Apr 23, 2024 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

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[ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AGENDA Tuesday, April 23, 2024 NAVAJO COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL COMPLEX BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' CHAMBERS 100 EAST CODE TALKERS DRIVE HOLBROOK, AZ 86025 One or more supervisors may attend telephonically Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02(H), the public body will have physical access to the meeting place one (1) hour prior to the start of the meeting. The Board may vote to meet in a closed executive session to discuss certain matters and for legal advice on any item as indicated on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(3). Items on the agenda may be considered out of order at the Chairperson's discretion. A copy of the agenda background material provided to the Board, except items to be considered in the executive session, is available for public inspection at the Navajo County website, www.navajocountyaz.gov WATCH THE MEETING LIVE AT: www.navajocountyaz.gov/660 All public comments will need to be made in person or in writing. Written comments will be received by the Clerk of the Board's office twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Board meeting, at melissa.buckley@navajocountyaz.gov. If further accommodation is needed, please contact the Clerk of the Board's office, at (928) 524-4053 twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Board Meeting, so accommodation can be arranged. Persons with disabilities who need accommodation to attend or participate in the meeting may contact the Clerk of the Board’s office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting, so accommodation can be arranged. “NOTICE TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS: Parents and legal guardians have the right to consent before Navajo County makes a video or voice recording of a minor child, pursuant to A.R.S. § 1-602(A)(9). The Navajo County Board of Supervisors' regular meetings are recorded and may be viewed on Navajo County’s website and social media pages. If you permit your child to attend/participate in a televised Navajo County Board of Supervisors meeting, a recording will be made, and your child’s picture may be posted on Navajo County’s social media pages. You may exercise your right not to consent by not allowing your child to attend/participate in the meeting.” 9:00 a.m. Call To Order: Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance ]

WE'VE GOT A, UH, A TIGHT AGENDA TODAY WITH A HARD STOP AT, AT 10 30.

SO WE, UH, WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE WITH US THIS MORNING.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH A PRAYER ALL BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UM, LED BY SUPERVISOR , OUR GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER.

WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING, LORD, AND WE THANK YOU THAT WE ARE ASSEMBLED HERE, FATHER AS A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ALONG WITH STAFF AND COUNTY OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY OF LARGE FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE TRAVELING MERCY.

THE THOU HAS BESTOWED UPON US, LORD.

AND WE PRAY THAT AS THE AGENDA.

I SAID BEFORE US.

FATHER, WE PRAY THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH ITEM ACCORDINGLY AND PURSUANT TO WHAT AND WHAT THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE GRANTED US, THAT WE WILL MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMUNITIES.

FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOUR BLESSING BE UPON THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING AND ARMS, FATHER GOD OVER THE SEA, AND THOSE THAT ARE ALSO STATIONED AT HOME.

FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOUR BLESSING WILL ALSO BE UPON THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.

FATHER, WE PRAY FOR THE MANY LEADERS, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE COUNTY, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE STATE, AS ALSO THOSE THAT SERVE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE FEDERAL OFFICIALS, AND THOSE WITHIN THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AS WELL, FATHERING OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL TOWN AND MUNICIPALITIES.

FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO INSTILL IN THEM YOUR WISDOM, YOUR KNOWLEDGE, AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

YOU WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD THEM IN THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR YOUR NAMESAKE.

FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOUR BLESSING BE UPON THOSE WHO ARE IN THE HOSPITALS, FATHER GOD, THAT ARE IN NEED OF COMFORT.

FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS THEM, LORD, AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO INSTILL INTO THE PHYSICIANS, INTO THE PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANTS AND THE NURSES AS WELL.

FATHER GOD, AS THEY, UM, HELP THOSE TO OVERCOME THE ELEMENT THAT THEY ARE, THAT THEY MAY BE RECEIVING THE TREATMENT THAT IS NECESSARY.

FATHER, GOD, FATHER, WE UPLIFT ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOUR NAME, FATHER, WE, WE, AND WE THANK YOU IN CHRIST NAME I PRAY, AMEN.

AMEN.

THE IS FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION AND UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR FOR THE PRAYER, BEAUTIFUL PRAYER, AND FOR LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR YOUR VOICES.

ALRIGHT, WE

[1. CALL TO THE PUBLIC: Individuals may address the Board on any relevant issue for up to 2 minutes. At the close of the call to the public, Board members may not respond to any comments but may respond to criticism, ask staff to review a matter or ask that a matter be placed on a future agenda.]

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CALL TO THE PUBLIC ITEMS HERE BEFORE US.

UM, IT'S ITEM ONE ON THE AGENDA.

UM, THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS BELINDA.

AND I UNDERSTAND, BELINDA, THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO GIVE YOUR TIME TO RAY.

IS THAT YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

THANK, OKAY, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE'LL BE TWO MINUTES THAT YOU'RE GIVEN ON THIS THING THAT POPS UP RIGHT HERE.

UM, SO THERE'LL BE TWO MINUTES THAT'S GIVEN, THAT'LL BE FOUR THEN THAT'S GIVEN TO RAY TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO.

THAT'S MUCH APPRECIATED.

WHEN YOU COME, COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL, I'LL ANNOUNCE WHO THE PERSON IS THAT GAVE THE WISH TO SPEAK.

YOU'LL COME UP, JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE YOUR ADDRESS, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE RECORD.

AND THEN WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

UM, SO THANKS SO MUCH.

SO BELINDA'S GONNA GIVE HER TIME, MELISSA, SO WE'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES THERE.

UM, TO RENEE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THEY DON'T NEED A WHILE TALKING, SO THEY CAUGHT UP.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS RENEE ROLL.

I LIVE AT 400 FREEDOM LANE IN TAYLOR.

AND I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO ANSWER A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT NAVAJO COUNTY'S BEEN CLEANING THEIR VOTER ROLLS.

BETWEEN DECEMBER AND MARCH, I SUBMITTED OVER 300 NAMES OF VOTERS WHO HAD NOT VOTED FOR OVER 10 YEARS THAT WERE LIKELY DECEASED, HAD OUT-OF-STATE REGISTRATIONS, OR WERE DUPLICATE REGISTRATIONS WITHIN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

THE CONCLUSION IS THAT NAVAJO COUNTY IS ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN THEIR VOTER ROLLS PROPERLY, BUT THE PROCESSES ARE INADEQUATE TO IDENTIFY AND REMOVE RECORDS INVOLVING DATA ERRORS OR NAME CHANGES, OR TO CONFIRM THAT VOTERS HAVE DIED.

THE MOST SUCCESSFUL REMOVALS WERE IN THE CATEGORY OF, IN-STATE DUPLICATE REGISTRATIONS.

MOST OF THESE INVOLVE VOTERS WHO LIKELY REGISTERED IN HIGH SCHOOL AND SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED THEIR LAST NAME.

IN OTHER CASES, RECORDS HAD NOT BEEN MATCHED DUE TO DATA ENTRY.

ERRORS OF 65 PAIRS REPORTED 56 HAVE BEEN COUNSELED AND MERGED.

THE SECOND CATEGORY FOR REMOVAL WAS VOTERS WHO'VE APPEARED TO HAVE A VOTER REGISTRATION IN ANOTHER STATE.

SOME OF THESE DUPLICATES ALSO INVOLVE NAME CHANGES OF THE 123 REPORTED REGISTRATIONS.

24 HAVE NOW BEEN CANCELED AND 20 CHANGED TO INACTIVE STATUS.

79 REMAIN ACTIVE.

THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF VOTERS WITH OUT-OF-STATE REGISTRATIONS IS MUCH HIGHER SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO VOTER REGISTRATIONS FOR ALL STATES.

THE FINAL CATEGORY IS DECEASED VOTERS.

122 REGISTRATIONS WERE REPORTED AS LIKELY DECEASED.

34 HAVE SINCE BEEN CANCELED.

11, MOVED TO INACTIVE STATUS AND 77 REMAIN ACTIVE, INCLUDING FOUR VOTERS ON THE EARLY THE ACTIVE EARLY VOTER VOTER LIST.

THE NAMES THAT WERE SUBMITTED ALL HAVE NO RECORD OF VOTING IN AT LEAST THE LAST 10 YEARS, SOME OF WHOM APPEAR TO HAVE DIED OVER 20 YEARS AGO.

BUT THE COUNTY HAS NO DOCUMENT DOCUMENTATION OF DEATH TO TRIGGER THE CANCELLATION.

MY CONCLUSIONS ARE THAT THE COUNTY'S ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN ACCURATE VOTER ROLLS, BUT THE PROCESS TO IDENTIFY REGISTRATIONS THAT ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE VOTERS IS

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THE COUNTY RELIES ON RETURN MAIL TO INDICATE A VOTER'S NO LONGER LIVING AT THEIR REGISTRATION ADDRESS BEHALF OF REGISTERED VOTERS DON'T RECEIVE MAIL AT THEIR HOME ADDRESS AND OFTEN MAIL IS THROWN AWAY INSTEAD OF RETURNED.

I RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNTY OBTAIN A LEGAL OPINION ON WHETHER THEY CAN IMPLEMENT A PROCESS TO MAIL VOTERS WHO HAVE NOT VOTED IN SEVERAL ELECTION CYCLES AND NOTICE INDICATING THEIR VOTER STATUS WILL DEFAULT TO INACTIVE UNLESS THEY CONTACT THE COUNTY TO NOTIFY THEM THAT THE VOTER IS STILL LIVING AT THE REGISTRATION ADDRESS.

THE US SUPREME COURT'S ALREADY RULED THIS PROCESS COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL STATUTES IN 2018 IN A CASE CALLED HUSTED VERSUS PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE.

AND IF THE STATE LEGISLATURE OR SECRETARY OF STATE NEEDS TO CHANGE THE PROCESS IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE, ALLOWING PHANTOM REGISTRATIONS TO REMAIN ON THE VOTER ROLLS IN PERPETUITY, I RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNTY ADVOCATE FOR THOSE CHANGES.

SO THIS IS THE SECOND PART.

ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO, THE RECORDER AND THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT WERE GIVEN A REPORT THAT INFORMED THEM OF SIGNIFICANT GAPS IN THE VULNERABLE MAINTENANCE PROCESS, INCLUDING ERRORS WITH DATA ENTRY, NAME CHANGES, DUPLICATE VOTERS, AND DECEASED VOTERS.

SINCE THAT TIME, MANY RECORDS HAVE BEEN REMOVED ONLY BECAUSE OF RESEARCH BY PRIVATE CITIZENS WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO DATA WHO'VE CONTINUED TO REPORT THESE ISSUES TO THE COUNTY.

THIS IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO CORRECTING VOTER RECORDS, PARTICULARLY WHEN RECORDS WITH DATA ERRORS CONTINUE DUE TO NO REQUIREMENT THAT THE REGISTRATION EXACTLY MATCHES A LEGAL NAME AND PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OR THAT THE ADDRESS IS WHERE THE, UH, WHERE THE VOTER RESIDES.

WE DO NEED THE COUNTY TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM TO CLOSE THESE LOOPHOLES SO WE DON'T CONTINUE TO ADD FAULTY RECORDS WITH NO VIABLE WAY TO REMOVE THEM.

UM, AS I MENTIONED IN 2018, THE US SUPREME COURT DECIDED AN ELECTION CASE WHERE A VOTER STATUS COULD BE CHANGED TO INACTIVE IF THE VOTER DID NOT REPLY TO A CONFIRMATION LETTER OR POSTCARD THAT WAS SENT AFTER FAILURE TO VOTE FOR SEVERAL ELECTION CYCLES.

THEY AFFIRM THAT THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT HAS TWO MAIN OBJECTIVES, INCREASING VOTER REGISTRATION AND REMOVING INELIGIBLE PERSONS FROM THE STATE VOTER REGISTRATION RULES TO ACHIEVE THE LATER GOAL.

NVRA REQUIRES STATES TO CONDUCT A GENERAL PROGRAM THAT MAKES A REASONABLE EFFORT TO REMOVE THE NAMES OF VOTERS WHO ARE INELIGIBLE BY REASON OF DEATH OR CHANGE IN RESIDENCE.

THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF KEEPING A NAME ON ACTIVE STATUS ON THE VOTER ROLL AFTER A DECADE OF NON-VOTING AND EXPECTING FAMILY MEMBERS OR STRANGERS TO RETURN OFFICIAL ELECTION MAIL INSTEAD OF THROWING AWAY, DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE WORKING ADEQUATELY.

WE REQUEST THE COUNTY TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED, UM, TO YOUR SECRETARY AND PETITION THE LEGISLATURE AND SECRETARY OF STATE TO IMPLEMENT A MORE PROACTIVE APPROACH TO VOTER ROLL MAINTENANCE SUCH AS THE ONE APPROVED BY THE SUPREME CO COURT SO THAT WE CAN CLEAR OFF THESE OLD REGISTRATION SYSTEMATICALLY INSTEAD OF REQUIRING A THOUSAND OF HOURS OF RESEARCH THAT NOBODY'S GOT THE TIME FOR.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, LARRY, FRED FLAKE.

SEE HIM.

OH, THERE, HE'S, I HAVE A PRESENT FOR EACH OF THE SUPERVISORS.

I'M A PROUD FATHER OF TWO SONS.

THEY'RE BOTH EAGLE SCOUTS AND THIS COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION THAT I'M GIVING TO EACH OF YOU IS A GIFT FROM THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO A FOUNDATION.

WE ARE ALL WELL AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT THAT ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT WE ARE ENDOWED BY OUR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS.

THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

VERY FAMILIAR, CONCLUDING, READ.

AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS DECLARATION, WITH A FIRM RELIANCE ON THE PROTECTION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE, WE MUTUALLY PROTECT, WE MUTUALLY PLEDGE TO EACH OTHER OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES, AND OUR SACRED HONOR.

AS A RESULT OF THAT DECLARATION, WE WERE GIVEN THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS GREAT NATION.

THE BILL OF RIGHTS IS A KEY PART OF THAT CONSTITUTION.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT INCLUDES FIVE GREAT INTERRELATED FREEDOMS, THE RIGHT OF RELIGION, OF SPEECH, OF PRESS, OF PEACEABLY, ASSEMBLING, AND THE RIGHT TO PETITION GOVERNMENT FOR ADDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.

TODAY IS A CASE IN POINT.

I REFER ALSO TO ARTICLE OR TO AMENDMENT.

NUMBER FIVE, NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW.

NOR SHALL PRIVATE PROPERTY BE TAKEN FOR PUBLIC USE WITHOUT JUST COMPENSATION.

WE DEPEND UPON YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY THAT IS TAKEN FROM US IS USED IN OUR INTEREST AND IN OUR BEHALF.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ONE WAY THAT WOULD HELP THAT WOULD BE IF YOU SERVED WITHOUT COMPENSATION, YOU COULD TURN BACK SOME OF WHAT YOU RECEIVED AND GIVE IT TO THE PUBLIC.

GOOD.

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THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, JAMES, UM, FRITO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IF YOU'LL GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

MY NAME IS JAMES ARCHER WILTON PARA SHOW.

I LIVE AT 76 97 SUNDANCE ROAD IN SUN VALLEY.

I COME TO BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY AS I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY LIBERTARIAN PARTY.

UM, I WEAR TWO HATS.

I'M THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE PARTY.

I'M ALSO AN AREA ASSISTANT FOR THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS NETWORK.

UM, BOTH ORGANIZATIONS ARE HEAVILY INTERESTED IN, IN OUR ELECTIONS AND OUR ELECTION INTEGRITY.

UM, I PERSONALLY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS AS BOTH PARTIES MAY HAVE ABOUT OUR ELECTIONS.

HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS IS ABSOLUTELY PARAMOUNT.

UM, I I FOUND SOMETHING THOUGH THAT, THAT DISTURBS ME.

UM, THE COUNTY REACHED OUT ABOUT A MONTH AGO TO BOTH THE PARTY LEADERSHIPS OF THE REPUBLICAN AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.

WELL, THE REPUBLICANS ARE KNOWN AS ELEPHANTS.

THEY'RE HARD AND STUBBORN.

AND THE DEMOCRATS, WHILE THEY'RE JACKASSES , WE, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH THE THIRD PARTY.

THE LIBERTARIANS.

THERE'S A ROUGHLY, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE VOTER ROLL FOR THIS LAST YEAR TO GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT WE HAVE A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF LIBERTARIAN VOTERS IN THIS COUNTY THAT DESERVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION BEFORE THIS BOARD.

UM, AND ALSO WITHIN OUR VOTING.

UH, CURRENTLY THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY DOES NOT HAVE BALLOT ACCESS IN THIS COUNTY.

UNLIKE THE OTHER TWO PARTIES WE'RE REQUIRED TO GO OUT AND GET ABOUT 15,000, UH, SORRY, 1500 SIGNATURES OR SO EACH, EVERY TWO YEARS FOR EVERY ELECTION CYCLE, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE OUR, OUR, OUR CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT.

THAT'S WHY THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE IN THIS COUNTY.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE AREN'T LIBERTARIANS IN THIS COUNTY, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S MADE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET US ONTO THE BALLOT.

UM, CONSIDERING THAT I WOULD LIKE AT LEAST THAT OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GIVES EQUAL REPRESENTATION TO EVERY PARTY, WHETHER IT BE REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, LIBERTARIAN, GREEN PARTY, WHATEVER PARTY, AND SOME ANARCHISTS WANTED TO MAKE A PARTY, THEY SHOULD HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION TO EVERYONE.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S DEMOCRACY.

THAT'S A REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC.

UM, AND I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT UM, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT THE LIBERTARIAN ANIMAL IS THE PORCUPINE.

WE'RE GONNA BE A PAIN IN YOUR BUTT, .

WE'RE GONNA BE A PAIN IN YOUR BUTT UNTIL WE HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION FOR EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION.

UM, SO IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US.

I PUT THE LIBERTARIAN COUNTY, UH, UM, NAVAJO COUNTY LIBERTARIAN PARTY EMAIL ADDRESS ON MY, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT FORM.

UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME FOR ANYTHING INVOLVING PARTY LEADERSHIP AS THERE'S MORE THAN TWO PARTIES IN THIS COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A COUNTY, UH, GARDEN.

KELLY GARDEN.

GARDEN GARDEN.

THANK YOU.

33 95 TONTO DRIVE.

SO I'M NOT GONNA ADDRESS THE BOARD, BUT I'M GONNA ADDRESS THE PEOPLE.

THE ELECTION'S COMING, RIGHT? CAN WE HAVE YOU BILL, STAND BY MIC, JUST SO IT BE RECORDED.

SO WE'RE HERE TO HOLD THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.

THANK YOU.

AND WHO'S GONNA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? ALL SEVEN OF THESE BOARD MEMBERS.

IF THERE'S ONE BIT OF FRAUD, I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO RESIGN.

ONE VOTE IS MY VOTE.

THAT'S YOUR MOTHER'S VOTE.

THAT'S YOUR WIFE'S VOTE.

YOUR SISTER'S VOTE.

YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S VOTE.

ONE VOTE OF FRAUD.

DO NOT LUMP FRAUD INTO A BIG CATEGORIAL BOX AND SAY ALL THESE THOUSANDS OF VOTES.

THEY DON'T MATTER.

ONE VOTE MATTERS.

ONE GOD MATTERS.

OUR JESUS MATTERS.

AND I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO HOLD THESE BUREAUCRATS ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHEN THEY DO US DISSERVICE THIS NEXT ELECTION.

'CAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO, IF WE FOUND ONE BIT OF FRAUD, GUESS WHAT? ASK 'EM TO RESIGN.

DARRELL RESIGN.

ALBERTO RESIGN.

DOFFING RESIGN.

ONE VOTE.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THERE IS FRAUD HERE.

THERE IS FRAUD.

AND WE'RE GONNA FIND IT THIS TIME.

I'M NOT GONNA LOOK IN THE PAST ABOUT THE PREVIOUS ELECTIONS.

NO.

WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO THE NEXT ELECTION.

AND WHEN THERE'S FRAUD, WE'RE GONNA HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

YOU'RE GONNA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR ALL YOUR RESIGNATIONS.

THAT'S HOW IT HAS TO BE.

I HAVE EMPLOYEES UNDERNEATH ME.

GUESS WHAT THEY WOULD LOVE FOR ME NOT TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY MISS A NAIL ON THE ROOF OR THEY MISS, GUESS WHAT? I HAVE A LEAK.

NOW GUESS WHAT? ACCOUNTABILITY HAS TO HAPPEN.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF ACCOUNTABILITY AS EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS NATION.

AND YOU GUYS ARE THE ONLY ONES WITH THE POWER TO DO SO.

AND WE KNOW IT.

IT'S NOT IN THE STATE'S LEVEL.

DOWN AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND ADRIAN FONTES JOB, IT'S GONNA BE YOUR JOB, ALL OF YOURS.

AND WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR YOUR RESIGNATION WHEN WE FIND THE FRAUD THIS TIME, IT'S GONNA BE THERE.

JUST WAIT.

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THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE IT.

JIM VANCE.

JIM VANCE, IF YOU'LL COME UP.

THANK YOU.

I SHOULD HAVE SAT CLOSER.

IT'S A LONG WAY FROM WAY BACK THERE.

ANYWAY, MY NAME'S JIM VANCE AND, UH, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.

CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UM, I HAD SOMETHING PREPARED EARLIER YESTERDAY, BUT I DECIDED TO CHANGE IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT FOR SOME STRANGE REASON.

UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR BRIAN'S, UH, PRESENTATION TODAY.

I HOPE HE HAS MORE THAN THREE MINUTES, BY THE WAY.

'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ANYBODY TO, TO GET ANYTHING ACROSS.

UH, AND I HOPE, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR SOME NEW ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC HAS AND NOT REHASH THE SAME RESPONSES THAT I HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

UH, TO ME IT IS CLEAR THAT YOUR JOB AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IS TO SECURE OUR RIGHTS TO CLEAR, TO CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM EACH OF YOU YOUR RESPONSES TO, UH, THESE QUESTIONS.

YOU'RE THE ONES THAT ARE RUNNING.

BRIAN'S AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

HE'S, UH, HE'S NOT VOTED ON.

SO WE HAVE NO RECOURSE ABOUT WHAT HE HAS TO SAY, BUT WE DO WHEN IT COMES TO YOU GUYS.

SO I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THESE THINGS.

UH, EACH OF YOU ARE DUTY BOUND BY YOUR OATH TO INTERPOSE IN THIS MATTER.

BRIAN IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE COUNTY HIRED TO DO YOUR BIDDING, NOT TO ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT, UH, THESE MACHINES AND THE STEPS THAT THEY GO THROUGH WHEN YOU INSERT A BALLOT THAT'S NOT, UH, CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE INSTITUTED IS SAME DAY VOTING WITH A HAND COUNT ON THE SAME DAY WITH RESULTS POSTED THE SAME DAY OR EARLY THE NEXT MORNING.

THAT HAS WORKED FOR US FOR 200 YEARS.

THANK YOU.

AND, UH, IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE.

IT IS THE DUTY OF THE PEOPLE TO SEE THAT THAT TAKES PLACE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHN.

MAJOR JOHN MAJOR.

THERE HE IS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I'VE, UH, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, PROPOSALS THAT, UH, WE'VE HEARD, UH, SAME DAY VOTING, IN PERSON VOTING, UH, SOME OF THOSE THINGS, UH, ARE GOING TO NEED, UH, MORE THAN WHAT, UH, THE, UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN DO TO IMPLEMENT.

UH, I BELIEVE, UH, THAT REQUIRES, UH, SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.

UH, HOWEVER, UH, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.

ONE THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS THE, UH, UH, IS THE, UH, DROP BOXES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

UH, THE, UH, THE, UH, BALLOT DROP BOXES, UH, WHICH ARE, UH, NOT SECURED.

UH, THE, UH, THEY'RE NOT, UH, THEY'RE NOT MONITORED.

UH, THEY'RE, UH, AND IN MANY CASES, THERE'S NO, UH, SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PREVENT ANY, UH, BALLOT BOX STUFFING OR OTHER, UH, HANKY PANKY.

UH, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, WE, UH, WE CAN AND NEED TO CHANGE.

UH, ONE, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, THE, UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS RECEIVED A, UH, SOME PETITIONS, UH, REQUESTING, UH, THAT, UH, WE, UH, FOLLOW THE STATE LAW AND, UH, AND, UH, UH, AND THE, UH, BOARD HAS TAKEN SOME MEASURES TO THAT EFFECT IN, UH, UH, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PRECINCTS IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

UH, THERE SHOULD BE ONE POLLING PLACE PER PRECINCT RATHER THAN LARGE PRECINCTS WITH A LOT OF VOTING CENTERS WITHIN EACH PRECINCT.

UH,

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UH, UH, AND, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE MY TIME IS UP.

SO, UH, ANYWAY, I LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU GET RID OF THE DROP BOXES OR AT LEAST, UH, MONITOR THEM AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE'S, UH, CAMERAS TO PREVENT ANY HANKY PANKY.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

STEVE, WE HAVE A STEVE, UH, AND I APOLOGIZE MY EYES.

CAR BRAVADO.

WELL, THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH.

YOU'RE BETTER THAN BOTH .

WELL, DO YOU MIND TELLING US WHAT IT IS? SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.

THE NAME IS STEVE CARVER HALL, AND THAT'S AT, UH, SIX 50 NORTH PENROD.

UM, I HAD ANOTHER, LIKE JIM, I HAD ANOTHER WHOLE SPEECH PLANNED.

'CAUSE I HAD HOPED THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY INTERACT WITH THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

WHEN BRIAN GIVES HIS, UH, REPORT, BRIAN, WHEN HE GIVES HIS REPORT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH YOU GUYS AT ALL.

AND SO IT'LL BE A MINIMUM OF TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE GET ANOTHER TWO MINUTES TO COME UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS AND VOICE OUR CONCERNS OR OUR AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT WITH HIS POINT ON THIS.

THAT'S POOR CIVICS IN ACTION RIGHT THERE.

FOLKS.

YOU GUYS ARE OUR ELECTED.

YOU GUYS ARE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

YOU'RE ELECTED TO SERVE OUR NEEDS IN THE NEEDS OF THIS COUNTY HERE, OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY.

PART OF THAT, AS JIM REFERENCED, IS YOUR OATH OF OFFICE TO PROTECT ALL OF US OUR INALIENABLE RIGHTS.

ONE OF THOSE IS OUR RIGHT TO HAVE A CLEAN AND FAIR ELECTION WITHOUT ANY, UH, PROBLEMS IN IT.

YES, AT PLEASE GUYS AT THE, UH, PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AT WHITE RIVER AT THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE ELECTION, WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LEAST MEANINGFUL ELECTIONS OF THE TIME.

THE VERY FIRST PERSON IN THE DOOR WAS A MEMBER OF THE TRIBE WHO CAME IN WITH HER BALLOT IN HER HAND.

HER MAIL-IN BALLOT WITHIN HER HAND.

SHE CAME UP AND WANTED TO VOTE IN PERSON THAT DAY, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT SHE HAD ALREADY VOTED BY THE MACHINE.

NOW, I GOTTA TELL YOU FOLKS, THAT'S PRETTY EGREGIOUS RIGHT THERE.

YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY TIME THIS HAPPENS.

THE RESPONSE THAT THE POLL WORKERS GOT FROM ON HIGH, AND I'M NOT GONNA NAME NAMES OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WELL, SHE MUST HAVE FORGOT THAT SHE EARLY VOTED.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S THE MOST LUDICROUS THING I THINK I'VE EVER HEARD FROM A, UH, PERSON MANAGING THIS TO SAY THAT YOU MUST HAVE VOTED AND FORGOT ABOUT IT WHEN SHE HAD HER BLOODY, UH, BALLOT IN HER HAND AS SHE WALKED IN THE DOOR.

SO, LET'S FACE THE FACTS.

OUR VOTING SYSTEM IS IN SHAMBLES WHERE WE USED TO HAVE A GOOD CONTROL OVER OUR, UM, OUR, OUR VOTER ROLLS.

WHO MAKES FOR, I'M SORRY, WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU ONE THING.

I MEAN, ALSO, JUST ONE QUICK THING.

JASON, UH, OR SU SUPERVISOR WHITING, WE HAVE THE RIGHT GIVEN TO US BY THE, THE US CONSTITUTION TO REDRESS ANY GRIEVANCES.

SURE.

THERE'S NO TIME LIMIT ON THAT.

SURE.

THIS IS THE GRIEVANCES.

SO I'M GONNA TRY AND HELP YOU OUT.

THIS IS CALLED TO THE PUBLIC WHERE WE DO HAVE, AND PART OF IT IS WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE.

I UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION.

YES.

BEEN PREPARED.

SO I'M HOPING YOU'LL BE HERE FOR THE WHOLE MEETING.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS.

ALRIGHT.

CELIA, THERE.

SHE'S, THANK YOU.

HELLO.

GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS CELIA LAUGHLIN AND I LIVE AT 2169 HASH KNIFE ROAD IN OVERGUARD, ARIZONA.

I'M GOING TO START WITH MY LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

'CAUSE THE TIME IS SO SHORT.

UM, AFTER VIEWING THE EVIDENCE FROM VARIOUS NEWS SOURCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT'S, UM, WE HAVE LOST FAITH IN OUR ELECTION SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE VOTING MACHINES.

WE ARE NOT PROGRAMMING THOSE MACHINES.

YOU ARE NOT PROGRAMMING THOSE MACHINES.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S PROGRAMMING THOSE MACHINES.

AND THEY COULD BE A UNITED STATES CITIZENS.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

AND WE DON'T KNOW THE TRAIL OF, UH, CHAIN OF CUSTODY ONCE THEY ARE PROGRAMMED.

I HAVE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I AS BACKUP PLAN IN CASE THE GRID GOES DOWN ON ELECTION DAYS OR IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS LIKE IN MARICOPA COUNTY WHERE THE GENES GO DOWN.

I THINK THAT BASED ON THE HISTORY OF WHAT'S HAPPENED, WE SHOULD REQUIRE US TO HAVE A BACKUP PLAN, UM, AND PREPARE FOR A HAND COUNT.

THAT'S NOT A HARD THING TO DO.

WE'VE GOT A COUNTY IN ARIZONA THAT'S DOING A HUNDRED PERCENT HAND COUNT, TWO COUNTIES IN SOUTH DAKOTA THAT ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT HAND COUNT.

IT'S POSSIBLE, LET'S PUT NAVAJO COUNTY ON THE MAP.

GIVE US

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AND, UM, SOME COUNTIES HAVE DONE THIS OVERNIGHT.

THIS CAN BE DONE.

OKAY.

SO I'LL GO TO THE, UH, REFERENCES THAT I'M CITING.

I GAVE EACH OF YOU A COPY OF THE, OF THE, OKAY.

ONE OF THE MOVIES THAT I REALLY WANT YOU TO LOOK@ISELECTIONCODE.COM.

THAT OPENED MY EYES TO SOME VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE, UH, MACHINES.

AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE TALK TO COMPUTER EXPERTS, WHAT WE'VE HEARD, UH, OVER THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS JUST GIBBERISH.

AND WHAT GIBBERISH IS MEANT TO DO IS CONFUSE YOU AND CONFUSE ME.

AND I'M NOT CONFUSED ANYMORE BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED ACTUAL EXPERTS COME UP WITH EVIDENCE THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE FROM ONE TO GO, WE CAN WATCH THAT TRAIL OF, BUT WITH THOSE IMAGE MACHINES, THOSE MACHINES THAT COME WITH THE IMAGES, THOSE IMAGES CAN BE MANIPULATED.

SO I'M ASKING THE COUNTY ALSO TO KEEP THE BALLOTS FROM THE 2022 ELECTION SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO A FORENSIC AUDIT ON THOSE BALLOTS RATHER THAN IN THE IMAGES IN THE MACHINE.

AND I THINK MY TIME'S UP, JERRY HUBBARD, JERRY HUBBARD, I GIVE YOUR ADDRESS.

THANKS, JERRY.

UH, GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS JERRY HUBBARD.

I'M A RETIRED ENGINEER, AND I LIVE AT 27 26 COVERED WAGON TRAIL IN OVERGUARD.

I HAVE VOTED IN EVERY ELECTION FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

AND EVEN THOUGH I WOULD RATHER BE PURSUING MY HOBBIES AND ENJOYING RETIREMENT, I'VE SPENT MUCH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS DOING WHAT I CAN TO IMPROVE ELECTION INTEGRITY HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY, INCLUDING BECOMING A POLL WORKER FOR THE LAST FEW ELECTIONS.

THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL LEFT-WING WRITERS LIKE PETER ISHARE FOR THE WHITE MOUNT INDEPENDENT TELL US THAT ESNS MODELED DS 200 TABULATORS ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET AND CAN'T BE HACKED REMOTELY.

I SAY PROVE IT OPEN ONE OF THEM UP AND LET US INSPECT IT FOR THE PRESENCE OF A WIRELESS MODEM INSTALLED ON THE MOTHERBOARD.

AS NOTED IN A REPORT IN EARLY 2020 BY NBC NEWS, HARDLY A RIGHT WING NEWS MEDIA ORGANIZATION IS THAT ESNS HAD INSTALLED AT LEAST 14,000 MODEMS IN DS 200 TABULATORS, ALLOWING THEM TO BE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.

AND PLEASE DON'T TELL US THEY'VE BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE EAC, THE ELECTIONS ASSISTANCE COMMISSION AND CAN'T BE OPENED.

THE EAC HAS THE SAME LACK OF CREDIBILITY WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TODAY AS EVERY OTHER FEDERAL THREE LETTER AGENCY, INCLUDING THE IRS, THE FBI, THE C-I-A-D-O-E-D-H-S, AND THE DOJ.

IN THE SAME WAY, PLEASE MAKE THE SOFTWARE USED IN VOTING MACHINES AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.

IF YOU REALLY WANT TRANSPARENT, FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, THERE CAN BE NO SECRETS.

YES, THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND THE SAME LOCAL LEFT WING NEWSPAPER WRITERS TELL US THAT QUOTE, GETTING RID OF VOTING MACHINES AND RELYING ON HAND COUNTING BALLOTS ON ELECTION DAY WOULD TAKE MUCH LONGER, COST A LOT MORE, AND YIELD A LESS ACCURATE COUNT THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM, UNQUOTE, I GUESS THAT THEY FORGOT THAT IT TOOK A WEEK FOR NAVAJO COUNTY TO COME UP WITH A FINAL VOTE COUNT IN THE 2022 ELECTION.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU, DONNA.

SHERWIN, GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

UM, I LIVE AT 1207 SOUTH FOREST LANE IN PINETOP, ARIZONA.

AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER MY SERVICES TO HELP YOU FIND, UM, POLL WORKERS.

UH, THERE SEEMS TO BE, UM, A LOT OF TALK AND, UH, PETER AL, AL SHIRE, I GUESS IS YOUR, ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE FANS BECAUSE, UH, HE WROTE AN ARTICLE IN, UM, THE WHITE MOUNTAIN INDEPENDENT ON THE 9TH OF APRIL AND SAID THAT ACCORDING TO COUNTY OFFICIALS, UM, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH, UM, UH, HELP, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, IT'S, IT'S VERY UNAFFORDABLE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HAND COUNT ALL THE BALLOTS.

IT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE, TAKE MUCH LONGER AND PROBABLY PRODUCE LESS ACCURATE RESULTS.

UH, I'M, I'VE BEEN A POLL WORKER FOR THE LAST, UH, WELL SINCE, UH, 2022, PRIMARY GENERAL SPECIAL ELECTION.

AND, AND THEN, UH, THE PPE THAT JUST HAPPENED IN, UM, IN, UH, WHITE RIVER.

I WAS DOWN THERE AND THE ONE THAT HAD THE LADY COME IN AND SAY SHE HAD ALREADY BEEN, SHE WAS TOLD SHE HAD BEEN, UM, SHE HAD VOTED ALREADY, WHICH WAS PRETTY EGREGIOUS.

BUT, UM, IF YOU CAN'T, IF YOU CAN'T ADVERTISE FOR POLL WORKERS, UH, NOBODY'S GONNA KNOW ABOUT IT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE AND ASKED THEM IF THEY'VE EVER WORKED AT A POLL, AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE CAN WORK AT THE POLL.

WHEN YOU GO ONTO YOUR WEBSITE, IT'S TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, NOT POLL WORKERS, BUT, UM, THERE'S A, A PORTAL AND IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, ELECTION, UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME IN IT'S, IT'S CALLED AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACT OR SOMETHING BIZARRE.

BUT IT'S LIKE THE, THE TRANSPARENCY'S

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WHY DON'T YOU JUST PUT AN AD IN THE NEWSPAPER AND SAY, WE NEED POLL WORKERS.

AND MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN WANNA BE PAID.

I MEAN, I'M KIND OF INSULTED THAT IIII GET A PAYCHECK, WHICH WHEN YOU MULTIPLY, IF THERE'S 39 VOTES CENTERS IN, IN, UM, NAVAJO COUNTIES, 10,000 SQUARE MILES, AND THERE'S AN AVERAGE OF 10 PEOPLE THAT WORK AT EVERY ONE OF THOSE POLLS, AND THEY EACH GET PAID AN AVERAGE OF $150, THAT'S $58,500 THAT IT COSTS TO RUN ONE ELECTION.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR BUDGET IS, BUT IF THOSE PEOPLE COULD BE MADE TO HAND COUNT AND WE DON'T NEED THOSE MACHINES, WHICH ARE BASICALLY, SATAN IS THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION, THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED AN HOUR, THE WOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED IN THE POOL IN THE, IN THE PPE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE DOING, EVEN WITH A, A A THREE INCH THICK MANUAL, I REALIZED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

I DO APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU GUYS.

JAMES.

UM, OKAY, THAT MUST BE ME.

THAT'S YOU.

3 0 4 8 SOUTH PINE UP MOUNTAIN LANE.

ALL GOOD AMERICANS SHOULD WANT AND DEMAND REGARDLESS OF PAR PARTY AFFILIATION, FAIR AND HONEST ELECTIONS.

BUT HOW, AND PLEASE DON'T APPLAUD UNTIL THE END.

UH, UH, HOW DO WE KNOW OUR ELECTIONS ARE REALLY, THE RESULTS ARE FAIR AND HONEST IF WE ONLY HAVE THE NEWS REPORTS? AND, AND A LOT OF THAT IS BASED ON QUESTIONABLE DIGITAL VOTING MACHINE TALLIES.

BUT LIKE ALL COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS, THESE DEVICES COULD BE HACKED.

A 2018 NATIONAL SURVEY FOUND THAT 80% OF AMERICANS BELIEVED THAT CURRENT VOTING SYSTEMS MAY BE VULNERABLE TO HACKERS.

10, ACCORDING TO 10 INDEPENDENT CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS SPECIALIZING IN VOTING SYSTEMS AND ELECTIONS FOUND OVER 35 SYSTEMS HAD BEEN LEFT ONLINE AND THEY WERE CONTINUOUSLY FINDING MORE.

AS MY FRIEND, JURY, I THINK HIS NAME IS SAID, NBC NEWS REPORTED THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF VOTING MACHINES OR ES AND S, DOMINION AND HEART, ALL OF THEM ACKNOWLEDGED THEY PUT MODEMS IN THEIR TABULATORS AND SCANNERS.

THOSE MOTORS MODEMS CONNECT TO CELL PHONE NETWORKS, WHICH IN TURN ARE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.

ONCE A HACKER STARTS TALKING TO THE VOTING MACHINE THROUGH THE MODEM, THE HACKER CAN JUST CHANGE ELECTION RESULTS.

THEY COULD PROGRAM THE VOTING MACHINES TO CHEAT ON FOR, FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS.

IF NAVAJO COUNTY DECIDES TO CONTINUE THE USE OF ELECTRONIC VOTING VOTING MACHINES, THEY SHOULD AT LEAST REQUIRE THE MODEMS BE REMOVED.

JAMES MADISON SAID, IF MEN WERE ANGELS, NO GOVERNMENT WOULD BE NECESSARY.

WE VOTERS DEPEND ON OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, YOU ALL TO REPRESENT US AND DO ALL THEY COULD TO ENSURE A FAIR, IMPARTIAL, AND HONEST SYSTEM.

PLEASE DON'T DISAPPOINT US.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

I, THAT'S ALL THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAD HAD.

I WANT TO THANK, WERE YOUR ITEM.

YOU HAD ANOTHER ITEM, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE FOR GENERAL PLAN.

YES.

DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT TODAY OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT AT OUR NEXT MEETING? UM, OKAY, GO AHEAD AND COME UP.

WE GOT TWO MINUTES FOR, FOR THE GENERAL PLAN.

THANK YOU.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS DONNA SHERWIN.

UM, AND ANOTHER THING THAT I NOTICED IN THE SAME, UM, NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON THE VERY BACK OF THE, UM, UH, THE SAME PAGE, IT WAS THE COUNTY LAUNCHES AND OVERHAUL OF THE GENERAL PLAN.

UH, AND IT'S, UH, AGAIN, BY OUR FAVORITE PETER SHAR.

AND, UM, HE SAID THAT THERE'S GONNA BE COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR THIS.

AND SO, UM, I, I SPOKE WITH MR. LAYTON JUST BEFORE THE MEETING AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN? BECAUSE IT SAYS WITHIN THIS ARTICLE THAT THE, UH, THE DRAFT OF THE PLAN FOR THE GENERAL PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, EXCUSE ME, STARTING APRIL AND THROUGH OCTOBER.

BUT, UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT A COMMUNITY MEETING AT ALL.

AND, UM, IT ALSO MENTIONS IN HERE THAT THERE'LL BE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS CHURCHES, DEVELOPERS, REAL ESTATE GROUPS, HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AIRPORTS, UTILITIES, REPRESENTATIVES OF RAILROADS, EDUCATIONAL GROUPS ARE ALL GONNA BE INCLUDED IN THE PLANNING GROUP, WHICH IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE PLANNING COMMITTEE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH THOSE ARE.

AND THERE'S ALSO PLANNING STAFF.

SO THOSE REFERENCES, UM, I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY ABOUT ANY OF THAT.

NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

SO, I, I, AGAIN, IT'S TRANSPARENCY.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, UH, THE, THE $80,000 PER YEAR SALARY THAT YOU EACH RECEIVE, WHICH IS 33,000 OR THREE, THREE THIRTY, THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY $3 PER MEETING.

'CAUSE I DID THE MATH.

IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

AND I, I, I JUST WISH, AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE TRANSPARENT AND, AND RESPOND TO YOUR PEOPLE.

UH, WE SEEM TO BE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK MORE AND MORE.

I THINK YOU'VE NOTICED THERE'S A FEW MORE MEETINGS, UH, PEOPLE THAT ATTEND YOUR MEETINGS.

BUT, UM, SOMETHING

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UH, OR ACRES IS THE TOTAL OF PINETOP LAKESIDE.

THERE'S 7,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTY IN PINETOP LAKESIDE, WHO HAVE NO VOICE IN THE TOWN COUNCIL.

SO YOU ARE THEIR TOWN COUNCIL.

AND THIS WHOLE GENERAL PLAN'S GONNA HAPPEN AND WE'RE GONNA RE UH, ADOPT IT FOR 10 YEARS, I BELIEVE, OR 20 YEARS.

BUT WHERE IS THE TRANSPARENCY? WHERE IS THE NOTIFICATION THERE IN THE NEWSPAPER? THERE'S A NEWS BRIEF.

IT WON'T EVEN COST THE COUNTY A DIME TO JUST PUT OUT A, HEY, WE NEED POLL WORKERS.

HEY, WE NEED, UH, GENERAL PLAN.

UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME TO THE MEETINGS, BUT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

AND, AND THAT EDUCATION, UH, HURTS US.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT, DONNA.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS ON THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC THAT I HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE THOSE THAT WERE ABLE TO SHARE AND SPEAK WITH US THIS MORNING.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO THE CONSENT

[2. CONSENT AGENDA: These items are considered to be routine or administrative in nature and will be approved in a single motion. A Board member may request for any item to be removed from the consent agenda and considered on the regular agenda:]

ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA.

UM, WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN THERE, OF COURSE, A CONSENT AGENDA.

GO AHEAD.

S MOTION.

WE APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND, WE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANYMORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL FAVORABLE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

AGREE.

NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'RE NOW ON TO ITEM THREE.

NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT.

WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

LET'S HAVE IT.

[a. CONSENT AGENDA: The following item(s) are considered to be of a routine or administrative in nature and will be approved as a group unless a member of the Board wishes to discuss a particular item: ]

WE HAVE ONE ITEM AND COULD SEND AGENDA ITEM, UM, ON THE AGENDA THAT'S ON THE SCREEN.

AND YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET.

ANY QUESTIONS OR NONE? CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND IT.

A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

NA.

THERE NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

VOTE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, WE NEED A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

PERFECT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

AYE.

HEARING NONE.

THE AYE.

HAVE IT.

WE'LL,

[a. Consideration of Attachment B to The Navajo Nation Intergovernmental Agreement for assistance with roadway maintenance materials for the N8030 Road Maintenance Project. ]

ITEM FOUR A, UH, MAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND BOARD OF SUPERVISOR, UH, OPINION CHAPTER IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, NA REQUESTED NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS, UH, TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE ON THE MAINTENANCE PROJECT ON N 80 30.

UH, THIS PROJECT IS REGARDING A PLACEMENT OF FIVE CULVERTS AND, UH, AGGREGATE BASED GRAVEL MATERIAL TO BE USED FOR THE MAINTENANCE WORK, UM, FOR APPROXIMATELY HALF TO 0.8 MILES.

UM, THE FUNDING FOR THIS WILL BE COMING FROM DISTRICT ONE, UH, HER FUNDS.

UH, THE DETAIL OF THE PROJECT AND ITS SCOPE IS IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOUR REVIEW.

UH, AT THIS TIME, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS, UH, TASK AGREEMENT.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? NO.

THANK YOU, MANNY, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

NO QUESTIONS.

I MOTION, UM, CONSIDERATION APPROVAL.

CONSIDERATION OF ATTACHMENT EACH IIGA FOR ASSISTANCE.

ROADWAY MAINTENANCE MATERIALS FOR AN 80 30 ROAD MAINTENANCE PROJECT.

YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ANY? NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU.

ITEM FOUR A THANK YOU HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE'RE ON TO ITEM FIVE, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS EXECUTIVE SESSION,

[a. EXECUTIVE SESSION pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3) for the Board to receive legal advice from its attorney regarding a Notice of Claim from Statecraft Law. ]

JUST A REMINDER, WE CAN MAKE THE MOTION THAT THE ONLY ITEM WE CAN DISCUSS IS THAT NOTICE OF CLAIM.

OKAY.

SO THE ONLY ITEM WE CAN TALK ABOUT IS THAT NOTICE OF CLAIM.

NOTHING ELSE CAN BE TALKED ABOUT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

TURN YOUR VOLUME.

WE CAN'T HEAR, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU GUYS.

CAN YOU TURN IT UP? WE CAN'T HEAR YOU GUYS.

IT'S NOT A VOLUME.

IT'S

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SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SPEAK UP LOUD.

WE'LL SPEAK LOUDER THAN THANK YOU.

THANK SO WHAT, WHAT WE'RE, WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SE SESSION, UM, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM OUR ATTORNEY REGARDING NOTICE OF CLAIM THAT WE HAVE.

UM, THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS THAT ITEM.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S UP NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THAT, UM, CHAIR WOULD NEED A MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SETTLE.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? AND NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

ATTORNEY.

WE'LL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION QUICKLY WITH OUR ATTORNEY WHERE WE'LL GET LEGAL ADVICE, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THIS CLAIM AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.

SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING BACK UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.

UM, CHAIR

[b. RECONVENE: Consideration and possible action to approve the County Attorney's Office to take action consistent with direction provided in the executive session.]

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

SO WE MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

NONE.

UM, CHAIR WOULD NEED A MOTION ON, UH, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE HAVE CHAIRMAN, WILL YOU DISCUSS THAT? WELL, THE FIRST ITEM WOULD BE TO, TO, TO GO BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION.

WE JUST DID THAT.

WE DID.

THEN THE MOTION FOR, IF ANY, FOR BASED UPON WHAT WE DISCUSSED.

CHAIRMAN, I MOTION THAT WE GIVE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

CAN YOU TALK LOUDER, PLEASE? SO WE HAD A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COUNTY'S ATTORNEY OFFICE.

YES.

SUPERVISOR.

WHITE.

OKAY.

YES.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

AND THEN THE AYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO

[c. Elections Presentation ]

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR SUPERVISORS.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

TO RECAP, WE WERE ASKED BY RESIDENTS, UH, WE ASKED RESIDENTS TO SHARE WITH US THEIR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE ELECTION PROCESS.

BRIAN, I I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO KIND OF SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND JUST REAL FAST ON THIS IF THAT'S OKAY.

SO EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE THAT UNDERSTANDS HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS, UM, OBVIOUSLY ABOUT ELECTIONS AND PEOPLE HAVE SOME CONCERNS AROUND THAT.

SO WHAT WE TRIED TO LOOK AT WAS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, AT LEAST I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I WON'T SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT WAS IMPORTANT? LIKE, WHAT ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE? WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE? AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANTED TO KNOW.

AND I BELIEVE OUR BOARD WANTED TO KNOW, WELL, WHAT ARE THEY AND WHAT IS OUR TEAM DOING? AND HOW DO WE HANDLE OUR ELECTIONS AND DO THOSE THINGS? 'CAUSE WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH AND EXPLAINED TO US, BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE STILL HAVE.

SO AS A BOARD, WE WANTED TO HAVE STAFF SHARE WITH US, OKAY, WHAT IS IT THAT WE DO? AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATED INTO THAT QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAD.

AND SO WE WANT TO THANK THE PARTY CHAIRS.

WE REACHED OUT TO THE DEMOCRAT AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRS AND ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD TAKE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE GETTING ON OUR WEBSITE AND BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS.