Election Commission

City of Battle Creek Election Commission Meeting 10 N. Division Street – Room 112 Battle Creek, MI October 16, 2018 9:00 AM Present: Jill Steele, City Attorney: Steve Hudson, City Assessor; and Victoria Houser, City Clerk Absent: None Guests: Alicia Sackett, Deputy Clerk Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 10:00 A.M. Approval of Minutes (July 17, 2018) A motion was made by Assessor Hudson, supported by Attorney Steele, to approve the July 17, 2018 Election Commission meeting minutes. All in favor, none opposed. Motion approved. Appointment of Election Inspectors for the November 6, 2018 General Election Clerk Houser presented a list of election inspectors for the November 6, 2018 General Election. Clerk Houser noted that although there was not an even balance of Republican and Democratic inspectors, at least one Republican and one Democrat were assigned to each precinct. A motion was made by Attorney Steele, supported by Assessor Hudson, to appoint the precinct inspectors, as presented, for the November 6, 2018 General Election. All yes, none opposed. Motion approved. Public Accuracy Test: Deputy Clerk Sackett presented the November 6, 2018 election test deck, stating the testing would be performed with an expectation the Optical Scan Tabulator results would match the test deck provided, which included the ICX test ballots. Deputy Clerk Sackett inserted each ballot, describing the reasoning for the ballot marking, and the expected result from the tabulator. Upon completion of the ballot testing, Deputy Clerk Sackett printed the totals tape, confirming the totals matched the results on the test deck, verifying the totals with Attorney Steele and Assessor Hudson. Public Comments: There were no public comments. Commission Comments: There were no Commission comments. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:25 AM. 1