Cabell County canvassers reject and accept sets of provisional ballots in unanimous votes

Nancy Cartmill, president of the Cabell County Board of Canvass, called the board to order at 10:00 a.m. on Nov. 10, 2020, and led a series of motions to resolve provisional and provisional absentee ballots recorded in the meeting minutes.

Cartmill moved to reject a set of provisional ballots she said "did not conform to the legal guidelines set forth," with Commissioner Kelli Sobonya seconding the motion; the board voted unanimously to reject the listed provisional ballots. The transcript records the names of the rejected provisional voters organized by precinct in the official record.

Later in the meeting, Cartmill moved to accept a separate set of provisional ballots; Commissioner Jim Morgan seconded and the board again voted unanimously to accept the listed provisional ballots. The transcript and minutes list the accepted voters by precinct.

The board then considered provisional absentee ballots. Cartmill moved to deny a set of provisional absentee ballots on the same basis of nonconformity to legal guidelines; Sobonya seconded, and the denial was recorded as unanimous. The transcript lists the denied provisional absentee ballots by precinct in the minutes.

Finally, Cartmill moved to accept a separate set of provisional absentee ballots; Morgan seconded and the motion passed unanimously. The meeting concluded and Cartmill adjourned the board at 3:00 p.m.

The record provided in the transcript enumerates the individual voter names and precincts for each rejected, accepted, denied, and accepted ballot set. Where the transcript contains typographical errors in precinct labels (for example, misspellings such as "PRECINT" in the posted record), those are present in the original minutes; the board’s actions (motions, seconders, unanimous outcomes, and the start and end times) are as recorded in the transcript.