Click the link. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the NC House 2023 Request & Filing Deadlines https://calendars.ncleg.gov/CalendarDoc/2023/7806/House%20Calendar Click on the link. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the NC Senate Request & Filing Deadlines https://calendars.ncleg.gov/CalendarDoc/2023/7802/Senate%20Calendar Bills eligible to be filed in 2023 with no deadlines • Redistricting bills for House, Senate, Congress, or local entities. (H&S) • Ratification of amendments to the Constitution of the United States. (H&S) • Adjournment resolutions. (H&S). • Bills introduced on the report of the House Committees on Appropriations, Finance, or Rules. (H only) • Bills proposing amendments to the North Carolina Constitution. (S only) • Statutory changes necessary to implement State constitutional amendments. (S only) • Bills addressing election laws. (S only) • Bills providing for action on gubernatorial nominations or appointments.(S only) • Appointments by the General Assembly. (S only) 2023 Crossover Deadline: Thursday, May 4 • Please refer to Senate Rule 41(b)

1) Senate Bill S49 Parents Bill of Rights Full Bill here: S49-SMBC-1(e1)-v-3 (ncleg.gov) 2) House Bill 10 (Public) Filed Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Summary of Full Bill here: Bill Summaries: H10 (2023-2024 Session) | Legislative Reporting Service (unc.edu) An act to require compliance with immigration detainers and administrative warrants and to require certain reports from local law enforcement. Bill Intro. by D. Hall, B. Jones, Saine, Carson Smith. 3) S16:: Bill Summaries: S16 (2023-2024 Session) | Legislative Reporting Service (unc.edu) Summary Senate Bill 16 (Public) Filed Wednesday, January 25, 2023. An act preserving competition in health care by regulating the consolidation and conveyance of hospitals. Bill intro. by Burgin, Corbin,Mayfield.

Contact Jane.Bilello@gmail.com to request an email forward of the (3) Federal documents. Thanks.

Great article from John Locke. All your reasons to oppose and to bring to your local BOE. Buncombe County Threatens to Go Backwards with Touchscreen Voting Machines (johnlocke.org)

NC VOTING SYSTEMS Can schedule longer presentation on this topic if people are interested - too much to discuss in short timeframe Counties that are getting new voting systems must follow several steps per law, such as doing a demo of all certified systems in NC before deciding on purchase. Must ensure this is happening. Appears that Wake County is planning to circumvent this process Counties that use AutoMark ballot marking devices from ES&S are being phased out https://verifiedvoting.org/verifier/#mode/navigate/map/ppEquip/mapType/normal/year/2022/state/37 Only other option on ES&S system is the ExpressVote barcode ballot summary card system - voters are not able to verify their ballot as required by law. HartIntercivic has a system that has a full-face ballot and not barcode ballot marking device - counties that use AutoMarks + M100s are perfect candidates to move to this system $ cost-wise. Many unsuccessful attempts at keeping this system out of NC have been unsuccessful. So… plan B TENC is looking at alternative options for assistive devices that would not need to be certified by NC the same way entire voting systems are. This may or may not be successful. Plan C… Counties that use BMDs for all voters (like Mecklenburg) do not allow for handmarked paper ballots unless mail-in Need to meet with NCEIT group to come up with other strategies. Goal hand-marked paper ballots for all voters who can mark a ballot by hand. For ADA voters, ballot marking device that generates a uniform ballot. Counting by hand or by machine? Strategies include a pilot program to count by hand in a smaller county with many contests. Action item: find out what system your county is using and what their plans are moving forward Action item: let us know if you are interested in a longer presentation on election systems Action item: strategy help from NCEIT teams on a way to legislate that every voter must be given opportunity to hand-mark ballot for in-person voting. Then, maybe a media campaign to encourage this method of filling out ballots? BERNSTEIN V. SIMS AND WAKE BOARD OF ELECTIONS May 14, 2022 Brakey & Bernstein trespassed from Wake BOE property while they were scoping out a legal place to protest on election night (May 17, 2022) Surveillance video is posted in landing page https://transparentelectiosnc.org July 19, 2022 Complaint in Fed Court to restore Constitutional Rights PRESS RELEASE_Bernstein_09_22_2022.pdf November 2022 Fed Judge Boyle ruled in Bernstein’s favor in preliminary injunction, allowing her to attend public meetings until the trial sometime in 2023 / 2024 PI Granted.pdf Judge’s written ruling says that Bernstein is likely to win at trial and that the ban is not based on any behavior or threat, but because Sims and the board do not like what I am advocating for, previous public comments, etc. Action item: Need presence at every county BOE meeting each month in order to stay informed

NCEIT UPDATE 24 JAN 2023 NCEIT UPDATE POLL TAPE PROJECT Contact j.flatley@democracycounts.org Ultimate goal is to be able to do the collection and analysis within 10 days after election, prior to certification Have developed an analysis process that will allow for at least partial population of fields in database Transcribers are needed to help with NC county databases Jason has developed a program for data comparison (national contests) using a python code comparing NCSBE data & data on polltapes that is transcribed to database Iredell furthest along - still need to understand absentee & early voting reporting Willing to compare down-ballot races if those are a concern County Team leaders should request a meeting with Jason to walk them through the program and get access to database (need knowledgeable for each county to help with unique situations) Recommended that county teams gather 5-10 volunteers for demonstration / training meeting and then contact Jason Flately for training Local human knowledge needed for detailed analysis. This is where the county election office observers could be helpful to answer questions about polling places & local processes that may differ from NC processes, opportunities to re-scan poll tapes that were missing or unreadable End product is a poll tape transcription spreadsheet, snapshot of official results, and python script to do comparison prior to certification of contests. Action item: Need NCEIT help to ensure that poll tapes are allowed to be imaged immediately after the tabulation is done (including absentee by mail and early voting ballots) NC VOTING SYSTEMS Can schedule longer presentation on this topic if people are interested - too much to discuss in short timeframe Counties that are getting new voting systems must follow several steps per law, such as doing a demo of all certified systems in NC before deciding on purchase. Must ensure this is happening. Appears that Wake County is planning to circumvent this process Counties that use AutoMark ballot marking devices from ES&S are being phased out https://verifiedvoting.org/verifier/#mode/navigate/map/ppEquip/mapType/normal/year/2022/state/37 Only other option on ES&S system is the ExpressVote barcode ballot summary card system - voters are not able to verify their ballot as required by law. HartIntercivic has a system that has a full-face ballot and not barcode ballot marking device - counties that use AutoMarks + M100s are perfect candidates to move to this system $ cost-wise. Many unsuccessful attempts at keeping this system out of NC have been unsuccessful. So… plan B TENC is looking at alternative options for assistive devices that would not need to be certified by NC the same way entire voting systems are. This may or may not be successful. Plan C… Counties that use BMDs for all voters (like Mecklenburg) do not allow for handmarked paper ballots unless mail-in Need to meet with NCEIT group to come up with other strategies. Goal hand-marked paper ballots for all voters who can mark a ballot by hand. For ADA voters, ballot marking device that generates a uniform ballot. Counting by hand or by machine? Strategies include a pilot program to count by hand in a smaller county with many contests. Action item: find out what system your county is using and what their plans are moving forward Action item: let us know if you are interested in a longer presentation on election systems Action item: strategy help from NCEIT teams on a way to legislate that every voter must be given opportunity to hand-mark ballot for in-person voting. Then, maybe a media campaign to encourage this method of filling out ballots? BERNSTEIN V. SIMS AND WAKE BOARD OF ELECTIONS May 14, 2022 Brakey & Bernstein trespassed from Wake BOE property while they were scoping out a legal place to protest on election night (May 17, 2022) Surveillance video is posted in landing page https://transparentelectiosnc.org July 19, 2022 Complaint in Fed Court to restore Constitutional Rights PRESS RELEASE_Bernstein_09_22_2022.pdf November 2022 Fed Judge Boyle ruled in Bernstein’s favor in preliminary injunction, allowing her to attend public meetings until the trial sometime in 2023 / 2024 PI Granted.pdf Judge’s written ruling says that Bernstein is likely to win at trial and that the ban is not based on any behavior or threat, but because Sims and the board do not like what I am advocating for, previous public comments, etc. Action item: Need presence at every county BOE meeting each month in order to stay informed

Good for Texas, although it is really a no-brainer! Exactly under what course of study would trans-g be taught? Reading, writing, math, science, history, civics, foreign languages? Moral issues such as this should be relegated to parents and personal values training at home and church. Is it a wonder that more and more parents are electing to go the home schooling or private school options? https://politicalactionalerts.com/new-texas-legislation-bans-trans-agenda-from-public-schools/

BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS MEETING Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 at 4:30PM at 59 Woodfin Place, Asheville, NC They have changed the agenda to include Express Voting Machines. They contain bar codes and unreadable ballots. You need to get there and let them know you DO NOT WANT THEM.

NCEIT team is working on drafting legislation based upon the 60 deficiencies identified through SEIRS poll observer reports. We will be presenting these to Raleigh during our Legislative Action Days beginning the second Wednesday in February and the second Wednesday of the month thereafter until June 14th, 2023. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PDF LIST CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE PDF LIST

FROM: TO: ______County Board of Elections ATTN: ________, Director ____________, 2023 SUBJECT: Request for Logs of List Maintenance Activity 1. I am requesting a digital copy of all logs identifying _____ County’s voter list maintenance activity for the period 1 January 2022 through 15 January 2023. These records should identify the names, addresses, voter ID’s, and all other relevant voter registration data that was added, changed, or deleted. All voter registration status changes from active to inactive and vice versa should be indicated. All voter record merge activity should be included. Removal of deceased voters should be included. Removal of voters for reason of felony conviction should be included. Removal of voters for reason of non-citizen status should be included. All removals for reason of relocation should be included. All name changes for reason of marriage or divorce should be included. All changes due to update of voter information (such as corecting dates of birth) should be included. 2. "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. 3. I am requesting this documentation be provided to me at no charge in an electronic format that is commonly machine readable (such as pdf, jpg, etc.) and in a common media form such as a thumb drive or DVD disc. ___________________ Name Phone Number

List Maintenance: NCEIT is currently transitioning to new leadership for List Maintenance. We are in the works to create a statewide user friendly platform that all counties can use for List Maintenance. At this time,we are cancelling the List Maintenance training for Henderson and Buncombe counties. We will reschedule List Maintenance training as soon as the new platform is in place. Thank you so very much for supporting election integrity and for your patience. So sorry for any inconvenience. We will be conducting task force training as scheduled. CANCELLED: Henderson County GOP Office: January 19th List Maintenance training: CANCELLED: Buncombe County GOP Office: January 25th List Maintenance Training: cancelled Jane Bilello and Herschel Johnson and Tom Braine will be conducting in-person Task force training on the Eight Systems of Election Integrity. Scheduled: BCGOP Office: February 2nd at 1:15PM Organizing the Local Task Forces Date and Time TBA shortly: HCGOP Office: Organizing the Local Task Forces List Maintenance:

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