There are no longer monthly General Meetings since we as a community now communicate in many other different ways, including a monthly newsletter, this website and social media.
During a Special Meeting on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 7 PM, Members of Record voted on proposed amendments to the Bylaws to enact that change.
An Annual Meeting of Members will occur every March. Plus, special meetings may be announced.
The Executive Committee and Board of Directors meet monthly or more and communicate through electronic means to continue to work behind the scenes to provide activities and maintenance of the VVCC properties.
Forum on Election Security June 12, 2024
Are ballot boxes secure?
How do I know that my vote has been counted?
How do I know the vote count is not manipulated?
These questions and more were addressed in a special Forum held in the Verde Village by officials from Yavapai County, the entity that conducts all elections no matter if they are city council or national or anything in between.
Michelle Burchill, Yavapai County Recorder and Laurin Custis, Yavapai Director of Elections teamed up to give a powerful view of how all elections happen here.
In fact, the YC Recorder says she ran for office because she was skeptical that the process was good, but she found everything quite secure, only needing a few tweaks which she provided.
They presented a slide show to explain the painstaking steps they take to ensure every vote is counted accurately during Arizona’s July 30 primary and general election on Nov. 5, 2024.
“All ballots will be machine tabulated, and we will make regular audits of random races to make sure the ballot numbers match up exactly,” Custis said. “In Yavapai County ballots are organized into batches and if there are any discrepancies in vote tallies then we will delete the vote count for that specific batch and count over again until the numbers clearly match up.”
Members from the opposing political parties will be present at tabulation sites at locations away from polling places monitoring vote counts as another safeguard against potential ballot tampering or tally inaccuracies. Yavapai County polling places will use Unisyn Open Elect Voting Systems.
“We’ve had no problems with Unisyn in the past, since 2016,” Custis said.
As for those controversial “drop boxes” where voters can deposit their ballots at select site across Yavapai County leading up to Election Day, there are no security concerns, according to Burchill and Custis.
“These drop boxes are fool proof. Nobody can open them without a special key. They can’t sabotage ballots by pouring a milkshake into the slot on the boxes. They each have a fire suppression system within to prevent vandalism, and we don’t even advertise when we will be picking up ballots from these boxes to keep your ballots safe,” Burchill said.
The Forum on Wednesday, June 12 at the Verde Village Community Center was sponsored by The Verde Village Community Connection (VVCC) in its vision to advocate for and connect the people of the Verde Village and beyond.
| We strive to keep the Verde Village Community informed on what’s happening in the VVCC organization. Below are some of the past Annual Reports. | We strive to keep the Verde Village Community informed on its investment in the VVCC organization. Below are some of our Treasurer Reports. |
| Verde Village Annual Report 2023 | 2023 Comparison-to-Budget |
| Annual Report 2022 | Treasurer Annual Report 2022 |
| Annual Report 2021 | |
| Annual Report 2020 |