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<br /> <br />issues that arise on Election Day. To that end, each member will be given an <br />equipment trouble shooting guide, and will attend equipment training on October 24. <br /> <br />Another change will be to officially open the canvass at 7:00 p.m. on election night in <br />order to allow the staff and Board members to open envelopes and review documents <br />with the chief election officials when they bring them to the office. This will allow <br />problems to be addressed at once saving time during the canvass. The canvass will be <br />suspended after all precincts have reported in and will be reopened at 9:00 a.m. on <br />Wednesday morning, November 8. <br /> <br />In a further effort to expedite the canvass the Board members decided to adopt a <br />greatly simplified Statement of Results (SOR) form that was promoted at the <br />Department of Elections annual training in June 2017. To this end the Secretary made <br />the following motion: <br /> <br />That the simplified SOR, containing only information on the number of voters <br />checked in and the number of ballots scanned, be used at all precincts. Both <br />zero and tally tapes for each scanner will be attached to the form along with the <br />zero and closing tapes from the EPBs and a tally of manually counted votes, <br />should there be any. The tally of votes cast for each candidate will be compiled <br />on forms held at the Registrar’s office as they are called in from the precincts by <br />election officials reading them from the tally tapes and the hand count form if <br />there is one. The SOR will also have space to report other data required by the <br />State, such as the number of curb-side voters casting ballots. <br /> <br />This motion was seconded by the Vice Chair and approved unanimously. <br /> <br />Update on Missing Equipment <br /> <br />The Registrar reported that a careful inventory of all equipment confirmed that no lap- <br />top computers used as electronic poll books (EPBs) were missing. Melissa Morton <br />conducted the investigation and discovered that the assumed total number of EPB <br />computers on hand was based on the number of licenses (31) for EPB software that <br />had been purchased. Her investigation revealed that this software had been applied to <br />30 computers plus one tablet used as a look-up device. That device has been identified <br />and the current inventory of 30 computers on hand has been confirmed. The <br />conclusion that a computer was missing had been based on the number of licenses <br />held. While it has now been confirmed that no computers are missing, the missing look- <br />up device remains unaccounted for. A comprehensive serial number inventory for <br />election equipment has been established and will be rigorously employed in the current <br />and all future elections. <br /> <br />Executive Session