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2.	2. City Clerk, Lucian Kidd, told those in attendance at the meeting (1/20/77) that he would require the Election Commission to verify the names using the voter's card system and the voters journals listing qualified voters according to polling precincts.
3.	A follow-up inquiry made to Commissioner Kidd revealed the members of the election commission declined to serve because of other and more urgent Business.
It was then agreed that Commissioner Kidd and Mayor Carver would each select a person to certify the petitions. Those selected were „ j	(f	by	Carver
____. S	by	Kidd.
5.	Information given me regarding the petition is as follows:
No. of names on the petition --------------------------1,155
No. of voters on record	_________________ 4,^55
No. of voters who have died since 1970 -------------	69
Adjusted number of registered voters _______________ 4,386
No. of duplicate names on petition _________________	151
No. of verified names on petition by City 1, 003
20 percent certified voters required ---------------	847
No. of names above requirement (city count) —	156
These figures released by Mayor Warren Carver
6.	My personal check on the verification revealed the persons selected had finished their work for the city by Wednesday, January January 26.
Unclassified information:	Mrs.	Sloise	Bradbury,	secretary	to
Mayor Warren Carver, told me that she had inspected the petition and recongized the names of 247 persons as being disqualified of which she verified 48 as being qualified voters and made this information known to Commissioner Kidd. Whereupon Commissioner Kidd