MEMBERS:
SEN. ED MCBROOM, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. PETER J. LUCIDO
SEN. CURTIS S. VANDERWALL
SEN. PAUL WOJNO, MINORITY VICE CHAIR
THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
SENATOR RUTH A. JOHNSON
CHAIR
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**DRAFT**
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
October 20, 2020
A joint meeting of the Senate Committee on Elections and Senate Committee on Oversight was scheduled for
Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., in the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room of the Capitol Building.
The agenda summary is as follows:
1. Presentation by the Director of the Michigan Bureau of Elections regarding the 2020 Elections.
The Senate Committee on Oversight called to order at 2:04 p.m. The Committee called roll. A quorum was
present.
The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. She instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the
following members were present: Chair Johnson, Sen.(s) McBroom, Lucido, VanderWall, and Wojno, a quorum
was present.
Chair Johnson deferred to Chair McBroom to invite Jonathan Brater, Director of the Michigan Bureau of
Elections, to give a presentation regarding the transformation of the Michigan election process and system due
to COVID-19 and the implemented safeguards for the November 2020 election.
Questions followed from members of both committees.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Lucido to adopt the meeting minutes from July 29, 2020. Without
objection, the minutes were adopted.
There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without
objection, the committee was adjourned at 3:36 p.m.
The Senate Committee on Oversight adjourned at 3:36 p.m.
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