The Lake County Board of Elections and Registration unanimously approved a motion allowing office leadership to fill travel board members and counters with Democrats if Republican leadership does not provide a list of people to fill these positions. The law requires a county election board to appoint members to absentee voter boards, teams of absentee ballot counters, and teams of couriers no later than 50 days before the election day. As of Tuesday, Republican Chairman Randy Niemeyer had not submitted the necessary appointments. Lake County Elections and Registered Director Michelle Fajman said she had requested 25 Republican travel board member members, but only three came to a recent training. The motion aims to ensure that the GOP creates a list for the Republican Travel Board members, if not.