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Elections Board of Director, Karen Hebb Board of Election Members Charles Medd Christian Stoltz Linda Rebuck Debbie Dante Bill Cutler 75 E. Central Street Hendersonville, NC 28792 November 7, 2022 Jane Bilello 218 Vincent Place Hendersonville, NC 28739 209 986 3845 Dear Ms. Hebb and Henderson County Board of Elections Members: On Election Day, Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 5:55AM and at 7:15PM, members of the public may come to the precincts with the attached letter citing laws and NCSBE directives to enter the precinct: in the AM to witness the boot-up of the tabulator; in the PM at the close of election night when no voters are present to witness the shut-down of the tabulator and to take video of the poll tapes; after 7:30PM at the BOE office after the polls close for the absentee voting, including one-stop. At all times, citizens must be courteous, polite and follow the directions of the judge and in no way interfere with any of the election processes. Thank you. Legal Information Sheet to present to the judge https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x2u7t3_iQ0-Mr-Pa_uOeOzpywibAHylPgiRLY3gTWuk/edit

Know what to do Election Day Am, PM, and at BOE after 7:30PM https://www.ashevilleteaparty.org/so/acOHE-7vZ?languageTag=en&cid=de5f0a75-82ac-41f9-8d18-d2861b0d7ed7#/main

TRAINING Saturday, November 5, 2022 9:30 am — 11:30 am (eastern) Registration link to zoom training OR WATCH PREVIOUS TRAINING ONLINE ———- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_5jBwK-iYk&t=22s You can also go to https://www.transparentelectionsnc.org/poll-tape-project-nchttps://www.transparentelectionsnc.org/poll-tape-project-nc to peruse the information on #ValidatTheVote #PollTapeProject. Why is it helpful for the public to observe these processes and image the poll tapes? Having members of the public peacefully observe the boot-up of the tabulator and also the tabulation of results helps to increase confidence in elections. The public can verify that certain election processes were done correctly. Taking a video-recording of poll tapes immediately after they are printed helps increase confidence in the chain of custody of vote totals. When the public is able to verify the results by matching the tape totals to what the state reports, this helps members of the public to verify that no votes were changed or added after tabulation. Poll tapes help create a record that could assist election officials if there are any discrepancies in the vote totals. It is more likely that discrepancies would be corrected before certification of the election. Ideally, there should be 1-2 poll tape observers in each voting location who can also video-record the poll tapes. go to https://www.transparentelectionsnc.org/poll-tape-project-nc watch 1 min video below from Florida where discrepancies were found and corrected. watch 4 min video below from New York where the observers were banned rather than election officials correcting the discrepancies. read Justice Department press release regarding Pennsylvania - imaging tapes may have caught this type of fraud.

County Coordinators: Please use this template to formally request the zero tape from each tabulating device (machine) in your county before election day. Chances are you won't get it. In the morning, when your folks show up to get the zero tape, you may be rejected. Use the App to record theshort conversation with the judge (you are legally allowed to record a conversation withlout permission of the other person as long as you are in the conversation). NCEIT will have a follow up Hot Wash right after the election to deal with these issues. How do I image poll tapes and where do I send them? From transparentelections.org We recommend using Actual Vote, which is a free app from America Counts. It’s available for iOS or Android. Actual Vote makes it easy to video-record poll tapes and access the results. By crowd-sourcing the work of video-recording all the tapes in NC and other states, we can all do our part to validate the vote. ========================================================================== Template for Public Records Request. You fill in your info. FROM: Name & Address TO: _______County Board of Elections ATTN: __________, Director ___________________________ ___________________, 2022 SUBJECT: Request for ______County Zero Tapes, November 8, 2022 General Election 1. I am requesting a digital copy of the entire zero tape, from each tabulating device used in the November 8, 2022 General Election. 2. Each Zero Tape should be complete and reflect the tabulator serial number, firmware version, and zero counts for each race on the ballot, without redactions. 3. It is my understanding tabulators are set to print these electronic files on demand and that they are public records, releaseable under the provisions of NCGS § 132-1. Public Records. 4. "Public records" shall mean all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data-processing records, artifacts, or other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance in connection with the transaction of public business by any agency of North Carolina government or its subdivisions. 5. I am requesting these Zero Tapes be provided to me at no charge in an electronic format that is commonly machine readable and in a common media form such as a thumb drive or DVD disc. Name County Email Tel. __________

•This is the recent Wake County Superior Court ruling regarding at-large poll observers. The court granted a preliminary injunction on the State Board of Elections enforcing the four-hour restriction on at-large observers. This means the at-large observers appointed by the County Chair are permitted to come and go from the voting locations as they please. •NCGOP Press Release •GOP wins legal challenge over political observers at NC polling places

Zoom with Jane: Join Zoom Meeting Monday, October 17th, 2022 7PM Eastern Time Please log in a few minutes early so we can get started on time. Thanks. Join Zoom Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82927849798?pwd=d3JjUlZaeVY2dDNmMkRQd2EwU3Zadz09 Meeting ID: 829 2784 9798 Passcode: 910134 One tap mobile Dial by your location +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) Just in Case: Are you a member of NCEIT? If not, please go to the website and click Join Us. It's free. Fill in the form. Your membership gains you access to Member Resources - the tools you will need to be successful in this endeavor. Thanks. Thank You For Caring About Our Election Integrity, Making it Easy to Vote and Hard to Cheat! (I will email you the PowerPoint. Make sure I have your name and email. You then train other poll observers. PLEASE NOTE: We need to get you on SEIRS reporting: Email Jane@NCEIT.org with this info •Your name •Email •Cell Phone •County *Precinct

•A curbside voter’s vehicle is considered a voting enclosure,and the buffer zone shall be at least six feet from the vehicle. See Numbered Memo 2020-20. (See Buffer Zone) https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/sboe/numbermemo/2020/Numbered%20Memo%202020-20_Curbside%20Voting.pdf Curbside voting has been an issue for observers because of the distance the Chief Judge places the observer.Tell the judge you wwould like to observe curbside voting during your shift and you want to assure that you can hear and see the exchange between the voter and the poll worker. Quote Numbered Memo 2020-20 (above.) It would be a good idea to have a hard copy. Please remember to write an Incident Report describing the conversation and the outcome. No arguing if the judge insists you will be 50 feet away.

https://www.carolinajournal.com/jimmy-carters-charity-sponsoring-nc-trusted-elections-tour-across-state/ It seems that the NCSBE has figured out the citizens of NC don't trust their elections or the people that run them. Those who have already attended this 'tour,' are not impressed. •It’s a propaganda tour. The very fact that Jimmy Carter's charity is sponsoring it, tells it all. There are three sessions: Operational/Legal/Technical. You submit questions and they re-write them. Designed to make them look wonderful. It may not be worth the time to go. You’re call. It’s probably in response to all of the negative press. (However, there may be a new development where our presence would be a positive. I will keep you posted.) •https://www.nctrustedelections.com/ In our area: •Tuesday, September 20th from 6:30 – 8:00PM at A B Technical College, Ferguson Auditorium, in Asheville •Link to register for event https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=283eFqwo6kuPyVhEqt6maUCdt4K53aZBudkRZ5OzetNURjBQTkFWVTFPTjdKMlIwVkswUVkxTERPOS4u "Former Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts, a Democrat; and former Judge Bob Orr, a one-time Republican whose recent political efforts have been largely in opposition to his former party, are leading an initiative to increase trust in North Carolina’s elections infrastructure. The initiative kicks off this week and is sponsored by the Carter Center, former Democratic President Jimmy Carter’s 501(c)3, which focuses on promoting peace and democracy (we are a Republic. Democracy breeds Marxism) across the world." Read the rest of the propaganda here.

On September 16, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity grant program specifically for state, local, and territorial (SLT) governments across the country. The NCEIT Tuesday call announced that this grant can be written to address cybersecurity at polling sites. Have you not been concerned about machines hooked into the Internet? This is a chance to find out! Your commissioners would have to initiate it. NCEIT can help write the grant. Interested for your county? Contact Jim Womack, james.k.womack@gmail.com. Please check it out CISA Cybersecurity Grant Period Open- see weblink at: https://www.cisa.gov/cybergrants

Join us for a regional election integrity training workshop in Kernersville, NC on October 15th from 9AM to 4:30PM with Jesse Burger who designed SEIRS, and Jim Womack. Training is designed to prepare you for Poll Working, Poll Observing, and War Room Operations during the October-November 2022 election cycle. Cost is just $15.00 which includes a lunch meal and refreshments. Registration and your ticket: $15.00. Click on https://www.ashevilleteaparty.org/ Then click the DONATE button on the right. PLEASE RSVP to Joan Fleming with your name, phone and email, county and precinct so we can get you registered on SEIRS - Statewide Election Integrity Reporting System - to submit your Incident Reports. Thank you. Joan Fleming. volunteer@forsythgop.org Location The Church Crossing 1650 Pecan Lane (Exit 201 off I 40) Kernersville, NC 27824

While you do have the legal right to see and observe the machine tapes before the polls open and after they close, the BOE director in your county may not allow you to. This is a problem. We have received reports that some counties are okay with observers viewing the tape while other do not. Example: Henderson county violates state law with a policy change. Buncombe is ok. There are others. Go figure! In either case, you ask. Be polite. Don't lose your temper. Follow the instructions of the chief judge. You should download the NC State Statutes below and hand them to the judge/BOE director if the answer is NO. Write up an Incident Report even if the answer is Yes. Be sure to include details: judge/witnesses/where you stood in relation to the machine. Remember, This is our evidence. We want you to be on the right side and don't give them an excuse to remove you. Thanks. JB 08 NCAC 04 .0304 OPERATION AND MATTER OF VOTING ON VOTING SYSTEMS (a) Prior to the opening of the polls, the precinct officials shall open the voting system and examine the ballot for accuracy and examine the counters or other method to determine there is a zero balance. Any persons interested in viewing this procedure may observe but shall not interfere or impede the process. If the system prints a zero tape or other paper document, the document shall be maintained and secured in the manner prescribed by the manufacturer and the county board of elections. (b) The voter shall follow the instructions contained on the voting system. Only official ballots shall be introduced into the voting system. Spoiled or damaged ballots shall not be introduced into the voting system. If a voter improperly marks or damages a ballot, it shall be returned to the precinct official, marked as spoiled and maintained as specified by the county board of elections. The voter may not receive a replacement ballot until the spoiled or damaged ballot is returned to the precinct official. The voter shall not be given more than three replacement ballots. (c) Except as provided for curbside voting in G.S. 163-166.9, official ballots shall not leave the voting enclosure during the time that voting is being conducted there. History Note: Authority G.S. 163-22; 163-165.7; Temporary Adoption Eff. April 15, 2002; Eff. August 1, 2004; Readopted Eff. June 1, 2019 08 N.C. Admin. Code 10B .0105 - PROCEDURES AT THE CLOSE OF VOTING https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/north-carolina/08-NCAC-10B-0105#:~:text=08%20N.C.%20Admin.%20Code%2010B.0105%20-%20PROCEDURES%20AT,the%20chairman%20of%20the%20county%20board%20of%20elections See paragraph (h) The counting of the ballots shall be made in the presence of the precinct election officials and witnesses and observers who are present ad desire to observe the count. Observers shall not interfere with the counting of the ballots.

Poll Observer Training: In Person and Zoom Calls Please RSVP with your first and last name, your county, and date to attend to Jane@NCEIT.org Did you miss an NCEIT workshop or summit? Or, need a review? There are four more opportunities before early voting which starts October 20th. PLEASE REMEMBER, Sign-up with your local political party NOW to get on the Poll Observer list. It’s not too early. Poll Observer names need to be submitted to your local Board of Elections 10 days before you are permitted to show up and only a political party can submit names. Thanks. Before you arrive in person or get on a Zoom call, if you have not done so already, please sign up as a member of NCEIT.org/Join Us https://www.nceit.org/ to become a member. As a member, you will have access to the many resources we have for you including the NC State Statutes, Poll Observer videos, machine demonstration, and much, much more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Zoom with Jane: Join Zoom Meeting Monday, October 17th, 2022 at 7PM Eastern Time Please log in a few minutes early so we can get started on time. Thanks. Join Zoom Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82927849798?pwd=d3JjUlZaeVY2dDNmMkRQd2EwU3Zadz09 Meeting ID: 829 2784 9798 Passcode: 910134 One tap mobile Dial by your location +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zoom With Sue: Mondays: 10/24: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88629542826?pwd=dExKbFM2S1FCbmF4eXZkTHJmK1NOZz09 Meeting ID: 886 2954 2826 Passcode: 043480