Sauk County Board of Canvassers-Special Meeting April 07, 2011

Sauk County Board of Canvassers April 07, 2011 meeting minutes (202 KB)

Minutes

Sauk County Board of Canvassers - Special Meeting
8:30 a.m., Thursday, April 07, 2011
West Square Building, 505 Broadway, Rm. 140, Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913

1. Call to order and certification of compliance with Open Meeting Law
2. Present-Sauk County Board of Canvassers: Marcy Huffaker, Sauk County Canvasser;
Patricia L. Carignan, Sauk County Canvasser; and Patricia A. Van Oosten, Lead Deputy
Sauk County Clerk
3. Others present-citizens: Patricia A. Van Oosten, Lead Deputy Sauk County Clerk requested members of the public sign in for attendance documentation. A Sauk County citizen, later identified as John Meegan, refused to sign in, stating he did not believe it was a legal requirement. Patricia Van Oosten, Lead Deputy Sauk County Clerk placed a call to the State of Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB), to seek legal advice on this matter. A legal opinion was given that signing in is not a legal requirement, however, a second legal opinion was later given by the State of Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB) that members of the public would be legally required to sign in if documents that are required to be secured are in the same room the canvass is being conducted in. As there were documents in the room that were required to be secured, (original results tapes, tally sheets, poll lists, inspectors’ statement, and a provision ballot), Patricia Van Oosten, Lead Deputy Sauk County Clerk requested that all members of the public in attendance sign in.

Two members of the public that were in attendance, but did not sign in, were identified by Sauk County Board Canvass member Patricia L. Carignan as John Meegan and Bob Madalon. Members of the public who signed in were Judy Spring, Christopher Lapp, Candy Dainty, Fred Dainty, John Meitner, and James Lombard.

4. Board of Canvassers verification that highest number of votes cast is not larger
than the highest number of voters on the poll lists for each municipality.

5. Canvass votes cast at the April 05, 2011 Spring Election:

Provisional Ballot for City of Reedsburg, Wards 4, 6, 11 & 14:
• Proper documentation for proof of residence was brought to the City of Reedsburg Clerk before 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 06, 2011
• Sealed provisional ballot envelope opened by the Sauk County Board of Canvassers on April 07, 2011
• Voter was assigned number 575 on the City of Reedsburg poll list for Wards 4, 6, 11 & 14 by City of Reedsburg poll workers on election night
• Provisional Ballot tallied by the Sauk County Board of Canvassers with the following results:
Office of Justice of the Supreme Court:
David T. Prosser, Jr. RECEIVED 1
Joanne F. Kloppenburg RECEIVED 0
Scattering RECEIVED 0
Office of Court of Appeals District 4:
Paul B. Higginbotham RECEIVED 1
Scattering RECEIVED 0
City of Reedsburg Alderperson District 2:
David Moon RECEIVED 1
Scattering RECEIVED 0
Reedsburg School Board Proper:
Gary Woolever RECEIVED 1
Scattering RECEIVED 0
Reedsburg School. Board Area I:
Shawn Luther RECEIVED 1
Scattering RECEIVED 0
• Seal on ballot bag of City of Reedsburg Wards 4, 6, 11 and 14 was opened by the Sauk County Board of Canvassers. The provisional ballot was placed in the ballot bag and resealed with seal number 0263928

 

Federal and State Offices
(Sauk County Board of Canvassers changes in parentheses)

The whole number of votes given Justice of the Supreme Court was 16,367 of which
David T. Prosser, Jr. RECEIVED 7171
(+1 City of Reedsburg Wards 4, 6, 11 and 14 - Provisional Ballot)

Joanne F. Kloppenburg RECEIVED 9188

Scattering RECEIVED 8
(-1 Town of Baraboo W 1-4)
(-1 Town of Dellona W 1-2)
(-3 Town of Excelsior W 1-3)
(-2 Town of Franklin W1-3)
(-1 town of Honey Creek)
(+2 Town of La Valle W 1-2)
(-1 Town of Reedsburg W1-4)
(-3 Town of Spring Green W1-4)
(-1 town of Troy)
(-1 Town of Winfield W1-2)
(-1 Village of Prairie du Sac W 1-5)
(-1 Village of Sauk City W 1-4)
(-1 City of Baraboo W2)
(+1 City of Baraboo W5)
(-1 City of Baraboo W12)
(-1 City of Reedsburg W 1, 2, 3 and 13)
(-1 City of Reedsburg W 4, 6, 11 and 14)
(-1 City of Reedsburg W 7, 8, 10 and 15)


The whole number of votes given Court of Appeals District 4 was 11,205 of which
Paul B. Higginbotham. RECEIVED 11,167
(+1 City of Reedsburg Wards 4, 6, 11 and 14 - Provisional Ballot)

Scattering RECEIVED 38
(-1 Town of Baraboo W1-4)
(-4 Town of Dellona W 1-2)
(-2 Town of Delton W 1-4)
(-5 Town of Excelsior W 1-3)
(-1 Town of Fairfield W 1-2)
(+1 Town of La Valle W 1-2)
(-3 Town of Merrimac)
(-2 Town of Spring Green W 1-4)
(-1 Town of Sumpter W 1-3)
(-1 Town of Washington)
(-1 Village of Merrimac)
(-1 Village of North Freedom)
(-1 Village of Plain)
(-5 Village of Prairie du Sac W 1-5)
(-1 Village of Sauk City W 1-4)
(-1 City of Baraboo W3)
(-4 City of Baraboo W4)
(-2 City of Baraboo W5)
(-1 City of Baraboo W6)
(-1 City of Baraboo W7)
(-1 City of Baraboo W14)
(-3 City of Reedsburg W 1, 2, 3 and 13)
(-2 City of Reedsburg W 4, 6, 11 and 14)
(-1 City of Reedsburg W 5, 9, 12 and 16)
 

Municipal Judge
(Sauk County Board of Canvassers changes in parentheses)

The whole number of votes given Village of Prairie du Sac W1-5 Municipal Court Judge, Village of Sauk City W1-4 Municipal Court Judge and Township of Roxbury W1-2 Dane County Multi Jurisdictional Judge was 1,985, of which
Dwight W. Pulsfus . RECEIVED 1,981

Scattering RECEIVED 4
(-4 Village of Prairie du Sac W 1-5)
(-2 Village of Sauk City W 1-4)
(-2 Town of Roxbury, Dane County)

6. Adjournment: 11:25a.m., MOTION (Huffaker/Carignan), to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously.
7. Reconvene, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 8:30 a.m., as provided in Wisconsin State Statutes §7.60(5)(b). Regarding: Township of Dellona W1-2, highest number of votes cast was 447; highest number on poll list was460, however, the number of ballots cast was 461, (number of Optical Scann [OS] ballots cast was 427; number of Touch Screen [TSX) ballots cast was 34; for a total number of ballots cast of 461). The documentation on the Township of Dellona’s Inspectors Statement, incident number 2, states: “A person, (voter #215), tried voting on the electronic machine and it didn’t have any Wisconsin Dells information on it so she ran the machine thru and didn’t vote for anybody, then voted on a paper ballot.”

As a result, at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, the Township of Dellona Clerk, Lisa Rockweiler, and her election inspectors came to the office of the Sauk County Clerk to review all ballots for the Township of Dellona, with the following results:
• Number of Optical Scann [OS] ballots cast was 427
• Number of Touch Screen [TSX) ballots cast was 33; (+ 2 rejected and 1 canceled),
for a total number of ballots cast of 460, resulting in no change to the results verified by the Sauk County Board of Canvassers.

8. Adjournment: 8:40 a.m., MOTION (Carignan/Huffaker), to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously.

Respectfully,

/s/Patricia A. Van Oosten
Lead Deputy Sauk County Clerk

Minutes approved by Sauk County Board of Canvassers April 13, 2011:

/s/Marcy Huffaker, Sauk County Canvasser
/s/Patricia L. Carignan, Sauk County Canvasser
/s/Patricia A. Van Oosten, Lead Deputy Sauk County Clerk


cc: Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB)
Elections Division – 3rd Floor
212 E Washington Avenue
PO Box 7984
Madison, WI 53707-7984

Original documents on file at the Office of the Sauk County Clerk
West Square Building, 505 Broadway, Room #144, Baraboo, WI 53913
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
608.355.3286
www.co.sauk.wi.us