Photos for Headline Surfer / Top left: Supervisor of Elections Lisa Lewis is shown to the right of citizens in attendance on Thursday, July 28, 2022, in DeLand, Florida for a meeting of the Volusia County Canvassing Board. With Lewis seated to her left are fellow canvassing board members David Foxman, its chair, and a county judge; Frank Bruno, retired county chair; and Bryan Feigenbaum, also a county judge. Top right: Lewis confers with members of her elections staff.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DELAND, Fla. -- Record attendance was set when the Volusia County Canvassing Board met Thursday to conduct the Public Logic and Accuracy Test for the 2022 August Primary Election.
Joining Lewis on the Canvassing Board were Frank Bruno, Volusia County's first elected county chair, who retired at the end of 2012; County Judge Bryan Feigenbaum; and County Judge David Foxman, who serves as its chair.
“I am excited to see how many people showed up to our Public Logic & Accuracy Test,” said Lewis, who estimated there were at least 40 citizens in attendance. Lewis and the other Canvassing Board members had the opportunity to explain the process and answer several questions from the public.
While this test is a random sampling of the voting equipment that will be utilized during the Aug. 23 Primary Election, 100% of the equipment assigned to this election was tested and verified prior to today’s additional testing. “I am proud to say that all equipment and components tested during both logic and accuracy tests were completed with 100% accuracy,” Lewis said emphatically.
While this test is a random sampling of the voting equipment that will be utilized during the Aug. 23 Primary Election, 100% of the equipment assigned to this election was tested and verified prior to today’s additional testing.
“I am proud to say that all equipment and components tested during both logic and accuracy tests were completed with 100% accuracy,” Lewis said emphatically.
Upon completion of the testing, the Canvassing Board reconvened at the Supervisor of Elections office to inspect a random sample of signatures of over 17,000 vote-by-mail certifications that staff reviewed and recommended for approval.
While the Canvassing Board is required to take a two-hour signature verification class, all staff members assigned to review vote-by-mail signatures have also completed and passed that class.
As with all Canvassing Board meetings, the signature inspection process was open to the public.
When comparing the signature on record with the signature on the certificate, both were displayed for viewing for all in attendance, per Florida Statutes. Typically, there may be a handful of citizens who attend these canvassing board duties, but Thursday's gathering was an eye-opener for Lewis.
At the end of Thursday's meeting, the Canvassing Board members determined that they would meet again at 10 a.m. Saturday to review the next batch of vote-by-mail certificates; and duplicate any ballots that cannot be scanned through the tabulators, if needed.
The meeting will take place at the Supervisor of Elections Office located at 1750 S. Woodland Blvd., in DeLand.
The public is welcomed and encouraged to attend.
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About the Byline Writer: Henry Frederick is a member of the working press and publisher of Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 internet news outlet launched in 2008 along the I-4 tourism corridor in greater Daytona Beach to Orlando from Lake Mary, Florida via HeadlineSurfer.com. Frederick has amassed 115 award-winning bylines in print & online. He earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University in 2019. He was a breaking news reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for nearly a decade. And Before that worked the same beat for The Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, dating back to 1989. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida's death chamber and covering other high-profile cases such as the George Zimmerman murder trial, Frederick has appeared on national crime shows on Discovery ID, Reelz, and the Oxygen Network series "Snapped" for his analysis. AWJ: