1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,960 I too want to come up here and uh say 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,760 that we really need countywide voting on election day. 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,520 You know, I want to highlight that the election day 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,240 is the last opportunity for people to vote. 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,320 You know, we tend to have two weeks of early 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:14,880 voting. 7 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,840 And we establish a consistent idea that you can vote 8 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,080 anywhere in the county, but yet on the last day 9 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:22,400 to vote, on the last day to vote, we're switching 10 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:23,280 up the rules. 11 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,160 I mean, come on, guys, that's just not fair. 12 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:27,520 That's confusing to people. 13 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:29,600 It's why so many people get confused, so many people 14 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:30,560 get frustrated. 15 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:32,400 They, you know, they they they have this idea that 16 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:33,840 they can vote anywhere in the county. 17 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,160 And look, I understand that uh there's a lot of 18 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:37,120 disinformation out there. 19 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,040 There's some people who say, oh, well, if we have 20 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,760 countywide voting on election day, then you can vote at 21 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:42,800 multiple locations. 22 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,600 But the reality is that we have a pretty secure 23 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:45,920 system. 24 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,320 From what I understand, is that when you check in 25 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,480 when your driver's license is scanned, I believe it's every 26 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:52,800 four minutes a signal is sent out to all of 27 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,000 the uh polling locations saying, hey, this person has voted. 28 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,640 So you can't get from one voting location to another 29 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,000 within four minutes, right? 30 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,480 I mean that's that's that's crazy. 31 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,000 Uh someone who claims so is just pushing disinformation. 32 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,560 Um and I respect that we do have more uh 33 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,600 polling locations on the last day to vote on voting 34 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:12,160 day. 35 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,120 That's great, but again, that's no reason to still not 36 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:16,960 have countywide voting on election day. 37 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:20,160 I understand the concept of being, you know, precinct driven, 38 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:21,520 but let's be real here, guys. 39 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,080 Not everyone works in the precinct they live in. 40 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,480 Not everyone's kid goes to the school in the precinct 41 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:27,200 they live in. 42 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,920 People travel all over this county, and we have traffic. 43 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,240 We have a booming population spike in Denton County, which 44 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:33,840 is a good thing, but we have traffic and it's 45 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,240 difficult to get to from one location to another. 46 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,480 Um no, I'm halfway through, so I'm gonna stop with 47 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:39,840 that now and switch gears. 48 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:41,200 I do want to give a good thanks and a 49 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:42,560 shout out to Frisco. 50 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,120 Um we have a new mayor in Frisco, and it's 51 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:46,480 been real tough in Frisco. 52 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,200 We've seen a lot of really bad rhetoric in Frisco 53 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,360 to the point where we uh our city council had 54 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,440 to cancel their citizens' input. 55 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,840 And um, you know, we we had a real tough 56 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,080 uh race for mayor in Frisco, and I want to 57 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,560 give a shout out to Mark Hill. 58 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,280 I want to thank him for his uh campaign to 59 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:03,960 have unity in Frisco. 60 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,000 We really need that 61 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:05,400 I want to And 62 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,800 also thank you all for showing up last Tuesday night 63 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,400 uh to the swearing-in ceremony because uh you know Frisco 64 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,880 needs some attention, it needs some tender love and care. 65 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,720 And uh I want to thank you for all showing 66 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,880 up for that um and uh supporting us. 67 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:19,160 So thank you for your time. 68 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,560 Thank you for coming over and seeing us this morning. 69 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:21,960 Thank you.