President Tanya opened the meeting at 07:30 and greeter Brad shared some inspiration.
Attendance:
26
Live
8
Zoom
0
Visiting Rotarians
0
Guests
1
Guest Speakers
38
Total
Guest Speaker: Brendan O’Donnell
Announcements:
Pres Tanya - Announced Cantrell as an incoming member. (2nd time)
Barb Griffin - Roadside cleanup tomorrow. Show up with a smile
Gerry Carrier - Next Cornhole Tourney - Nov 17th 6 pm at Alan’s of Boscawen. If needed we can have practice.
Carol Niegisch - Auction Nov 4th-7th. Please work on your list for donations. Trunk or Treat on Oct 25th. Will sell Auction raffle tickets there too. Any volunteers for Trunk or Treat?
Gerry Carrier - We’re good on Christmas trees coming in the day after Thanksgiving.
Pres Tanya - Hoptimystic might have a bartending night in the future for us. We would receive tips and a portion of the proceeds
Pres Tanya - Salvation Army ringing the bell coming soon. (December)
Pres Tanya - Peter & I may be looking for help with ballot preparation for the upcoming election.
Ken Moulton - District Golf Championship rained out on Monday. Moved to Tuesday. Bow won the trophy with a 12 under. Chris Parkinson got longest drive and helped make the whole Tourney happen.
Sergeant at Arms: Barb Griffin
Birthdays: Peter Imse (not present)
Fines: Bill Ames $2 late
Happy Bucks:
Mike Ard - $1 Thank you to Linda for covering for me last week.
Barb Griffin - Dad Back in hospital and assisted living.
Chris Parkinson - Happy $5. Golf Tourney is over. Raised $5K for Amigos. Trophy is in Nashua at the Police Department, awaiting son-in-law to deliver it. Donna also helped with the Tourney.
Chris won the longest drive and gave the $30 gift card to the auction. Saw some grandkid events. Yankees beat the Red Sox.
Gerry Carrier - Happy to see Tanya back. Have 2 sets of monkey bars for anyone who wants them. Have several baseballs also available.
Tamar Roberts - $21 happy bucks. Joined two Rotary Club meetings in Australia. After one meeting, had an after meeting in a coffee shop. 5th year anniversary cancer free!
Stacey McDowell - 2 Grandkids on the way, a boy and a girl.
Linda Bliss - Happy buck to Judy Goodnow.
Ryan Anastasi - My wife and I are having a gender reveal event.
Matt Gatzke - Helped brother post-surgery. Wife Cindy went to the BeaverCON conference in Minneapolis
Durwood Sargent - Went to Concord hospital for a hernia operation. $1 for Eric for sending a picture of Durwood pulling weeds with Leon Kennison.
Ken Moulton - Happy $10 for golf.
Pres Tanya - Spent a few weeks at North Topsail Beach in North Carolina. 4 of us on vacation used oculus virtual reality headsets in the house. Her son broke his finger.
Program: Brendan O’Donnell – Deputy Secretary of State
Update on NH Election Law changes
Need a qualifying excuse when voting absentee. Must provide proof of identity.
Voter Registration - 4 items required:
Must of age
Live in a town where voting
Proof of who you are
US citizenship (an affidavit is still ok to do)
Have to prove identity at time of voting. Affidavits no longer allowed.
Student cards no longer acceptable to register to vote. Can still get a driver’s license with a student card.
NH domicile requires physical presence in NH & intent for NH domicile.
If you haven’t voted in 5 years, you are removed from the rolls.
Secretary of State office is confident in secure and safe elections.
Elections are community run ) 309 polling places across the state.
Ballot clerks are appointed by both parties.
Every election is public – anyone can watch and listen in. Can get a public checklist of who voted and their address.
There is a process to challenge a voter on election day.
Voter lists are reviewed annually.
Voting machines are federal and state certified. Every device is tested with 50 ballots.
NH Voting devices are not connected to the internet.
Every town can choose to use a voting device or do a manual count.
DOJ ensures that every voting place is following the process.
We know the voting devices are working because recounts are consistent (small # of errors)
Recounts are for the top of the ticket names. Process shows how every vote is marked on a ballot and what the recount person is capturing.
Penalties for voter fraud are felonies.
Violating any election laws will result in losing voting rights permanently.
President Tanya closed the meeting with a toast to Rotary the world over.
