HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-09-2021 Canvassing Board Minutes MINUTES OF THE CITY OF OCOEE CANVASSING BOARD MEETING
MARCH 9,2021
CALL TO ORDER—MARCH 9, 2021
City Clerk Sibbitt called the Canvassing Board to order at 4:10 p.m. in the office of the Supervisor
of Elections, 119 W. Kaley Street, Orlando.
BOARD MEMBERS: Ken Thompson, Lou Forges, and Ann Scott
ALSO PRESENT: City Clerk Sibbitt, City Attorney Cookson, and Recording Clerk Heard
ABSENT: None
BRIEFING
City Clerk Sibbitt explained the procedures to follow for the canvassing of questionable vote-by-
mail (VBM) ballots. Supervisor of Elections (SOE) Representative Lucy Melendez advised that
eight (8) total questionable VBM ballots were received to date. She further explained procedures that
needed to take place.
PROCESSING VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOTS
At the January 5, 2021, City Commission Meeting the Ocoee City Commission approved the
Supervisor of Elections to open and process unquestionable vote-by-mail ballots utilizing the Orange
County Canvassing Board Criteria.
REVIEW QUESTIONABLE VOTE-BY-MAIL (VBM) BALLOTS
City Clerk Sibbitt gave a brief explanation that seven (7) VBM ballots were received with no
signature on the VBM envelope, which placed the ballots in a pending status to give the voters time to
cure their ballots until Thursday, March 11, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. She further explained one (1) VBM
ballot was received with the signature on the VBM envelope, which was deemed questionable.
City Clerk Sibbitt read the names of the following seven (7) VBM ballots, and the Board viewed
each envelope to verify that they were in fact unsigned:
Jaymeeshah T. Bosse
Karla Fernandez
Pamela A. Lewis
Ruth A. Manning
Brenda A. Thomas
Denfield S. Thomas
John C. Willis
City Clerk Sibbitt further explained the seven (7) VBM ballots will be placed in a pending status to
be cured. If a pending VBM ballot is not cured by Thursday, March 11, 2021, by 5:00 p.m., that ballot
will be automatically rejected.
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City Clerk Sibbitt explained the one (1) VBM ballot signature that was deemed questionable.
Questionable VBM Ballot #1: Macayla J. Henderson — Signature did not match signature
on file with the Supervisor of Elections Office.
MOTION: Member Forges, seconded by Member Thompson, moved to accept the VBM ballot
of Macayla J. Henderson; and further, accepted the signature for that specific vote-by-mail
ballot. Motion carried unanimously.
City Clerk Sibbitt stamped the VBM ballot of Macayla J. Henderson as "Approved." SOE staff took
the VBM ballot and placed it in pending status. The ballot will be processed through the tabulator on
Friday, March 12, 2021.
SOE Representative Angela Ashby advised that one (1) VBM ballot was rejected due to being torn,
five (5) VBM Military and/or Overseas faxed ballots were received, and that all six (6) ballots would
need to be duplicated in order to be processed. Two (2) ballots were for District 2, and four (4)
ballots were for District 4. She further explained the process to City Clerk Sibbitt.
City Clerk Sibbitt started with District 2. Two (2) duplicate ballots were made and viewed one at a
time and deemed correct by the Canvassing Board.
City Clerk Sibbitt then proceeded to District 4. Four(4) duplicate ballots were made and viewed one
at a time and deemed correct by the Canvassing Board.
SOE Representative Angela Ashby collected all six (6) duplicate ballots to be processed through the
tabulator.
(Recess from 4:58 pm— 7:36 pm)
SOE staff advised a total of 78 VBM ballots were retrieved from the end of the day sorting at the Post
Office, and 28 of those were for the City of Ocoee, which they ran through the tabulator. One (1)
VBM ballot came back as questionable.
Questionable VBM Ballot #2: Richard Taylor, Jr. — Signature did not match signature on
file with the Supervisor of Elections office.
Consensus was made by the Canvassing Board that the VBM Ballot of Richard Taylor, Jr.,
remain Pending for Cure due to signature not matching the signature on file with the
Supervisor of Elections office.
PROVISIONALS
SOE staff advised there were no provisional ballots.
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UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS—DISTRICT 2
District 2: Knox Anderson District 2: Rosemary Wilsen
Early Votes - 2 Early Votes - 1
Vote-By-Mail - 170 Vote-By-Mail - 462
Precinct Votes - 101 Precinct Votes - 295
Total Ballots - 273 Total Ballots - 758
UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS—DISTRICT 4
District 4: Lori Hart District 4: Joel F. Keller
Early Votes - 1 Early Votes - 0
Vote-By-Mail - 117 Vote-By-Mail - 195
Precinct Votes - 90 Precinct Votes - 142
Total Ballots - 208 Total Ballots -337
District 4: George Oliver III District 4: Keith Richardson
Early Votes - 10 Early Votes - 0
Vote-By-Mail - 320 Vote-By-Mail - 15
Precinct Votes - 415 Precinct Votes - 21
Total Ballots - 745 Total Ballots -36
TOTALS SPREADSHEET AND PERCENTILES
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District 2
7,287 Registered Voters
Knox Anderson 2 170 101 0 273 26% 4%
Rosemary Wilsen 1 462 295 0 758 74% 10%
Total Ballots Cast 1,031
District 4
8,473 Registered Voters
Lori Hart 1 117 90 0 208 16% 2%
Joel F. Keller 0 195 142 0 337 25% 4%
George Oliver Ill 10 320 415 0 745 56% 9%
Keith Richardson 0 15 21 0 36 3% 0.4%
Total Ballots Cast 1,326
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AUDIT SELECTION
To determine which district would be audited on Friday, March 12, 2021, random selection was
conducted with the roll of a die, and Number 4 was rolled. On Friday, March 12, 2021, the Auditing
Team will be auditing District 4.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
APPROVED
City of Ocoee
Melanie Sibbitt, City Clerk
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