The URL can be used to link to this page

Browse Search

Home My WebLink About20250145.tiffMINUTES WELD COUNTY COUNCIL November 18, 2024 The Weld County Council met in regular session in full conformity with the Weld County Home Rule Charter at 6:30 p.m., Monday, November 18, 2024, at the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 0 Street, Greeley, CO. ROLL CALL: e The meeting was called to order by President Nancy Teksten. Councilmembers Elijah Hatch, Cindy Beemer, James Welch and Trent Leisy were present, constituting a quorum of members. Also present was Council Secretary Linda Kane. APPROVAL OF AGENDA : Councilmember Leisy made a motion to approve the agenda, seconded by Councilmember Hatch, and the motion carried. APPROVAL OF DOCUMENTATION: Approval of October Minutes Councilmember Beemer made a motion to approve the October minutes, seconded by Councilmember Leisy, and the motion carried. REVIEW PROGRAM: Carly Koppes, Clerk and Recorder Ms Koppes gave a presentation regarding the 2024 general election. Voter turnout was 182,397 voters out of 233,849. Ms. Koppes said Weld was one of the top counties in the state for turnout. Of the votes, 91 percent were mailed in with 9 percent of people voting in person. New this election was jail voting, required by the state. Turnout at the jail was low with only about 200 people voting. Ms. Koppes employed 303 election judges, 11 temporary workers and 7 full-time employees. Her office handled 328 different ballot styles with two special districts. An outside team conducts an audit of the voting process and Koppes said that so far, Weld County has never seen a discrepancy. An automatic recount must be held for House District 19 as it was separated by 123 votes. Every ballot needed to be rescanned by Dec. 6, but Koppes predicted the winner would not change. More than 1,000 military and overseas ballots were sent out and the clerks office received more than 700. Voting information must be retained by the clerk's office for 25 months. Election integrity has been a hot topic in recent years, Koppes said. Her office must keep voter registration up to date through many methods. Employees undergo a lot of security training and cybersecurity knowledge. For more information, please see Addendum 1. PUBLIC COMMENT: There was no public comment. OLD BUSINESS: There was no old business. CC7mri ,�� CAN vo,o,S \1%s `a5 2025-0145 NEW BUSINESS: Coordinator Reports/Councilman Reports There were none. Bills Councilmember Hatch made a motion to approve bills, it was seconded by Councilmember Beemer and carried. The bills were paid as follows: o Weld County Phone Bill for October $25.15 ADJOURNMENT: By acclamation, the meeting was adjourned at 7:19 p.m. r ` C ,: (? December 16, 2024 Councii resident, Nancy Teksten Council Secretary, Linda Kane 2024 General Election CLERK AND RECORDER CARLY KOPPES Weld County 2024 General Election 1 need to: 16 Voter Service and Polling Locations 20 Dropboxes Dates and Times of Operation BEFORE nod ON E7ectkon Day -yam! uMuec-.0itip6tlioC .tifrrAl iLoe.mr-fns a OO ... -, no gn. — *,' ....man 53e.c.y ,. 5..y xr . +w t f 't,t_•��•�..,� .A..b.1. Odin r'. SAO Tn. =` :v.yp .to,. 3-Yt' atecricw LW, ..v. S. n r.. - r m • _ c�rrw.• enaww b • Hrl °RC- .and ON FFnr.tx.n May �#&ieL 7l i'alSC�f6�i c�iiit4Al....__ —_ ✓ ✓ q....w n .+o....or Hs ./.7. zK NON On Dmincenyrnear n wain Ctn.,. -- vs. ma . win, am S.] fn. >etec-now n.YP.Ins. x+. • - re - p n a WEE .n._. w R •[yam:. �'c�.W -_ nn. �w • +}..a.:c w.:.•.zz ..r. cr..rcea - - - -- ,}PEN ONLY ON E ir_.�.wn pny ( _ w0- scot.. `gEsw r3E ORE In. - Erection Day• y gun xt^,,zrn rr.�.tF-. •.,.ard .r..t.a,yT. clay- t qtr. ..w, apt dada. caw. r...w 00 -4-[<.L.,u. U- A0 n_- 1 Viet $0 we.y 'r..r .w flat ,..vend rum-' • rw mare rv.+•.....exr.-t..,.d $00, arty n ▪ 1 f' bleb' on ��~p 9..M O. _..-...- ..-_._..._,.._., 7. .._ _ - ✓ .. J C.6.9...........,,-;...." m «au,. - i .. _.. I t! ..... — ✓ _- ✓ .-_ .-...�.... I__, _ = !n. on....'. -.....ter. -dada___... • 1 wady _.._..._—.... - wra...wl�?A�.Y.^]' . .r � . dada. ✓ ✓ .41-1....:-...-r, ..,..:. I ,..+-w,-. c.A.c-.4�0.... V I SL�.i,_3-r 1,.rr� _ 1 ✓ -... ✓ .✓ _- ... Voter Turnout fift Turnout -- 182,397 Active voters -- 233,849 (78.00%) Poilbook -- 253,995 (71.81%) ■ Prior like Generals ■ 2020 - 77% (only pollbooI ■ 2016 - 75% (only pollbook).. ■ 2012 - 72% (only pollbook) ■ 2008 - 91% (only reported ► 2004 - 90% (only reported a How did voters participate ■ Mail ballots (91%) ■ 24 Hr ballot box - 138,356 ■ VSPC Inside Ballot Box - 10,920 ■ USPS - 15,244 ■ In -Person VSPC,. ■ Ballot Marking Device (BMD) 10,716 ■ In -Person paper - 5,920 How did voters participate Early Voting ► In -Person - 6,396 ► Mail - 108,837 Election Day ► In -person - 10 ► Mail - 55,683 In -Person - 47 Mail - 133 Saturday - October 26th Total of 8 hours in -person voting Used retired Weld County Sheriff employees as Election Judges Turnout In - Mail Person Total Active Rollback American Constitution 486 91 577 60,29% 52.45% Approval Voting 120 28 148 40.22% 36.63% Center 93 27 120 80.54% 80.00% Democratic 32,178 2,222 34400 80.64% 74.28% Forward 6 1 7 70.00% 70.00% Green 220 30 250 65,.27% 58.55% Libertarian 1.417 227 1,644 72.07% 63.47% No Labels 724 161 885 62.63% 62.02% Republican 57.587 6,163 63,750 87.44% 79.70% Unaffiliated 72A86 7,667 80,153 71.25% 63.91% Unity 102 19 121 54.50% 47.83% Grand Total 165,419 16.636 182,055 77.85% 70.54% How much work did it take? WELD Look out for your ballot! Election Judges Staff time Ballot Styles Election Judges - 303 7 Full Time Employees 328 Temps - 11 4,027 hours between 2 Special District September 9th - November 5th. Life of a Ballot Receiving/Sig Ver. Receiving - Main responsibility of the Receiving Board is the chain of custody. Responsible for checking the chain of custody along with the initial count of ballots coming in from USPS, 24 Hr. Drop Boxes, and Voter Service and Polling Centers. Signature - Main responsibility of the Signature Verification Board is the security of the election. Responsible for comparing voter's signature on the voter's mail ballot to what is on file and identify any discrepancies. Opening The Opening board is responsible for making sure your voted ballot is kept secret. This board opens the envelopes and separates the return envelope and the voted ballot. They also make sure there is no damage to the returned ballots before sending them to the Counting Board. Counting The Counting board isthe board who runs the;bafot's through the ballot�sc scanners; and adjudicates ar duplicates a ballot thatwas not able to be read-.bythe scanners. The scanners -r06.: the ballots through and `< complete the chain of. custody and internal audit: >- of the ballots. The adjudication judges review any ballots that the scanner is not able to read and tells the system how the ballot was marked, and the duplication judges create a replacement ballot to be scanned. Adjudication and Duplication ■ Adjudication: If the scanner is not 100% sure how to count any of the voter's marks, it will send it over to the adjudication process. Our bi- partisan teams will review and tele the system how to record the vote':. An audit log is created of each decision made and is also audited by another bi-partisan team of election judges. ■ Duplication: A team of four bi-partisan election judges make up. the Duplication board. ■ If for whatever reason the ballot will not be able to go through the. scanner, for example, coffee spill or a toddler drawing, the bdllbtb. taken over to the duplication board to create a replacement ballot:to be scanned, ■ One judge reads the ballot as one judge watches, one judge marks the ballot on the ballot marking device as one judge watches. After the ballot has been created the judges switch and review the original ballot to the replacement ballot. ■ The original ballot and replacement ballot are labeled with a matching number. The replacement ballot will be scanned, and the original ballot will be stored. • Risk -limiting Audit (RLA) ■ RLAs - conducted by bipartisan audit boards in each county usin tStdtewide RLA software. These are audits which are independent of votin equipment or manufactures, ensure election results accuracy within a ■ Example - a 5% risk limit means there's at least 95% chance of,,feting4 correcting any errors. ■ CVS vs Paper ballot ■ Target Contest ■ RLA Software - the software used calculates the number of ballois to be audited, randomly selecting the ballots in the audit sample, allows audit boards to enter choices, and calculates if the risk -limit has been achieved. Recount HOUSE DISTRICT 19 questions? CKOPPES@WELD.GOV Hello