APPROVED MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS MEETING HELD April 8, 2013 8:30 a.m. STATE OF WISCONSIN) COUNTY CLERK S OFFICE COUNTY OF PIERCE) ELLSWORTH, WI 2013 02 The Pierce County Board of Canvassers met in the Pierce County Board Room of the Pierce County Courthouse, Ellsworth, WI. Clerk J. Feuerhelm called the meeting to order at 8:32 a.m. Deputy Clerk C. Kern acknowledged those present and established that there was a quorum: Members present: Jamie Feuerhelm County Clerk Ginny Huber Republican Party Rep. Carol Zalusky Democratic Party Rep. Members absent: 0 Agenda approved as presented. None. Motion by G. Huber/C. Zalusky to approve Board of Canvasser minutes of Feb. 28 th, 2013 as presented; motion carried unanimously. 1) Meeting Convened 2) Those Present 3) Approve Agenda 4) Public Comment 5) Approve Minutes Canvas of April 2 ND Spring Election 6) Canvass Election Returns TOWN OF CLIFTON: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 252 voters. TOWN OF DIAMOND BLUFF: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 42 voters. TOWN OF ELLSWORTH: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 147 voters. TOWN OF EL PASO: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 75 voters. TOWN OF GILMAN: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 268 voters.
TOWN OF HARTLAND: Reported 47 votes for Court of Appeals Judge candidate Lisa K. Stark. Tapes from both machines equal 46. No explanation where other vote may have come from. Adjusted total for Stark to 46. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 79 voters. GAB-190 #7 needs to be filled out. Info needed contained on front /certification page of the poll book. GAB-190 Cost of Elections section listed stamps under Miscellaneous and should be listed under #2 Ballots, not #11 Misc. GAB-190 #13 voting equipment only needs to be completed if there is new equipment since the last election. TOWN OF ISABELLE: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 43 voters. TOWN OF MAIDEN ROCK: Did not record or count 1 write in vote for Court of Appeals office. Name so noted & added to total. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 136 voters. TOWN OF MARTELL: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 230 voters. TOWN OF OAK GROVE: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 442 voters. TOWN OF RIVER FALLS: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 327 voters. TOWN ROCK ELM: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 54 voters. TOWN OF SALEM: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 56 voters. arriving absentee ballots. Must be ballots postmarked no later than the date of election and delivered no later than 4pm the following Friday. If all absentee ballots are returned prior to the close of polls on Election Day the MBOC does not have to meet on Friday. TOWN OF SPRING LAKE: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 90 voters. Board of Canvassers > 04/08/2013 Page 2 of 4
TOWN OF TRENTON: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 345 voters. GAB-190 #5 listed one military ballot not reported on election night. MBOC needs to meet on Friday to address this issue even if it is known that the ballot will not be returned. GAB-190 #9 Election Day Registration: when counting from supplemental list do not include those listed as Late Registrations. TOWN OF TRIMBELLE: If recording blank write in ballots on Tally Sheet please indicate as such. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 243 voters. TOWN OF UNION: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 109 voters. VILLAGE OF BAY CITY: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 65 voters. VILLAGE OF ELLSWORTH: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 250 voters. VILLAGE OF ELMWOOD: Reported 67 votes for SPI candidate Tony Evers on Tally Sheet. Didn t add 10 votes cast on Optical Scan unit. Revised vote totals for Evers to 77. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 109 voters. VILLAGE OF MAIDEN ROCK: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 43 voters. VILLAGE OF PLUM CITY: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 141 voters. VILLAGE OF SPRING VALLEY: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 256 voters. CITY OF PRESCOTT: WARDS 1 6: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 281 voters. Board of Canvassers > 04/08/2013 Page 3 of 4
WARD 5: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 68 voters. WARDS 6 8: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 437 voters. WARDS 9 11: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 192 voters. WARDS 12 14: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 241 voters. GENERAL REMARKS: Canvass completed to include all late arriving absentee ballots. Board tallied results of returns, printed reports, signed & sent verification to GAB. Meeting adjourned at 10:46 a.m. by motion of C. Zalusky/ G. Huber. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted by: Jamie R. Feuerhelm, Pierce County Clerk Board of Canvassers > 04/08/2013 Page 4 of 4
APPROVED MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS MEETING HELD February 25, 2013 8:30 a.m. STATE OF WISCONSIN) COUNTY CLERK S OFFICE COUNTY OF PIERCE) ELLSWORTH, WI 2013 01 The Pierce County Board of Canvassers met in the Pierce County Board Room of the Pierce County Courthouse, Ellsworth, WI. Deputy Clerk C. Kern called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Deputy Clerk C. Kern acknowledged those present and established that there was a quorum: Members present: Cynthia J. Kern Deputy County Clerk Ginny Huber Republican Party Rep. Carol Zalusky Democratic Party Rep. Members absent: 0 Motion by G. Huber/C. Zalusky to approve agenda as presented; motion carried unanimously. None. Motion by C. Zalusky/G. Huber to approve Board of Canvasser minutes from November 8 th and 13th, 2012 as presented; motion carried unanimously. 1) Meeting Convened 2) Those Present 3) Approve Agenda 4) Public Comment 5) Approve Minutes Canvas of February 19 TH Spring Primary Election 6) Canvass Election Returns TOWN OF CLIFTON: Pre-lat testing tapes do not need to be turned into the County keep them for your records. Tally tape list at top PRE-LAT RESULTS REPORT verify your pre-lat and poll opening procedures tally tape should list OFFICIAL RESULTS REPORT at top. arriving absentee ballots. Must be ballots must be postmarked no later than the date of election and delivered no later than 4pm the following Friday. Reconciled voter numbers & verified initial voter total to be 77 voters. TOWN OF DIAMOND BLUFF: arriving absentee ballots. Must be ballots must be postmarked no later than the date of election and delivered no later than 4pm the following Friday. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 15 voters.
TOWN OF ELLSWORTH: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 57 voters. TOWN OF EL PASO: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 23 voters. TOWN OF GILMAN: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 40 voters. TOWN OF HARTLAND: Do not need to complete info on GAB 102 & 103 envelopes if you do not use them. GAB-103 Absentee Affidavit Envelope does not go in the secured ballot bag. Un-used ballot go in secured ballot bag. GAB-190 #7 listed as 0 should be total number of voters printed on the poll list which can be found on the front page of the poll book. GAB-190 Cost of Elections section listed stamps under Miscellaneous and should be listed under #2 Ballots. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 28 voters. TOWN OF ISABELLE: GAB-190 #13 Voting Equipment Only needs to be completed if the information has changed since the last election. GAB-190 Cost of Elections section - #1 should only be cost incurred for election worker training ect. #6 should list all wages paid to election workers for the day of the election. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 18 voters. TOWN OF MAIDEN ROCK: Pre-lat testing tapes do not need to be turned into the County keep them for your records. GAB-190 Cost of Elections section should have no cost for ballots, memory devises, or programing of equipment as this was a state contest and the municipality is not billed for this. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 41 voters. TOWN OF MARTELL: Only need one copy of the GAB-190 GAB-190 item #13 only needs to be completed if the election equipment has been changed since the previous election. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 61 voters. TOWN OF OAK GROVE: Missing GAB-104 Inspector Statement. GAB-190 #9 Election-Day Registrants listed 4 only received 3 GAB-131 s dated 02/19/2013 Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 84 voters. Board of Canvassers > 02/25/2013 Page 2 of 5
TOWN OF RIVER FALLS: GAB-106AP needs to be completed and turned into the county clerk. Contacted Clerk to verify no outstanding absentee ballots were returned late. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 124 voters. TOWN ROCK ELM: arriving absentee ballots. Must be ballots must be postmarked no later than the date of election and delivered no later than 4pm the following Friday. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 14 voters. TOWN OF SALEM: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 22 voters. TOWN OF SPRING LAKE: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 27 voters. TOWN OF TRENTON: Me write-in tallies don t count as a write-in vote. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 253 voters. TOWN OF TRIMBELLE: Blank write-in tallies don t count as a write-in vote. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 81 voters. TOWN OF UNION: GAB-190 Cost of Elections section should have no cost for ballots, memory devises, or programing of equipment as this was a state contest and the municipality is not billed for this. GAB-190 document incomplete, completed item #11 40 votes cast on DRE (Touchscreen) and 0 Paper Ballots. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 40 voters. Board of Canvassers > 02/25/2013 Page 3 of 5
VILLAGE OF BAY CITY: Only need one copy of the GAB-190 Do not need to complete info on GAB 102 & 103 envelopes if you do not use them. Complete front page of poll book Total Number of Voters 18, Page Number of Last Voter: 27, Number of Absentee Electors: 0 arriving absentee ballots. Must be ballots must be postmarked no later than the date of election and delivered no later than 4pm the following Friday. GAB-190 #7 listed as 0 should be total number of voters printed on the poll list which can be found on the front page of the poll book. GAB-190 #10 listed as 18 should be 0 no provisional ballots were cast. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 18 voters. VILLAGE OF ELLSWORTH: Phone in results on election night should include paper ballot count added into the machine tally. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 68 voters. VILLAGE OF ELMWOOD: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 45 voters. VILLAGE OF MAIDEN ROCK: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 15 voters. VILLAGE OF PLUM CITY: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 37 voters. VILLAGE OF SPRING VALLEY: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 59 voters. CITY OF PRESCOTT: WARDS 1 6: Need to provide GAB-106AP Statement of The MBOC Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 87 voters. WARD 5: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 25 voters. WARDS 6 8: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 172 voters. Board of Canvassers > 02/25/2013 Page 4 of 5
WARDS 9 11: Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 78 voters. WARDS 12 14: Tally sheet do not write grand totals in the write-in total box at the bottom. Reconciled voter numbers & verified voter total to be 96 voters. 6) Next Meeting Date GENERAL REMARKS: Instructions will be sent with the next election packet on what is to be included in each section of the GAB190. Please read these carefully as there have been many discrepancies on this form. Canvass completed to include all late arriving absentee ballots. Board tallied results of returns, printed reports, signed & sent verification to GAB. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m. by motion of G. Huber/C. Zalusky. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted by: Cynthia J. Kern, Pierce County Deputy Clerk Board of Canvassers > 02/25/2013 Page 5 of 5