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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:
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.
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NEW BUSINESS:
There were none.
Coordinator Reports/Councilman Reports
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.
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2024 General
Election
CLERK AND RECORDER CARLY KOPPES
16 Voter Service
and Polling
Locations
20 Dropboxes
Voter Turnout
► Prior like Generals
► 2020 - 77% (only pollbo
► 2016 - 75% (only pollb
► 2012 - 72% (only pollbo
► 2008 - 91% (only reporte
► 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 VSP
► Ballot Markin
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
American
Constitution
Approval Voting ,
Center
Democratic
Forward
Green
Libertarian
No Labels
Republican
U affiliate
Unity
Grand To
486 91
120`'
93 27
32,178 2,222
6 1
220
1,417
724
30 250
227 1,644
577 60.29% 52.45%
148 .. 40.22° 36,6396
120 80.54% 80.00%
1„ .. 80.64% 74.28%
7 70.00% 70.00%
65.27% ,' 5855%
72.07% 63.47%
62.02%
87.44% 79.70%
How much work did it take?
Election Judges
Election Judges - 303
Temps - 11
Staff time
7 Full Time Employees
4,027 hours between
September 9th -
November 5th.
Look out for
your ballot!
Ballot Styles
328
2 Special District
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 bo
board who runs
through the b
and adjudicat
duplicates a
not able to be
scanners. The s
the ballots throu
complete the ch
custody and interna
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 tell the system how to record the v
An audit log is created of each decision made and is also audi
another bi-partisan team of election judges.
► Duplication: A team of four bi-partisan election judges make
Duplication board.
► If for whatever reason the ballot will not be able to go throu
scanner, for example, coffee spill or a toddler drawing, the b
taken over to the duplication board to create a replacemen
be scanned.
► One judge reads the ballot as one judge watches, one judge ma
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
RLA software. These are audits which are independent of v
or manufactures, ensure election results accuracy within a
► Example - a 5% risk limit means there's at least 95% chance
correcting any errors.
► CVS vs Paper ballot
► Target Contest
► RLA Software - the software used calculates the number of ballo
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
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