Madison County Board ofElections Absentee Meeting Minutes October 27,2020  The Madison County Board of Elections met on Tuesday, October27,2020. In attendance: Jerry Wallin, Chair; Ray Lewis, Secretary; Dyatt Smathers, Member; Sandra' Tolley, Member; Kathy Ray,  Director; Jacob Ray; Deputy Director; and one member oft the public.  Call to Order:  Chair' Wallin called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m.  Minutes-Approval:  Motion, Second (ST,DS) and Carried (4,0) to approve the October 23, 2020 regularand  absentee session meetings minutes.  Members Reports:  Member Smathers commended the election board, office staff, poll workers, and cleaning staff for Chair' Wallin added that hei is also continuing to receive positive comments from the public.  doing an excellent job and working sO well as a team.  Preparatory Steps to Count Ballots: Absentee Ballots' Approval: Civilian (CIV) Ballots  The voting equipment was reconciled with the chain of custody.  1. Beech Glen Precinct: Motion, Seconded (DS,) Jw) and Carried (4,0) to approve 12 2. Ebbs Chapel Precinct: Motion, Seconded (DS,JW) and Carried (4,0) to approve! 5 3. Grapevine Precinct: Motion, Seconded (DS,JW) and Carried (4,0) to approve 5 4. Hot Springs Precinct: Motion, Seconded (DS, Jw) and Carried (4,0) to approve 2 5. Laurel Precinct: Motion, Seconded (DS,JW) and Carried (4,0) to approve 7 absentee 6. Mars Hill Precinct: Motion, Seconded (DS,JW) and Carried (4,0) toapprove: 33  absentee ballots. absenteel ballots. absentee ballots. absentee ballots. ballots.  absentee ballots, 2 with cure letters.  Absentee Session Minutes 10/27/2020  Page 1 of2    7. North Marshall Precinct: Motion, Seconded (DS,JW) and Carried (4,0) to approve 20 8. Revere Rice Cove Precinct: Motion, Seconded (DS, Jw) and Carried (4,0) to approve2 9. Sandy Mush Precinct: Motion, Seconded (DS, Jw) and Carried (4,0) to approve 4 10.South Marshall Precinct: Motion, Seconded (DS, Jw) and Carried (4,0) to approve 13 12. Walnut Precinct: Motion, Seconded (DS,JW) and Carried (4,0) to approve 8 absentee  absentee ballots. absentee ballots. absentee ballots. absentee ballots. ballots.  11.Spring Creek Precinct: No ballots to approve.  Military (MIL) and Overseas (OVR) Ballots' Approval:  Motion, Seconded (DS,]W) and Carried (3,0) to approve 4 MIL: and 2 OVR absentee ballots. Motion, Seconded (DS,) Jw) and Carried (4,0) to go into closed session to duplicate 2 OVR and  21 MIL ballots.  Motion, Seconded (DS,JW) and Carried (4,0) to return to open session.  One Stop Ballots' Approval:  Motion, Seconded (W, DS) and Carried (4,0) to approve 1,407 one: stop absentee ballots. The duplicated ballot log was created and original ballots were sealed for storage. The counted ballots were: removed from the DS200 tabulator bina and: sealed for storage. The Board: recorded the ending ballot count of 1,508 ballots and sealed the machine for storage.  Other Matters:  Motion, Seconded (DS, RL) and Carried (4,0) to approve moving Stephen McConnell to Mars Hill Precinct and Lisa Norton Hicks (D-HotSprings) as aj pollworkerassistant: for thel Hot  Springs Precinct. Adjournment:  Motion, Seconded (RL,JW) and Carried (4,0) to adjourn at 4:10 p.m.  Secretary.  Jeuri  day  Absentee Session Minutes 10/27/2020  2 of2 Page  F