Electoral Board

HAMPTON ELECTORAL BOARD Meeting Minutes May 4, 2022 Opening The Electoral Board meeting was called to order at 10:45 am by the Vice Chair, Rebecca Winn, at 10:15 am. Present Rebecca Winn, Vice Chair; Margaret Wilson, Secretary and Tara Morgan, Registrar. Also present were Josh Moran, Chair, Democratic Party; James Avery, Democratic Party Treasurer; Sheyle Stanworrh and Jacqueline Wade. Minutes Corrections were made to the April 4, 2022 minutes to change “John” to “Josh” Moran and the removal of “and the local political parties” indicating where the law books were distributed. A motion was made and approved to accept the minutes as corrected. Open Issues The Registrar stated the Absentee Coordinator position is still being processed. To date, twenty-seven (27), Republicans, sixty-eight (68) Democrats and sixty-five (65) Unaffiliated Officers of Election has responded to the letter sent out. A notice for the recruitment of potential Officers of Election is on eNews and other notices. It is requested that notices be received prior to the Primary on June 21st. The Registrar stated the June training session has been changed for only June 14th for the Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs and will be held at the Rupert Sargent Building. This will allow for all the Chiefs and Assistants may be held at one time. This will also allow the Registrar to notify the Officers of Election where which precinct they will be assigned. There will be only a Republican primary and anyone is eligible to vote. The letter sent to Officers of Election ask for a response for on the dates they are available to attend. In addition, the Registrar needs to know who will be available to work for the June 21st primary and at which precinct to assign them. Electoral Board members were reminded they will need to visit their assigned precincts for ADA compliance, safety and health inspection. In case the Board vacancy is not filled, the other members will split the additional precincts. There was a question on the ADA criteria according to the law, however, the new law books will not be available until July 1st. The new pollbooks should arrive the first of June. The contract has been signed and completed. New Business A letter has been sent to Judge Gaten requesting the appointment of a new Board member and it was hoped that the appointment be made prior to the June Board meeting. Matt Scott, a previous Board member, was recommended. At 10:42 am the Board went into a closed session to discuss personnel issues. The Board returned to open session at 10:58 am. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 11:18 am.