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>> DO WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE FORMALITIES?
>> I WILL BRING H -- BRING THE MEETING TO ORDER.
WE DON'T NEED TO CALL THE ROLL. >> FOR THIS MEETING ONLY TWO PEOPLE NEED TO BE HERE FOR A QUORUM.
>> DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A PRAYER? >> COMMISSIONER, DO YOU WANT TO
SAY THE TIME? >> OH, THE TIME IS 2:07 P.M.
[Opening Prayer]
COMMISSIONER GARCIA WILL LEAD US IN PRAYER.>> THANK YOU, SIR. IF YOU WILL PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD. DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT THIS COUNTY DOES.
THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE SERVICES AND WORK THAT THEY DO ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR RESPECTIVE CONSTITUENTS.
WE ASK YOU, FATHER, KEEP OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT SAFE.
MAY THEY RETURN TO THEIR HOMES AND TO THEIR FAMILIES SAFELY AND THAT YOU BLESS US ALL IN THIS THANKSGIVING DAY SEASON.
WE HAVE MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR AND WE SAY THIS IN YOUR NAME.
>> THE FLAG. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDERGOD -- UNDER GOD.
INDIVISIBLE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> [INAUDIBLE].
TEXAS ONE STATE. ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.
[Appearances before court]
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO JUST BRIEFLY GIVE US OUR RULES OF DECORUM IN THE COURT, JUST A
I WILL READ FROM THE RULES AS A REMINDER THIS COMMISSIONERS' COURT HAS FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CONTEMPT OF COURT CITATIONS AND MAY ORDER PEOPLE REMOVED FROM THIS COURTROOM IF THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH THE RULES.
THE RULES STATE THE PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE OF ANY MEETING OF THE COURT SHALL CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH PROPER RESPECT AND DECORUM IN ADDRESSING THE COURT AND IN PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS BEFORE THE COURT AND IN ALL ACTIONS PRESENT OF THE COURT OR WHILE IN THE COMMISSION ES -- COMMISSIONER'S COURTROOM, PROFANE, THREATENING AND RACIAL OR ETHNIC OR GENDER SLURS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. THOSE PERSONS WHO DID -- DO NOT CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN AN ORDERLY MANNER WILL BE ORDERED TO LEAVE THE MEETING AND MAY BE RESTRICTED AT FURTHER MEETINGS.
IT MAY RESULT IN A CONTEMPT OF COURT CITATION.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO AND THAT THE CONSTABLES GIVE ANYONE WHO VIOLATES ANY OF THOSE RULES ONE WARNING. AND THEN THEY WILL ASK THEM TO LEAVE OR ESCORT THEM OUT THE CHAMBERS.
WITH THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH OUR AGENDA.
FIRST WE WILL LET THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS SPEAK VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON. CAN YOU JUST CALL THEIR NAMES
>> WE HAVE BOTH, COMMISSIONER. >> OKAY.
>> FIRST IS GLADYS SPEAKING VIRTUALLY ON ITEM 1.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> OKAY. I HOPE EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME
>> JUST CURIOUS, COMMISSIONERS, WILL THERE BE ANY REVISED EQUIPMENT OR A DIFFERENT PROCESS TO AVOID VOTING FRAUD OR ALLEGED VOTING FRAUD DURING THE ELECTION? YOU KNOW, RUNNING OUT OF PAPER AND POLLS CLOSING EARLY OR OPENING LATE, I MEAN, DO Y'ALL HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION TO PREVENT
THAT IN THE FUTURE? >> SO, MS. HOUSE, THIS IS RODNEY ELLIS. WE CAN HAVE SOMEBODY FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU. OF COURSE, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO
GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY. >> WELL, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY?
WELL, SO YOU ARE GONNA HAVE SOMEONE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME ON
THIS INFORMATION? >> YES, MA'AM.
WELL, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS CYNTHIA SEGAL SPEAKING IN PERSON. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: IS THE CLOCKWORK WORKING? I -- CLOCK WORKING? I DIDN'T SEE IT ON MS. HOUSE.
>> THE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, COMMISSIONER, IS ONLINE.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS CINDY SEGAL AND THE HARRIS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR.
TODAY I ASK THAT YOU NOT APPROVE THE CANVAS RESULTS THAT INCLUDE
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ILLEGAL PROVISIONAL BALLOTS THAT WERE CAST AFTER 7 P.M. ON NOVEMBER 8TH WHEN THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED THE STAY.ADDITIONALLY THE SUPREME COURT JUST CAME DOWN WITH A NEW ORDER REQUIRING YOU TO SPLIT OUT THOSE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS BY CANDIDATE. ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR CLIFF TATUM HAD ONE DUTY ON NOVEMBER 8TH AND THAT WAS TO ENSURE THE VOTERS WOULD HAVE VOTING MACHINES THAT WORKED AND THAT THERE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT BALLOT PAPER TO REPORT THEIR VOTE. INSTEAD WE HAD A MASSIVE ELECTION FAILURE. AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IT IS TIME TO QUIT HIDING BEHIND YOUR POSITION.
INSTEAD, STAND UP FOR THE VOTERS IN HARRIS COUNTY BY VOTING AGAINST APPROVING THE CANVAS UNTIL IT CAN BE DETERMINED IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER, THE REASONS FOR THE EGREGIOUS MISMANAGEMENT OF THIS ELECTION AND TO RESTORE THE VOTERS' CONFIDENCE SO IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MS. SEGAL. >> NEXT IS JOHN KERN SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. HAVE YOU ONE MINUTE.
GO AHEAD -- YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> AS A LONG-TIME RESIDENT AND VOTER AND -- IN HARRIS COUNTY, I AM EMBARRASSED THE WAY THIS ELECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND RUN. WE SPEND WAY TO MUCH ON ELECTIONS TO BE A LAUGHING STOCK.
THE ONLY REASON WE ARE NOT ON THE HEADLINES IS BECAUSE ABBOTT AND HIS FELLOWS WON IN THE STATE.
BUT THIS COUNTY IS AN EMBARRASSMENT.
AND EVERY ONE OF YOU PEOPLE SHOULD RESIGN.
OH AND THANK YOU FOR TOLERATING ME.
>> THANK YOU, MR. KERNS. >> ADRIAN GARCIA: THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS BRAD NEIL SPEAKING IN PERSON.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> GREETINGS TO THE COURT.
MY NAME IS BRAD NEIL AND FROM SPRING, TEXAS.
I WAS PRESIDING JUDGE OF 22154. I HAVE BEEN A PRESIDING JUDGE IN EVERY ELECTION, GENERAL, SPECIAL, RUNOFF OR PRIMARY FOR THE PAST DECADE AND A GOOD MANY BEFORE THAT.
NOTHING THAT WENT ON WAS BEYOND THE CHARACTER OR SCALE OF ANY OF THE NORMAL THING THAT GOES ON IN ELECTIONS.
NOTHING IS PERFECT. IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO PULL OFF. WE HAD POLL WATCHERS, BUT THEY HAD NO EXPERIENCE IN WORKING A POLL.
THEY CAME TO US FULL OF SUSPICION.
THEY LEFT FULL OF APPRECIATION. IN FACT, THEY THANKED US FOR WHAT WE DO AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE LEARNED A LOT.
I IMPLORE TO YOU TO APPROVE THIS CANVAS.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS NATALIE BRUSSARD SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
I'M ACTUALLY AN ELECTION JUDGE HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY.
I STARTED IN 2020. I AM ASKING THE COURT TO PLEASE APPROVE THIS CANVAS AND APPROVE OUR ELECTIONS.
OUR ELECTION ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
HARRIS COUNTY HAS THE MOST ROBUST LOCATIONS COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTIES IN THE NATION. 7 TO 8 P.M. VOTING IS A NORMAL REMEDY WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN VOTING ISSUES IN THE PAST BACK IN 2018. THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT OKAY NOW IS HOOPLA FROM THE GOP. PAUL BETTENCOURT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FOR HIS VOTER SUPPRESSION IN 2008.
THAT WAS NEVER ADDRESSED PUBLICLY AND NOBODY TALKED ABOUT IT AGAIN. POLLING LOCATIONS NEED TO BE LOOKED OUT FOR THE ELECTION WORKERS NOT SHOWING UP AND TYPICALLY MEMBERS OF THE GOP PARTY.
PLEASE APPROVE THE CANVAS OF THIS ELECTION.
THANK YOU. >> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU,
MS. BRU USSARD. >> NEXT IS LILLIAN SEXTON SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> YES, THANK YOU.
TAOUPLLY I GO BY -- ACTUALLY I GO BY [INAUDIBLE].
I AM TIRED OF REPUBLICANS COMPLAINING AND BRINGING FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT OF POWER IN HARRIS COUNTY. THE SHROET -- VOTERS OF HARRIS COUNTY HAS SPOKEN AND THE GENERAL ELECTION AND SPECIAL ELECTION NEEDS TO BE CERTIFIED IMMEDIATELY.
THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED HARRIS COUNTY WITH SB1 TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO VOTE.
THE BILL BANNED OVERNIGHT, EARLY VOTING HOURS AND DRIVE-THRU VOTING. WE ARE REL -- REL GATED TO ONE DROP BOX FOR 4,000,731 RESIDENTS AND 2 MILLION 568 THOUSAND REGISTERED VOTERS AND AN AREA OF 1,777 SQUARE MILES.
A STORY UNREPORTED IS THAT THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDING JUDGES, ALTERNATE JUDGES AND ELECTION CLERKS BOYCOTTED WORKING THE GENERAL ELECTION. THEY DID NOT SHOW UP.
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THEY DID NOT CALL AND NOR DID THEY GIVE EXCUSES OF ILLNESS.IT IS UNKNOWN IF THEY EVEN NOTIFIED A COORDINATOR.
>> YOUR TIME IS UP. >> THANK YOU, MS. JENNETTE
SEXTON. >> NEXT IS SPEAKER NUMBER 8, DAVID DUE -- DUVALL SPEAKING VIRTUALLY.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> THIS IS DAVID AND I LIVE IN HARRIS COUNTY. FULL DISCLOSURE THAT I AM A REPUBLICAN. THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME AS AN ELECTION WORKER. I DID IT BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE THE PROCESS UP CLOSE. I WORKED A POLL ACROSS JONES ROAD. AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME THIS WAS A POLLING PLACE AND IT IS BOUND TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE LACK OF LONG LINES.
ACTUALLY IT ALL VERY -- IT ALL WENT VERY WELL.
IT IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THE BALLOTS.
I SAW NOTHING THAT MADE ME UNCOMFORTABLE UNTIL OUR JUDGE GOT A CALL AROUND 6:30 P.M. IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY AND WE WERE READY TO STOP AT 7. AND THAT'S WHEN WE GOT THE WORD WE HAD TO STAY OPEN FOR AN EXTRA HOUR.
YOU CAN IMAGINE WE WEREN'T AT ALL HAPPY.
THE REASON WE WERE GIVEN IS THAT SOME POLLS HAD A PROBLEM WITH NO PAPER BALLOTS AND COULDN'T OPEN AND SO THEY WERE TURNING AWAY
VOTERS. >> THANK YOU, SIR, YOUR TIME IS
UP. >> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS SPEAKER 10, PATRICIA MOORE SPEAKING VIRTUALLY.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> THIS IS PATRICIA MOORE. WHATEVER THE LAW IS ON ELECTION DAY IN HARRIS COUNTY, IT'S LAW. IT WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. FOR THINGS TO BE CHANGED IS I THINK ILLEGAL. I WAS A POLL WATCHER THERE AND THE POLLS DID NOT CLOSE ON TIME, OF COURSE.
BALLOT PROVISIONAL VOTERS AFTER HOURS WERE MIXED INTO PROVISIONAL BALLOTS FOR THE DAY, SO THERE IS NO, YOU KNOW, KNOWING WHAT -- WHO VOTED. THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO VOTE THE PROVISIONAL BALLOT, I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THERE WAS AN ON SLOT OF PEOPLE AND NONE OF THEM HAD PROPER IDENTIFICATION. NONE OF THEM.
PEOPLE VOTED -- >> THANK YOU, MA'AM, YOUR TIME
IS UP. >> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS ALEXI SWARSKI SPEAKING IN PERSON.
HAVE YOU ONE MINUTE. >>> CALLING A PIG A LION DOESN'T MAKE IT A LION. A PIG IS ST*EUPGY, DIRTY AND NOT A LION, JUST LIKE THIS ELECTION. CALLING IT AN ELECTION DOES NOT MAKE IT AN ELECTION. THE LAWS WERE BROKEN IN THE RUNNING OF THISY -- ELECTION. THERE NEEDS TO BE A NEW ELECTION RUN BY TEXAS. THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IS NOT CAPABLE OF RUNNING AN HONEST ELECTION, NOT KNOWINGLY AND WILLINGLY WANTING TO RUN AN HONEST ELECTION.
REPLACING THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR WOULDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IT WAS A SECONDHAND, INCOMPETENT ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR PUT IN PLACE BY A COMMUNIST COUNTRY AND NOT BY THE RULES AND LAWS OFY HREBGSZ.
THIS WAS A CHAMMY ELECTION AND NOT A TRUE -- SHAM ELECTION AND NOT A TRUE ELECTION. IT IS THE DISTRICT RANGERS AND KIM OTT'S OFFICE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ANYONE WHO VOTES TO APPROVE THE CANVAS IS NOT ONLY APPROVING A SHAM ELECTION AND COMPLICIT IN COMMITTING FRAUD.
THIS ELECTION WAS NOT THE -- >> THANK YOU, MA'AM, YOUR TIME
IS UP. >> RODNEY ELLIS: SAY YOUR NAME
FOR THE RECORD. >> ALEXI SWARSKI.
THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS ETHAN GANNS SPEAKING IN PERSON. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
>> HEY Y'ALL. I AM ETHAN MICHELLE GANNS AND I AM READING A POEM. IT IS CALLED LENA AND LESLIE.
THEY SPENT THEIR MONEY AND THEY TOLD THEIR LIES.
THEY FED US FEAR AND THEY REALLY TRIED.
NONE OF THAT MATTERED. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE WE GOT LENA AND LESLIE. THAT'S RIGHT.
WE GOT LENA AND LESLIE ON ELECTION NIGHT.
THEY TRIED WITH THE COMMERCIALS AND THE GIANT SIGNS.
THEY SURE WEREN'T RECOGNIZED. NONE OF THAT MATTER.
WE GOT LENA AND LESS -- LESLIE. THAT'S RIGHT.
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WE GOT LENA AND LESLIE ON ELECTION NIGHT.THEY MUST BE SCARED. WE BROUGHT THE FIGHT.
THEY WHETHER CAUGHT OFF GUARD, THE PEOPLE WITH POWER, WHAT A FRIGHT. THEY SEE US.
YOU KNOW WHY? WE GOT LENA AND LESLIE ON ELECTION NIGHT. THANK YOU.
PLEASE COUNT ALL THE VOTES. WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS RANDY SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
GO A -- AHEAD, PLEASE. >> YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> RODNEY ELLIS: YES, WE CAN. >> HELLO, YES.
MY NAME IS RANDY AND I WAS AN ALTERNATE JUDGE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHEN WE OPENED THE POLLS AT 7 A.M., ONE OF THE ISD OFFICERS CAME TO ME TO SEE IF WE COULD SHARE BALLOTS WITH A NEARBY POLLING STATION.
I ASKED WHY AND HE SAID THEY HAD ABSOLUTELY ZERO BALLOTS TO OPEN THE DAY WITH WHILE ALSO A DEMOCRAT LOCATION AND WE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH. I KNOW WE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH BECAUSE I ACTUALLY PUT THE UNUSED BALLOTS DOWN TO NRG AT THE END OF THE DAY. SECOND, OUR JUDGE'S IPAD WENT DOWN AT LUNCHTIME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT IT WAS VERY WEIRD. IT WENT INTO DEMO MODE AND WE COULDN'T GET IT OUT OF DEMO MODE.
AND I NOTICED A COUPLE OF THE CLERKS HAD OUR ADMINISTRATION PASSWORD, AND THEY WERE USING IT FREELY ON THE MACHINES WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN USING IT. IN MY OPINION, THIS ELECTION NEEDS TO BE REDONE AND FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS LISA COAL -- COLEMAN SPEAKING IN PERSON. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
>> I ARRIVED AT THE MULTI SERVICE CENTER AND I WAS VERY SURPRISED AT THE DISORGANIZATION.
THERE WERE NO SIGNS DIRECTING VOTERS WHERE TO STAND, WHERE TO GET IN LINE. ONCE I VOTED I PRINTED THE TWO PAPER BALLOTS. AS I WAS HRAOEUFG -- LEAVING THE ROOM THERE WAS NO ONE TO DIRECT ME AND NO SIGNS DIRECTING THE VOTERS TO WHERE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DEPOSIT THE BALLOTS.
I ALMOST WALKED OUT THINKING I WAS SUPPOSED TO HANG ON TO THEM.
THERE WERE STPOES -- SUPPOSEDLY POLL WORKERS STANDING ABOUT LAUGHING AND CARRYING ON AND GIRL THIS AND GIRL THAT.
ONE OF THEM HAPPENED TO CATCH ME AND TOLD ME I NEEDED TO DEPOSIT MY BALLOTS IN THOSE TWO BOXES. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS VERY MUCH A FEELING OF THIS IS NOT A SERIOUS THING.
WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS.
I ALSO DIDN'T APPRECIATE BEING YELLED ON THE TO VOTE FOR LINA
HIDALGO. >> RODNEY ELLIS: CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? JUST SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. APPRECIATE YOU.
>> ONE SECOND. THERE IS A PHONE -- IS THAT YOURS? NEVER MIND.
>> NEXT IS JEFFREY SPEAKING IN PERSON.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >>LY -- ELECTION TRAINING WAS MORE OF A FAMILIARIZATION RATHER THAN A TRAINING.
WE WERE VERY UNPREPARED. WE HAD ONE IN THREE MACHINES JAMMED. IT TOOK AWHILE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE JAM STRAIGHTENED OUT. WE SPOKE WITH REPRESENTATIVES ON THE PHONE AND THEY WERE ILL INFORMED.
WE HAD A BALLOT PRINTER THAT WAS CAUSING MORE TROUBLE THAN THE REST OF THEM SO WE GOT OUR TECH TO REPLACE IT.
AT ONE OF THE TRAVELING TECH'S VISITS EARLY IN THE MORNING -RPBGS SHE SAID SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COME TO OUR PLACE ANYMORE BECAUSE Y'ALL TURNED HER INTO A PAPER MULE AND SHE HAD TO HAUL 30 CASES OF PAPER ACROSS TOWN.
I PRAY OUR FATHER CONTINUES TO BLESS AND PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS AND I PRAY EVERYBODY HAS A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: WOULD YOU SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
>> PRESIDING JUDGE AT 52016. >> RODNEY ELLIS: JUST YOUR NAME.
>> JEFFREY SNOBURN. >> RODNEY ELLIS: DO YOU NEED THEM TO SAY THE NAME? OKAY.
THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS MARISSA HANSON SPEAKING IN PERSON. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
>> IF I WERE TO STEAL AN ELECTION I WOULD DO IT SO IT WOULD BE SO INCONSPICUOUS NO ONE WOULD NOTICE.
I WOULD SET UP 782 POLLING LOCATIONS TO SPREAD OUT THE PWHRAEU CAN'T MALL FEE SCENES. I WOULD SUES DATA TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE IN THE VOTING LOCATIONS.
I WOULD MAKE SURE POLLING LOCATIONS DID NOT OPEN WHEN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TOFPLT I WOULD DELIVER -- I WOULD NOT DELIVER
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PAPER BALLOTS TO MULTIPLE POLLING LOCATIONS.I WOULD MAKE SURE TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE IN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS I WOULD NORMALLY WIN IN AND THEN USE THESE LOCATIONS TO SUE THE COUNTY TO KEEP POLLING LOCATIONS OPEN LATER WITH CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS I GIVE LOADS OF MONEY TO. THESE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS I WOULD USE VOTER REGISTRATIONS OF GROUPS I HEAVILY FUND TO JAM THROUGH VOTES. I WOULD GATHER THE DATA FROM THE E POLL BOOKS AND WHO DID NOT VOTE IN THE ELECTION AND USE THE DATA TO JAM THROUGH VOTES FOR MILDS AND MY FRIENDS.
I WOULD GET A COUNTY ATTORNEY TO LIE TO COURT ABOUT ALL OF THE POLLING LOCATIONS HAVING PAPER BALLOTS.
>> YOUR TIME IS UP. >> RODNEY ELLIS: CAN YOU SAY
YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> MARISSA HANSON.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS LINDA ZACHARY SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS LINDA ZACHARY.
I WAS PRESIDING JUDGE DURING THE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 HARRIS COUNTY ELECTION AT POLL 12007. PROBLEMS I ENCOUNTERED INCLUDED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO RUNNING OUT OF BALLOT PAPER, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, MISSING ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT COMPONENT FOR A CONTROLLER, MISSING A REQUIRED FORM.
REACHING A BUSY SIGNAL WHEN CALLING THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE. RAMPANT PAPER JAMS, SENDING CURBSIDE VOTERS AWAY AND CERTAINLY THE MOST GRIEVOUS, HAVING TO REDIRECT APPROXIMATELY 120 VOTERS TO OTHER POLLS IN SEARCH OF ONE THAT MIGHT HAVE BALLOT PAPER SO THEY CAN CAST THEIR BALLOT ON ELECTION DAY. I CALLED FOR BALLOT PAPER AT 2 P.M. AND RECEIVED IT AT 6:10, A 4-HOUR DELAY.
FOR THESE REASONS I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A DELAY IN CERTIFICATION OR UH PROFPL TKARG TKARG -- APPROVAL OF THE HARRIS COUNTY ELECTION AND CANVAS.: THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD TODAY, NOVEMBER 22ND, 2022.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS RITA GATES SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> I WORKED AS AN ALTERNATE JUDGE FOR THE ISLAMIC CENTER. I WAS TOTALLY DISGUSTED BY THE WAY THE JUDGE HANDLED THINGS FOR THE ELECTION ON ELECTION DAY.
SHE HAD A POLL WATCHER THAT WAS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF HERS.
SHE LET HIM RUN THE COMMITTEE AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO, HOW TO DO IT. SHE WAS TOTALLY DISORGANIZED AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS DOING. HE WAS RUNNING THE ENTIRE SHOW.
I SAID TO HER, YOU SHOULDN'T LET HER RUN OUR COMMITTEE.
SHE SAID, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD ME. I WAS TOTALLY DISGUSTED.
THE TWO OF THEM WERE RUNNING THE WHOLE ELECTION.
THERE WERE SO MANY PROBLEMS IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
WHEN I TRIED TO HELP ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE DOING STUFF HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO WRITE ME UP FOR IT.
IF THE -- THE JUDGE WOULDN'T LET ME DO ANYTHING, WRITE CODES OR DO ANYTHING AT ALL. WANTED ME TOTALLY OUT OF THE
LOOP. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM, YOUR TIME
IS UP. >> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. >> NEXT IS ALLEY SCHMIDT -- ALY SCHMIDT SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
>> I AM ALY SCHMIDT AND I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT ELECTED OFFICIAL HAD ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT ALL OF THEIR CONSTITUANTS. YOU ARE HERE TO SERVE US.
THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT ISSUES GOING ON AND LAWSUITS GOING ON AND PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED AND PEOPLE ARE UPSET.
AND TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE ANY OF THIS RIGHT NOW JUST BASICALLY IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO ALL OF THE CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE CONCERNS. IF YOU TRULY DO SERVE THE PEOPLE , YOU NEED TO SERVE ALL OF US.
AND JUST PROVE IT. HOW HARD IS THAT? WHY IS THAT SUCH A BAD THING. IF THERE IS NOTHING WRONG PUT EVERYBODY'S MIND AT EASE. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS A BIG DEAL TO ENSURE EVERYBODY THAT THERE WAS NOTHING SHADY GOING
>> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS SUZANNE SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS SUZANNE CARMONA. THERE IS NO CONFIDENCE THAT THE ELECTION ON 11/8 WAS FAIR FOR THE CITIZENS OF HARRIS COUNTY.
DUE TO THE INCONSISTENCIES THERE IS DOUBT IN THE WAY THE VOTES WERE TABULATED AND THE VOTES REPORTED.
THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WHILE THERE IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.
TO HELP RESTORE CONFIDENCE THAT THE RESULTS ARE ACCURATE, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO ORDER A FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE MAIL IN
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BALLOTS. IF THE FORENSIC AUDIT IS NOT ALLOWED THERE IS A DARK CLOUD OVER THIS COURT.YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY. HIDALGO'S COMMENTS, I AM MORE RESPECTED IN THIS COMMUNITY. HE WILL OPEN THE DOORS WHEN THE COUNTY HAS BEEN IN DISTRESS. JIM WILL CONTINUE TO GET MY SUPPORT. JIM BEING BE THE -- BELITTLED BY YOUR COMMENTS SHOWS YOUR INSECURITIES.
THANK YOU. HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS SPEAKER 24, MELANIE SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> ALL HAVE I TO SAY IS THAT, YES, THERE WERE PROBLEMS IN THE ELECTION THAT DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. THE SOLUTION IS NOT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE ELECTION WORKERS WHO ARE DOING -- TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB.
WE NEED TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT VOTERS FACE AND NOT GO INTO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.
THANK YOU. >> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS JERRY MONROE SPEAKING VIRTUALLY.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? I HEAR EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING. PRECINCT 1 COMMISSION, CAN YOU TELL ME NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE WHY WERE MACHINES BEING MOVED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY? WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE MACHINES BEING MOVED. WE TALKED TO THE GUY THAT WAS MOVING THEM. HE DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHERE HE WAS TAKING THEM. AND THEY WERE FULL OF BALLOTS.
I WANT YOU TO CERTIFY THIS TODAY BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T. WHEN IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE, CRIMINALS NEVER GET CAUGHT. THEY GET COMFORTABLE.
I THINK I WILL SEE YOU IN A DIFFERENT FORUM AFTER TODAY.
KEEP IN MIND WHERE THE MACHINES WENT, BROTHER.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS TILLMAN TURNER SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
THIS IS TILLMAN TURNER. POLL CODE 92026.
MY ASSIGNED JUDGE WAS MORALES. HE DID NOT WANT TO WALK THROUGH MASON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER THREE WEEKS BEFOREHAND OR TWO WEEKS BEFOREHAND EVEN THOUGH I NEEDED TO SEND HIM THE SET UP.
WE DIDN'T EVEN GET -- HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SET ANYTHING UP, HE DIDN'T WANT TO RUN A TEST THE NIGHT BEFORE.
THEREFORE WE DIDN'T GET THE POLL SET UP UNTIL 7:49.
HE HAD HIS DAD AND BROTHER IN THERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF HIS STKAD SPOKE ENGLISH -- DAD SPOKE ENGLISH.
HE WAS SENDING PEOPLE AWAY IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T VOTE. HE TURNED IN AN INCOMPLETE SIGN IN SHEET FOR US. AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE WENT AWAY IN THE MORNING AND HE SEPTEMBER OTHERS AWAY -- SEPTEMBER OTHERS -- SENT OTHERS AWAY AND ONE WITH A VISA BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO A PROVISIONAL BALLOT.
>> THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS EMMA SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS EMMA BROCKWAY AND AN ATTORNEY IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
I AM CALLING TO ASK YOU OPPOSE THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF ELECTION WORKERS. CONDUCTING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THESE WORKERS WILL DETER FOLKS FROM BEING WILLING TO SERVE AS ELECTION WOFRBG -- WORKERS IN THE FUTURE. IN THE PAST FEW YEARS OUR COUNTY AND OUR STATE AS A WHOLE SR-L SEEN SOME UNBELIEVE -- UNBELIEVABLE AND UNFORTUNATELY SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE. INSTEAD OF MAKING VOTING MORE ACCESSIBLE TO VOTERS, ELECTION OFFICIALS HAVE WASTED TIME AND RESOURCES BY ACCEPTING VOTER FRAUD INSTEAD OF MODERNIZING AND FUNDING THE ELECTION SYSTEM. THIS PROPOSED CRIMINALIZATION AND PROSECUTION OF ELECTION WORKERS AND JUST THE LATEST EFFORT TO UNJUST TPAOEU PWHRAOE INTER -- UNJUSTIFIABLY INTERFERE. IT WILL BE DETERRING ELECTION
WORKERS -- >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
YOUR TIME IS UP. >> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS JIMMY LEON SPEAKING IN PERSON.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> JIMMY LEON FOR U.S. CONGRESS.
I HAVE MET A COUPLE OF YOU GUYS. I MET YOU AT KROGER'S ABOUT 20
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YEARS AGO. YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER ME.ANYWAY, SIR, WE HAD HEARD THE EVIDENCE, AND WE NEED TO SET AN EXAMPLE TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN. AS YOU KNOW THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION GOING BY THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE TEXAS RANGERS. I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO WAIT UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION IS OVER UNTIL YOU APPROVE THIS AND THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO IT. I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AT A VIDEO WITH JERRY MONROE THAT WAS HERE LAST WEEK. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE PACKYDERM
CLUB AND -- >> YOUR TIME IS UP.
>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS CARMEN SPEAKING IN PERSON. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
>> HEM -- HELLO TO ALL. HEY, ADRIAN.
YOUR SPANISH IS MUCH BETTER. I AM CARMEN AND CON TKREPBGS -- CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 18 CANDIDATE.
I AM OPPOSED WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE TODAY.
MY TEAM ENCOUNTERED NUMEROUS IRREGULARITIES ON ELECTION DAY.
MY TEAM HAS AFFIDAVITS, PICTURES AND VIDEO STKP-Z RECORDINGS -- AND RECORDINGS AND MUCH MORE. MY TEAM IDENTIFIED 66,000 FRAUDULENT VOTES CASTED IN MY RACE ONLY.
AND 50,000 PALLETS -- BALLOT THAT'S WAS REPORTED MY OPPONENT HAD FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS RACE.
THIS CAN COMPLETELY CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THIS ELECTION.
WE HAVE OUR AGENTS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND SECRETARY OF STATE AND WITH A WIDE RANGE OF VOTER SUPPRESSION THAT OCCURRED DURING THE ELECTION.
WE HAVE AN ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR WHOSE BACKGROUND
WAS NOT CHECKED -- >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
>>AP HPENINGOV NEMBER 8TH. THANK YOU.
>>OM CMISSIONER, THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS.
[Elections Administrator]
>> RODNEY ELLIS: THANK YOU. ISHE TRE A MOTION?
>> ADRIAN GARCIA: MSOOVED. THE MOTION ISO TADOPT --
>> COMMISSIONER YOUR MIC. >> ADRIAN GARCIA: I'M SORRY.
THE MOTIONS ITODO APTFF OICIAL RETURNS FORHE T NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 ELECTION IN HARRIS COUNTYEL DIVERED TO
THISOD BY FOR CANVASSING. >> RODNEY ELLIS: I SECOND IT.
>>OM CMISSIONER, THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED AN ORDERUT ABO AN HOUR AGO AND WED NEETO ADD DOCUMENT TO THE CANVAS T PERHAT ORDER. IT ISLL STI BEING DONE BY THE
ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR. >> ADRIAN GARCIA: DO YOU WANT TO
TAKE A BREAK? >> RODNEY ELLIS: 20UT MINES?
10 MINUTES? >> 2 SAY0 MINUTES.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: IT IS 2 NOW:40 AND WEL WILCOMEK BAC3: AT 00.
>> SO I KPWHRES GASH -- I GUESS I SHOULD ANNOUNCE THE TIME.
IT IS 3:40 P.M. AND CALLING THE COURT BACK TO ORDER.
TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS RIGHT, PROBABLY I FORGOT FROM TWO TO
FOUR YEARS AGO. >> THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR
CAN -- >> RODNEY ELLIS: MR. TATUM?
>> OH YOU PRESENT. >> RODNEY ELLIS: YOU CAN PRESENT, MR. TATUM. SAY YOUR NAME AND THEN YOU
PRESENT IT TO US. >> COMMISSIONERS, CLIFFORD TATUM, AND THANK YOU FOR TODAY'S PATIENCE.
WE PRESENTED TO YOU THE OFFICIAL CANVAS FOR ALL VOTES CAST IN THE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 GENERAL SPECIAL ELECTIONS I HEREBY CERTIFY TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE ALL THE VOTES CAST IN THE NOVEMBER 8, 2022 GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN HARRIS COUNTY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND TABULATED AND ARE LISTED IN THE ATTACHED CANVAS REPORTS AND READY FOR OFFICIAL ADOPTION.
WHAT WE HAVE GIVEN YOU THERE PURSUANT TO SUPREME COURT ORDER IS THE OFFICIAL RESULTS THAT ARE LISTED! YOU HAVE TWO PACKETS. THE FIRST IS DATED NOVEMBER 19TH, 2022 UP IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER.
THAT IS THE FULL RESULTS THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE PROVISIONALS, EVEN THE PROVISIONS THAT WERE COUNTED AFTER 7 P.M. THE SECOND PACKET IS DATED TODAY'S DATE, 11/22, 22 WITH A RUN TIME OF 2:46 P.M.
THIS DOCUMENT REFLECTS ONLY THE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS CAST AFTER E
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CANDIDATES AND EACH OF THE PROPOSITIONS ON THE BALLOT.THE REPORT AS YOU'LL INDICATE AS YOU NOTICE RUNS THROUGH PAGE 45.
THERE IS THE BAY TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT RACE YOU ARE NOT CERTIFYING. YOU ARE CANVASSING THE HARRIS COUNTY CONTEST AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL AND STATE-RUN CONTEST.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ADRIAN GARCIA: THEN LET'S MAKE THE MOTION.
JUST ONE SECOND. THE MOTION IS TO ADOPT THE OFFICIAL RETURNS FOR THE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 GENERAL ELECTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, DELIVERED TO THIS BODY FOR
CANVASSING. >> RODNEY ELLIS: LEGAL, THAT'S
>> RODNEY ELLIS: I WILL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
>> I. >> RODNEY ELLIS: ALL OPPOSED WILL SAY NO. 2 I'S AND IT PASSES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? >> NO.
JUST RETURN THE MATERIALS TO TH- >> RODNEY ELLIS: WALK UP AND GET IT SO THERE IS NO QUESTION. EVERYBODY IS LOOKING? THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS?
>> NO. THAT WAS THE ONLY ITEM ON THE
AGENDA. >> RODNEY ELLIS: OKAY.
THE COURT IS ADJOURNED. EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY.
>> ADRIAN GARCIA: HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
>> COMMISSIONER CAN YOU SAY THE TIME, PLEASE.
>> RODNEY ELLIS: THE TIME IS 3:43 P.M.
AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.