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8 <br /> 1 print issues. Due to the support of the BOCC, we are ready to replace the ADA machines as <br /> 2 soon as approved by the State Board of Elections. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Precinct officials reported few problems processing voters. The Primary Election was the first <br /> 5 election to employ electronic poll-books countywide. We conducted over 30 pre-election <br /> 6 training sessions to ensure precinct officials were well trained. We did note that there were <br /> 7 some precincts that need additional training and/or duty reassignments that we will address <br /> 8 prior to the November General Election. Some of the Chief Judges did not have the "best" <br /> 9 computer persons checking in voters, which caused some voter delay. The Elections Board <br /> 10 discussed this and staff is prepared to take care of making the precinct assignments where <br /> 11 needed. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 There were no noteworthy issues with voters presenting an acceptable photo ID. The Board <br /> 14 conducted a post-election meeting with the Chief Judges on April 4 to gather feedback from the <br /> 15 officials on what worked well, what didn't and what we can improve on. The consensus from <br /> 16 the meeting was that there were voters who did not agree with the photo ID requirements but <br /> 17 most of the voters were prepared to show a photo ID without any issues. We employed <br /> 18 greeters to inform voters of the photo ID requirement and to answer any questions prior to <br /> 19 check in. I was told this was very helpful and expedited the check in process. We also were <br /> 20 able to employ 13 student assistants who were great on the computers. Kathy Knight, <br /> 21 Elections Board Chair is planning on contacting the School Boards to see if we could have <br /> 22 more collaboration and assistance in recruiting more student assistants for the General <br /> 23 Election. Greeters and student assistants were well received by our precinct officials and <br /> 24 voters. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 The main complaint we received from the post-election meeting was the need to have better <br /> 27 signage to inform voters that cell phones and other electronic devices are not allowed to be <br /> 28 used within the voting enclosure. We have designed and ordered signage that will be posted <br /> 29 outside the entrance of every voting location for the June 7 Primary Election. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Complaints we received from voters was the need to state their name and address even though <br /> 32 it was correct as listed on their photo ID, the desire to vote a party ballot for which they were not <br /> 33 registered and not knowing where their assigned Election Day polling site is. By law, the voter <br /> 34 must state their name and address even if we have the information on the photo ID. Voters <br /> 35 who voted outside of their registered party were given a provisional ballot. The only contests <br /> 36 that could be counted on those ballots were for school board (if eligible) and the bond <br /> 37 referendum. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Voters incorrectly assume they can vote at the one-stop sites we setup for early voting on <br /> 40 Election Day. We had banners made to post at all early voting sites to inform voters that this <br /> 41 not an Election Day voting site and they must go to their assigned precinct with information on <br /> 42 how to get the correct site information. Not really sure it helped since we still had a lot of <br /> 43 people entering these sites expecting to vote. We did have push cards on hand so that workers <br /> 44 there could hand out to voters so that they will have a list of the polling locations. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Election Night results were reported and uploaded to website with no issues. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 • Post-Election — <br /> 49 A total of 483 Provisional ballots were cast. The Elections Board fully counted 123, partially <br />