Columbus, Georgia

April 11,2002





The Board of Elections and Registrations board meeting was held April 11, 2002

at 2:00 p.m.



Members present:

Margaret Jenkins

Eleanor White

Ken Barfield

Walter J. Wright, Jr.



Member not present: Jan Dickens





Mr. Walter Wright, Vice-Chairperson called the board meeting to order.



Motion was made to accept the minutes of the March board meeting. Vote was

unanimous.



NEW BUSINESS:



GEOA Training: Nancy gave the board an overview of the Georgia Election

Officials Association meeting that was attended by Diane, Raymond and herself

in Augusta, Georgia. No legislation had been passed. News of the new voting

equipment was learned.



The board was told that the attorney, Jacob Beil, wrote the new legal

description of the council districts.



OLD BUSINESS:



The board was updated on the things that are being done to the office.



Pollworker Training Session: The board was given copies of literature that was

obtained in Augusta on pollworker training that Savannah and Gainesville uses

for their training. Nancy asked the board how they would like for the

pollworkers to be trained, together as a precinct or the clerks separate from

the managers. The Public Safety Complex will be used for the training during

the week of June 3-7 . A hundred workers can be trained at one session. There

will be 2 to 3 sessions a day. Twelve workers per precinct will be trained.

If the workers do not attend training, they will not be allowed to work on

election day. Ken recommended that all the split precincts be trained together

so that it will not confuse the precinct workers who are not involved with the

split precincts.



The Wynnton and Britt precincts will be combined as a super precinct at the

Wynnton United Methodist Church. Ken made a motion to keep the move of Wynnton

and Britt, move the Courthouse precinct to First African Baptist Church,

evaluate, and see how the super precinct concept works then re-address at a

later time to see how many super precincts to create. Motion seconded. Vote

unanimous.



STATE WIDE UNIFORM ELECTRONIC VOTING INITIATIVE: The board was given copies of

the initial plan.



CORRESPONDENCE: An invitation was received for a complimentary lunch for a

candidate that is seeking the 11th Congressional District at the Frank Lumpkin

Center at CSU on April 29th.



Being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned.







Diane Scrimpshire Walter J. Wright, Jr.

Recording Secretary Vice-Chairperson