Forsyth County Board of Voter Registrations & Elections  Regular Monthly Meeting July 5, 2022 at 9 a.m. 1201 Sawnee Drive Cumming, Georgia 30040  Forsyth County Voter Registrations and Elections Office  MINUTES  Present at the meeting: Barbara Luth, Chairman Joel Natt, Vice Chairman Carla Radzikinas, Secretary Dan Thalimer, Assistant Secretary Anita Tucker, Member Mandi Smith, Director  Jamain Whyce, Coordinator - Elections EqupmentWarenouse  Carol Balcome, Assistant to the Director Karen Pachuta, Attorney, Jarrard & Davis Lori Wexler, Challenger Frank Schneider, Challenger  .  Call Meeting to Order  Chairman Luth called the meeting to order at 9 a.m.  II.  Pledge of Allegiance III. Adoption of Agenda  Assistant Secretary Thalimer with a second from Secretary Radzikinas made a motion to adopt the agenda as prepared by staff. Motion carried unanimously.  IV. Adoption of Minutes  A. Monthly Meeting of June 7, 2022  Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a motion to adopt the minutes as prepared by staff. Motion carried unanimously.  B. Special Called Meeting of June 20, 2022  Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Secretary Radzikinas made a motion to adopt the minutes as prepared by staff. Motion carried unanimously.    C. Called Meeting of June 21, 2022  Assistant Secretary Thalimer with a second from Vice Chairman Natt made a motion to adopt the minutes as prepared by staff and to include the Unofficial Election Summary Report with the minutes. Motion carried unanimously.  D. Called Meeting of June 24, 2022  Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a motion to adopt the minutes as prepared by staff. Motion carried unanimously.  V. Old Business  A. Disaster Recovery Discussion  Chairman Luth stated the disaster recovery plan is ongoing due to new polling locations. Vice Chairman Natt requested to attend the next generator testing.  B. Parks and Recreation Architectural Design Liaison Update  Secretary Radzikinas reported there was no update. Member Tucker asked about the status of Sharon Springs Park. Director Smith said she has been emailing Director of Capital Projects John Jefferson regarding the status of the construction at Central Park and Sharon Springs Park. Director Smith encouraged the Board to monitor the Capital Projects webpage to see updates Vice Chairman Natt asked Director Smith to relay to Mr. Jefferson the importance  and estimated completion dates on current projects. of having a building at county parks to support our needs. C. Recap of the June 21, 2022 General Primary Runoff  Director Smith stated overall the election went well and there is more information in the Director's Report. Chairman Luth said election night went smoothly. Vice Chairman Natt stated he was concerned there was road construction at the Lanier Precinct polling location which could have kept voters from voting in a timely manner. Vice Chairman Natt asked Director Smith to check with the Engineering Department before the November election for possible road construction on Election Day for polling locations with only one ingress/egress. Member Tucker stated she feels observers are too close to the cage room on election night and that observers should be completing a sign in sheet or swearing to an oath because they are close to live ballots. Vice Chairman Natt said the statute says an observer with an official letter from the party shall have access to all tabulation areas. Vice Chairman Natt recommends our legal counsel offer the Board guidance on this issue. He also said staff and Board    members entering the cage room should swipe their county access card soa  record is kept of those entering.  VI. New Business  A. Discussion Regarding Advance Voting Locations and Times for the  November 8, 2022 General Election*  Chairman Luth recognized those making public comments:  Tracy Ann Moore-Grant Pratik Jhanb Liz Barrett  Chairman Luth stated there are many days to vote and there is vote by mail. Chairman Luth also said she supports 3 weeks of Advance Voting, both  Saturdays but does not support Sunday voting.  Member Tucker stated the turnout on Sunday during the May Primary was split between parties and the poll workers were happy with shorter hours. Member Tucker reported she calculated the direct cost per voter in the May 15, 2022 (Sunday) voting to be $3.82/voter. Member Tucker said she supports Sunday voting and extended hours during the three weeks of Advance Voting. Vice Chairman Natt said there is a cost factor with Sunday Voting. He said it costs $1200 for 300 votes not including staff time and does not show value. Vice Chairman Natt asked Director Smith to research the availability of the following locations to serve as Advance Voting locations for the November General Election: Coal Mountain Park Community Building, Sharon Forks Library, Cumming Parks and Recreation Building, and the Forsyth County Arts and Assistant Secretary Thalimer said he believes there will be an avalanche of people voting and to prepare for maximum staffing and hours.  Learning Center.  Secretary Radzikinas stated there is a poll worker shortage and to possibly look at using county employees. She also stated a study was done a few years ago and opening at 7 a.m. is not effective due to the lack of voter turnout between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. Director Smith stated the poll workers would have to be here at Vice Chairman Natt asked Director Smith to set up a meeting with the poll managers the last week in July sO he and Member Tucker can have a conversation with them regarding their thoughts on hours for Advance Voting. The Board will discuss this item again at their August 2, 2022 Regular Board  5:30 a.m. ift the polls open at 7 a.m.  Meeting.    VII. Director's Report  Director Smith presented the Director's Report.  Voter Registrations & Elections Department  Director's Report July 5, 2022  Board Members Staff (SEB)  Current filled staff/positions: 8 full-time (3 unfilled) and 8 part-time (0 unfilled). Legislation pendinglapproved bills)/Change to Election Code/State Election Board The last State Election Board (SEB) meeting was held on May 17, 2022. There are no new  meeting dates posted on the SEB website. 2022 Election Dates (from the SOS long calendar)  Election Information  May 24: General Primary & NonPartisan General Election* June 21: General Primary Runoff & NonPartisan General Runoff**  November 8: General Election* December 6: General Election Runoff**  *Special Election, ifneeded **Runoff, ifneeded Polling Places and Precincts Ethics Reporting /Candidate Qualifying Open Records Requestts)(ORR) # received b/w 06/07/22-06/30122 2022 Year to Date 2021 Cumulative Budget/ Finance Voter registration totals Active total Inactive total Cumulative total Pending voters Pending age Pending verification Pending 40-day clock Pending 26-month clock Cancelled voters Moved out of state Voter requested cancellation  06/30/2022-CCDR due date; 07/01/2022-PFDS due date  3 33 48  Voter Registrations & Elections Activity Statistics  As of July 1, 2022 160710 12775 173485 As of July 1, 2022 111 0 11 136 258 49 1  Total    Felon - cancelled Felon - challenged status Deceased Rejected Moved out of county Total Notes: Voter Registration  6 0 59 0 351 466  We continue to use the Enet statewide voter registration database. On June 10, the SOS provided an update on their plans for implementing GARVIS. The current schedule is for counties to start using the system for daily voter registration activities in February 2023. We will continue to use Enet throughout the end of the year and through any possible Runoff(s) in the Cross State Confirmation Notices were to be mailed by the SOS on June 14 and 15 (1475 Forsyth County voters were mailed Notices according to the information published by the SOS). Additionally, the SOS has announced they are issuing Confirmation Notices to those voters due to National Change of Address (NCOA). 3178 Forsyth County voters will be mailed NCOA Notices per the SOS. These Notices were set to enter the mail stream between June 22 and  2022 election cycle.  June 30, 2022. Election Equpment/Supplies S&TISoftware/Hardware Building Update Training/Outreach Calendar of Upcoming Events August 2 September 5 September 6 October 10 October 11 November 1 November 8 November 11 December 6 December 13 Respectfully Submitted, Mandi Smith Director, Voter Registrations and Elections  Board Meeting Board Meeting  Labor Day; county holiday; offices closed Columbus Day; STATE holiday Board Meeting (second Tuesday of the month) Board Meeting (held in Commissioners Meeting Room) General Election Election Day Veteran's Day; county holiday; offices closed General Election Runoff Election Day Board meeting (second Tuesday of the month)  October 17-Nov 4 Advance Voting for the General Election  November 24 &26 Thanksgiving; county holiday; offices closed December 23 &26 Christmas; county holiday; offices closed  VIII. Hearings Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 21-2-229  Chairman Luth asked if anyone was present who received a letter regarding the  challenge hearing. No one was present who received a letter.    Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Member Tucker made a motion to dismiss from the challenge the following voters based on the voter's status being Cancelled- Deceased, Cancelled-Moved out of State, or Moved out of County: April 4, 2022 Wexler Challenge - Voter #27 Moses Turner  April 14, 2022 Schneider Challenge - Voter #26 Nicholas Keogh and Voter #52 April 28, 2022 Schneider Challenge - Voter #4 Jacqueline Bergwall, Voter #83 Jeffrey Nystrom, Voter #115 Debbie Sanders, and Voter #119 James Sermonet  Starla Vanwieren  Motion carried unanimously.  A. Hearings Regarding the Lori Wexler Challenge Submitted April 4, 2022 Challenger Lori Wexler asked that Voter #8 Devon Gregory be withdrawn from Member Tucker asked the Chairman if any voter today who is removed from the rolls will go to cancelled status. Chairman Luth replied yes, the voter will be cancelled. Member Tucker said the state's maintenance of the voter rolls makes the voter's record inactive and then cancels their record after lack of activity for 2 general election cycles. Member Tucker then made a motion to do the same with those voted on today. Vice Chairman Natt stated the motion is out of order because the purpose of the hearings today pursuant to 0.C.G.A21-2-229 is to strike the voters names from the rolls. There was no second to the motion. The Board made the following motions and decisions on individual electors based on the evidence provided by challenger Lori Wexler. Voter #1 Bailey Arnold = Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Secretary Radzikinas made a motion to remove the name from the voter rolls based on  the challenge based on more research on the voter.  evidence provided.  Member Tucker asked Attorney Pachuta if the challenger is supposed to provide the evidence and not a board member. Attorney Pachuta said she advises against a board member doing research and what is submitted on record is the  information Ms. Wexler provided.  The motion carried 3-2 (Thalimer and Tucker opposed).  Voter #2 Chelsea Balint - Member Tucker with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion carried Voter #3 Brenden Chambers - Member Tucker with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion carried  unanimously.  unanimously.    Voter #4 Ryan Chambers - Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Secretary Radzikinas made a motion to remove the name from the voter rolls based on Voter #5 Leigh Channell - Member Tucker with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion carried  evidence provided. Motion carried 4-1 (Tucker opposed).  unanimously.  Voter #6 Nyjiah Davis - Secretary Radzikinas with a second from Vice Chairman Natt made a motion to remove the name from the voter rolls based on evidence Voter #7 Loretta Glover- Vice Chairman Natt stated Ms. Glover was registered and active in Broome County, New York. He also stated for the November 3, 2020 election Ms. Glover voted in Georgia by absentee mail and voted in person Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Secretary Radzikinas made a motion to remove the name from the voter rolls based on evidence provided and asked that Ms. Glover be turned over to the Georgia Attorney General's Office and Georgia Secretary of State's Office for possible litigation. Motion carried 3-2 (Thalimer Director Smith stated we would need to look at Ms. Glover's absentee ballot Voter #9 Carliss Harris - Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Secretary Radzikinas made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion carried unanimously. Voter #10 Laura Lang - Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Secretary Radzikinas made a motion to remove the name from the voter rolls based on evidence provided. Motion carried 3-2 (Thalimer and Tucker opposed).  provided. Motion carried 3-2 (Thalimer and Tucker opposed).  in Broome County which is a violation of federal law.  and Tucker opposed).  application and make sure we made no errors.  Voter #11 Garett Love - Member Tucker with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Vice Chairman Natt amended the motion to include Voter #12 Wesley Love. Motion carried unanimously. Voter #14 Hilary McKean - Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Secretary Radzikinas made a motion to remove the name from the voter rolls based on evidence provided. Motion carried 3-1 (Thalimer abstained and Tucker opposed). Voter #15 Sophia McKean - Member Tucker with a second from Vice Chairman Natt made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion carried unanimously.    Voter #16 Marnie Messler - Secretary Radzikinas with a second from Vice Chairman Natt made a motion to remove the name from the voter rolls based on evidence provided. Motion carried 3-2 (Thalimer and Tucker opposed). Voter #17 Jacob Plott - Member Tucker with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion carried unanimously. Voter #18 Patricia Price = Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Secretary Radzikinas made a motion to remove the name from the voter rolls based on evidence provided. Motion carried 3-2 (Thalimer and Tucker opposed). Voter #19 Kayleigh Reimer - Member Tucker with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion carried  unanimously.  Voter #20 Ana Reyna = Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Member Tucker made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion carried unanimously. Voter #21 Emily Slaugh - Member Tucker with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion carried 4-0 Voter #22 Jeremy Spradlin - Member Tucker with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion carried  (Natt abstained).  unanimously.  Voter #23 Shekela Strickland - Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Secretary Radzikinas made a motion to remove the name from the voter rolls based on evidence provided. Motion carried 3-2 (Thalimer and Tucker opposed). Voter #24 Shavon Sweet = Member Tucker with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion carried Voter #25 Abigail Szopinski and Voter #26 Ashley Szopinski - Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Secretary Radzikinas made a motion to remove the names from the voter rolls based on evidence provided. Motion carried 3-2 Voter #28 Susanne Verch - Member Tucker with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion failed 2-3  unanimously.  (Thalimer and Tucker opposed).  (Luth, Natt and Radzikinas opposed).    Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Secretary Radzikinas made a motion to remove the name from the voter rolls based on evidence provided. Motion  carried 3-2 (Thalimer and Tucker opposed).  Voter #29 Maria Vitali - Secretary Radzikinas with a second from Vice Chairman Natt made a motion to remove the name from the voter rolls based on evidence provided. Chairman Luth said the voter registered in Florida on March 19, 2003 and asked Director Smith to check the date oft the voter registration in Forsyth County. Director Smith said the voter registered in Forsyth County on 8/1/2017. Motion failed 0-5. Chairman Luth with a second from Vice Chairman Natt made a B. Hearings Regarding the Frank Schneider Challenge Submitted April 14,  motion to dismiss the challenge. Motion carried unanimously.  2022  Challenger Frank Schneider asked the Board to withdraw his challenge sO he can collaborate with others for a more effective tool to maintain the voter rolls. C. Hearings Regarding the Frank Schneider Challenge Submitted April 28,  2022  Challenger Frank Schneider asked the Board to withdraw his challenge SO he can collaborate with others for a more effective tool to maintain the voter rolls.  IX. Recess Regular Meeting  Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Member Tucker made a motion to recess into Executive Session at 11 a.m. for pending litigation. Motion carried unanimously.  X.  Executive Session (if needed)  The Board entered into Executive Session at 11:01 a.m. Vice Chairman Natt with a second from Member Tucker made a motion to end Executive Session at 11:15 a.m.  Motion carried unanimously.  The regular meeting was reconvened by Chairman Luth. for the county attorney regarding the pending litigation.  Vice Chairman Natt stated during Executive Session there was a vote for instruction  XI. Adjournment  Secretary Radzikinas with a second from Assistant Secretary Thalimer made a  motion to adjourn at 11:16 a.m. Motion carried unanimously.  *Public comments allowed for this agenda item.    The above and foregoing minutes are hereby certified as being correct and ordered recorded.  Today's Date:  August 2, 2022  B.ll Barbara Luth, Chairman  Joel E. Natt, Vice Chairman E  Mabuag  Carla Radzikinas, Secretary 8076 Daniel Thalimer, Assistant Secretary Aibticba Anita Tucker, Member