Board of Elections Supervisors
Regular MeetingCollege Park, MD · June 16, 2022
Minutes
Board of Election Supervisors
Hybrid Meeting
June 16, 2022
7:00 p.m.
Final Minutes
Member District Present Absent
1. Tina Batten Mayoral X
Appointment (Virtually)
2. Yousuf Jaleel 4 X
3. John Payne 3 X
4. Lynea Cooper 1 X
5. Cameron Thurston 2 X
(Virtually)
6. Ben Hovland X
(Virtually)
Also present: Janeen S. Miller, City Clerk; Sheryl DeWalt, Contract Secretary (Virtually)
All were present and the meeting recording started at 7:00pm. There were technical difficulties
and Ms. Miller tried to find another conference room to move those present at City Hall.
Prior to the official start of the meeting, Ben Hovland was introduced as a new member and
introductions were made of the committee.
1. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order by Chief John Payne at 7:12 p.m.
2. Approval of the June 14, 2022 meeting agenda
Tina Batten made a motion to approve the June 14, 2022 meeting agenda. Cameron
Thurston seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0-0.
3. Adjournment
Based on the continuous difficulties of hearing the members at City Hall, Tina Batten
made a motion to reschedule the meeting. Yousuf Jaleel seconded the motioned to
reschedule the meeting. The motion passed 5-0-0.
The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
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Agenda
Board of Election Supervisors
Thursday, June 14, 2022 – 7:00 p.m.
Hybrid Meeting:
In Person: 2nd Floor Conference Room 261, City Hall
Via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99236316311
Agenda
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes from May 12, 2022
3. Introduce and welcome new member, Ben Hovland
4. Discuss a report to Council about improving voter turnout, such as
mailing ballots instead of applications
5. Recommendation to Council about the date of the election.
6. Preliminary discussion of election timeline and whether to propose
any changes:
a. Consider shifting pre-processing to before Election Day
b. Last Day to turn in petitions
c. Last Day to withdraw
d. When to prepare ballots
e. When to mail ballots
f. Last day to mail ballots – “late application absentee” period
g. Changing the interval between Election Day and Canvass –
one week was OK with Council
7. Review BOES Agenda Roadmap 2022-2023
8. New Business/General Discussion
9. Adjourn -- Next meeting: Thursday, July 14, 2022
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