HELLO? OH, I KNOW. OKAY. HEY, THERE WE ARE. OKAY.
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HE'S TALKING FROM THE SKY. OKAY. WELL, WELCOME TO THE PINAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.AUGUST 3RD, 2026 SPECIAL SESSION. WE ARE IN ORDER.
I HAVE I HAVE VICE CHAIRMAN BY PHONE. I'VE GOT VICE CHAIRMAN.
STURDY. YES. THERE WE GO. I'VE GOT SUPERVISOR GOODMAN.
HE'S NOT ON YET. OKAY. SUPERVISOR MILLER. SUPERVISOR.
MILLER. HEY, IT'S GOODMAN. OH, NOW IT'S GOODMAN.
OH, OKAY. NOW HE'S HERE. OKAY, WE GOT 30 AND GOODMAN.
OKAY, NOW LET'S TRY FOR MILLER. SOUNDS LIKE A GAME SHOW.
MILLER. MILLER, YOU ON THERE? I AM NOW. NOW WE GOT THEM.
OKAY. WE GOT. AND THEN WE'VE GOT SUPERVISOR VITIELLO TO MY RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER ONE DISCUSSION.
[1. Discussion/approval/disapproval of the canvass of elections results for the July 21, 2026 Primary Election. (Dana Lewis)]
APPROVAL. DISAPPROVAL OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE JULY 21ST, 2026, PRIMARY ELECTION.MISS LEWIS, YOU ARE UP, MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN MCCLURE, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
SO EVERY CANVASS, YOU WILL SEE THIS MAIN COVER SHEET.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE AN APPENDIX.
AND IN THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO PUT ITEMS THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE IN THE CANVAS, BUT OBVIOUSLY GIVE A SENSE OF TRANSPARENCY AND INFORMATION TO OUR REGISTRANTS.
AND SOMETIMES THE REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION IS NOT AS EASY TO FIND FOR REGISTRANTS.
SO WE DECIDED TO PUT IT IN OUR CANVAS IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO GO LOOK AT THAT.
WE ALSO INCLUDED THE POLITICAL PARTY HAND COUNT AUDIT.
AND SO NOT TO IDENTIFY HOW HARD THAT WORK IS YOU KNOW, WOULD BE I WOULD BE REMISS IN DOING THAT.
OUR STATISTICS AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE REGISTERED VOTERS THAT ARE IN THIS CANVAS ARE, OF COURSE, ACTIVE VOTERS 289,250. AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO GRAPHS THAT ILLUSTRATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE SEE FROM VOTES CAST BY PARTY AND THE WAY THAT THEY CAST THEIR BALLOTS.
ACTIVE REGISTRATION STATISTICS, AGAIN, GOING OFF OF THAT 289, 250 VOTERS IN PINAL COUNTY.
THE BREAKOUT FOR REPUBLICAN DEMS, LIBS, GREENS, NO LABELS.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE A BUNCH OF PARTY NOT DESIGNATED INDEPENDENT AND OTHER VOTERS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS REQUIRED BY LAW IN OUR MS REPORTING AND IN OUR CANVAS, WE MUST BREAK OUT HOW MANY REGISTRANTS THERE ARE AND THEN WHO CAST A BALLOT AND HOW. THIS IS JUST THE TOTALS PAGE. THIS PAGE IN THE CANVAS IS 397 PAGES LONG.
AND I KNOW WE LOVE WHEN OUR MEETINGS ARE LONG AND INFORMATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL, BUT I THOUGHT THAT IF THE VOTERS WANTED TO SEE THAT THEY COULD GO READ ALL 397 PAGES AND THAT WE JUST GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT HERE. THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME. VOTER TURNOUT BY POLITICAL PARTY.
AGAIN VERY IMPORTANT. IT GOES OFF OF THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT HAS ALL OF THOSE STATISTICS.
BUT WE LOVE OUR GRAPHS. SO THE FIRST GRAPH THAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT DESIGNATES ALL COUNTY VOTERS BY PARTY TURNOUT. SO AGAIN OUR REPUBLICANS TURNED OUT AT ACTIVE LEVEL AT 56%, THE DEMS AT 32%, THE REGISTERED LIBS AT POINT 3% AND THE NDS AT 10.6.
THE NEXT GRAPH SHOWS HOW MANY VOTED WITHIN THEIR PARTY, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL BE LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, WE KNOW WHAT THE OVERALL IS, BUT HOW DID WE DO? SO WE LIKE TO ALSO GIVE THIS INFORMATION. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE REPS AND DEMS ARE KIND OF SIDE BY SIDE ON THAT.
THE REGISTERED VOTERS THAT ARE WITH NO LABOR AND LIB.
OF COURSE, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK ON THAT.
WE'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. AND OF COURSE THE GREENS. BUT IT'S 14% FOR THE GREENS.
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BUT IT IS ONE OF OUR SMALLEST BLOCKS OF VOTERS.WE DO PUT ADS BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING.
SO THAT WILL COME LATER. HERE YOU GO. THE PARTY NOT DESIGNATED INDEPENDENT AND OTHER VOTERS.
WHAT WE SEE HERE IS HOW MANY OF THOSE SELECTED ARE REPUBLICAN BALLOT A DEMOCRAT BALLOT OR A D, WHICH IS THE CITY AND TOWN ONLY BALLOT. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT BREAKOUT LOOKS LIKE.
AGAIN, 45% FOR REPUBLICANS, 34% FOR DEMS. THE CITIES AND TOWNS AT 2%, WHICH IS ABOUT AVERAGE.
WE HAD ONE VOTER SAY, WELL, THAT'S THE NO FRILLS, RIGHT? AND AND NO, IT'S NOT. IT ACTUALLY IS A ORGANIZED PARTY.
SO I THINK THERE IS STILL A LOT OF CONFUSION.
I KNOW THAT THEY NOW THAT WE'RE PAST THE THE PRIMARY.
VOTER TURNOUT HISTORICALLY. NOW WE HAVE A TEN YEAR SNAPSHOT.
GOT A LITTLE BIT OF CLEANUP TO DO ON THIS SLIDE.
BUT YES, THE 2024 PRIMARY WAS IN JULY, NOT IN AUGUST.
BUT YOU'RE WATCHING AS THOSE GENERAL ELECTIONS DEFINITELY HAVE THE BROADER TURNOUT AND THE PRIMARIES CONTINUE TO BE LOW, WE WILL SAY ACROSS THE STATE. YOU KNOW, BEING IN THAT 20 TO 30%, WE PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO THESE ELECTIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MAILING FOR THE 90 DAY NOTICE, THE INFORMATION AND EDUCATION THAT WE DO WITH THE VOTER EDUCATION WORKING GROUP AND BEING OUT IN OUR DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. SO TO SEE THAT TURNOUT FOR OUR PRIMARY STILL BEING UNDER 25% IS A BIT SAD TO SEE, BUT WE DID SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE STATE. BUT IT'S DOING THAT OVERALL.
CHAIRMAN MCCLURE. I DO AGREE WITH THAT, AND I THINK IT'LL BE INTERESTING AFTER WE SEE THE REST OF THE PRIMARIES ACROSS THE NATION, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING NATIONWIDE, OR IF IT IS MAYBE JUST THE HOT STATES, AS WE CALL THEM.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT FOR ANALYTICS GOING FORWARD.
AGAIN, HISTORICAL VOTER TURNOUT BY VOTES CAST.
YOU KNOW, WATCHING THOSE TRENDS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, 77,000 IN THE JULY 24TH ELECTION AND 70,000 YOU KNOW, FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OFF BY ABOUT 7000.
WE PRACTICE LIKE WE PLAY AND WE GO HARD. SO TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOWN AT THAT 70, JUST HOPING TO ENCOURAGE VOTERS TO TURN OUT AND HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD.
SO THAT GRAPH IS I MEAN, IT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, AN UPTICK AND THEN A DOWNTURN, BUT ALSO TO NOTICE THAT, YOU KNOW, BACK AT 16, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MANY VOTERS.
WE DID NOT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT PERCENTAGE COMPARED TO THIS PERCENTAGE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S MORE PEOPLE SMALLER. THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.
THIS IS SOMETHING HOW VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOT WANT TO POINT OUT HISTORICALLY, WE IN PINELLAS COUNTY, WHEN WE WERE PROGRAMING OUR ELECTION, WE'RE NOT REALLY IDENTIFYING OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, BY DOING NUMBERS, HOW MANY LATE EARLIES WE WERE SEEING. AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE START TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THESE DIFFERENT CHANGES COMING IN LEGISLATION WITH, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY REQUIRING TABULATION AT THE POLLS OR, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT YOU IF YOU'RE GOING TO DROP OFF YOUR LATE, EARLY AT THE POLL, THAT YOU CAN SHOW IDENTIFICATION SO WE CAN JUMP PAST THAT CURE PROCESS IN PINAL COUNTY. WE ARE NOT MARICOPA COUNTY. WE DON'T TABULATE AT THE POLLS.
WE'RE NOT IN A LIVE SYSTEM. THESE ARE THINGS GOING INTO THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
AND SO PEOPLE TEND TO THINK WE LOOK A LOT LIKE THAT COUNTY, AND WE DO NOT.
WE ARE STILL PRECINCT BASED VOTING, AND WE DON'T TABULATE AT THE POLLS.
SO SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, I THOUGHT THAT IF I SHOWED MY ID ON ELECTION DAY AND I HAD MY LATE, EARLY, THEN IT WAS GOING TO BE TABULATED. NO, WE'RE NOT THERE IN PINAL COUNTY.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAPPEN, BUT AT THIS TIME THEY'RE NOT.
SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE VOTERS KNOW GOING INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION THAT STILL, IF YOU'RE HOLDING ON TO THAT BALLOT PAST FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COULD HAVE ALREADY PROCESSED IT, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE KIND.
WE HAVE 27 DAYS OF EARLY VOTING. WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE FIRST 21?
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SO SO TO THAT POINT, NOT TO GET WAY OFF TRACK, BUT WHEN THEY DO THE LATE, EARLY LIKE THAT AND THEY'VE SHOWN THEIR ID AND PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING THAT IT SPEEDS THE PROCESS UP. HOW MUCH DID IT REALLY SPEED THE PROCESS UP ON OUR SIDE, AS OPPOSED TO TABULATING AT THE POLL LIKE THEY DO IN MARICOPA OR PIMA? I WILL SAY, WHEN YOU HAVE OVER 2 MILLION VOTERS IN A COUNTY, IT ABSOLUTELY SPED UP THE PROCESS.I BELIEVE THAT MARICOPA COUNTY WAS ABLE TO HAVE ITS RESULTS WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION.
WE STILL HAD THE FIVE DAYS OF PROCESSING THE PROVISIONALS AND THE LATE EARLIES, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO SIGNATURE VERIFY THE ONES WHO CHOSE NOT TO SHOW AN ID AT THE POLLS. SO AND THEN WE STILL HAVE TO GIVE THEM VOTER CREDIT, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN A LIVE SYSTEM LIKE MARICOPA AND PIMA COUNTY ARE.
SO THAT'S DIFFERENT. DID IT? IT DID NOT SPEED UP THE PROCESS IN PINAL COUNTY.
IT STILL DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE MARICOPA.
SO TO THAT POINT. SO SAY IF I. SO IF THIS ONE OVER HERE TURNED HIS BALLOT IN LATE, EARLY, DIDN'T SHOW AN ID, I TURNED MINE AND SHOWED AN ID.
DID THEY GO IN SEPARATE BOXES? DID THEY GO IN THE SAME BOX? IF I SHOWED MY ID, IT'S STAMPED IN DIFFERENT.
I'M JUST DOING THIS FOR THE ONLY CHAIRMAN MCCLURE.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE ONLY NUANCE IS BECAUSE YOU SHOWED YOUR ID.
IF AT ANY POINT YOUR SIGNATURE DOESN'T MATCH WHAT WE HAVE ON THE REGISTRANT RECORD.
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CURING IT BECAUSE YOU SHOWED YOUR IDENTIFICATION.
THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL IT DID. OKAY. WHICH TAKES A COUPLE OF DAYS. EARLY BALLOT REPORT.
AGAIN, WE HAVE FIVE SATELLITE OFFICES MARICOPA, CASA GRANDE, APACHE JUNCTION, SAN TAN VALLEY, AND THEN THE VOTES BUILDING WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CAST THAT EARLY BALLOT IN PERSON.
WE DID HAVE 1350 PEOPLE TAKE US UP ON THAT. WE SENT OUT OVER 142,000 EARLY BALLOTS BY MAIL.
OVER 2000 HAD REQUESTED A SECOND OR REPLACEMENT BALLOT.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT MAYBE SPOILED IT, LOST IT OR WHATNOT.
SO THOSE ARE SECOND ISSUES. HOW MANY WERE RETURNED TO US? 63,000. BUT THAT 63,000. WE'RE GOING TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT THAT RETURN LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEAN ACCEPTED AND TABULATED.
THERE WERE ABOUT 2000 ON THAT. WE HAD ALMOST 2000 WERE TEMPORARILY AWAY FROM THEIR HOME.
THIS IS PART OF THE NVRA PROCESS. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ACROSS THE STATE THAT WE WERE HEARING, THAT THEY THOUGHT THIS NUMBER WAS HIGHER THAN IT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY, AND THAT WAS NOT CORRECT IN IN IN PINAL COUNTY, WE ACTUALLY INVITED IN BOTH PARTIES TO LOOK AT OUR RETURNED AND DELIVERABLES AND WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE.
WE ALSO DID SPOT CHECKS ON ALL OF THOSE RECORDS TO SHOW THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE BEEN CONTACTING THESE VOTERS AND HAVE RECEIVED SOMETHING BACK NOW THAT SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL UNDELIVERABLE.
SO AGAIN, THESE PROCESSES GO INTO EFFECT RECEIVED AFTER 7 P.M.
THAT IS THAT PINK PIE THAT YOU SEE THERE AGAIN, THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT HIGH.
WE'RE STILL IN A LIVE ELECTION AFTER ELECTION DAY.
BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DO A LOT OF EDUCATION, A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA, A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH OUR VOTERS, TELLING THEM TEN DAYS BEFORE THAT ELECTION, PLEASE GET THAT EARLY BALLOT TO US.
AND THEY CANNOT BE COUNTED BECAUSE IN ARIZONA WE ARE A RECEIVE BY NOT A POSTMARK STATE.
PROVISIONAL BALLOT REPORT. AGAIN, ONE OF THE REQUIRED REPORTS I ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.
BUT OUT OF 12,268 VOTERS ON ELECTION DAY, THERE WAS ONLY 38 PEOPLE WHO DECIDED TO GO TO THE WRONG PRECINCT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON THE SAMPLE BALLOT.
AND WE DO A LOT OF COMMUNICATION ON THAT AND THEN DECIDED NOT TO GO TO THE CORRECT LOCATION ON THAT.
SO THESE NUMBERS, AGAIN, AS YOU SEE HERE, ARE CONTINUING TO TREND DOWN.
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AND ALSO ABOUT HAVING A PLAN TO VOTE PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.SHOWS THAT WE HAVE 93 VOTING LOCATIONS WILL SHOW LIKE, HERE'S A SAMPLING.
THE TOWN OF COLONIE, WE SENT THEM 975 BALLOTS.
THE NUMBER OF UNUSED BALLOTS RETURNED BACK TO US WERE 846.
TOTAL PROVISIONAL BALLOTS, TWO TOTAL SPOILED BALLOTS, ONE.
TOTAL PULL PAD CHECK INS 126. TOTAL ELECTION BALLOTS TABULATED 126.
BALLOT COUNT DISCREPANCY IS A ZERO. DOES IT MEAN THAT OTHER POLLING LOCATIONS DIDN'T HAVE DISCREPANCIES? OUT OF THE 93 POLLING LOCATIONS, 70 OF THEM CAME OUT PERFECT.
WE DID HAVE 23 THAT HAD A PLUS OR -1 OR 2. WHAT DOES THAT USUALLY MEAN? SOMETIMES VOTERS SHOW UP. THEY CHECK IN. THEY GET A BALLOT.
FOR WHATEVER REASON IN THEIR LIFE. THEY DECIDE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE IT.
THEY TAKE IT, PUT IT IN THEIR PURSE, AND THEY WALK OUT.
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THAT. IT HAPPENS.
WE SOMETIMES, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GONE TO THE STAPLED BALLOT PACKETS, SOMETIMES WHEN THEY RIP OFF THE BALLOT, THEY SOMETIMES GIVE THEM TWO BALLOTS. IT STILL CONTINUES TO HAPPEN EVEN THOUGH WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE CHECKS.
SO WE DO WATCH THAT ANYTIME IT GOES OVER THE 1 OR 2, THEN IT GOES INTO THE NEXT COLUMNS, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THAT POLLING LOCATION. WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH TRAINING, LOOKING TO SEE IF IT WAS A NEW INSPECTOR OR BALLOT JUDGE, AND SEE IF WE NEED TO HONE IT IN THERE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
BUT AGAIN, THESE RESULTS WE FIND ARE WITHIN THE MEASURABLE MEANS OF ERROR.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE CONFINED, THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN THE HOSPITAL OR IN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, AND THEY DIDN'T GET THEIR BALLOT IN TIME. WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS TO DEPLOY OUT A BIPARTISAN TEAM WITH ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, TO GO OUT AND ENSURE THAT VOTER STILL HAS THE ABILITY TO VOTE.
WE ALSO SEND OUT FLIERS TO THE JAILS IN THE EVENT THAT ANYBODY IS CONFINED BUT NOT A FELON, SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE.
WE HAD 562 DIRECT SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WITH PANEL VOTES THAT BECAUSE THIS COUNTY IS SO FABULOUS, THEY AMPLIFY IT BY SHARING IT AND SHARING LIKE WE DID DO TWO YOUTUBE VOTER EDUCATION VIDEOS.
SO THAT WAS GREAT AS WELL. WE DID TEN SCHEDULED TOURS OF THE PANEL VOTES FACILITY.
THOSE AGAIN RECEIVED VERY WELL AND 85% TURNOUT ON ANY OF THOSE SAYING THAT ONCE THEY LEFT AFTER ONE OF OUR TOURS, THEY FELT THEY UNDERSTOOD AND TRUSTED OUR PROCESSES THAN WHEN THEY FIRST SET FOOT IN THAT FACILITY.
49 VOTER EDUCATION AND OUTREACH EVENTS GOING OVER SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
SIX VOTER EDUCATION WORKING GROUP MEETINGS AND 11 MOUS TO THE BOARD REACHING OVER 5200 VOTERS ATTENDING BY MONTH. ALL OF OUR VOTER OUTREACH EVENTS. THE TOTALS BY CITY AGAIN, PARTICIPATION FOR OUR STUFF.
AGAIN, THE HIGHER ATTENDANCE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN THE COOLER MONTHS IN ARIZONA.
AND THEN SOME OF OUR WORKING GROUP VERSUS TOURS VOTES VERSUS HOW MANY TIMES WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY MAKING SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR VOTERS. WE DID CHANGE UP OUR POLL WORKER TRAINING A LITTLE BIT.
ORIGINALLY, IT WAS GOING TO BE JUST AT THE VOTE CENTER AGAIN, SEEING SO MUCH POSITIVE COMING OUT OF OUR TOURS, HOPING TO GET THE POLL WORKERS AT THE FACILITY SO THEY COULD TAKE THAT INFORMATION OUT AND BE ADVOCATES FOR US IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT SEEMED THAT THAT WASN'T WORKING FOR ALL OF OUR POLL WORKERS, SO WE BACKPEDALED ON THAT.
THERE WERE 28 POLL WORKER TRAINING SESSIONS AT FOUR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE ONE FULL TIME CERTIFIED ELECTION OFFICIAL, TWO ELECTION CYCLE ELECTION SPECIALISTS, ONE TEMP. AND WE DO CONTRACT WITH A AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR FOR THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE INFORMATION, THE HANDOUTS, THE MANUAL AND EVEN THE TRAINING PRESENTATION ALL FIT THE NEEDS OF BEING ABLE TO BE DIGESTIBLE BY OUR POLL WORKERS AND MAKING SURE
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WE'RE HITTING ON THOSE KEY POINTS. AND WE ADDITIONALLY DO TWO JUST INSPECTOR INSPECTOR, VIRTUAL SESSIONS SO THAT WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT AT THE END OF TRAINING SO THAT IF THERE'S ANY CATCH UP, THEY'VE GOT ALL OF THE INFORMATION THEY NEED GOING INTO ELECTION DAY.WE TRAINED 639 POLL WORKERS FOR ELECTION DAY.
OF THAT, WE HAD 93 INSPECTORS, 93 MARSHALS. AGAIN, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE INSPECTOR, ONE MARSHAL AND TWO JUDGES, PER ARS 16531. THEN THE JUDGES AND THE CLERKS.
WE ARE ABLE TO FEATHER THOSE IN AS REQUIRED BY THE VOTER TURNOUT FOR THAT VOTING LOCATION.
67 PINAL COUNTY AMBASSADORS SIGNED UP TO BE POLL WORKERS ON ELECTION DAY.
AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE REALLY GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN PINAL COUNTY.
THOSE PEOPLE IN OUR PLACES, THEY ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY PROUD TO BE PINAL COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND THEN TO ALSO EXERCISE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND BEING POLL WORKERS ON ELECTION DAY 52 TROUBLESHOOTERS.
AND THEN THIS IS THE MOST EVER 14 STUDENT POLL WORKERS ON ELECTION DAY TROUBLESHOOTERS.
WE HAD FOUR IN PERSON TRAINING SESSIONS AT VOTES.
THAT'S ABOUT AN HOUR LONG. AGAIN, REMINDING THEM HOW TO USE ALL OF THE TECH, WHAT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED OF THEM, WHAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED AS FAR AS INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEATHER, ANY AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO POTENTIALLY HAVE ANY STOPS BECAUSE OF ADOT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO WORK AROUND THEM. SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER FOR DELIVERY OR KNOW THAT GETTING THE EQUIPMENT BACK TO US ELECTION NIGHT IS GOING TO TAKE THEM LONGER, BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE STOPS ON THE HIGHWAY WHERE THEY'RE DOING SOME ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
52 OF THE TROUBLESHOOTERS IN 26 BIPARTISAN TEAMS. THEY COVERED THOSE 93 LOCATIONS, 77 PUBLIC WORKS RUNNERS, THREE COUNTY ELECTION DEPARTMENT ROVERS, SEVEN BOX TRUCKS AND SEVEN LEAD TRUCKS. AND THAT IS WITH THE EQUIPMENT DELIVERY AND PICKUP FOR ELECTION NIGHT.
AND THEN 33 PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES ARE UTILIZED ON ELECTION DAY TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL OF THE BALLOT BOXES, THE EARLY EARLY BALLOT AND THE PROVISIONAL BALLOT OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL ELECTION BAGS.
BACK TO US WITH THE POLL PADS. THIS GRAPH REPRESENTS ALL OF OUR POLLING LOCATIONS, WHERE THEY'RE CONCENTRATED AND WHAT OUR TROUBLESHOOTER TEAMS DID FOR DELIVERY. THAT AMBER AREA THAT YOU SEE THERE, ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS WERE DELIVERED THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE ELECTION, AND ALL OF THE OUTLYING AREAS WERE DELIVERED THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE ELECTION.
WE DELIVER ALL EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO MONDAY BECAUSE THIS WAY, IF WE HAVE TO DEPLOY AGAIN, BECAUSE SOMEBODY SEEMS TO BE MISSING SOMETHING OR THEY'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, WE'RE ABLE TO THEN TAKE SOME OF OUR ROVERS AND SEND THEM OUT TO THE VOTING LOCATIONS ON THAT DAY.
SO TO THAT, YOU SAY IF THEY'RE MISSING SOMETHING, ARE THEY? I THINK I, I'M SURE I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT ARE THEY CHECKING ALL THIS STUFF BEFORE ELECTION DAY? CHAIRMAN MCCLURE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. YES. THE MONDAY BEFORE THE ELECTION, THE POLL WORKER TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO DO A COMPLETE INVENTORY OF THEIR EQUIPMENT CAGES. THAT EQUIPMENT CAGE REVIEW IS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL OF THE BALLOT RECEPTACLES THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE AND OF COURSE, THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF BALLOTS.
BUT SOMETIMES THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SIGNS LIKE VOTE HERE SIGNS, BECAUSE MAYBE THERE IS TWO LOCATIONS THAT THEY A VOTER CAN ENTER INTO THAT FACILITY. SO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTERS KNOW TO GO THIS WAY, SOMETIMES THEY WANT ADDITIONAL ORANGE CONES OR ELECTIONEERING CONES.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MEET THE POLL WORKERS WHERE THEY ARE.
AND SO WE'RE JUST AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE MET FOR ELECTION DAY.
WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN PINAL COUNTY, WE WOULD NOT BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE ARE.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE GOING INTO THIS, WE MEET WITH THE, THE FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, WE MEET WITH THE PINAL COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION TO LET ALL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS WHO COULD POTENTIALLY BE TASKED WITH ASSISTING US ON ELECTION DAY TO KNOW WHERE OUR POLLING PLACES ARE, TO KNOW WHERE EACH OF OUR 15 BALLOT DROP BOXES ARE.
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AGAIN, WE STAND UP THE COMMAND CENTER IN THE VOTES BUILDING ON ELECTION DAY, WITH US HAVING VIRTUAL ACCESSIBILITY SO THAT PEOPLE AT FLEET OR PUBLIC WORKS OR WHATNOT HAVE THAT ABILITY TO SIGN IN.AND IF THEY'RE SEEING ANYTHING ON SOCIALS I DO WANT TO IDENTIFY THAT ON ELECTION DAY WE DID AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE A FANTASTIC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.
THE PRECINCT AT 403 DUDLEYVILLE ENCOUNTERED A MASSIVE MONSOON IN THE MIDDLE OF ELECTION DAY.
SO BAD THAT ALL OF THEIR SIGNAGE WASHED AWAY.
AND THE TROUBLESHOOTERS WERE ABLE TO NOT ONLY GET THE VEHICLES KEYS FOR ALL OF THE POLL WORKERS AND MOVE THEM OUT OF THE FLOOD AREA SO THAT NOTHING HAPPENED TO THAT BECAUSE THE WATER RUSHED UP PAST THE DOORS OF THOSE VEHICLES.
SO VOTING CONTINUED WITHOUT PROBLEM AT THAT LOCATION.
ALSO PRECINCT, THE COMBINED 3799, 127 AT TROY ELEMENTARY.
THEY ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THEIR THEIR ELECTRICAL POWER LINES.
AND SO LUCKILY WE KNEW BECAUSE THE INSPECTOR HAD CONTACTED US, PLUS A POLITICAL OBSERVER HAD STEPPED OUTSIDE OF THE 75 FOOT ZONE TO CONTACT THEIR PARTY REPRESENTATIVE, WHO ALSO CONTACTED US TO LET US KNOW THE DEGREE THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, OF TROUBLE, AND WE AUTOMATICALLY WERE ABLE TO DISPATCH THE TROUBLESHOOTERS AGAIN WITH POWER BANKS.
YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICAL CORDS, SWAMP COOLERS, WATER, ALL OF THE THINGS.
SO AGAIN, ELECTION DAY WAS NOT IMPEDED AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON FOR THAT DAY.
POST ELECTION PROCEDURES BECAUSE ELECTIONS DON'T STOP.
PAYROLL WAS SUBMITTED TO HR PAYROLL ON FRIDAY.
WE ALSO DID DID LOGIC ACCURACY TESTING ON FRIDAY.
NOW, ONCE WE CANVAS THIS, WE WILL GO INTO RECORDS RETENTION AND TRANSFER OUR BALLOTS OVER TO THE TREASURER'S OFFICE FOR THEM TO HOLD FOR THE NEXT 22 TO 24 MONTHS. WE WILL ALSO DISPOSE OF ANY EXCESS COUNTER BALLOTS AFTER WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY RECOUNTS FOR THIS ELECTION. REVIEW OF THE EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES LIKE YOU SPOKE ABOUT, CHAIRMAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE IDENTIFY THAT ONE LOCATION IS GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL TABLES AND CHAIRS, WE LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE FOR RESOURCES.
AND IN THE EVENT WE NEED TO, WE ORDER ADDITIONAL TABLES AND CHAIRS.
WE WILL DELIVER THE CANVASS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE THIS AFTERNOON.
WE ALREADY CONCLUDED OUR POST-ELECTION HOT WASH.
LOOKED AT SOME THINGS THAT WE THINK WE CAN DO BETTER FOR THIS NEXT ELECTION.
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE VOTER TURNOUT.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO GIVE OUR WEBSITE A FACELIFT FOR POLL WORKERS.
WE ALREADY USE A SEAMLESS DOCK, BUT WE THINK WE CAN PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THAT IS MUCH MORE REQUESTED FROM OUR POLL WORKERS AND TAKE SOME STUFF THAT'S STALE OFF OF OUR WEBSITE. AND THEN WE'LL START, OF COURSE, PROGRAMING AND LAYING OUT THOSE BALLOTS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CHAIRMAN? NOT FOR ANY ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, DANA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOUR STAFF.
THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT A THANKLESS JOB YOU GUYS HAVE, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, I TELL THEM ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY IN THE MARICOPA OFFICE, THE UPTICK OF BALLOTS HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS WITH STAFF THERE AND ALL THE PEOPLE KNOWING THERE IS ACTUALLY AN ELECTION OFFICE THERE. SO I DO WANT TO THANK DANA AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU, THIS JOB WOULDN'T BE EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO BEING AS EXCELLENT AS IT WAS.
THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES. SIR. MILLER AND GOODMAN, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, JUST JUMP ON IN.
OTHERWISE, I'LL ASSUME YOU DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
NO, I DID, I DID ALL EVERYTHING YOU SAID SO FAR, SO I'M GOOD.
OKAY. OKAY. NOTHING FROM SIR. THERE WE GO. OKAY.
NOTHING HERE FROM MILLER. JOB WELL DONE, DANA AND EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, SIR. I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID AS FAR AS THAT DEPARTMENT.
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SHE'S TURNED IT AROUND AND IT'S IT'S FANTASTIC.SO THANK YOU. YEP. COUNCILWOMAN MCCLURE, IF I MAY.
BETWEEN JANUARY AND THIS ELECTION, OUR OFFICE SAW AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF TRANSITION AND TURNOVER.
AND I WOULD BE COMPLETELY REMISS IF I DID NOT IDENTIFY THE FACT THAT MY CHIEF DEPUTY OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS RETIRED IN THIS TIME AND HANDED OR PASSED OFF THAT TORCH TO OUR NEW CHIEF DEPUTY.
SO DONNA DIAZ IS IN THE AUDIENCE WITH ME TODAY FOR OUR FINAL CANVAS TOGETHER, ALONG WITH CINDY MARTINEZ, MY NEW CHIEF DEPUTY. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE AN INTERIM DEPUTY ELECTIONS DIRECTOR, JARED SMITH, WHO HAS STEPPED INTO THIS ROLE AND IS TOTALLY WINNING AT IT WITH HIS VACANCY OF THE OPS ROLE.
THAT MEANS JAMES HYMAN MOVED INTO IT AGAIN. WE'RE SEEING AMAZING SUCCESSES.
THE WOMAN WHO USED TO RUN OUR EARLY VOTING DEPARTMENT, MONIQUE CARTER, IS NOW YOUR POLL WORKER MANAGER WHO IS TRAINING A THOUSAND POLL WORKERS GOING INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION. AND HOLLY WILLIAMS IS THE NEW EARLY VOTING SUPERVISOR.
WE HAVE SEEN GREAT TRANSITION AND STILL ARE SEEING SUCCESSES.
SO I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS JOB, AND I AM PROMISING YOU THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE SUCCESSES BECAUSE OF THIS AMAZING TEAM. NO, ABSOLUTELY. YOU'RE ON A GREAT TEAM. DID YOU WANT TO EMBARRASS MISS DIAZ ANYMORE? DO YOU WANT TO DRAG HER? I SEE YOU'RE VERY BLESSED THAT SHE'S.
OKAY, WELL, WITH THAT, THANK YOU AGAIN, STAFF.
YOU GUYS. GREAT JOB. SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION, PLEASE.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM ONE FOR THE 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. I GOT A COUPLE SECONDS.
OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I, I, I I, I THINK I HEARD ALL THAT DO YOU? YEP. EVERYBODY JUMPED IN. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU.
WITH THAT THERE'S NO MORE BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD.
WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.