Washington County Board Of Elections Regular Monthly Meeting

MARIETTA, OH — Today was the April meeting for the Washington County Board of Elections. Patch sat down with Mandy Amos, director of the board, and Karen Pawloski, deputy director of the board. They agreed to recap the meeting by going through the agenda.

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Washington County Board of Elections Reorganization and Regular Monthly

There was no reorganization, it was just a regular monthly meeting.

April 14, 2021

1. Call to Order, Pledge of Allegiance

2. Public Comment

There was one public comment. Pawloski said a township trustee named Jed said that he through the Board of Elections was one of the best run organizations in the county and he's glad to be a part of it.

3. Minutes

The minutes from two previous meetings in March had to be approved. One was the regular March meeting, the other was a special meeting in March held to approve the May, 4 ballot. Both sets of minutes were approved without dispute.

4. Bills

Suddenlink, monthly internet charge and fees, $227.62

Karen Pawloski, reimb. for office Zoom annual membership, $160.77

Poynter's, Zoom cart-video conferencing solution, $5,385.00

Poynter's, Kyocera printer cartridge, $179.29

Triad, Remote ballot marking conversion, $1001.00

Runbeck, Election BOD printer set-up for 5/4/21. $531,00

Apex, sidewalk salt, $8.95

Triad, polling place change cards for 5/4/21-1,074, $72.49

The bills were all approved without dispute.

5. Correspondence

Directive 2021-12 Special Congressional election in Ohio's 11th Congressional District

This is just a directive issued by the Secretary of State that does not affect our district.

Directive 2021-13 Unofficial and Official Canvasses of the May 4, 2021 Primary/Special Election; Open meetings; and Precinct Election Official training

This is another directive issued by the Secretary of State, this one does affect our district. This deals with procedures they have to follow to get an unofficial count (unofficial canvass) on Election Day, and an official count (official canvass) a couple of weeks after Election Day.

Memorandum 2021-01 Responsibilities of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police in the 2021 Primary/Special Election

This is just a reminder to law enforcement in the community that if they're needed on Election Day, the Board of Elections is a priority. Election officials don't foresee this being an issue this election.

6. Business

Approve poll worker appointments

The board has approved these individuals to work the corresponding polls.

Belpre Church of Christ
Hannah Beall
Shirley Davis
Tina Eddy
Janet Gilbert
Jeff Greenley
Leah Leftwich
Lori McDole
Marsha Myers
Bobbie Walker

FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Debra Hansis
Jack Hansis
Robert Jenkins
Douglas Robinson
Howard Tornes
Jayne Tornes
Anita White
David White

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HALL
Marsha Brletrick-Ward
Darlene Burke Ogletree
David Cech
Scot Edgerton
Joy Farley
Thomas Kukulka
Deborah Maxwell
Pamela Sullivan

MARIETTA TOWNSHIP RECREATION CENTER
Sharol Ballantyne
Gina Batten
Brenda Degori
Paul Felton
Marjorie Hartline
Nelson Hartline
Rhonda Mears
Candy Nelson
Jason Pyles
Janell Thomas
Lisa Wenzel

PORTERFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH
James Crout
Julie Kuczko
Brenda Nichols
John Nichols
Joan Rogers
Margaret Webster

WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
Poncet Bills
Robert Bumgarner
David Grimes
Gregory Grimes
Kathryn Hawbaker
Edith Newman
Anna Rambo
Barbara Stengel
Barbara Stewart
Bradley Thomas
James Webber

Approve voting machine allocation

This was the board approving sending a certain number of voting machines to various polling places.

Money received from SOS and PPE purchases for Primary/Special Election $690.00

They received nearly $700.00 for PPE from the Secretary of State. Election officials say they have a lot of PPE left over from the last one so they are ready for another safe and sanitary election.

Must be open the weekend after the election as part of the 7 day cure period- Sat. 8-12pm Sun. 1-5pm

This is making it public for absentee or provisional voters who might need to fix issues with verifying their ID. When an error is detected, the Board of Elections will send a letter notifying them they need to correct the error, or "cure" their ballot. They have up to seven days after the election to fix the issue.

Select date for Official canvass of the May 4, 2021 election-between May 15 and 25, 2021

The Board of Elections set the date for official canvass as May 17 at 8:30.

2021 SOS Summer Conference dates June 8 & 9, 2021 at the Columbus Hyatt Regency

This is announcing the Secretary of State's conference for county election officials. They have these twice a year, the idea is to make sure election officials are up to date with policy and procedure. This will be the first in-person conference since the pandemic.

Employee sick, comp, and vacation time updates

This is just personnel information.

7. Future discussions

MOU and JFS

This is a memorandum of understanding dealing with the fact that the Board of Elections works out of the building owned by Job and Family Services, and that they plan to continue to do so.

8. Old business

There was no old business.

9. Next Meeting will be on May 4, 2021, at 6:00 AM

The board is going to be meeting to officially open up voting for the county.

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