Electoral Board

Hampton Electoral Board Meeting Minutes September 9, 2020 Opening The Electoral Board meeting was called to order by Chair Fred Everett at 10:15 Present Chairman Fred Everett, Vice President Carter Phillips, Secretary Margaret Wilson, Registrar Tara Morgan. Visitor James Avery, Hampton Democratic Party Committee. Open Issues The Registrar stated there is a need for more Republican election officials. So far, only eight Republicans requests have been received. In addition there is a need for more all election officials. There is a need for an Authority Rep at the Absentee Precinct. Training for new employees will be the week of 21-25 September and she would like assistance in training. A discussion was held on possible crowd control at the precincts. Fred has contacted the Police Chief to request his assistance. Perhaps there could be unidentified people in each precinct. For the November election, we will need at least 12 election officials at each Precinct; four to five pollbook officials and two officials for Provisionals. Each precinct will have a drop box so that those with absentee ballots may drop them off without getting in line. The Registrar would like to have 15,000 instructions printed and folded. The Secretary will call the School Administration to request their assistance. Mandatory election official training will be held at the Absentee Precinct. The training for Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs filling out paperwork will cover pollbooks, an Alternate for Provisionals, a Curbside Official and Opening and Closing. Existing Election Officials training will consist of pollbooks, disabled voters and curbside voting. The Chair will write a letter to all election officials to indicate the importance of attending the mandatory meetings to be sent out on October 1st. New Business The Vice President announced he will surgery on September 11, 2020. The next meeting will be October 7, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned by the Chairman Fred Everett at 12:16 p.m.