C-PORTAGE COUNTY RECOUNT-December 4, 2016
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In The Matter Of: PORTAGE COUNTY CANVASS BOARD HEARING IN RE PORTAGE COUNTY RECOUNT December 4, 2016 Willette Court Reporting, LLC Certified Professional Court Reporters www.WilletteCourtReporting.com (715)355-4384 (877)355-4384 Min-U-Script® with Word Index PORTAGE COUNTY CANVASS BOARD HEARING IN RE PORTAGE COUNTY RECOUNT December 4, 2016 Page 1 Page 3 1 I N D E X P A G E 1 DATE OF RECOUNT: December 4, 2016 2 2 COUNTY: Portage County 3 R E C O U N T S C O N D U C T E D 3 TIME: 8:00 a.m. to 5:28 p.m. PAGE 4 4 OFFICE TO BE RECOUNTED: ORIGINAL CITY OF STEVENS POINT - Wards 25-27 ... 8 5 RECOUNT CITY OF STEVENS POINT - Wards 25-27 .... 10 5 President of the United States of America 6 ORIGINAL CITY OF STEVENS POINT - Wards 10-12 ... 12 6 RECOUNT CITY OF STEVENS POINT Wards 10-12 -- .. 16 7 7 ORIGINAL RESULT: ORIGINAL CITY OF STEVENS POINT - Wards 34, 42 . 13 8 RECOUNT CITY OF STEVENS POINT - Wards 34, 42 ... 13 8 Donald J. Trump: 17,306 votes 9 ORIGINAL CITY OF STEVENS POINT - 9 Hillary Clinton: 18,521 votes Wards 36, 38, 41 ........ 15 10 RECOUNT CITY OF STEVENS POINT - 10 Darrell L. Castle: 157 votes Wards 36, 38, 41 ......... 15 11 11 Gary Johnson: 1490 votes ORIGINAL CITY OF STEVENS POINT - Wards 13-15 ... 18 12 12 RECOUNT CITY OF STEVENS POINT - Wards 13-15 .... 19 Jill Stein: 583 votes 13 Monica Moorehead: 18 votes 13 ORIGINAL CITY OF STEVENS POINT - Wards 19-21 ... 21 RECOUNT CITY OF STEVENS POINT - Wards 19-21 .... 23 14 Rocky Roque De La Fuente: 24 votes 14 ORIGINAL CITY STEVENS POINT - Wards 16-18 ...... 26 15 Cherunda Fox: 0 votes 15 RECOUNT CITY OF STEVENS POINT - Wards 16-18 .... 29 16 Evan McMullin: 97 votes 16 ORIGINAL CITY OF STEVENS POINT - Wards 37, 39 ............ 30 17 Michael A. Maturen: 4 votes 17 RECOUNT CITY OF STEVENS POINT - Wards 37, 39 ............. 31 18 Marshall Schoenke: 0 votes 18 ORIGINAL VILLAGE OF PARK RIDGE - Ward 1 ........ 32 19 Chris Keniston: 0 votes 19 RECOUNT VILLAGE OF PARK RIDGE - Ward 1 ......... 33 20 Laurence Kotlikoff: 0 votes 20 ORIGINAL TOWN OF NEW HOPE - Ward 1 ............. 35 RECOUNT TOWN OF NEW HOPE - Ward 1 .............. 36 21 Tom Hoefling: 3 votes 21 ORIGINAL TOWN OF BELMONT - Ward 1 .............. 37 22 Joseph Maldonado: 0 votes 22 RECOUNT TOWN OF BELMONT - Ward 1 ............... 38 23 Emidio Soltysik: 1 vote 23 ORIGINAL TOWN OF BUENA VISTA - Wards 1-2 ....... 40 RECOUNT TOWN OF BUENA VISTA - Wards 1-2 ........ 41 24 24 ORIGINAL VILLAGE OF WHITING - Wards 1-4 ........ 43 25 25 RECOUNT VILLAGE OF WHITING - Wards 1-4 ......... 45 Page 2 Page 4 1 CANVASS BOARD MEMBERS: 1 ORIGINAL TOWN OF DEWEY - Ward 1 ................ 47 RECOUNT TOWN OF DEWEY - Ward 1 ................. 50 2 Shirley Simonis 2 Sherry Forseth ORIGINAL VILLAGE OF MILLADORE - Ward 2 ......... 48 3 Marilynn Kranig 3 RECOUNT VILLAGE OF MILLADORE - Ward 2 .......... 48 4 OTHER PERSONNEL: 4 ORIGINAL TOWN OF PINE GROVE - Wards 1-2 ........ 52 RECOUNT TOWN OF PINE GROVE - Wards 1-2 ......... 53 5 Tabulators: 5 ------------------------------------- 6 Kathy Budelier 6 John Gardner 7 Bonnie Groshek 7 E X H I B I T S Rose Jirous 8 Tim Leahy 8 Liz McDonald (There were no exhibits marked during the 9 Jeri McGinley 9 proceedings) Sharon Patoka 10 John Pearson 10 Melissa Rice ------------------------------------- 11 Larry Sipiorski 11 Diane Venden 12 Janet Wolle 12 O B J E C T I O N S Cindy Wisinski 13 Lynette Woyak 13 Kari Yenter NONE 14 Cheryl Leatherman 14 15 STAFF PRESENT: 15 16 Kathy Genovese 16 Chief Deputy Portage County Clerk 17 17 COUNSEL PRESENT: 18 18 None (Available by phone) 19 19 OTHERS PRESENT: 20 20 Representative of Donald J. Trump: Kathy Olszewski 21 Sue Gutzdorf 21 Representative of Hillary Clinton: Deb Pope 22 Representative of Jill Stein: Dan Stoltz 22 23 --------------------------------------- 23 24 24 25 25 Min-U-Script® Willette Court Reporting, LLC (1) Pages 1 - 4 (715)355-4384 ~ (877)355-4384 PORTAGE COUNTY CANVASS BOARD HEARING IN RE PORTAGE COUNTY RECOUNT December 4, 2016 Page 5 Page 7 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 1 TABULATOR: Here. 2 2 CLERK SIMONIS: John Pearson? 3 CLERK SIMONIS: 8:00 a.m., and we'll 3 TABULATOR: Here. 4 call the Portage County canvass recount to order. 4 CLERK SIMONIS: Melissa Rice? 5 Present today: Myself, Shirley 5 TABULATOR: Here. 6 Simonis, the county clerk. We have Marilynn Kranig 6 CLERK SIMONIS: Larry Sipiorski? 7 and Sherry Forseth. 7 TABULATOR: Here. 8 On behalf of the canvass board, we all 8 CLERK SIMONIS: Diane Venden? 9 want to thank you for giving up your weekend and your 9 TABULATOR: Here. 10 family time and your Packer time. 10 CLERK SIMONIS: Janet Wolle? 11 We have a special request to 11 TABULATOR: Here. 12 potentially try to keep quiet -- someone here is 12 CLERK SIMONIS: Cindy Wisinski? 13 taping the game, not to mention any names -- but they 13 TABULATOR: Here. 14 would like to not know what the results are. 14 CLERK SIMONIS: Lynette Woyak? 15 TABULATOR: Oh, God. 15 TABULATOR: Here. 16 TABULATOR: I'll start crying. Don't 16 CLERK SIMONIS: Is Suzanne DuBois 17 make we cry. Ugly crier. 17 here? 18 CLERK SIMONIS: Just to review the 18 TABULATOR: (No reply.) 19 observer rules. We have chief observers for the 19 CLERK SIMONIS: And then Kari Yenter? 20 candidates, and the chief observers are allowed to 20 TABULATOR: Here. 21 talk to the canvass board but should not be 21 CLERK SIMONIS: Is Suzanne here? 22 communicating with you as tabulators. And, as well, 22 TABULATOR: (No reply.) 23 you as tabulators, should not be communicating with 23 CLERK SIMONIS: No. Okay. 24 them. 24 So new people, anybody that has not 25 When we get idle time, we should try to 25 been sworn in yet, Kari and Rose. Page 6 Page 8 1 help each other. But as we recall, this is a 1 (Tabulators sworn in.) 2 meeting. So we want to stay as quiet as possible. 2 (Discussion held off the record.) 3 We want it as friendly as possible, but as 3 CLERK SIMONIS: Okay. May I have your 4 business-like as possible as well. 4 attention, please. 5 At this time, I'm going to call the 5 The first reporting unit that we will 6 roll call and then we will do the oath of office 6 be working on today is the City of Stevens Point, 7 directly after. 7 Wards 25 to 27. 8 CLERK SIMONIS: Kathy Budelier? 8 According to the poll book and the 9 TABULATOR: Here. 9 inspector's statement, we have 1,117 voters, of which 10 CLERK SIMONIS: John Gardner? 10 326 are absentee voters. 11 TABULATOR: Here. 11 To verify the poll bag -- the ballot 12 CLERK SIMONIS: Bonnie Groshek? 12 bags, the number is 00076020. 13 TABULATOR: Here. 13 CANVAS BOARD MEMBER: Yes. 14 CLERK SIMONIS: Rose Jirous? 14 CLERK SIMONIS: And 00067384. 15 TABULATOR: Here. 15 CANVAS BOARD MEMBER: Right. 16 CLERK SIMONIS: Nancy Kemmeter? 16 CLERK SIMONIS: There are no rejected 17 TABULATOR: (No reply.) 17 absentee voters. 18 CLERK SIMONIS: No. 18 REPORTING UNIT: 19 Tim Leahy? 19 Name of Municipality: City of Stevens Point 20 TABULATOR: Here. 20 Reporting Unit: Wards 25-27 21 CLERK SIMONIS: Liz McDonald? 21 Original Vote Totals for Reporting Unit: 1,117 22 TABULATOR: Here. 22 Number of Voters from Registration List: 791 23 CLERK SIMONIS: Jeri McGinley? 23 Number of Absentee Ballots: 326 24 TABULATOR: Here. 24 Number of Rejected Absentee Envelopes: 0 25 CLERK SIMONIS: Sharon Patoka? 25 Notes: Min-U-Script® Willette Court Reporting, LLC (2) Pages 5 - 8 (715)355-4384 ~ (877)355-4384 PORTAGE COUNTY CANVASS BOARD HEARING IN RE PORTAGE COUNTY RECOUNT December 4, 2016 Page 9 Page 11 1 (Discussion held off the record.) 1 Cherunda Fox: 0 votes 2 CLERK SIMONIS: Also as a reminder, 2 Evan McMullin: 6 votes 3 keep in mind -- can I have your attention, please. 3 Michael A. Maturen: 0 votes 4 Keep in mind, when you're going through 4 Marshall Schoenke: 0 votes 5 these ballots, we will have remakes. So keep an eye 5 Chris Keniston: 0 votes 6 out, in the certification area, for any remakes. And 6 Laurence Kotlikoff: 0 votes 7 also, if you happen to see any certification areas 7 Tom Hoefling: 0 votes 8 without any initials, we automatically pull those on 8 Joseph Maldonado: 0 votes 9 the side. 9 Emidio Soltysik: 0 votes 10 Thank you. 10 Blank ballots: 7 11 (Discussion held off the record.) 11 Scattering: 14 12 CLERK SIMONIS: Okay. So for the 12 Overvotes: 0 13 record, City of Stevens Point, Wards 25 to 27 gets a 13 CLERK SIMONIS: The next reporting 14 gold star. We have Liz and John that work at that 14 unit that we will work on is City of Stevens Point, 15 district. Great job. 15 Wards 10 to 12. 16 Number of absentee affidavit envelopes 16 On the inspector statement as well as 17 was 326. 17 the poll book certification, we have 1,088 voters, of 18 Poll book reconciliation shows that we 18 which 303 should be absentees. 19 have 791 regular voters and 326 absentee voters, for 19 Verification of the ballot bags: 20 a total of 1,117.