Good morning. I call to order the meeting of the Philadelphia City Commissioners Board of Elections for Wednesday, October 1st, 2025. This meeting is in compliance with the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act. The Philadelphia City Commissioners are a
three member bipartisan board of elected officials in charge of elections and voter registration for the city of Philadelphia. Each commissioner is elected to serve a 4-year term that coincides with the municipal election cycle for mayor and city council. The commissioner set and
enforce departmental policies to administer voter registration and conduct elections in accordance with federal and state voter registration election laws. The city commissioners were created by the Pennsylvania assembly in 1711 with a focus on
taxation and held various regulatory powers throughout the centuries. The commissioner started maintaining voter list in 1799 until more election related responsibilities but didn't emerge in its current form until the adoption of
Philadelphia home world charter in 1951. We will start off with public comments before beginning their comments. Commenter shall state where they live or if they are not a resident of Philadelphia and that they are a Philadelphia taxpayer. Public comment is
not an opportunity for dialogue or Q&A. It is public comment a chantry to tell us what you think. Each speaker will have two minutes to speak. However, I may extend the time at my discretion. Public comment must concern matters on today's meeting agenda. Finally, it is
my responsibility to preserve the order and decorum of of meetings. As such, profane, slanderous, discriminatory, or personal attacks will not be tolerated. If you wish to make a public objection to a perceived sunshine act violation,
please raise your hand and I will recognize you. Outburst will not be tolerated. Anyone wishing to offer public comment, please step forward. Having none, we'll move to our email public comments. Secretary Bluest,
as of 9:45 a.m., there were no email public comments. Thank you very much. We will now proceed to our old business. First, we have a report from our directors of operation, Mr. Joe Lynch. Hey, good morning, commissioners. Morning.
So, this is our public meeting update for October 1st, 2025. At the election warehouse, the voting machine services unit is finalizing a final test and completing it completing necessary repairs so we can distribute them to the technicians and trades
helpers accordingly. The e polebook poll book unit is working to ensure that the electronic poll books are fully prepared and operational for election day. The election the election materials unit has been working to ensure that the supplies needed to our
to our for our poll workers are ordered, organized, and ready for packing. As of the current election cycle, we have processed 101,234 voter registration applications. Of those, 4,250 are paper applications and
96,984 are electronic applications. All applications are up to date. We sent out 58,136 voter ID cards. Delaware and Spring Garden is currently reviewing all applications, correcting
errors as needed, and assisting with mail-in ballot applications. The County Board of Elections as of Tuesday approved 81,858 vote by mail and absentee applications, which is 3,415
added from last week's total. Of those 46,274 are paper applications and 35,584 are electronic applications. This includes military and civilian overseas voters. We currently have a
total of 1,9 applications pending processing. Of those, 523 are paper applications and 496 are electronic applications. A total of 81,514 ballots
have been sent out. So far, we received 2,351 valid ballots through the USPS and 553 through the dropboxes for a total of 2,94 valid ballots. This total does not
include UAVA ballots. Voters who would like to vote by mail for the November 4th municipal election can apply for a mailin or absentee ballot at vote.fill.gov. The deadline to apply is October 28th at
5:00 pm. ID verification letters have gone out to voters that either did not include the required proof of identification on their absentee/mail and ballot applications or their proof of identification could not be verified
by the county board of elections office. Voters who have not voters who have received this letter may submit their proof of ID to the county board of elections via email at philly electionfill.gov, fax, US mail, telephone, or in person.
Voters have until midnight, November 10th, to return their proof of identification for the municipal election. The board worker unit is holding its fall training seminars with 142 participants already in attendance.
The schedule is posted on our website. Online training will be available on October 6, 2025. So far, we have confirmed 5,685 pole workers. Weekly reminders are being sent to pole workers who have not yet confirmed their
attendance. Confirmation calls for all awards began on September 22nd, 2025. We are host we are hosting pizza and pole worker events in each council district at the SEO satellite election offices. To date, 400 poll workers have
attended events in district 1 through district 8. Events at satellites 9 and 10 will be held over the next few weeks. RSVP is required to attend, which can be done on our website.
Speaking of satellite offices, they are open to the public with staff available from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Locations are listed on our website, vote.fill.gov.gov. Dropboxes throughout the city are open
for voters to drop off their ballots. Last week, it was reported that the camera for the Dropbox located on at the Eastwick Library was down. The Dropbox is currently up and running and a website has been updated. We received a call yesterday stating that our dropbox
at SEO5 was struck by a vehicle knocked off of its perch. We were able to pick it up and place it inside the SEO for the time being. We updated the website to inform people that it was inside that the box was inside the SEO and it and
yet the box will be replaced the box will be replaced today by the end of business. A police report has been filed from the accident and that thanks that's all I have for today. Thanks Joe. Vice Chair Diller, did you have any questions for
Thank you. I have none. Secretary, I have none. Thank you. Thank you, Joe. Thank you. We will now proceed to new business. We will begin by considering our first agenda item. Motion to hire director of election administration.
I move to hire Mark Johnson as a director of election administration. Is there a second? Second. Does any commissioners have any comments before we proceed to vote? There are no questions. Secretary Blstein, please call the role.
Vice Chair Dey, abstain. I vote I. Chairman Spear, I. Motion passes. We will now move to the next agenda item, polling place changes. We'll hear from our polling places investigation
supervisor, Charlie Strowman. Good morning. Good morning again. The first two were in the fifth ward, the 15th division and the 20th division both moving out of St. John Newman Center Fishtown to the Rodriguez Branch
Library. That is due to a refusal. I have encourage every recommendation of professional staff. I move that we accept the polling place change for W 5, division 15 and 20. Is there a second? Second. Secretary Bluestein, please call the
role. Vice Chair Dey, I. I vote I. Chairman sever. Please proceed. Next one will be in the 14th W. The first division moving out of the Simpson Midtown Apartments back to Arts and Crafts Holdings. And that was due to
a management issue. Having heard the recommendation of the professional staff, I move that we accept the polling place change for Ward 14, Division One. Is there a second? Second. Secretary Blustein, please call the role. Vice Chair Dilly, I.
I vote I. Chairman Spear, I. Please proceed. Next one will be in the 23rd ward, the 15th division, moving out of Harding Middle School back to the Carmelo Rec Center and the rebuild's all complete. So that's why we're moving back. Having heard the recommendation of the
professional staff, I move that we accept the polling place change for W 23, division 15. Is there a second? Second. Secretary Bluestein, please call the role. Vice Chair Dey, I. I vote I. Chairman Seabir, I please proceed. Next two will be in
the 24th ward, the ninth division and the 14th division moving out of school of the future back to Clayborn and Lewis Community Center. And that is due to a rebuild that just been completed. Having heard the recommendation of the professional staff, I move that we
accept the polling place change for W 24 division 94. Is there a second? Second. Secretary Bluestin, please call the role. Vice Chair Dy I. I vote I. Chairman seir. Please proceed. Next five will be in the 39th ward. The
second division, 11th division, 13th division, 16th division, and the 24th division. All moving out of seafares union hall to the tagert school and that is due to the seafares union hall being sold. Having heard the recommendation of the professional staff, I move that we
accept the polling, please change for W 39, division 2, 11, 13, 16, and 24. Is there a second? Second. Secretary Blste. I vote I. Chairman Seir,
I that's it. Hey, as always, I'd like to thank you, the phone, please. I mean, I know it's not easy. all the logistics, all of the construction items and everything else to assure our poll locations are open
and and great places for the voters. So, thank you. You're welcome. You're welcome. This is our last item on the agenda before we adjourn. Commissioner Dley, do you have any other business to be raised at this meeting? Thank you. I have none. Secretary Bluestein, do you have any other business to be raised at this
meeting? I just wanted to congratulate Mark on his new role and I look forward to working with you. Well, I'd like to definitely congratulate Mark. Definitely like to thank the staff. Uh that position was vacant for a few elections and I know
the staff came together to sort of fill some of that vacancy. So definitely thank you and definitely looking forward to working together with Mark. We also have uh Aubrey Powers and Gabby from the managing director's office here. You know, I know we cannot get these elections done without the support from the managing director's office and
search staff. So, we definitely thank you and we definitely like to work with you in the upcoming election. Okay. A motion to adjourn this meeting. Is there a second? Second. Secretary Bluestein, please call the role. Vice Chair Dey I.
I vote I. Chairman Seir I. This meeting is adjourned. Yanop, please.