* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] LET US KNOW WHEN WE ARE, WE'RE [Ad Hoc City Council Canvassing Committee on May 14, 2025.] RECORDING. WE'RE READY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS THE AD HOC CANVASSING COMMITTEE. IT IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 14TH, AND THE TIME IS WELL, LET'S MAKE SURE. 8 33. THANK YOU. UM, I NOW CALL THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE TO ORDER. WE MEET TODAY FOR REVIEW AND EXAMINE THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE MAY 3RD, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION. BILLY RAY IS GOING TO PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AGAIN, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF WITHIN ALL OF THIS AND I'LL HAVE TO THAT BEHIND. UM, ARE WE ABLE TO BRING IT UP ON THIS MONITOR HERE ON THIS ONE? YES. WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING HERE, IT'S, IT'S STILL TRYING TO LOAD AND I THINK IF I SHARED, SO I MAY HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LOOK ON MIND. APOLOGIES. UM, AGAIN, TODAY, THE MAY 14TH AND, UH, WE ARE HERE TO CANCEL THE MAY 3RD, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION, WHAT YOU HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, AND YOU'LL BE GETTING, I THINK YOU ALREADY SHOULD HAVE AN EMAIL LINK TO THAT DOCUMENT. YEAH. SO YOU HAVE THE RESOLUTION, UM, AND THE RESOLUTION WILL BE, UH, SUBMITTED, DISTRIBUTED TO THE, TO THE, UM, COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AT TODAY'S MEETING. AND WHAT THAT LIST IS JUST, WE WILL HAVE THAT ALSO DISTRIBUTED, BUT YOU CAN SCROLL UP, UM, JUST ALL THE PLACES THAT, UM, RECEIVE SUFFICIENT VOTES. AND THEN, UH, FURTHER DOWN IT LIST SECTION FOUR, THE TWO, THE TWO PLACES THAT DID NOT RECEIVE SUFFICIENT VOTES, UM, WHICH WHICH ARE DISTRICT STATE IN 11, BUT THAT'S RESOLUTION THAT BE DISTRIBUTED. THEN THAT'S WHEN IS THE, UH, ORDER, WE CALL RESOLUTION ORDER. AND THAT IS THE CANVASSING REPORT, UH, WHICH IS YOUR REPORT THAT YOU WILL, IT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION. UH, TODAY'S MEETING, AND THIS GOES INTO, UM, DETAILS OF THE, THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT WERE CASTED FOR FOR EACH PLACE, UH, FOR ALL PLACES, EVEN EVEN DISTRICT AGE 11, JUST THE, THE ACTUAL VOTES THAT WERE RECEIVED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN WE GET TO THE PLACE 12 MIDDLE SENIOR DISTRICT, THAT THAT NUMBER IS A COMBINED NUMBER BETWEEN THE THREE COUNTIES DOWN CALL AND DENTON. AND WE DO HAVE A BREAKOUT SHEET SO YOU CAN, UM, FOLLOW, FOLLOW THROUGH. I MEAN, THOSE PROCEED WITH DALLAS COLUMN JANUARY, BUT THAT IS YOUR ORDER. THE CAN SEE COMMITTEE'S ORDER. SO ONCE WE GO THROUGH, UM, TODAY YOU HAVE, YOU SIGN THAT DOCUMENT, AND AGAIN, THAT WILL BE A TACTICAL RESOLUTION. UM, WHAT WE HAVE HERE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLICK UP YET, WORD IS DALLAS CALLED A DENTON'S, UM, ACTUAL UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW DALLAS, IF WE'RE NOT DROPPING OFF ANYTHING. IF YOU REMEMBER DALLAS HAVE MAYBE THREE OR FOUR MORE REPORTS. THEY WERE BEING MORE EFFICIENT. AND THEY HAVE THE SUMMARY, WHICH IS THE COMBINED TOTALS, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE PRECINCT BY PRECINCT. THANK YOU. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS FOR, I EXCEED DALLAS ELECTION RESULTS, THE NUMBER REGISTER VOTERS WE HAD AT THE DAY OF MAY 3RD, BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER ON THAT DATE, THE TOTAL NUMBER, UH, BALLOT PASSED, AND THE VOTER TURNOUT, WHICH WAS A LITTLE OVER 7%. AND IT ALSO BREAKS DOWN, I LOOK FOR THE VOTES, UH, EARLY VOTING IN PERSON, EARLY VOTING MAIL, EARLY VOTING, AND ELECTION DAY PROVISIONAL BALLOT, AND THE ELECTION DAY BALLOT THAT WERE SUBMITTED. BUT IF IT THEN ISSUE THE BREAKDOWN AND ALSO IF THERE WERE ANY OVER OR UNDER VOTES IN THOSE RACES, UM, OVER VOTE MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL, ONE INDIVIDUAL CAME IN AND SELECTED MULTIPLE, MAKE MULTIPLE SELECTIONS. SO THOSE, UH, IT DOESN'T COUNT. SO THOSE, THAT PARTICULAR BALLOT, THOSE BALLOTS ARE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CALCULATED, BUT THEY'RE NOT A PART OF THE, THE ACTUAL TOTAL FOR A CANDIDATE. SO THEY JUST LIST THEM IN AN OVER VOTE AS A OVER VOTE. UNDER VOTE MEANS THEY JUST PRETTY MUCH SKIPPED, UM, DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT FOR THE, FOR THAT PARTICULAR RACE. THAT IS IN BRIEF IN GENERAL, UM, THE ELECTION ON, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. AND IT'S SIMILAR FOR DALLAS COUNTY. THEY ALL COURTS ARE THE SAME COMBINED AND THEN THEY PRECINCT BY PRECINCT, THE COURTS. DARREN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD MORNING. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DARREN? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY. UH, THANK YOU. AND SO [00:05:01] BILLY, AT THIS TIME DO WE ALSO DISCUSS, UM, OR BRING UP IF THERE WERE ANY ISSUES AT ANY OF OUR, OUR, UH, VOTING PRECINCTS AND, UH, JUST ANY CONCERNS? UH, I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETIMES WE HAVE FOLKS THAT WILL SAY THERE'S ISSUES WITH, UH, THE NEW SYSTEM OR WHATNOT. UM, DO YOU, HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS? AND, UM, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THEM? THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. MARIA. YES, THIS THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT WERE EXPERIENCED DURING THIS EARLY VOTING, DURING THIS VOTING PERIOD. WE WERE DOING SO WELL. UM, AND I'LL GET TO AN ISSUE THAT HAPPENED, BUT THE NEW SYSTEM, UM, I CAN'T ALWAYS, IT'S NO, NO WEEK, NO E THE NEW POLL BOOK SYSTEM WE'RE FINE. UM, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES. UM, AS FAR AS THE, IN DALLAS DAY, ONE RICHARDSON HAD A BALLOT PHONE CALL WHERE THEY HAD TO CORRECT. SO AT THE END OF DAY ONE, THEY DID SHUT DOWN THE SYSTEM AND, AND FIX THAT. UM, THAT BALLOT, THAT BALLOT CORRECTION, IT DID NOT AFFECT US AND IT WAS SEAMLESS. UM, HOWEVER, ON ELECTION DAY, UM, WE DID HAVE AN ISSUE AT ONE OF OUR POLL LOCATIONS, WEST, UM, BAPTIST CHURCH IN DISTRICT EIGHT. THERE WAS, UH, AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN THE, UH, PRESIDING JUDGE AND THE ALTERNATE JUDGE. UM, IT WAS LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS SOME, A PREVIOUS ISSUE THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST REELECTION THAT KIND OF, I THINK CARRIED OVER, UM, TO THAT WHOLE LOCATION. UM, I WASN'T MADE AWARE OF IT WHEN WE WERE SELECTED JUDGES OR LOOKING AT THE JUDGE LIST FOR THE MAY ELECTION. UM, AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE EEA, THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR HIRED FIRST WASN'T BEING AWARE OF THAT ISSUE IN NOVEMBER. THAT STILL OVER INTO TO MAY, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS AN ISSUE, UM, THAT MAY THE NEWS BECAUSE, UH, IT BROUGHT IN A NOT OFFICIAL, UM, THAT ENDED UP WITH, UM, ALLEGED INCIDENT. OKAY. SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING HANDLED, UH, AS MS. SPEED. OH, AND, AND SORRY, I WAS REFERENCING MORE JUST ISSUES WITH RIGHT. UH, THE VOTING SYSTEM. AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT THE OVER AND UNDER COUNTS, I GUESS YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THERE'S AN OPTION WHERE PEOPLE COULD POSSIBLY VOTE FOR BOTH CANDIDATES. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS JUST, UH, UM, ALLOW, IS IT SOMETHING THAT, THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT SO THAT IF THERE'S ONLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR FOR ONE PERSON, ONE GET ONE, UH, PLACED? RIGHT. WE DID TEST THE SYSTEM. UH, WE WERE THERE, WE TESTING THE SYSTEM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. UM, BRIAN IS FAMILIAR. HE, HE WAS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OVER THE ELECTION ON THOSE, UH, OVER VOTES. HOW SO? THE, UH, OVER VOTES TAKE PLACE, UH, TWO IN INDIVIDUALS, UM, MARKING ABOUT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THEY'RE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY AS THE POLL THEY HAD LEFT TO, UH, TO CORRECT THAT DIAL, GET ANOTHER SQUAD, GET ANOTHER BALLOT. SOMETIMES THE OWNER JUST PUTS IT IN THERE AND LEAVES, YEAH, BEFORE BALLOT, BEFORE THEY, UH, DO THAT. AND EVEN THE MAIL BALLOT THAT, THAT'S PERFECT PATRICK MAIL BALLOT, UH, SITUATION IT'S LOOKED AT TO SEE WHAT THE MODE OF INTENT IS. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS INVOLVED IN. SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THEY MAYBE CIRCLE OR CHECK THIS IS A ONE ON ONE. AND, AND WE HAD SEVERAL NOTES, SO THOSE DID COUNT BECAUSE WE COULD CLEARLY SEE THE INTENT ON THE VOTE. SO MAY I ASK, HOW MANY OVER VOTES WERE THERE AND WERE THEY ALL MAILIN BALLOTS? I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THE SOFTWARE NO LONGER ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE. WELL, YOU CAN ACTUALLY, UNLESS YOU CAN ACTUALLY, UH, MARK IT, UH, ON THE MACHINE WHEN IT COMES UP. YOU CAN, YOU CAN CORRECT IT, BUT A MAIL BALLOT YOU, IT'S A, IT'S A BALLOT THAT YOU ACTUALLY MARK THAT. SO YOU CAN'T REALLY DO THAT UNTIL IT COMES IN, IN THE, IN THE HEADQUARTERS. SO WE CAN GET IN. AND SO IN THIS ELECTION, HOW MANY OVER VOTES DID YOU HAVE? I, I DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL OVERALL. I CAN GET YOU THAT NUMBER. UH, BUT, BUT OVER VOTES, ONLY VOTES CARRY ELECTIONS. SO IT, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME TO GET YOU A SPECIFIC NUMBER. I CAN GET YOU THAT NUMBER. YEAH. AND IT'S, WE CAN, IT'S, IT IS, THEY, THEY LIST ALL THE OVER AND UNDER VOTES FOR ALL OF OUR PLACES. YEAH. SO WE COULD ADD THAT . OKAY. WELL I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING. UM, AND IF WE CAN REQUEST THAT THEY MODIFY THE SOFTWARE SO THAT [00:10:01] IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO OVER VOTE, UM, THAT SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR THAT. I MEAN, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE MAIL IN SINCE PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY MARKING IT, BUT THAT MIGHT REDUCE SOME CONFUSION. AND I THINK ALSO WHEN WE WERE IN THAT TRAINING, THEY MENTIONED THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SOMEONE MARKING, UH, TWO CANDIDATES. IT'S ANY MARKING, I BELIEVE IF IT PICKS UP, IT, IT, IT'S A MARKING THAT YOU HIT RIGHT MARK ON A MALE BALLOT. YOU JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH AND IT, IT PICKS UP THAT RIGHT. IF YOU JUST LOOKING AT DOT AND IT'LL, IT'LL PICK THAT DO, SO IT'LL MAKE IT PICK, UH, BUT TO YOUR POINT, THE TOP, THE RADIO BOOK, IF YOU CHOOSE ONE, YOU COULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE ANOTHER. I THINK THAT IS THE FUNCTION, BUT WE CAN VERIFY THAT AS, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND. OKAY. BUT IT IS MARKING ON THAT BALLOT ONCE YOU GET THAT PART VALID. AND IF THERE'S ANY MARKING ON THAT, 'CAUSE WE DID TEST THAT IT, AND THEY DID SHOW US HOW IT, IT RECOGNIZES IT AND IT MOVES IT INTO THE BUCKET FOR THE PRESIDING AND, UH, THE JUDGES TO LOOK AT, MAKE A DETERMINATION. BUT WE'LL FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW MANY WERE, UH, ELECTRONIC MULTIPLE BALLOTS VERSUS MAIL BALLOTS ON ALL. AND THEN JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON, UH, COUNCIL MORENO'S QUESTION. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT WE DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THE SAME KINDS OF ISSUES WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY ARE HOLDS OPENED ON TIME. THE MACHINES WERE WORKING, THE, THE WORKERS WERE TRAINED, ALL OF THAT WENT SMOOTHLY, CORRECT? YES. DID COMMUNICATIONS WERE, I MEAN, THEY WOULD DEFINE US AS SOON AS AN ISSUE HAPPEN. WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. GREAT IMPROVEMENT. UM, IT, IT IS APPRECIATED HAS BEEN CONCERNING THESE LAST COUPLE ELECTIONS AND SO I LOVE TO HEAR THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING NOW. SO THANK YOU. THANK THANK DALLAS. I THINK THEY WERE REALLY NERVOUS AS WELL. . UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? WE HAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. I'M . OKAY, WELL, EXCELLENT. WELL, IF THERE'S NOT ANY MORE DISCUSSION, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO READ TO YOU THIS CANVASSING, UM, UH, RESOLUTION AND ORDER. IT SAYS THE AD HOC COM CANVASSING COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER JESSE MORENO AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AARON CIE WERE APPOINTED FEBRUARY 26TH, 2025. CANVAS RETURNED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, GENERAL ELECTION HELD SATURDAY MAY 3RD, 2025 TO ELECT 14 MEMBERS TO THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL. A HOUSE COMMITTEE COUNCIL, I'M SORRY, A HOUSE CANVASING COMMITTEE MET EARLIER TODAY TO CANVAS. OH, THIS IS THE SCRIPT FOR OUT THERE. YEAH, THAT'S THE MOTION. I'M JUST, WE GOTTA CHANGE THAT TO MOTION THIS. OKAY. SO HERE'S THE MOTION. IF YOU ALL HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS REPORT'S RESOLUTION ORDER, ACCEPTING THE ELECTION RESULTS OF THE MAY 3RD, 2025 ELECTION, GENERAL ELECTION TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION WITH A NOTE THAT AN INTENT TO ASK FOR A RECOUNT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FOR DISTRICT SIX. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION THERE. A SECOND. SECOND. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEP. SO THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SO IT IS NOW 8 46 AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THE LAST THING WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU GUYS TO DO IS TO SIGN. WE'RE GONNA BRING A NICE COPY OF THE ORDER FOR YOUR SIGNATURE AND UH, WE'LL JUST LET YOU DON'T HAVE TO , WE DO THOSE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.