputies. We
24 couldn't have a deputy secure each of our 11 -- we just
25 don't have enough deputies on each shift to have that be
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1 an option.
2 But you -- but say, you know, Mr. Howard had talked
3 to her. She knew she wasn't supposed to. But the
4 procedure it -- that the county has done for years is that
5 the inmates at the correctional institute bring the
6 machines, they get locked up and then the poll workers
7 come in and unlock them and get them ready before election
8 day. And so the poll workers it's, any county attorney,
9 any county official will tell you, it's hard to find poll
10 workers.
11 It's not like they work 52 weeks out of the year like
12 most people do. It's only a certain number of days and so
13 they change a lot. And so when someone comes in, you're
14 doing your job, and someone comes in and says, hey, I'm a
15 poll watcher and not a poll worker, I find myself using
16 those words interchangeably in a call last week. And so,
17 I mean, I hear you. And we did, it was just kind of --
18 people -- they actually caught them the next day trying to
19 sneak in behind, you know, to watch the elections after
20 they've had been told not to. They were coming in --
21 trying to come in the back door of the airport. And so
22 we're focusing on the wrong people, I would argue. When
23 there are people who are trying to cause, you know, trying
24 to interfere with the elections. But Mr. Howard can
25 answer your questions about the training, if you'd like.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Well, this is, you know, as I've said
2 earlier, and I think you were here. Our function is to
3 determine whether there's something that we ought to refer
4 to the Attorney General's Office and I believe there is.
5 I mean, when you say we're focusing on the wrong people,
6 I'd say we're focusing on the right people, just maybe not
7 all of them. So, I mean, I will hear from the other Board
8 members. But, you know...
9 MS. GHAZAL: Well, I -- I had placed a note in here
10 that the real, if you'll forgive the term, the real
11 villains of this case are the unidentified --
12 MR. DUFFEY: Right.
13 MS. GHAZAL: -- individuals who misrepresented
14 themselves. And if you are telling me that you actually
15 have the identity of those individuals --
16 MS. HOOKS: Yeah.
17 MS. GHAZAL: -- would it be possible to somehow add
18 that information to this record as it's referred to the
19 Attorney General's Office. And -- and it could be that
20 that would require, yet another deferment to allow these
21 individuals, if they are named, to come and represent
22 themselves before the Board before we take any action.
23 But if we know who it was, if someone has the information
24 of -- on who these individuals were who misrepresented
25 themselves, obtained unauthorized access and photographed
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1 equipment, I think that is really material to the case.
2 MR. DUFFEY: Right.
3 MS. GHAZAL: I'm open as to what the proper next step
4 would be.
5 MS. HOOKS: And -- and I apologize that we came here.
6 I -- I've been reaching out to the Secretary of State's
7 Office and they kind of told me that with the new change
8 in the law their hands are kind of bound on their ability
9 once we get to this point to take it off the agenda and
10 investigate it further. That I needed to come to you all
11 and present these arguments.
12 MR. MASHBURN: Okay. Yeah. That's -- that's right.
13 MR. LINDSEY: That's right.
14 MR. MASHBURN: But do -- do you have the -- do you
15 have the IDs of the two females in question, or not?
16 MS. HOOKS: I do. I have --
17 MR. MASHBURN: Okay.
18 MS. HOOKS: -- names.
19 MR. MASHBURN: You -- you don't need to come up.
20 That's okay. I believe you.
21 MS. HOOKS: (Inaudible).
22 MR. MASHBURN: I believe you.
23 MS. HOOKS: Yeah.
24 MR. MASHBURN: I want to check the Board's
25 temperature on this. But I would like for your local DA
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1 to consider whether to file charges against those two if
2 they truly misrepresented themselves to get into secured
3 locations. So I would like to invite your local DA to
4 have a look at this. And whether we got to do that, or
5 they'll do it on their own. Just see what the Board
6 thinks about that.
7 MR. LINDSEY: Do we also, Mr. Chairman, have the
8 authority -- doesn't the GBI have direct jurisdiction
9 now --
10 MR. DUFFEY: They do.
11 MR. LINDSEY: -- sort of things?
12 MR. DUFFEY: Well, here's -- it's -- here's what I
13 think we should do. We can ask -- I think we should vote
14 on whether or not this gets referred to -- to the Attorney
15 General's Office. Ask the Attorney General's Office to
16 withhold on processing the case. We'll get those names.
17 I think it's incumbent upon us to provide some
18 investigation ourselves --
19 MR. LINDSEY: Yes.
20 MR. DUFFEY: -- of -- of these people before we refer
21 to --
22 MR. LINDSEY: Okay.
23 MR. DUFFEY: -- an investigative agency, including a
24 DA who's going to say, well, I don't have anything here.
25 Therefore, I'm not going to pursue it. Whereas we give
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1 them the information and allow them to make an assessment.
2 And determine whether or not you're going to go ahead and
3 -- and allocate the prosecutorial that sort of resources.
4 It's more likely something will be done.
5 MR. LINDSEY: Okay.
6 MS. HOOKS: Mr. Howard --
7 MR. HOWARD: Your Honor, may I say something?
8 MR. DUFFEY: Yes.
9 MR. HOWARD: First of all, I want to thank you and
10 the Board for allowing us to come here today and speak to
11 you for a second. Can you all hear me okay?
12 MR. DUFFEY: Yeah.
13 MR. HOWARD: Hi, my name is Randy Howard. I'm
14 Supervisor Sumter County Elections. On the date in
15 question, we had a runoff March the 3rd and -- with
16 Senator Carnes' office. I had five precincts to set up.
17 We were setting those up. What we used is our work
18 details, or inmates that is, state inmates out of
19 (unintelligible) County correctional institute. And we
20 was -- I pulled up in Andersonville and I realized my
21 correction officer was having an issue with some folks.
22 And I confronted them, and they were throwing papers
23 up, and they had a right to do this, and they had a right
24 to do that. And they was intimidating the officers and
25 the inmates sitting all around. And I said you're not
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1 going into the precinct while they are setting up. You're
2 not going to be around the inmates. And once we get
3 things set up, you come in. If you have the proper
4 credentials and we may, you know, I'll work with you, but
5 otherwise you're not going in there till the inmates get
6 everything set up.
7 And because the issue was there -- they was hollering
8 and fussing at -- at the yard so I thought the best thing
9 is they need to go on home. But at that time too is
10 that's when Larry Chitwood who's the one I wrote, our
11 supervisors was going behind and check to make sure
12 everything is set up and come back and told me some ladies
13 that had been at the airport and conned themselves into
14 (inaudible). So I got to talking and I realized who they
15 was. It was Marilyn Marks who's a Constitution party who
16 actually had me in court at the time and was suing me.
17 And Judge (unintelligible) Smith well, we meet the first
18 part and the judge was considering dismissing the second
19 part.
20 So I knew that I had a conflict and I could not get
21 involved. So I called Chris Harvey who was the election
22 official at the time, he told me call me anytime. I had
23 his cell number. I said, I got a problem down here. And
24 he told me -- and I explained to him what I had, and he
25 knew about the situation with the election because they
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1 were involved with us too. So he said I'll have an
2 investigator come down there and work on it.
3 We know who the ladies are. One, Marilyn, and they
4 have a group and they split up when they come into the
5 counties. They hit Dooley County, Crisp all these other
6 counties. Just -- just walk in and try to intimidate
7 people and get into it. It's our procedure -- if you're a
8 poll watcher, most people locally say, hey, Randy, I'm --
9 I send them the information. And if you're going to be a
10 poll watcher, I get them ID, I go out (unintelligible) I
11 go write a letter. (Unintelligible) state poll watchers.
12 I don't think I had about two since I've been here
13 since 2019. Come in -- we -- I meet them out there. The
14 poll managers won't let them in. I check their
15 credentials. If they are, I introduce them. We show them
16 around the place. I answer any questions they want. You
17 know, I -- I try to be very open. We -- it's our policy
18 to have an honest election. Also to have -- be very
19 transparent and not hide everything.
20 It's -- my background -- I was law enforcement 31
21 years. Sheriff 24, also a county commissioner and also
22 worked with homeland security for a while and I just don't
23 want my name tarnished. And I know it's wrong, but I do
24 not have a case file -- I didn't investigate till Chris
25 said, he would have an investigator come down there. I
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1 provided him names.
2 Also, that same day, the county commissioners, James
3 Gaston, Chairman, as well as Carson Walker and, I believe,
4 it was Phil Deese talked to those ladies at the courthouse
5 who came in. And it was Marilyn and the other -- it was
6 one lady -- there was a lady (unintelligible). So I said
7 -- there's a group of them. And there is another group of
8 them too who comes travel around.
9 So what happened is we did not -- I did not turn away
10 any poll worker. If they're a poll worker, If they're
11 honest, you know, to work with them. And later on I did
12 get the information from Chris when I got back. See I'm
13 one person. I'm the only full time person that is there.
14 At least at that time I had a part-time, but she was in
15 the office. I use hourly people -- the whole county works
16 together on our elections for security and setting up.
17 But at the airport, this young lady here, she's
18 worked with us. She's always been honest, you know, she
19 has to keep the key because of, you know, of fire or
20 whatever it is. And also my poll workers come in we put
21 all our materials at the doors and the walls the day
22 before. So people going in and out, but they are elected
23 officials. Here this young lady got conned with Marilyn.
24 She's a sweet talker. She is well-dressed, clean and she
25 knows all about elections. And she'll run a scam and a
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1 con like she did with my commissioners. But prior to the
2 lawsuit.
3 But anyway, so we went there. But I don't understand
4 what he's talking about ballots. All my ballots, even if
5 the -- if there's any leftover, they're blank. If they're
6 -- if they're emergency ballots, everything we have goes
7 back into the boxes. And they are heavy boxes. They got
8 seals on them. They've got stuff on the front,
9 well-documented and they are locked down and they stay
10 there until the statute of limitations. We have -- I have
11 not shredded the first ballot since I've been there. We
12 know the statute of limitations is two and a half years or
13 two years, but we have not shredded because we haven't had
14 the time with so many elections we've had.
15 So it's been a very (unintelligible). You know, 2020
16 March I was, you know, not only doing the runoff but also
17 getting ready for the next election. Plus, I was closing
18 down one Chambliss precinct because we didn't have enough
19 room and setting up a new place to take early voting. So
20 it was very busy -- not counting -- next thing I know
21 COVID pops in on us too. It's been a very hectic year.
22 Plus, the presidential election and the cancellation of
23 PPP. So, oh, yeah.
24 But I'll tell you -- I'll be honest with you, I don't
25 know of anything that I have destroyed and have been above
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1 board. I didn't -- I didn't go out and do a case file
2 because I didn't know I needed to do a full scale
3 investigation. If I did, I would have called the
4 sheriff's office. Who would probably refer me to the
5 Secretary of State. But also at the same time I would
6 have -- I thought you'll come in just be investigating
7 them instead of investigating me. Like I said,
8 (unintelligible). And I don't know of any documents that
9 I would have destroyed.
10 And I don't know of any, you know -- I should go
11 before the grand jury. I'll be happy to go before the
12 grand jury to tell the facts. I think they'll be
13 enlightened. Because I got a lot of witnesses that will
14 be present, you know, if I have to to testify what did
15 happen that day from the Boards as well as the workers and
16 everything else.
17 So I just -- I just don't know where this
18 investigation -- how it got turned around that I'm the the
19 perpetrator of the crime where the person that created the
20 issue from the beginning is walking around fancy free. So
21 I'm just not sure and I just don't -- I'm open for any
22 questions and I'm open for any investigation because I
23 don't have anything to hide. I just don't -- I just don't
24 know how I’m in this whirlwind with all this stuff.
25 I do appreciate you all for allowing us to speak.
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1 Like I said, I got to get back to the board meeting as
2 well, risk limitation and get ready to set up for
3 tomorrow. And I thank you for your time and also to
4 letting us go ahead of time before your break. Thank you
5 very much.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you. Well, first you -- one of
7 the problems I guess with citing a full statute is that
8 the word grand jury is in there, nobody is asking you to
9 appear before a grand jury. It's limited to the two
10 things that are set out in the -- in the investigative
11 summary. Any other Board members have input on this based
12 upon the matters that are alleged?
13 MR. MASHBURN: I just want to reemphasize what Judge
14 Duffey said previously and then come in and add to Sara's
15 discussion earlier and so the problem that I'm having just
16 to be very plain with y’all. The problem I'm having is
17 you had this room that's supposed to be under lock and
18 key. But you have to share it with the people whose room
19 it is and so they have to have a lock and key.
20 But the problem there is that, in essence, makes them
21 a deputy registrar because they're now in charge of
22 election stuff. And so you can't -- you can't say, well,
23 it wasn't our fault because -- because somebody who we
24 don't control did something. When it's you all's control
25 that's supposed to be the control. And so, you know, my
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1 argument that she didn't do anything wrong because we have
2 no jurisdiction over her, that points the target back at
3 you. So that's why the investigation is looking at y’all
4 because it's y’all's equipment and it's y’all's duty --
5 MS. HOOKS: And I don't disagree that there was --
6 was a failure. I mean, obviously, somebody got in that
7 shouldn't have. But I guess I just also -- I'm pleading
8 with you about the practical realities of this.
9 MR. MASHBURN: Right.
10 MS. HOOKS: In a small town with limiting, I mean,
11 we've got a lot of churches that aren't even handicap
12 accessible. I've been practiced in Atlanta for five years
13 and my precinct was a cathedral, St. Phillip. We don't
14 have anything like that and -- and I would just -- I hear
15 you but just think about the practical realities of it
16 that’s all.
17 MR. MASHBURN: Another thing I would like to add as
18 for the counties that are listening to this, when I
19 started doing this 30 years ago, I would be the only
20 person those people had ever seen. You mean -- you come
21 to watch our election, yeah. We do this all by ourselves.
22 You know, nobody's ever come down here before.
23 But we live in a different world now. And so you've
24 got to be more careful and you can't take people at their
25 word any longer. And it's sad that that's the case but
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1 that's the case. So everybody needs to double down on
2 their precautions because you -- you do have people and --
3 and you do have people that'll post selfies and say, look
4 at what I just did in this county. They don't have the
5 proper protections. And so, you know, there -- there are
6 people out there looking to embarrass you. And that's a
7 sad fact but there we are.
8 MR. LINDSEY: Mr. Chairman, I'm -- I'm struggling
9 with whether we'd be better off and I'm this -- and this
10 is a question. We would be better off with a letter of
11 instruction to the county on -- on what should be the
12 proper procedures on handling this. And move on to the --
13 for one of the better term, the bad guys who, basically,
14 conned their way in and did something they shouldn't do.
15 And whether or not there should be a further investigation
16 there.
17 I'm just trying -- I -- I -- I do want to see and it
18 to be clearly on the record that this can't happen again.
19 And that, you know, this -- these are the procedures and
20 the responsibilities of the county to ensure that it
21 doesn't happen again. You know, regardless and perhaps
22 good intentions that may have been involved. Whether or
23 not that -- that can be -- that issue can be disposed of
24 and then we can move on to the issues of those people who
25 wrongfully were able to get their way into the system.
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1 I'm -- I'm -- I'm asking.
2 MR. HOWARD: Your Honor, there is one thing I would
3 like to say instead of Ms. Holly, you know, I am the
4 supervisor of that and the buck stops with me and I'll --
5 I'll accept all responsibility. Anything go wrong at the
6 airport, that's my fault. That's not Ms. Holly's. And
7 she should not be -- go through this. She's been very
8 upset, the airport authority has been very upset.
9 That's the only precinct in that whole area and
10 they've been wanting us out now. So I don't know where
11 I'm going to move to. But if I do go -- unless I can
12 persuade him to do something different. The people
13 (unintelligible) been there for like 20 years
14 (unintelligible) airport and this has created a serious
15 issue for me right now trying to find another precinct if
16 I have to move. At least I got this year to do it.
17 And we have almost 3,000 voters go through there, you
18 know, that whole place, they make coffee for the poll
19 workers. The voters come in, they laugh, talk, get a cup
20 of coffee. It's just a friendly precinct. People loved
21 it. And now this happened and just messing the whole
22 thing up for us. And we -- and I am responsible for what
23 happened. So I don't think -- I think she should be
24 removed because it's my responsibility for it -- her
25 actions.
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1 MR. MASHBURN: So if you -- you think if we send
2 Ms. Lott a letter --
3 MS. HOOKS: They'll move the precinct.
4 MR. MASHBURN: -- of instruction and say don't do
5 this again and I think she's got it. But she's not -- she
6 is or isn't doing it anymore. I don't know.
7 MR. HOWARD: I don't think she'll let anybody in
8 there anymore after --
9 MR. MASHBURN: So she's got it.
10 MR. HOWARD: What she went through I ain't too sure
11 she --
12 MR. MASHBURN: So you think -- you think an equitable
13 resolution to this would be send her a letter say, don't
14 do this again, letter of instruction, but hold the Board
15 accountable that -- that somebody got into that room,
16 right?
17 MR. HOWARD: I have no objection to that.
18 MR. DUFFEY: That's what we should do.
19 MS. HOOKS: I mean, obviously, you'd rather not have
20 a consent order, but I've worked with the Attorney
21 General's Office on some of these. So we -- we can work
22 that out and find a favorable penalty, I'm sure.
23 MR. DUFFEY: Well, you know, that -- what has
24 happened in just the past few months is the extreme danger
25 of allowing people not allowed access to -- to the
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1 machines. And -- and the havoc that's caused to the
2 voting system and the people's trust in the voting system.
3 So I think at some point, whether you're a big county or a
4 small county, we have -- we have to make -- continue to
5 make a point to people that the dangers out there that
6 can, as Mr. Mashburn has said, are greater than they've
7 ever been.
8 And in order to be consistent and everything that has
9 been said here is more I think in mitigation then it is
10 excuse. And the idea of holding Ms. Lott by sending her a
11 letter, which I guess I have to draft that one too, that
12 gets her, I mean, I think that she's entitled to some
13 peace from all this. But I do think that the institution
14 of the election process in Sumter County is the Board, and
15 we need to refer that to the Attorney General's Office.
16 But I will ask them because we -- because they're
17 disposition might be informed by whatever investigation is
18 conducted of the individuals.
19 Now, Ms. McGowan, really loves to move forward on
20 things that we refer to her. So she's -- she might be a
21 little offended but I'm not asking her not to work on this
22 yet. But you'll accommodate me, won't you? Okay. So let
23 me make the motion that we -- that we refer -- that we --
24 that with respect to Ms. Lott, that we move to dismiss the
25 allegations against her but send her a letter of
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1 instruction.
2 MR. MASHBURN: Yeah. Sorry, sorry. I spoke too
3 quick.
4 MR. DUFFEY: Okay.
5 MR. MASHBURN: You know, we can't send a letter of
6 instruction if we dismissed -- we've dismissed it. We
7 have to send a letter of instruction in accordance with
8 it. So I don't think we can dismiss it and still give her
9 a letter of instruction. I might be wrong.
10 MS. MCGOWAN: That's correct.
11 MR. LINDSEY: That's correct.
12 MS. MCGOWAN: (Inaudible).
13 MR. DUFFEY: So we just find a violation and the
14 remedy is a letter of instruction?
15 MR. LINDSEY: Yeah.
16 MR. DUFFEY: So I'll move that we find the violation,
17 but that we not refer to the Attorney General's Office and
18 instead send a letter of instruction to Ms. Lott, which I
19 will tell her that that she is not going to be held
20 personally accountable, nor is the airport going to be
21 held personally accountable for any conduct that's been
22 alleged. And then I also -- and part of the motion, then
23 would be to refer it to the Attorney General's Office the
24 allegations against the county.
25 MR. LINDSEY: Second.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Any discussion?
2 (No response)
3 MR. DUFFEY: All those in favor of the motion, please
4 say aye.
5 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
7 (No response)
8 MR. DUFFEY: Motion carries. All right. Do we have
9 -- so we've taken that out of order. Now, DeKalb wants to
10 take theirs out of order. But before we do that, does
11 anybody want to pull any of the cases for violations not
12 recommended for referral to the Attorney General's Office?
13 MR. LINDSEY: No, Mr. Chairman.
14 MR. DUFFEY: Because if that's the case, if there's
15 anybody here they've been waiting in line and it wouldn't
16 take very long for us to resolve those. So we'll move on
17 to the cases not recommended for referral to the
18 Attorney's General Office. Which is case 220-123,
19 220-114, and 221-180. Does anybody want to pull for
20 discussion any of those three cases?
21 (No response)
22 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a motion then to move --
23 MR. MASHBURN: I move to accept the recommendation.
24 MR. DUFFEY: Is there any objection?
25 MS. GHAZAL: Second.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Second. Second. Any further discussion
2 on the motion?
3 (No response)
4 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded that we
5 follow the recommendation to the Board regarding case
6 number 2020-123, 2021-114 and 2021-180. All those in
7 favor say aye.
8 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
10 (No response)
11 MR. DUFFEY: Motion carries. Now, we'll go to the
12 final case which is case number 2020-029, DeKalb County,
13 election day issues. Tab 33. And can you summarize that
14 for us, please, Ms. Koth.
15 MS. KOTH: On 6/9/2020 Office of the Secretary of
16 State Investigations Division received approximately 55
17 complaints regarding the management of the 2020 primary
18 election in DeKalb County. The complaints are as follows:
19 1) One voting precinct was not handicapped accessible. 2)
20 Five polling precincts had poll workers who appeared to be
21 untrained and disorganized. 3) Two precincts experienced
22 equipment failures, printers/scanners. 4) One precinct
23 had a pest issue. 5) One precinct received its voting
24 equipment after the precinct opened. 6) Seven precincts
25 did not open on time. 7) Three precincts did not have
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1 enough ballot marking devices. 8) Two precinct locations
2 were changed without notifying voters. 9) One precinct
3 had staff who interfered with the voting process.
4 10) Thirteen precincts experienced technical issues with
5 the ballot marking devices.
6 Due to the limited responses from the poll managers
7 and the refusal of former DeKalb County Election
8 Supervisor, Erica Hamilton, to provide the necessary
9 records to complete the investigation. The investigator
10 was unable to substantiate or disprove allegations 2, 3,
11 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10. There was no violation of election
12 code for allegations 1, 4 and 7.
13 The potential violations were for Erica Hamilton,
14 former DeKalb County Election Supervisor. There's
15 evidence to suggest that Erica Hamilton is in violation of
16 O.C.G.A. 21-2-562(b), neglect or refusal to deliver
17 documents when she failed to respond to the Georgia Office
18 of the Secretary of State Investigations Division requests
19 for records.
20 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Is the county attorney here?
21 MS. VANDERELS: Yes. Good afternoon. My name is
22 Irene Vanderels. I'm here with Tristen Wade from DeKalb
23 County Law Department. I'm here representing Erica
24 Hamilton in her capacity as former Director of Elections
25 and DeKalb County, as well as the DeKalb County Board of
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1 Registration and Elections.
2 As a preliminary matter, I'd just like to note that I
3 -- I have requested a list of any documents that the
4 investigators believe have been requested or are still
5 outstanding because we would like to work with current
6 staff to make sure that to the extent that we have that,
7 those documents or information that they are provided. So
8 I emailed Mr. Germany about that last week. And we'll
9 certainly do everything we can to make sure that what is
10 needed is provided.
11 And just for some context because this case came in
12 after Ms. Hamilton left the county. We did run a search
13 of emails between Ms. Hamilton and the identified
14 investigator, and it does appear from those emails that at
15 least some documents were produced in response to his
16 requests. Ms. Hamilton and another staff member made
17 themselves available for interview and were interviewed by
18 the investigator. And that is consistent with
19 Ms. Hamilton's recollection as I understand it. So
20 there's -- there's not any intent from our perspective to
21 avoid providing information or documents.
22 And, again, we certainly on behalf of the Board and
23 current staff want to try to provide what has been
24 requested. And finally, I'd just like to note that the
25 cited statute 21-2-562 refers to a specific category of
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1 documents that may give rise to a violation. And because
2 we don't have a specific body of documents identified in
3 the -- the hearing notice or case report -- I don't know
4 that there is a basis for a violation of the statute.
5 And so until we have that list, we'd ask that the --
6 the case be dismissed. But, again, do want to provide
7 whatever documents and information may still be
8 outstanding. And Ms. Hamilton is here with us today. I
9 appreciate the Board accommodating hearing us before
10 lunch. She is a current election official in Cobb County.
11 And is preparing for the audit to begin tomorrow.
12 MR. DUFFEY: Well, Ms. Koth, let me ask you this.
13 You know, if you look at the ones where the investigator
14 found that there was no evidence, we have uniformly held
15 people accountable for that sort of violation. For
16 example, the violation that precincts were not opened on
17 time, are you saying that we couldn't find any evidence
18 the precincts weren't opened on time? Then there's a
19 violation claim that -- that one precinct received its
20 voting equipment after the precinct opened. Is -- why
21 don't we have information about when it was delivered and
22 whether or not there's a violation of the not having the
23 voting equipment there on time? And -- I mean, there's --
24 there's an interview of Ms. Hamilton who was interviewed
25 on I guess on the 2nd of December -- I'm sorry, February
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1 4th of 2021 where she said she stated she was aware that
2 some poll pads reverted back to advance voting data but
3 there's nothing here about equipment not being delivered
4 on time. I mean, these seem like such simple things to
5 determine whether or not they were or were not true.
6 MS. KOTH: Which number was that?
7 MR. DUFFEY: That's allegation 5. Then there was an
8 allegation that there were equipment failures.
9 MR. MASHBURN: Allegation 6.
10 MS. KOTH: For 5, he said that Patricia Young was a
11 poll manager at Stone View Elementary School. He recorded
12 the interview. She stated that the BMDs were delivered to
13 the precinct prior to the election but the poll pads were
14 programmed for early voting. She discovered the poll pads
15 were inoperable during the setup process at 6:00 a.m. She
16 immediately contacted the election office to request new
17 equipment. She received the new equipment at
18 approximately 9:00 a.m. All voters were offered
19 provisional ballots until 9:00 a.m.
20 MR. DUFFEY: Did they change precinct locations
21 without notifying voters?
22 MS. KOTH: That was -- that was for Brookhaven
23 Christian Church and Briar Lake Elementary School were
24 changed without notification. The poll manager at Briar
25 Lake Elementary School was unresponsive to his telephone
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1 and email requests for an interview. John Russell was the
2 poll manager at Brookhaven Christian Church. He confirmed
3 he had several voters appear at his precinct who had voted
4 there for years, but they were not on his list of
5 electors. Therefore, the precincts were, indeed, changed.
6 He (inaudible) --
7 MR. DUFFEY: So -- so is the way that we get out of
8 allegations is by having people in the county not
9 cooperate with our investigations? And there's nobody
10 else that could answer those questions? This person
11 wouldn't cooperate, so we don't go any further?
12 MS. KOTH: He said on 2/4/21 he conducted the
13 interview with Erica Hamilton an elections coordinator,
14 Latasha Howard. In response to the allegation of lack of
15 notice of precinct changes, they stated poll managers were
16 notified of dual precincts during their training sessions.
17 As the precinct list changed due to emergency COVID-19
18 related closures. This information was disseminated to
19 poll managers via email. Voters received letters of
20 precinct changes and there was a press release published
21 on the county website of precinct changes, as well. In
22 addition, signs were posted at the precincts that were
23 changed up to a week prior to the election. Ms. Hamilton
24 agreed to provide documentation of precinct change
25 notifications.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Anybody else?
2 MR. LINDSEY: Just for the record, Mr. Chairman, my
3 firm, and I do work for DeKalb County for that reason I
4 need to recuse myself for any consideration on this
5 matter.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. Thank you.
7 MS. GHAZAL: It appears to me that we have a bit of a
8 mixed bag here that in some of these cases, the
9 allegations are simply not supported by the facts. In
10 particular, the allegation of precinct changes, it appears
11 that the -- both voters received notice. Whether they
12 open the letters or postcards is -- is another question.
13 Whether the postcards that we send out are, in fact,
14 adequate notices. That's a policy issue.
15 So I think in some of these cases, like we've seen
16 before, there will be a large number of allegations and
17 not all of them are supported. But I think there's either
18 sufficient question with many of them or it appears that
19 there is sufficient factual basis to suggest that many of
20 these allegations are widely true but it's sorting the
21 wheat from the chaff here that we need to do. Such as
22 late -- this is -- this is the same -- same -- the same
23 election in which we had lots and lots of counties with
24 late openings, equipment not delivered on time because the
25 counties just weren't prepared. So that means that what
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1 we see here is some more of what we saw in Chatham County.
2 Which needs more development, I think, in some cases.
3 MR. MASHBURN: Yeah. Late openings are almost always
4 be associated with a lawsuit and a judge's order. So
5 that's one that to me should be capable of determining
6 whether it happened or not because there's almost, I mean,
7 I -- I can't imagine late openings that aren't some --
8 MR. DUFFEY: Sanctioned.
9 MR. MASHBURN: Yeah. Yeah.
10 MS. VANDERELS: I -- we did have a late openings and
11 did obtain court order extending hours for the June
12 primary. I can confirm that. And we're certainly glad to
13 provide documentation to that effect. And, again, answer
14 any questions or provide documents to the extent that we
15 have them that may still be outstanding.
16 But Ms. Hamilton's no longer with the county so she,
17 in her, you know, individual capacity is not able to
18 provide that information and documentation. So if the
19 Board feels that a continuance is appropriate, I can
20 certainly -- glad to work with the investigators or the
21 Secretary of State's counsel to flush out what they
22 believe may still be outstanding. Which is what I
23 understand the -- the -- the violation is here that we're
24 hearing today.
25 MR. MASHBURN: Well, if I may? The thing -- the
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1 thing that seems to be the issue with me and just kind of
2 being the -- trying to play institutional memory here.
3 Traditionally, when -- when an election director has an
4 allegation against them and they leave and go do something
5 else not related with elections, the Board is hesitant to
6 pursue people to the ends of the earth and just -- and had
7 them and just hound them. So the Board has traditionally
8 just let that go and said, okay. They're gone, you know,
9 then they knew -- they knew people were going to help.
10 But Ms. Hamilton is involved and still involved in
11 elections over in Cobb County. So what since
12 Ms. Hamilton's here, I would like to hear her commitment
13 to helping the investigators and helping the process as
14 one who's still involved in elections. I think she can,
15 you know, give the Board some comfort as her commitment to
16 the -- to the process -- if she's comfortable or willing
17 to do that.
18 MS. HAMILTON: Sure I can't go back to DeKalb County
19 to get any information.
20 MR. MASHBURN: Right.
21 MS. HAMILTON: But as far as anything that comes up
22 in Cobb County which I have to respond to, I am more than
23 willing to provide that information.
24 MR. MASHBURN: Right. And so with regard to -- to
25 things that you remember as a witness. Not whether you
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1 have documents or not. But, hey, yeah, I remember about
2 that pest thing or I don't remember about that pest thing.
3 You're willing and committed to talking to the
4 investigators and getting them what they need, right?
5 MS. HAMILTON: Correct. Yes.
6 MR. DUFFEY: So is there a motion?
7 MR. MASHBURN: I volunteer to make a motion. I move
8 to continue this and let Ms. Hamilton and the
9 investigators work together with DeKalb County and see
10 what everybody can do and get a report on it in February.
11 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second?
12 DR. JOHNSTON: Second.
13 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded to defer
14 this complaint until our February meeting. Is there any
15 further discussion?
16 (No response)
17 MR. DUFFEY: All right. All those in favor of the
18 motion say aye.
19 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
20 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
21 (No response)
22 MR. DUFFEY: It passes. And Mr. Lindsey did not
23 vote. And so that concludes all of the cases unless I've
24 missed any. Have I missed any?
25 MR. MASHBURN: You've done well.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Then we will adjourn for 45 minutes in
2 which we will go into executive session.
3 MR. LINDSEY: And, Mr. Chairman, I think -- I think
4 it needs -- I need to make a formal motion to go into
5 executive session, if I may.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Yes.
7 MR. LINDSEY: I -- I move that we go into executive
8 session to handle personnel matters.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second?
10 MR. MASHBURN: Second.
11 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded to go into
12 executive session. All those in favor of the motion say
13 aye.
14 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
15 MR. DUFFEY: Opposed, no?
16 (No response)
17 MR. DUFFEY: Then we are in executive session. And
18 we'll see everybody back here at quarter -- about quarter
19 to two.
20 (Whereupon, a recess was taken at 1:04-1:54 p.m.)
21 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Do we have a motion to
22 return from executive session?
23 MR. LINDSEY: I shall move, Mr. Chairman.
24 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second?
25 DR. JOHNSTON: Second.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: It has been moved and seconded that we
2 retire from executive session. So we are now back into
3 the meeting of the Board. And the next item of business
4 are, you know, is those cases that are -- that are subject
5 to the report of the Attorney General, Charlene McGowan.
6 If you'd like to...
7 MS. MCGOWAN: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. From the
8 Attorney General's report, I'm presenting a number of
9 consent orders that the -- that our office negotiated with
10 the respondents in the cases that are listed on the
11 agenda. It includes one consent order with Clayton County
12 that resolves two cases. SEB 2016-023 and 2016-114.
13 I also have four final orders to present to the
14 Board. Three of them are orders dismissing the case. Two
15 of the cases the respondents that are named are deceased.
16 So we're recommending that those cases be dismissed. As
17 well as SEB 2020-008 involving the city of Milan in
18 Telfair County. Our office has concluded that no
19 violation occurred in that case, and we’re recommending
20 that the Board dismiss the case. One of them is a
21 reprimand and a cease and desist order.
22 So if the Board has any questions about any
23 individual case, I'm happy to entertain your questions.
24 Otherwise, we recommend that the Board approve the consent
25 orders and final orders submitted by the Attorney
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1 General's Office.
2 MR. DUFFEY: I just have a question looking at these
3 as a coherent whole that we're looking at your recommended
4 remedies. It looks like you have listened carefully to
5 people who self-reported their violations and that that
6 impacted what you're recommending that we do, and we had
7 talked about doing that. Is that something that you're
8 still looking at?
9 MS. MCGOWN: Yes, particularly cases involving county
10 elections officials where they self-report we certainly
11 take that into account and appreciate counties taking that
12 action.
13 MR. DUFFEY: Good. Does anybody on the Board have
14 any questions about the -- the cases in the proposed
15 disposition by the Attorney General that are listed on the
16 agenda?
17 DR. JOHNSTON: So I in the case of 030 where the
18 Gwinnett County self-reported and I appreciate -- I really
19 appreciate self-reporting and that adds an opportunity for
20 improvement. However, there were multiple problems in
21 that case where 15 of 27 poll precincts did not open on
22 time. So given the -- that these multiple allegations
23 were self-reported and hopefully the plan is provided that
24 they won't -- that this won't happen again. What's really
25 needed is just a cease and desist?
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1 MS. MCGOWAN: So this -- this is the case you're
2 asking about which is 2020-030, involving Gwinnett County.
3 The -- the meeting when that case was presided, I believe
4 it was, sometime over the summer at a recent meeting. At
5 that particular meeting the county attorney was present
6 and presented on behalf of the county and the Board at
7 that time asked the county attorney if the county would be
8 willing to agree to this particular remedy. So when the
9 Board voted to send the case over to our office, that was
10 the recommendation of the Board at the time. And so we
11 just simply (inaudible) the remedy that the Board
12 requested during this meeting.
13 DR. JOHNSTON: Okay. So it seems like violations and
14 no penalty, what will -- but there will be a record of
15 this that we might ask about it in the future.
16 MS. MCGOWAN: The signed consent order is a part of
17 the record, that is correct.
18 MR. DUFFEY: Do those get filed in the county for --
19 or do we file this in Fulton County?
20 MS. MCGOWAN: No. They're just maintained as part of
21 our records and if there ever became a need to move to
22 enforce the terms of the consent order, that's when it
23 would be filed with the court.
24 MR. DUFFEY: Any other questions of Ms. McGowan?
25 DR. JOHNSTON: I have a question, Judge. In some of
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1 these violations I'm looking for consistency and some of
2 these there is -- they're similar violations rolled into
3 one case. And I just, I guess, I question if there are
4 two violations that occurred over three locations, but we
5 only agreed to a minimal civil penalty, would it fair to
6 consider that there are actually six violations that
7 occurred?
8 MR. DUFFEY: Well, that's -- you can always do that.
9 Recognize the process here and -- and anybody who's a
10 respondent is -- is going to know what happened.
11 Universal -- universal conclusive remedy and they often
12 talk in general terms about all -- all the violations and
13 what would be appropriate with respect to all of them. Of
14 course, if we decide that we wanted to do that, we would
15 have to send it back to the general -- Attorney General's
16 Office. They would have to renegotiate a consent order.
17 DR. JOHNSTON: So maybe it could be for future cases
18 in consideration of -- of multiple violations that are
19 included in a single case could be considered maybe a
20 stronger fine or penalty.
21 MR. DUFFEY: Maybe maybe not depends on what the
22 Attorney General's Office believes would be a fair and
23 just resolution based upon the totality of the content
24 that’s being resolved.
25 DR. JOHNSTON: Thank you.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Well, I don't -- I'm not speaking for
2 you, well, I guess, I am speaking for you. But it's only
3 -- because I’ve been a lawyer too, so...
4 MS. MCGOWAN: Well, talking about the specific case
5 that you are referring to. I will say that we do take
6 into account the nature of the infraction, the ability of
7 the respondent to pay, a number of things. Any -- any
8 extenuating circumstances and mitigating factors that may
9 warrant a reduction and what the fine may otherwise be and
10 these are all negotiated settlements.
11 MS. GHAZAL: If I may, Judge. One note I want to
12 make sure that the public who is listening is aware of is
13 that part of the -- the settlement with Gwinnett County
14 and -- and the fact that we are issuing a letter, Gwinnett
15 County also agreed to -- used its resources to hire a
16 consultant to review their processes and that is part --
17 that is part of the consent order. So that they are
18 taking active -- additional active steps to ameliorate the
19 circumstances that led to the violation in -- in the
20 beginning and I think that is -- that is certainly a
21 resolution that I'm in favor of. Is -- is putting the
22 resources in -- in a way that we won't see this again and
23 voters won't be inconvenienced again in -- in the future.
24 And I think that's one of the sort of more unusual
25 features of this particular agreement.
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1 MS. MCGOWAN: Yes, that is correct. Gwinnett County
2 did agree to retain a consultant that's part of this
3 consent order and I appreciate you making a note of that.
4 MR. DUFFEY: All right. Is there a motion to approve
5 the consent orders -- consolidated consent orders and
6 final orders recommended by the Attorney General's Office?
7 MR. LINDSEY: So moved, Mr. Chairman.
8 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a second?
9 MS. GHAZAL: Second.
10 MR. DUFFEY: It's been moved and seconded to accept
11 the recommendations of the Attorney General's Office with
12 respect to its consent orders and final orders. Is there
13 any discussion?
14 (No response)
15 MR. DUFFEY: Well, there be no discussion. All those
16 in favor of the motion say aye.
17 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
18 MR. DUFFEY: All those opposed, no?
19 (No response)
20 MR. DUFFEY: The motion carries. Thank you. Thank
21 you.
22 MS. MCGOWAN: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
23 MR. DUFFEY: So the final part of our meeting is the
24 public comment section. I have more people on the list
25 that are here. So I assume that this will be short and
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1 fewer comments then we expected. We begin first with
2 Mr. Balbona.
3 MR. BALBONA: Afternoon, Your Honor. I was just
4 going to speak about one thing. I had a question. And I
5 -- I'm an election nerd so on election night this mid-
6 term, I was just taking screen shots of the election night
7 reporting website, (inaudible) website. And I sent a -- I
8 -- I noticed something that was odd, and I sent an email
9 to the Henry County Elections Director, Ameika Pitts last
10 week.
11 And I sent another email yesterday and I cc'd it to
12 Blake Evans who is here earlier but isn't here now. And
13 in short, the totals for Warnock and Walker both went
14 down. Warnock's totals went down 2,654 votes and Walker's
15 went down 495 votes. The first screen shot I took was at
16 11:02 and the second one I took was at 11:27. So within
17 25 minutes 3,149 votes disappeared out of Henry County.
18 And I just wanted to know what happened?
19 Now, the second thing I wasn't going to talk about
20 but since you guys brought it up, I will. I'm very glad
21 to hear that the State Election Board is concerned about
22 fraudulent complaints because I had a fraudulent
23 allegation made against me. And I haven't done a
24 complaint about it because I don't know who to give that
25 to. Either Cobb County's Elections Director or the SOS or
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1 both made false felony allegations against me. They
2 stated in 2020-077, that's the case number. I got a
3 notification letter sent certified mail and as you were
4 pointing out they bundled all seven of my complaints for
5 Cobb County into one case.
6 And I was very interested to see that I was a
7 respondent, seven of them, my complaints, complaint
8 responded and they're charging me. And what they were
9 alleging was that I violated O.C.G.A. 21-2-566 which is
10 interfering with an election. Which I had nothing to do
11 and they also had put in subsection 2 which said I
12 threatened violence. Which absolutely is not me. I'm a
13 lover, not a fighter, okay. So when I provided to my
14 investigator, his name is Gill Gaines, a digital audio
15 recording taken on a digital recorder just like the one in
16 front of you.
17 Of the entire time since the poll closed and all my
18 time at the polling location that showed that shadow of a
19 doubt that none of this was true. And he verified that
20 that no it was not true. And I am trying to find what
21 mechanism or agency I have to hold either (unintelligible)
22 or the Secretary of State's Investigations Department
23 accountable because they said four people accused me of
24 this. The Marietta Police Department, which only spoke to
25 one person who's the commanding officer. He's the guy who
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1 I helped develop the training material on election code
2 for Marietta Police.
3 MR. DUFFEY: Mr. Balbona, remember this is only two
4 minutes.
5 MR. BALBONA: Okay. He said -- he said he didn't do
6 it. He -- they said that they're a supervisor, that area
7 supervisor didn't even run -- work that election. They
8 said that a security guard. I spoke to him, he said he
9 never said anything of such. The only person that I can’t
10 verify is the poll manager who's the one who told the
11 security guard to get rid of me, okay.
12 So and I've also done a records request for the
13 investigator's notes. Everything is in. It's stamped and
14 it doesn't even say anything about any of that. So who's
15 watching the watchman? You’re going to get complaint
16 about that very soon and I'm interested to see how you
17 respond to it. Thanks for your time.
18 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you. Ms. Hillegas?
19 (No response)
20 MR. DUFFEY: Ms. Jensen?
21 (No response)
22 MR. DUFFEY: Mr. Massey?
23 (No response)
24 MR. DUFFEY: Ms. Sutton?
25 (No response)
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Ms. Reboredo?
2 MR. BALBONA: Respreto?
3 MR. DUFFEY: Maybe. R-E-B-O-R-E-D-O?
4 (No response)
5 MR. DUFFEY: Ms. Abirahnan?
6 (No response)
7 MR. DUFFEY: Ms. Battles?
8 MS. BATTLES: Oh.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Mr. Buckner?
10 MR. DUFFEY: Sorry about that. You're Ms. Battle?
11 MS. BATTLES: Battles.
12 MR. DUFFEY: Battles. Thank you.
13 MS. BATTLES: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
14 Thank you as always for the opportunity to make public
15 comments. My name is Cindy Battles, and I am policy
16 director for the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda
17 and in addition along with our program director, we
18 co-lead one of the largest bill programs in election
19 protection in the state of Georgia.
20 And some of the things that y’all have mentioned
21 today, including the unsustainable cost of elections is
22 one of the reasons why I wanted to talk to y’all. Because
23 there seems to be this idea that there were not long lines
24 on election day, there was not voter disenfranchisement.
25 But there was and a large part of that came from the
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1 unsustainable cost that SB 202 put on the counties.
2 Including $1.8 million for special ballot paper per
3 election. Which for some reason we hardly ever talk about
4 in this room. And that is an estimated cost by the
5 sponsor -- the original sponsor of that bill.
6 So one of the things that we saw in early voting was
7 counties not being able to hire additional staff because
8 they didn't have the money to run these runoffs. I stood
9 in line for two and a half hours and that was one of the
10 shorter ones. In addition, you've got situations where
11 staff are working too hard, and they've got things like
12 voter challenges to deal with. Which by the way, most of
13 those are unsustained, so going back to what we were
14 talking about about consequences for frivolous
15 accusations. These voter challenges are taking up like a
16 large amount of time for election workers and boards of
17 election.
18 But then we have things happening where the Secretary
19 of State is either not providing adequate communication
20 with the election supervisors of counties or those
21 election supervisors aren't having the opportunity to talk
22 to their poll managers and poll staff. So I don't know if
23 y’all have been watching the number of -- of OPPs that had
24 been dismissed because election staff weren't fully
25 trained on how to do those. But there's at least 200 in
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1 just three counties.
2 And we're still working on getting those numbers.
3 And it's simple things, like the affidavit that was
4 supposed to be filled out, wasn't filled out properly or
5 it wasn't -- it wasn't filled out at all. Or election
6 supervisors didn't realize that they couldn't give a new
7 piece to someone before five. You've got counties where
8 people didn't get their new precinct cards after
9 redistricting who went to what they thought was their
10 location and they had to fill out -- they had to vote at a
11 provisional ballot and now they don't -- their ballot
12 isn't counted at all.
13 I don't care who they voted for. I care about the
14 fact that they made the effort to go vote and that vote
15 wasn't counted. Whether it's a lack of staff, a lack of
16 training, a lack of communication. One of the other
17 situations that we had is we had talked to the Secretary
18 of State -- one minute -- of the Secretary of State about
19 providing guidance on voter challenges because they're
20 allowed to submit to 30 challenges even up to five p.m. on
21 election day. They didn't do that until Friday before
22 early voting started.
23 And then when we were calling counties, election
24 staff didn't know what they were supposed to do with those
25 voter challenges. So you've got several different
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1 problems. But all of them stem from a -- a system that is
2 just being strained to a breaking point. So I would
3 really appreciate it if the State Election Board would
4 have conversations with both the Georgia Assembly and the
5 Secretary of State to help alleviate that. That's all.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you, Ms. Battles.
7 MS. BATTLES: (Inaudible) You missed your turn.
8 MR. DUFFEY: This is what's called grace.
9 MR. ABRIAHNAN: Thank you for your indulgence, Chair
10 Duffey, esteemed members of the Board. My name is Vasu
11 Abriahnan, senior policy counsel with the ACLU of Georgia.
12 I was also a poll worker last week at a polling location
13 that served almost 1200 voters.
14 I want to piggyback off a couple of things that Cindy
15 was saying. So I do appreciate that this Board and you
16 Chair Duffey have set an intention to be deliberate, to be
17 evidence-based, to be transparent and collaborate when it
18 comes to elections policy. It could be intricate. It
19 could be technical. We're talking about court rulings
20 that had interplayed operations from the state and from
21 localities and from the state legislature.
22 It's important that all of these things become
23 compatible with each other and that's why these things
24 take time. I think what we've seen in this past cycle are
25 the results of a process that was not deliberate,
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1 evidence-based and transparent. However, 202 was created
2 was rushed, was closed door and was evidence free. And
3 that's why we see things like a convoluted voter challenge
4 statue where the interplay between 229 and 230 challenges
5 is just very hard to discern and ten reasonable people can
6 come to 20 different interpretations of that statute.
7 So anything that you all can do to help set that kind
8 of methodology for everyone involved in elections policy
9 making would benefit the system a lot. And I want to talk
10 a little bit about the lines that we saw during the
11 four-week runoff. The four-week runoff was just not a
12 good idea. I think at this point we all know that it was
13 implemented, again, in this rushed fashion because we
14 didn't want any gap between election day and the
15 registration deadline for the runoff. There were a lot of
16 reasons on the other side to not do what the legislature
17 did.
18 And we saw a system that was strained past its
19 breaking point in this past cycle. I waited for two hours
20 myself in order to cast my ballot. But it did also expose
21 a couple of gaps in how things are set up in the system.
22 For example, we have a requirement around the number of
23 ballot marking devices in the system on election day. But
24 the code and the rule, they're silent on a number of
25 check-in stations and they're silent on for scanners that
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1 you need in a location where a voter has to check-in and
2 they have to mark their ballot and then they have to scan
3 their ballot.
4 All three are important if a bottleneck is created at
5 one station. It doesn't really matter how much you have
6 at the other stations, and the point location where I
7 voted, we had 20 ballot marking devices and at the most
8 four or five people voting all at the same time. We have
9 to show our ballot, of course, and we all know at this
10 point that we should have had more check-in stations and I
11 think the blame is shared among many different parties for
12 why we didn't have enough check-in stations for early
13 voting across the state of Georgia and why we saw that
14 problem at check-in.
15 Now, we did see some progress in some of the
16 counties. The county that started early voting before
17 everyone, Douglas County, Cobb County, as well. They were
18 running a poll pad pilot project that made check-ins much
19 faster across the system and I would love to see some
20 progress within the next two years, not only to get more
21 people on that poll pad pilot project, but also to engage
22 in the kind of technical and operational tweaks that make
23 all the difference in this system. As we get down into
24 the granular, technical details, if we have a commitment
25 to go slow. To get these details right, we can make the
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1 system better for election workers, and for voters alike.
2 So, again, I appreciate the intention that this Board
3 has said. And I hope that that intention continues, and
4 it spreads across all the policy making entities in our
5 state for elections. Thank you.
6 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you very much. Mr. Buckner?
7 (No response)
8 MR. DUFFEY: Ms. Buckner?
9 (No response)
10 MR. DUFFEY: Protect the vote Georgia Cofounder, no
11 name?
12 (No response)
13 MR. DUFFEY: Ms. Allen?
14 MS. ALLEN: Did you say Allen?
15 MR. DUFFEY: Allen.
16 MS. ALLEN: Yes. Thank you so much for the privilege
17 to speak before you. Our elections are vital, and your
18 work is incredible. I voted early in Fulton County for
19 the Senate runoff election. I respectfully offer my
20 feedback and experience. I'm a mid-town resident. I've
21 been watching the Fulton Votes ad all week to determine
22 when and how to vote. Much like that's been expressed
23 here, I drove past Milton an Alpharetta library on
24 Tuesday, no way did I have time to wait in those lines.
25 On Friday, we finally drove to South Fulton Service
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1 Center where the wait time was shown to be zero minutes
2 when we arrived. At the same time the wait was showing me
3 180 minutes at the Milton library. Were there really only
4 ten early voting locations in North Fulton? On Wednesday
5 somebody fainted at the Alpharetta Library. Thursday, the
6 same in Roswell. Both required EMS to show up. The
7 person in Roswell stated they were light headed due to
8 lack of food.
9 Each county runs elections individually. The
10 responsibility for this debacle is Interim Elections
11 Director, Nadine Williams, alone, in Fulton County. Wait
12 times of 120 minutes every day at the Milton Library,
13 Alpharetta Library, screams of voter suppression. Four
14 polling locations with wait times zero to 20 minutes all
15 within close proximity within the city of South Fulton is
16 great but what happened to the rest of Fulton?
17 My experience of just undeniably that Fulton County,
18 Georgia voters are being driven to mail-in ballots. Early
19 voting is promoted everywhere. Atlanta votes early signs
20 are everywhere. However, how many voting locations have
21 been reduced in the run off election. The High Museum,
22 John’s Creek Environmental Center are examples of reliable
23 highly used early voting locations that were not used in
24 the runoff election. Why?
25 Voters are being herded like cattle to mail-in
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1 ballots by making voters miserable to vote early or be in
2 -- in person. That's a reasonable conclusion based on our
3 experience that others have shared. However, the voter
4 can't even verify for whom their ballot's cast. Every
5 voter has the unacceptable election day challenge
6 regarding the fact that no human can verify their votes
7 within the two dimensional barcode unlawfully printed on
8 the ballots and used by the ballot tabulators to count the
9 votes. QR codes need to go. Voting machines need to go.
10 Voting centers need to go. We need local precinct voting.
11 Early voting needs to go. Mail-in ballots need to go
12 except for verifiable need-based examples, such as the
13 military and those who are ill or unable. Democracy dies
14 in the darkness.
15 Fulton County needs to stop manipulating voters.
16 This is on Nadine Williams. Nadine must own this voter
17 suppression experience in North Fulton. Counties have
18 full authority over the number of locations, number of
19 voting machines, number of staff members they provide in
20 each location. The Fulton County failure to (inaudible)
21 Interim Elections Director, Nadine Williams. I spoke
22 yesterday before the Fulton County Board of Elections and
23 Registrations. Their comments and response to my comments
24 was to dilute North Fulton concerns by dividing Fulton
25 into thirds. Instead of (unintelligible) this out, they
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1 compared North Fulton with South Fulton and eliminate
2 Atlanta from the conversation.
3 MR. DUFFEY: Ms. Allen, you only got a couple more
4 seconds.
5 MS. ALLEN: Okay. (Unintelligible) stations don't
6 solve the problems. I ask this Board and our state
7 legislators to clean out Fulton County. Hiring two of
8 Georgia's top criminal defense attorneys and filing
9 paperwork to halt the audit proceedings previously ordered
10 by a judge, doesn't inspire confidence in the Fulton
11 County Board of Elections. We need to see that you all
12 are committed to free and -- elections and clean up the
13 mess in Fulton County. I've proposed ways to do that.
14 Thank you so much.
15 MR. DUFFEY: Ms. Wall?
16 (No response)
17 MR. DUFFEY: Mr. Metz?
18 MR. METZ: Judge, you might want to turn this
19 microphone down a little bit. We're getting some booming
20 before. Greetings State Election Board members. Thank
21 you for hearing me. I've only got seven pages to get
22 through so listen in a hurry. I am pretty sure --
23 MR. DUFFEY: You've got two minutes.
24 MR. METZ: I know.
25 MR. DUFFEY: Read fast.
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1 MR. METZ: I'm fairly certain you all got a copy of
2 what we call the verified notice of forthcoming voidable
3 election bla, bla, bla. We sent it to each of you and
4 each of the 159 counties regarding (unintelligible) rule.
5 And Georgia statute O.C.G.A. 21-2-320 and 321. Which
6 essentially says that all municipalities are supposed to
7 put forth any changes in the voting from paper ballots to
8 machine. They're supposed to pass a referendum on that.
9 Furthermore, it also states in 321 that a referendum
10 must be passed in order to increase the taxes to pay for
11 stuff like all the traditional stuff that goes with the
12 Dominion voting system. You’ve already heard testimony
13 today and we're spending millions on -- on special paper.
14 I saw an invoice from Fulton County for $800,000 for one
15 election for -- for the special paper used by the ballot
16 marking devices. And when it comes down to it, if you
17 trace the bread crumbs back to the very beginning of all
18 of this.
19 The original voting system put in place the Diebold
20 DRVs were put in place without such a referendum. So
21 there have not been any counties from our canvass of open
22 record requests that had shown that they have put forth
23 the prescribed referendum to go from paper ballots to
24 machines. Furthermore, they have not put forth a
25 referendum to increase the budget to accommodate for the
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1 increased costs. Now, I'm just letting you know this
2 because we are still fighting to get rid of the Dominion
3 system and go back to pre-printed paper ballots like they
4 did for 200 years. They're still doing it in Europe.
5 Every developed country, except the United States, only
6 votes on paper.
7 You know, the most top secret materials in all of the
8 Department of Defense and everywhere else only uses paper
9 for their most vital, important records. They don't use
10 anything electronic. And I just want you to know that you
11 guys have the authority under the SEB rules to force
12 statewide and recount of the paper ballots. On
13 September 28th (unintelligible) couldn’t be any more
14 explicit when he said the official records of the election
15 are the paper ballots printed by the ballot marking
16 device. Why not leave it paper ballots printed by the
17 ballot marking device and hand count. We've hand counted
18 for over 200 years in this country alone.
19 So I'm just begging you to please consider allowing
20 counties to get rid of the whole other side of the
21 Dominion system and go back to paper ballots. Unless and
22 until they pass the referendum. And that's all I have to
23 say today. Thank you very much for your time.
24 MR. DUFFEY: Thank you very much. Ms. Hayden Hooks?
25 (No response)
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1 MR. DUFFEY: Mr. Randy -- I can't read this. Can you
2 read this?
3 MS. KELLING: He's not here. That was the Sumter
4 matter.
5 MR. DUFFEY: What's that?
6 MS. KELLING: That was the Sumter matter.
7 MR. DUFFEY: What's his last name?
8 MS. KELLING: Howard.
9 MR. DUFFEY: Howard. Really? And Garland Favorito?
10 (No response)
11 MR. BALBONA: He may be parking his car.
12 MR. DUFFEY: This is the last of the list. Is there
13 anybody who had signed up who's not been called?
14 (No response)
15 MR. DUFFEY: Okay. So that's the last order of
16 business on the agenda. Is there anything else that the
17 Board wants to bring up before we adjourn?
18 (No response)
19 MR. DUFFEY: Is there a motion to adjourn?
20 MR. LINDSEY: So moved.
21 MR. DUFFEY: Second?
22 MS. GHAZAL: Second.
23 MR. DUFFEY: All those in favor of adjourning say
24 aye.
25 THE BOARD MEMBERS: Aye.
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1 MR. DUFFEY: All those opposed, no?
2 (No response)
3 MR. DUFFEY: We are adjourned. Thank you. Thank you
4 everybody for coming. We appreciate your participation
5 and your presence.
6 (Whereupon, the meeting was adjourned at 2:29 p.m.)
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CERTIFICATE
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF GWINNETT
I, Rebecca, Certified Court Reporter, hereby certify that
the foregoing pages numbered 3 through 189 constitute a true,
correct, and accurate transcript of the testimony heard before
me, an officer duly authorized to administer oaths, and was
transcribed under my supervision.
I further certify that I am a disinterested party to
this action and that I am neither of kin nor counsel to
any of the parties hereto.
In witness whereof, I hereby affix my hand on this,
the 12th day of January 2023.
_____________________________________
Rebecca Barr
My commission expires April 1, 2023.
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