11-08-2016 Recount Minutes (PDF)
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RECOUNT OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES NOVEMBER 8,2016 GENERAL ELECTION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016 County Clerk Kimberly Bushey, called the meeting ofthe Walworth County Board of Canvass to order at 9:01 a.m. She stated the purpose of this meeting is a State Ordered Recount for the Office of President of the United States. She said the Public Notice was posted in three public locations on or before November 30, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. Bushey submitted: Public Notice as Exhibit #1. (Incorporated herein) Wisconsin Elections Commission Order for Recount as Exhibit #2. (Incorporated herein) Bushey introduced Joseph Rezek as the Republican Member of the Board of Canvass and Janis Anton as the Democratic Member of the Board of Canvass. She thanked everyone present for volunteering and reminded everyone to complete an Oath and W-2 Form and the forms were collected. Bushey briefly explained the rules of the meeting. Michael Cotter, Corporation Counsel, requested that all Candidate Representatives sign in with him. Bushey announced there would be multiple functions occurring simultaneously. There will be two tabulation tables, multiple poll book reconciliation tables, and reconciling will be conducted out ahead of this process. There were no objections. County Clerk Bushey made a motion that the Board of Canvass utilize the electronic voting equipment and hand count ballots at their discretion, seconded by Janis Anton. Motion carried 3-0. Bushey verified the tamper evident seal number on the Memory Card box as 45346130. Town of Sugar Creek Wards 1-5 (Optical Scan & Hand Count) Original Vote Total Recount Vote Total Trump/Pence 1361 1357 OS + 5 Hand Count == 1362 ClintonlKaine 696 693 OS + 2 Hand Count == 695 CastlelBradley 6 6 Johnson/Weld 90 89 OS + 1 Hand Count == 90 SteinlBaraka 17 17 Moorehead/Lilly 1 1 De La Fuente/Steinberg 1 1 FoxlKushner (write-in) o o McMullin/Johnson (write-in) 3 4 MaturenlMunoz (write-in) o o SchoenkelMitchell (write-in) o o KenistonlTaylor (write-in) o o Kotlikoff/Leamer (write-in) o o HoeflingiSchulin (write-in) o o Maldonado (write-in) o o SoltysiklWalker (write-in) o o Total write-in at Recount 22 PAGE 1 of 69 Total Voters as reconciled from Poll Lists: 2222-1 =2221 Total Absentee Voters from Poll Lists: 775-1= 774 Total Ballots Counted at Recount: 2221-1 =2220 Total Absentee Ballots Identified: 775-1= 774 Total Used Absentee Envelopes: 775-1= 774 Items ofNote: Town of Sugar Creek Diane Boyd conducted a public test ofthe electronic voting equipment. The test was accurate. Bushey announced when reviewing the used absentee envelopes, they are looking for: 1) Signature ofthe Voter 2) Signature ofthe Witness 3) Address ofthe Witness 4) Initials ofthe Clerk acknowledging the Photo ill requirement had been met. Bushey asked Michael Cotter, of Corporation Counsel, to contact the Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) if anything should happen to those envelopes without the initials ofthe Clerk indicating they saw Photo ill. Cotter stated per the WEC there was nothing that needed to be done. There were no rejected absentee envelopes. There were no provision ballots. Both Poll Books were fully reconciled. There were 2222 Regular Voters and 775 Absentee Voters There were 775 Absentee Ballot Envelopes There were 775 Absentee Ballots Bushey announced there was one absentee envelope without the address of witness - need to draw down 1 ballot. Anton stated the ballot should not have been counted the evening ofthe election. There were no objections. Drawing down by one will reduce the number of ballots and voters by one and will reduce the number of absentee ballots and voters by one. (2221)(774 absentee voters) Draw down reduced Clinton by 1. The Board of Canvass reviewed the properly remade absentee ballot. Sue Kitzman then ran the absentee ballots through the electronic voting equipment. Mary Gilding, the Jill Stein Representative, formed an objection: "The election night results ofNovember 8th for President count is erroneous with the count ofthe recount on December 1sl of Sugar Creek." No action was taken. Anton made a motion to run the ballots through the electronic voting machine. Ifthe machine is operating properly and the numbers match, we will move on. If not, we will look through the ballots, second by Rezek. Motion carried 3-0. Exhibit TSC#l - Rejected Absentee Envelope -Containing the absentee envelope without witness address. (Incorporated herein) Exhibit TSC#2 - Rejected Absentee Envelope - Rejected absentee ballot - draw down (Incorporated herein) Bushey announced that notification was received by the Wisconsin Election Commission that all candidates were properly served and notified for the recount. The Board of Canvass reviewed 8 hand counted ballots that might be difficult for the machine to read with 5 votes going for Trump, 2 for Clinton and 1 for Johnson. PAGE 2 of 69 On election night there was a total of 2222 voters; the electronic voting equipment counted 2221 - there was 1 jammed ballot - minus 1 draw down at recount for a total of 2221. The electronic voting equipment reported 2188 ballots - plus 33 hand counted ballots (8 hand count and 25 no votes for President) for a total of 2221 ballots counted. Ballot bags were opened and seals were verified. Bag # 1 Seal # 0790076 resealed Bag # 4 Seal # 0790310 resealed Bag # 2 Seal # 0790319 resealed Bag # 5 Seal # 0790309 resealed Bag # 3 Seal # 0790305 resealed Town of Whitewater Ward 3 (Optical Scan and Hand Count) Original Vote Total Recount Vote Total TrumplPence 26 27 ClintonlKaine 19 20 CastlelBradley o o Johnson/Weld 3 3 Stein/Baraka 2 2 Moorehead/Lilly o o De La Fuente/Steinberg o o FoxlKushner (write-in) o o McMullin/Johnson (write-in) o 1 Maturen/Munoz (write-in) o o SchoenkelMitchell (write-in) o o Keniston/Taylor (write-in) o o KotIikoff/Leamer (write-in) o o Hoefling/Schulin (write-in) o o Maldonado (write-in) o o SoltysiklWalker (write-in) o o Miscellaneous write-in at Recount 1 Total Voters as reconciled from Poll Lists: 54 Total Absentee Voters from Poll Lists: 4 Total Ballots Counted at Recount: 54 Total Absentee Ballots Identified: 4 Total Used Absentee Envelopes: 4 Items ofNote: A public test of the electronic voting equipment was conducted. The test was accurate. There were no provision ballots. Ballot bags were opened and seals were verified. Bag # I Seal # 0889223 resealed PAGE 3 of 69 Town of Whitewater Wards 1,2 (Optical Scan and Hand Count) Original Vote Total Recount Vote Total Trump/Pence 434 437 ClintonlKaine 309 315 Castle/Bradley 1 1 JohnsonlWeld 38 39 SteiniBaraka 7 7 Moorehead/Lilly 1 1 De La Fuente/Steinberg o o FoxlKushner (write-in) o o McMullin/Johnson (write-in) o o MaturenlMunoz (write-in) o o SchoenkelMitchell (write-in) o o Keniston/Taylor (write-in) o o Kotlikoff/Leamer (write-in) o o Hoefling/Schulin (write-in) o o Maldonado (write-in) o o SoltysikiWalker (write-in) o o Miscellaneous write-in at Recount 7 Total Voters as reconciled from Poll Lists: 823 (824 on front page of original Poll Book) Total Absentee Voters from Poll Lists: 127 Total Ballots Counted at Recount: 823 Total Absentee Ballots Identified: 127 Total Used Absentee Envelopes: 127 Items ofNote: A public test of the electronic voting equipment was conducted. The test was accurate. There were a number of election equipment jams on election day, all of which were noted and accounted for on the Inspector's Statement. There were no rejected absentee ballots. Ballot bags were opened and seals were verified. Bag # 1 Seal # 0790313 resealed Town of Bloomfield Wards 1,2 (Optical Scan and Hand Count) Original Vote Total Recount Vote Total Trump/Pence 367 367 ClintonlKaine 258 258 Castle/Bradley 6 6 JohnsonIWeld 32 32 SteinlBaraka 10 10 Moorehead/Lilly o o De La Fuente/Steinberg 2 2 FoxlKushner (write-in) o o McMullin/Johnson (write-in) 5 7 PAGE 4 of 69 Maturen/Munoz (write-in) o o SchoenkelMitchell (write-in) o o KenistonlTaylor (write-in) o o Kotlikoff/Leamer (write-in) o o Hoefling/Schulin (write-in) o o Maldonado (write-in) o o SoltysiklWalker (write-in) o o Miscellaneous write-in at Recount 2 Total Voters as reconciled from Poll Lists: 691 (Poll Book says on face 692) Total Absentee Voters from Poll Lists: 198 Total Ballots Counted at Recount: 691 Total Absentee Ballots Identified: 198 Total Used Absentee Envelopes: 198 Items ofNote: A public test of the electronic voting equipment was conducted. The test was accurate. One remade absentee ballot may account for absentee. Remade paper ballot was properly remade Returned absentees undeliverable were in the Rejected Absentee Envelope. Technically there were no rejected absentees. A Town of Bloomfield ballot was discovered with the Village of Bloomfield ballots. The Canvass Board reviewed it and it was properly accounted for. (The Town and Village have the same polling location.) One irregularity was noted: There were 6 ballots without the initials of an election inspector. Ballot bags were opened and seals were verified. Bag # 1 Seal # 0443308 resealed Bag # 2 Seal # 0443309 resealed Village of Bloomfield Wards 1-5 (Optical Scan and Hand Count) Original Vote Total Recount Vote Total TrumplPence 1283 1283 ClintonlKaine 550 550 CastielBradley 8 8 JohnsonlWeld 71 71 SteinlBaraka 33 33 Moorehead/Lilly 1 1 De La Fuente/Steinberg o o FoxlKushner (write-in) o o McMullin/Johnson (write-in) 7 6 Maturen/Munoz (write-in) o o SchoenkelMitchell (write-in) o o Keniston/Taylor (write-in) o o Kotlikoff/Leamer (write-in) 1 1 Hoefling/Schulin (write-in) o o Maldonado (write-in) o o SoltysiklWalker (write-in) o o Miscellaneous write-in at Recount 18 PAGE 5 of 69 Total Voters as reconciled from Poll Lists: 1977 Total Absentee Voters from Poll Lists: 556 Total Ballots Counted at Recount: 1977 Total Absentee Ballots Identified: 556 Total Used Absentee Envelopes: 556 Items ofNote: A public test ofthe election equipment was conducted.