July 12, 2007
The Board of Elections and Voter Registration held a meeting
on July 12, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.
Members Present: Walter
J. Wright, Jr. ? Chairperson\
Uhland ?U.D.? Roberts
Eleanor White
Members excused: Margaret Jenkins
Maretta Taylor
S Y N O P S I S
The meeting was called to order by the Chairperson, Mr. Walter J. Wright, Jr.
Motion was made and seconded to accept the minutes of the June Board meeting as
presented. Vote unanimous.
NEW BUSINESS:
The Director brought to the Board?s attention a request from a citizen to
televise the Board meetings. The Director asked the Board?s pleasure. After
discussing the issue, the Board agreed that with the detailing of the equipment
and the counting of the provisional ballots, this prohibits having meetings
televised. The public is invited and has in the past attended the Board
meetings.
The second request from the same citizen, Deborah Owens, is to place the Board
members addresses and telephone numbers on the web site. The Director stated
that she has checked on the web site all the Boards that are listed and there
is no consistency in the way the other Boards display this information. Mr.
Roberts asked if Deborah Owens is a registered voter in Muscogee County. The
Director researched the Muscogee County voter list and did not find a Deborah
Owens as a registered voter of this county.
OLD BUSINESS:
The ID requirement for the election has changed from 17 forms of ID to 6 forms
of ID. We are still issuing free ID cards to citizens who do not have a
driver?s license or any other form of identification.
The precinct change request has been sent to the Justice Department and should
be in place for the November 6, 2007 election. Precinct cards will be mailed
to all voters who will be affected by the precinct changes. The Ledger has
also agreed to help us by printing a graph of the changes that have been made
in the precincts.
Being no further business to discuss, a motion was made and seconded to
adjourn. Vote was unanimous.
Diane Scrimpshire Walter J. Wright, Jr.
Recording Secretary Chairperson
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