Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 4-c - March 15, 2016 Primary Election Report

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4 was told this was very helpful and expedited the check in process. We also were able to employ 13 student assistants who were great on the computers. Kathy Knight, Elections Board Chair is planning on contacting the School Boards to see if we could have more collaboration and assistance in recruiting more student assistants for the General Election. Greeters and student assistants were well received by our precinct officials and voters. The main complaint we received from the post-election meeting was the need to have better signage to inform voters that cell phones and other electronic devices are not allowed to be used within the voting enclosure. We have designed and ordered signage that will be posted outside the entrance of every voting location for the June 7 Primary Election. Complaints we received from voters was the need to state their name and address even though it was correct as listed on their photo ID, the desire to vote a party ballot for which they were not registered and not knowing where their assigned Election Day polling site is. By law, the voter must state their name and address even if we have the information on the photo ID. Voters who voted outside of their registered party were given a provisional ballot. The only contests that could be counted on those ballots were for school board (if eligible) and the bond referendum. Voters incorrectly assume they can vote at the one-stop sites we setup for early voting on Election Day. We had banners made to post at all early voting sites to inform voters that this not an Election Day voting site and they must go to their assigned precinct with information on how to get the correct site information. Not really sure it helped since we still had a lot of people entering these sites expecting to vote. We did have push cards on hand so that workers there could hand out to voters so that they will have a list of the polling locations. Election Night results were reported and uploaded to website with no issues. • Post-Election— A total of 483 Provisional ballots were cast. The Elections Board fully counted 123,partially counted 29 and denied 331. There were 135 Provisionals cast due to no acceptable photo ID. Of the 135, 108 were denied. 27 voters brought acceptable photo ID to the BOE office and their provisional ballots were counted. 22 Provisionals were cast indicating a"reasonable impediment"that was counted. Provisionals were denied due to no record of registration, no acceptable ID,previously removed and voter moved out of county more than 30 days. Data was uploaded from the electronic poll books to complete voter history entry in record time. Voter history was completed by the end of the day after the election with the cooperation of staff to work late to get it done. Entry time has been reduced by 3 to 4 days with the implementation of electronic poll books. Board and staff conducted the sample audit count for two precincts as directed by the State Board of Elections to ensure machine accuracy. The ending hand-eye counts were the same as the Election Day machine count. The Board certified the official results on March 22.