[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-seo-238328-105":3,"detail-sidebar-cat-1-en-105":81,"doc-detail-238328-en":127},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"ok",{"site_id":7,"language":8,"slug":9,"title":10,"keywords":11,"description":12,"schema_data":13,"social_meta":74,"head_meta":76,"extra_data":78,"updated_unix":80},105,"en","us-eac-board-of-advisors-2026-annual-meeting-rough-transcript","US EAC Board of Advisors 2026 Annual Meeting - Rough Transcript","","Rough transcript text for the US EAC Board of Advisors 2026 Annual Meeting held April 28–29, 2026, including an opening sequence, meeting order, acknowledgements, and remarks by the board chair and commissioner. The draft captures spoken introductions, the Pledge of Allegiance, discussion of the EAC’s activities and feedback from related councils, and budget and priority considerations. It also records proxy designations and initiates roll-call introductions.",{"@graph":14,"@context":73},[15,34,56],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/","Template",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/general/","General",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/us-eac-board-of-advisors-2026-annual-meeting-rough-transcript/238328/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"image":36,"author":41,"headline":10,"publisher":44,"fileFormat":47,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":48,"datePublished":49,"encodingFormat":47,"isAccessibleForFree":50,"interactionStatistic":51},"DigitalDocument",{"url":37,"@type":38,"width":39,"height":40},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/us-eac-board-of-advisors-2026-annual-meeting-rough-transcript/238328.png","ImageObject",442,249,{"name":42,"@type":43},"Caleb Sterling","Person",{"url":19,"name":45,"@type":46},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-09-27","2026-09-11",true,{"@type":52,"interactionType":53,"userInteractionCount":55},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":54},"ViewAction",7,{"@type":57,"mainEntity":58},"FAQPage",[59,65,69],{"name":60,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":62},"What does the transcript state about its reliability and format?","Question",{"text":63,"@type":64},"It is an unedited draft translation, not verbatim, not proofread, and may contain errors. It is made available in the original format provided by the outside transcriptionist.","Answer",{"name":66,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":67},"Who calls the meeting to order and what opening ceremony is included?",{"text":68,"@type":64},"Scott Schwab, chair of the Board of Advisors, calls the meeting to order. The meeting includes standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.",{"name":70,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":71},"How are proxies handled during meeting business?",{"text":72,"@type":64},"Proxy voting is allowed for all business matters. The transcript lists five proxy designations and notes that they are accepted without objection.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":75,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":77,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":79,"site_id":7},238328,1790449670,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":83},"success",[84,89,94,99,104,109,114,119,124],{"id":85,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":86,"show_sort_weight":87,"slug":88},11,"Presentations",90,"presentations",{"id":90,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":91,"show_sort_weight":92,"slug":93},12,"Resumes",80,"resumes",{"id":95,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":96,"show_sort_weight":97,"slug":98},14,"Invoices",70,"invoices",{"id":100,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},15,"Posters",60,"posters",{"id":105,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":106,"show_sort_weight":107,"slug":108},16,"Social Media",50,"social-media",{"id":110,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":111,"show_sort_weight":112,"slug":113},17,"Forms",40,"forms",{"id":115,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":116,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":118},18,"Letters",30,"letters",{"id":120,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":121,"show_sort_weight":122,"slug":123},21,"Paper Templates",5,"papers-templates",{"id":125,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":4,"slug":126},158,"general-158",{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":128},{"doc_id":79,"user_id":129,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":130,"doc_module":22,"category_id":125,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":131,"file_id":132,"file_url":133,"file_type":134,"file_size":135,"view_count":55,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":136,"language":137,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":138,"faqs":139,"seo_title":140,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":141,"read_time":142},962084925290,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_085a072bc5b1113ac321206ff7593b45","US EAC BOARD OF ADVISORS 2026 ANNUAL MEETING April 28-29, 2026  \nRough Transcript  \nTHE FOLLOWING IS AN UNEDITED DRAFT TRANSLATION . THIS TRANSCRIPT MAY NOT BE VERBATIM, HAS NOT BEEN PROOFREAD AND MAY CONTAIN  \nERRORS . THE EAC IS MAKING THE ROUGH TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE IN THE  \nORIGINAL FORMAT PROVIDED BY THE OUTSIDE TRANSCRIPTIONIST .  \nApril 28, 2026  \n>> Everyone, we're going to get started in about two minutes . Two minutes, please . Start wrapping up your conversations and take a seat . Thank you .  \n>> Let's go ahead and bring this meeting to order . Can everybody hear me okay? I don't know how tight I have to ride this microphone .  \nGood morning . First off, a small piece of personal privilege, I'm glad I'm here . Last year I was telling Ben I watched half the meeting curled up on the floor while recovering lung surgery . I don't recommend it . Every day is a gift, even if you're at an EAC meeting . My wife says either leave the glasses on our take them off . I can't decide .  \nI am Scott Schwab, chair of the Board of Advisors and I'm calling this meeting to order .  \nThank you for making the trek in . And those watching online . I will turn it over to our Commissioner Ben . Welcome to DC .  \nWait .  \n>> BEN HOVLAND: Thanks, Secretary . Great to be here . We will get this meeting going here .  \nFirst, I would like to ask everyone who can to stand and we'll do the Pledge of Allegiance .  \n[Pledge of Allegiance]  \nWell, thank you . And thank you all for joining us . Many of you were here last year . I see a few new faces or a few people who were able to join us . We're glad Secretary Schwab is back in person . Welcome back . We're glad you're here .  \nIt's been a busy year for the EAC . We have had a very productive year . We have had some insightful conversations justin the last month with the other boards . As you all probably know, we will Local Leadership Council on Standards Board earlier this month . You all are not batting cleanup, but close to it . Appreciate that .  \nWe're looking forward to continuing those conversationsand discussions, sharing the work that the EAC and updates about  \nwhat the agency has been up to and what we are looking forward to doing in the rest of the year and going forward .  \nI do want to acknowledge--I'm trying to see if there's anybody else . Wesley and Ricky are on double or triple duty here . They just can't get enough of us . So we do appreciate their continued service on our many boards . Again, we got great feedback about the Agency's current and upcoming products at Local Leadership Council . In particular, a lot of acknowledgment and appreciation for some of our more recent efforts, like the election supporting technology evaluation program, the learning lab, and the Clearinghouse Network efforts . All of these were made possible because of the overall budget increases the EAChas received in the past several years . But more recently, I do want to mention that the Agency took a 15% cut this year down from 27.72 million in 2025 to 23.86 million . Along with some added responsibilities, that has created some challenges and has made us have to really think about our priorities going forward . Which is where all of the boards really do come in . It just makes it that much more important that we hear from you, the Board of Advisors, the stakeholders that you represent makes this Board unique compared to all of our others . So that feedback is really critical to ensure that we are being as effective and as efficient as possible with the resources we have .  \nWe don't want to backslide on the programs that we have  \nput in place again .  \nJust waiting on the adjustments there . Okay . I will just keep going .  \nAgain, so much of the work that we do is based on the feedback that we get from election officials around the country, from our Boards, and so much of our role as an Assistance Commission is that customer dynamic is providing resources to assist state and local election officia","cbCair6sI7KCCiyN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair6sI7KCCiyN","pdf",446547,297,"English","# Opening and Meeting Order\n## Personal Remarks and Welcome\n## Pledge of Allegiance\n# Agency Updates and Budget Context\n## Priorities and Stakeholder Feedback\n## Funding Changes\n# Proxies and Roll Call\n## Proxy Designations\n## Roll-Call Introductions","[{\"question\":\"What does the transcript state about its reliability and format?\",\"answer\":\"It is an unedited draft translation, not verbatim, not proofread, and may contain errors. It is made available in the original format provided by the outside transcriptionist.\"},{\"question\":\"Who calls the meeting to order and what opening ceremony is included?\",\"answer\":\"Scott Schwab, chair of the Board of Advisors, calls the meeting to order. The meeting includes standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.\"},{\"question\":\"How are proxies handled during meeting business?\",\"answer\":\"Proxy voting is allowed for all business matters. The transcript lists five proxy designations and notes that they are accepted without objection.\"}]","US EAC Board of Advisors 2026 Annual Meeting - Rough Transcript | PDF",1789134019,104]