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Hello.

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Thank you for your time, uh County
Commissioners, and thank

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you for the work that you do.

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Um our previous speaker did not mince words,
but uh

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you know I I want to be a little bit

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more soft and I want to rehash the situation
that

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we're in right now.

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We have countywide voting during their early
voting period, usually

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two weeks, but on the last day to vote, on

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the last day to vote, we switch up the rules.

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On the last day to vote, you have to go

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to your one registered voting location.

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That's a different situation.

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People are used to the aspect where they can
vote

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anywhere in the county during the early voting
period, yet

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we switch up the rules on the last day to

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vote.

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That's very, very confusing.

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Um I just want to say that there are multiple

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other counties.

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Our neighbors in Collin County, for example,
in uh Dallas

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County, they have countywide voting on
election day, but we

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don't.

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Denton County is not the pioneer in this
situation.

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We are the outlier.

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Um this is a particularly a problem in Frisco,
Texas,

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for example.

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The city of Frisco is divided, uh the west
side

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is in Denton County, the east side is in
Collin

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County.

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And we see a lot of people in Frisco who

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accidentally jump over the county line, and
the election workers

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in Collin County don't necessarily know the
correct location for

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uh someone to be redirected to in Denton
County.

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So when a Denton County resident accidentally
goes to a

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Collin County voting location, they get
redirected back into Denton

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County as of course they must.

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They get redirected a second time if they show
up

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to the wrong voting location.

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So it's a huge frustration and a huge problem,
particularly

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in Frisco, and I'm sure all the other cities
uh

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that are divided between two different
counties, right?

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So I I would hope that we just like Collin

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County, like our neighbor, would elect uh
would uh opt

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into countywide voting on election day.

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We already have countywide voting for the two
whole weeks,

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the two whole weeks of early voting.

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Why can't we do it one more day?

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Just one more day.

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The last day to vote.

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If you look at the the total number of people

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who vote during the early voting period, the
total, you

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will see almost the equal number of people
vote on

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last day to vote.

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Most people, unfortunately, wait till the last
day to vote.

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We see the highest turnout in voting is the
last

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day to vote, the election day.

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That day is the most important day since
that's the

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highest turnout.

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We need to have countywide voting on the last
day

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to vote.

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I just want this to be fair, guys.

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I just want this to be fair.

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Thank you for your time.

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Thank you, Mr.

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Frey.