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pieces of plastic with numbers and letters printed on them — Seals from provisional ballot bags after they were broken at Friday’s election board meeting.

From left: maan accepting a piece of paper from woman who is seated to the right of the frame (the man's left) — From left: Hal Turner and Shruti Rana, members of Monroe County’s election board.

At its Friday meeting, the three-member Monroe County election board voted to accept as valid 19 out of the 32 provisional ballots from the Tuesday, May 3 primary elections.

Provisional ballots are those that are cast by a voter, but set aside due to some question about whether they are valid. Provisional ballots allow a voter to make their choices for candidates, without requiring Election Day poll workers, in circumstances that might be hectic, to make a final decision on validity

Friday’s meeting was set to start at 12:01 p.m. Continue reading “Monroe County election board OKs 19 provisional ballots: “I love it when we get to accept it!”” →

Election Board Screen Shot 2020-06-13 at 5.12.23 PM — As Monroe County election board chair Hal Turner put it, everything the board did on Friday was based on Indiana’s election code. (Screen grab from video of meeting to which the image links.)

In a Friday afternoon meeting that lasted just a bit over a half hour, Monroe County’s election board reviewed 23 provisional ballots cast at the June 2 primary elections.

That’s about a minute and 20 seconds per ballot.

The board accepted three provisional ballots and rejected the other 20. Provisional ballot review was the only item of business for the three member board, which consists of the county clerk, Nicole Browne, and two members appointed by the county chairs of the two major political parties. Continue reading “Election board OKs 3 of 23 provisional ballots from June 2 primaries” →