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Staff described an address synchronization issue between the state voter-registration system Jarvis and the county’s ePolls system that produced five provisional voters on election day. \"As soon as Natalie identified the issue, she immediately emailed the secretary of state and alerted them and gave them the VR numbers of those 5 individuals,\" elections staff said during the meeting.

Why it matters: provisional and supplemental voters affect the final certified totals and can change turnout calculations. County staff said they will duplicate the eligible provisional ballots this afternoon, upload final complete results, and present updated totals at the board’s certification meeting on Monday.

Turnout, supplemental voters and poll operations

County staff reported a preliminary tied-out total of 11,791 in-person election-day ballots and said Jarvis voter credit now matches 11,791 for advance voting and absentee-by-mail once staff assigned provisional credit. The office identified six supplemental voters who were added to the numbered poll list on election day; three of those were at a location that opened late because they lacked poll pads.

Staff explained that supplemental voters are placed on the numbered list and receive voter credit in Jarvis even when they are not checked in on the poll pad. Two of the three non-late supplemental voters were attributed to the same Jarvis address-update issue noted above.

Risk-limiting audit and runoff logistics

The county’s risk-limiting audit is scheduled for next Thursday at 9 a.m. in the main office and will be open to the public, with eight party-designated observers allowed to move freely; a public viewing area will also be provided. County officials also said that, under current rules, the office must operate all 148 precincts on July 15 for the runoff and cannot relocate or consolidate polling places 30 days out from an election except for emergency reasons such as a building closing.

Ending

County staff said they will upload duplicated provisional ballots and deliver updated results and supplemental reconciliations at the board’s certification meeting on Monday. No formal board votes were recorded on the provisional duplications during the precertification meeting.

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The rescan confirmed the original tape totals, and the office will retain the ballot images and both the zero and closed tapes as evidence, Paul said. “We rescanned all, of the ballots. It was 921 ballots through the ICC to confirm that the results were the same as the scanner tape had produced,” Paul said.

Why it matters: the discovery raised concerns about physical security of tabulation equipment during early tabulation. Although the board said there was no evidence of tampering, county staff described steps to reduce future risk by adding extra tamper-evident measures to the scanner port used by the Secretary of State.

Details of the response and planned changes

County staff said the port in question is the display port on the side of the bucket scanner and that the port is ordinarily accessed only by the Secretary of State. The office plans to add a secondary tamper-proof (wire barrel) seal and a label seal to the port door and to place an additional visible red seal on the exterior latch that will leave a “void” mark when removed. Staff said those extra seals are not required by current procedures but will be added as an extra layer of security.

County officials said the existing serial numbers on seals matched their records for the election in question but that the door nevertheless was not latched. Staff characterized the finding as an operational oversight and said they will add the additional seals to all scanners as they rotate equipment for the July 15 runoff and for the November cycle.

What the board was told about evidence and transparency

Paul told the board that observers from both parties were present when staff performed the rescan and that the risk-limiting audit (RLA) scheduled for next Thursday will proceed as planned. The office will retain the rescan images, the zero tape, and the closed tape along with the ICC records to document the confirmation.

Board members asked procedural questions about seal replacement practices and whether the county or the Secretary of State typically replaces seals when equipment is reconfigured. County staff said there have been occasions when seals were removed to fit equipment into duplex machines and then replaced; those replacements are recorded in seal-accounting forms.

Ending

The board did not take formal action on the matter during the meeting; staff said they completed a verification rescan and would implement the additional sealing procedures ahead of further elections.

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Cobb County reports 35 provisional ballots, flags Jarvis/ePolls address-sync issues; RLA scheduled next week

Cobb County elections office rescans 921 ballots after scanner port found unsealed; will add tamper-evident seals