good morning I call to order the meeting of the Philadelphia City Commissioners Board of Election for Wednesday April 9th 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 four-year term that coincides with the municipal election cycle for mayor and city council The commissioners set and enforce departmental policies to administer
voter registration and conduct elections in accordance with federal state voter registration election laws The city commissioners were created by the Pennsylvania assembly in 1711 They focused on taxation and held various regulatory powers throughout the centuries The commissioner started
maintaining voter list 1799 took on more election related responsibilities but didn't emerge until its current form into the adoption of Philadelphia charter 1951 We will start off with public comments Before beginning their comments
commenters shall state where where they live or if they are not a resident of Philadelphia and that they are Philadelphia tax Public comment is not an opportunity for dialogue or Q&A It is public comment a chance for you to tell us what you think Each speaker will have two minutes
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 the meetings As such profane slanderous discriminatory personal attacks will not
be tolerated If you wish to make a public objection to a perceived sunshine violation please raise your hand and I will recognize you Outburst will not be tolerated Anyone wishing to offer public comment please step forward Hearing none we will now move to
a report Secretary Email public comments Commissioner Bluestein are there any public comments as of 9:45 a.m there were no email public comments We will now proceed to old business First we have report from our director of operation Mr Joe Lynch
Morning commissioners Morning commissioners This is our public meeting update for April 9th 2025 For our voter registration report for the election cycle to date we have processed 87,456 voter registration applications
4,50 were paper DSG is currently reviewing all applications and correcting mistakes as necessary They mailed out 11,000 ID cards and are helping with uh machine demonstrations The County Board of Elections as of Tuesday have approved
61,48 vote by mail and absentee applications which is 1,623 added from last week's total Of those 38,07 are paper applications and 23,41 are electronic applications This
includes military and civilian overseas All processing is currently up to date Excuse me On April 4th they sent out their first annual initial mailing of Yumova ballots to all civilian overseas and military voters who
requested a ballot The board also prepared a notice to be placed in the newspapers letting the public know about the logic and accuracy test that will be held here at the warehouse next Wednesday the 16th at 12 p.m The ad will run tomorrow on the 10th
Voters who would like to vote by mail for the May 20th municipal primary election can apply for a mail in or absentee ballot at vote.fill.gov The deadline to apply is Tuesday May 13th at 5:00 p.m The board
workers unit began spring training on March 17th and 1,2616 pole workers attended the trainings The election board training seminar schedule is posted on our website at vote.fill.com fill.gov The unit has also begun confirmation and
confirmed 6,91 pole workers for the May 20th election Thank you That's all I have Thank you Joe Uh Vice Chair Dilly did you have any questions i have none Secretary Blu did you have any questions i have none Thank you This completes our
old business We will now proceed to new business We will begin by Thank you John I appreciate you We will now proceed to new business We'll begin by considering our first agenda item polling place changes We'll hear from our polling place investigation supervisor Charlie
Strowman Morning commissioners I have 13 hearings on the agenda The first one will be in the third ward in the 17th division moving out of Turner Middle School to the Blance Nixon Library and it is back to the original
location Having heard the recommendation of the professional staff I move that we accept the polling place change for W three division 17 Is there a second second Secretary please call the role Vice
Chair Dey I I vote I Chairman Seir I Please proceed Next two will be in the fifth ward seventh division and 29th division moving out of Church Lucan Epiphany back to the William Way Community Center and they are both back to the original location Having heard
the recommendation of professional staff I move that we accept the polling place change for ward 5 division 7 29 Is there a second second Secretary please call a rule Vice Chair Dilly I I vote I Chairman Seir I please proceed Next two
will be in the 21st ward 11th division and 17th division moving out of Journeys Way to the Kendrick Rec Center and they are both due to a refusal Having heard the recommendation of the professional staff I move that we accept the polling
place change for W 21 division 11 and 17 Is there a second second Second Secretary Bluest team please call the RO Vice Chair Dey I I vote I Chairman Spear I Please proceed Next two will be in the 24th war the ninth division and the 14th
division moving out of Claybornne and Lewis community center to the school of the future and that is due to a rebuild project Having heard the recommendation of the professional staff I move that we accept the poll in place change for W 24
division 9 and 14 Is there a second second Secretary please call a rule Vice Chair Dey I I vote I chairman seir I please proceed Next four will be in the 32nd
ward second division 15th division 16th division and 17th division moving out of old St Elizabeth school to the MLK rec center and that is due to a flood in their gymnasium Having heard the recommendation of the professional staff I move we accept the
poll in place change forward 32 division 251617 Is there a second second Second Secretary please call to roll Vice Chair Dy I I vote I Chairman Seabir I Please proceed Next one will be in the 47th ward in the second division moving out
of Beck Beckett Gardens Community Center to the Church of the Faith and Deliverance and that is back to the original location Having heard the recommendation of the professional staff I move that we accept the polling place change for Ward 47 Division 2 Is there a
second secretary Blues team please call the role Vice Chair Dey I I vote I Chairman Spear I Please proceed And the last one will be in the 47th ward again in the fifth division moving out of National Temple Baptist Church into the Beckings
Gardens Community Center and that is back to the original location One question Is that the uh the Steve Nash church yes Yes Okay So what's going on so basically the second word second division is going to be in the second
division and the fifth division is going to be in the fifth division So it got cleaned up the last he ran for office So we got a little messed up with that last election We had to rearrange things So we're back to where we were before Back to where before Okay Having heard the recommendation of the professional staff I move that we accept
the poll and please change for W 47 division 5 Is there a second second Secretary Blstein please call the role Vice Chair Dilly I I vote I Chairman Seir I thank you Charlie You're welcome
Commissioners do we have uh any comments on it oh wow I'm giving everybody more work That was our last item on the agenda Uh before we journal did you have any business to be raised this meeting i have none Secretary Bluestein do you
have any business to raise this meeting i have none Thank you Hearing no other business a motion that we adjourn today's meeting Is there a second second Secretary Bstein please call the vote Vice Chair Dy I I vote I Chairman Seir