Montgomery County had over 667,000 registered voters for the 2012 election. The county utilized 9 early voting centers, 250 precincts on election day, and over 3,000 election judges to process over 71 ballot styles. Through emphasis on early voting resources, targeted election day equipment allocation, extensive poll worker training, and voter education initiatives, Montgomery County achieved some of the shortest lines of large jurisdictions in Maryland for the 2012 presidential election.
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1. Ohio's Election Night Reporting system allows county election boards to securely upload unofficial election results via USB drives to the Secretary of State's website. This eliminates human error and speeds up reporting compared to the previous manual process.
2. The system displays results online within minutes of precincts reporting. It provides results to the public, media and national organizations. Over 50,000 users viewed results from the 2014 election across devices.
3. The system is built on the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Election Night Reporting Common Data Format. This flexible format reduces costs and improves reliability compared to the previously custom-built system.
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Electronic poll books (EPBs) can help reduce long voter check-in lines and improve the efficiency of the polling place process. EPBs allow poll workers to check voters in faster by searching a database of all registered voters rather than searching through paper poll books divided into alphabetical sections. EPBs provide benefits like no printing costs, quick data availability, instant voter history updates, and easier handling of voter exceptions. A case study in Virginia found that implementing an EPB system with electronic poll book and precinct automation manager software helped speed up voter check-in while meeting budget and hardware independence requirements.
Center for Civic Design workshop on September 26, 2014 to discuss what we learned in our project and share insights, experiences, and example materials with the election officials who made this work possible by hosting our researchers
This document provides information about Venezuela's 2012 presidential election, which saw the reelection of Hugo Chavez. It discusses the scope and technology used in the election, including automated voting machines, electronic ballots, and a biometric voter authentication system. The document also summarizes the various technical audits performed before, during and after the election to verify the integrity and reliability of the voting system and results. Finally, it provides quotes from international observers and Venezuelan political and electoral officials who generally praise the transparency and security of Venezuela's automated voting system.
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August 22 – 26, 2016
Bali, Indonesia
"Transparency & integrity for Quality Elections"
General Election Commission Republic of Indonesia
and
General Election Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
1. Ohio's Election Night Reporting system allows county election boards to securely upload unofficial election results via USB drives to the Secretary of State's website. This eliminates human error and speeds up reporting compared to the previous manual process.
2. The system displays results online within minutes of precincts reporting. It provides results to the public, media and national organizations. Over 50,000 users viewed results from the 2014 election across devices.
3. The system is built on the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Election Night Reporting Common Data Format. This flexible format reduces costs and improves reliability compared to the previously custom-built system.
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1) Citizens would be able to apply for and receive a Special Voting ID Card that contains encrypted voter information and a QR code.
2) On election days, citizens could vote at special polling stations set up across the country where election officials would verify their identity using the QR code and allow them to cast an absentee vote for their home constituency.
3) Votes would be recorded on a Modified Electoral Voting Machine and transmitted electronically to
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1) Citizens would be able to apply for and receive a Special Voting ID Card that contains encrypted voter information and a QR code.
2) On election days, citizens could vote at special polling stations set up across the country where election officials would verify their identity using the QR code and allow them to cast an absentee vote for their home constituency using a Modified Electoral Voting Machine.
3) Votes would be centrally counted and results compiled
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- Nearly 1.5 crore polling officials and security staff will oversee elections at over 10.5 lakh polling stations for over 97 crore registered voters.
- Efforts are focused on enhancing voter participation, especially among youth and urban voters, and ensuring a peaceful and fair election process with minimal court cases or repolls.
- Strategies include addressing issues like money power, misinformation, ensuring accessible voting options and basic facilities at all polling stations.
- Technology, enforcement agencies, and election observers will play an important role in conducting
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www.electionproject.ajce.ind.in
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E-voting technology provides an alternative to traditional paper-based voting through online and electronic means. It allows voters to cast ballots over the internet from any location. E-voting aims to provide instant results, make voting more convenient, and help increase voter turnout. However, some security and reliability concerns remain regarding online voting and ensuring the integrity of election results. Further encryption, verification methods, and testing of different e-voting systems is still needed.
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The key findings were that the voting process involves many more steps than most people realize, the mental models of voters and election officials do not always align, and voters make rational decisions to continue or drop out of the process at each step. Significant challenges include low civic literacy, a lack of clear and unbiased information sources, and obstacles caused by information access, voting rights issues, time/deadlines, data/technology, and travel/logistics. Improving the voter experience requires addressing these challenges.
This document provides an analysis and recommendations from students at the Harvard Kennedy School regarding the Elections Department of an unnamed city. It examines the department's services, time allocation, benchmarks, and provides goals and recommendations to increase the percentage of active voters, improve the voter experience, and increase civic engagement. Key recommendations include expanded voter outreach through phone/text, public signs, and door-to-door canvassing. It also suggests streamlining the voting process and expanding polling place capacity to reduce wait times.
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11. Processing your registration
•
•
•
Is it complete and legible?
Did we receive it in time?
Maryland requires identity
verification at time of
registration
•
•
•
•
MVA or last four of SSN
Only exception is in-person
registrants who check “do not have”
Failure to provide prompts ID
requirement at the polls
Last-minute registrants – particularly if
they provide SSN and not MVA number may have to cast a provisional ballot
11
12. Processing your registration:
Motor Vehicle Administration
•
•
•
•
Vast majority of all new
registrations and record updates
More or less automatic for voter
(opt in)
Manual process on back end
Lack of name standard leads to:
•
•
•
Match quality concerns
Transactions without material change
to voter record (i.e. middle initial)
Impact on petition verification
12
13. Processing your registration:
Online registration
•
•
•
•
Launched just before
2012 general election
Requires match to current driver’s
license
Not integrated with voter record
lookup; voter retypes all data
Not yet seeing the efficiency
savings of other states
13
14. Registration Method:
Mail
•
•
•
•
•
Handwriting
Smaller percentage than in the past
High volume at peak processing time
Voters submit duplicates
“just to be sure”
Voters tend to provide last four of SSN
rather than driver’s license number.
• Can lead to duplicate voters or
identity confusion – i.e., John Smith
and J. Henry Smith with same DOB
and last four of SSN
14
19. Registration Method:
Federal Post Card
•
•
•
Can be used for both registration
and absentee ballot request
Default for absentee ballot request
is one federal election cycle
Means of applying for federal-only
ballot if do not intend to return
from overseas
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20. Other Registration Methods
•
•
•
•
•
Petition signature
Absentee ballot application
Provisional ballot
Jury service
USPS change of address
•
•
In-state changes only
Yellow stickers; one of few
counties that purchases NCOA
20
22. State Board of Elections
Early voting
(E-12 to 5 days)
Close of registration
(E-21 days)
Election Day
22
23. Montgomery County has 1,200 electronic pollbooks that must be individually
loaded with updated voter data for the correct precinct, tested and secured
with numbered seals. Chain of custody documentation must also be
completed for each pollbook between early voting and Election Day.
25. Provisional Ballots
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•
•
Majority are out-of-precinct or change of address
Counted for all *eligible* contests (may not be same ballot style in that polling place)
Labor-intensive form of “convenience” voting
25
26. 2012 General Election:
13,411 provisional ballots
Disposition:
Reasons for issuance (estimates):
Reasons for rejection:
26
29. What does it mean to be an
“inactive voter”?
We have reason to believe you’re not there.
Laws, regulations dictate.
Usually, this means:
We try to contact you
Confirmation mailings sent; update if in-state address
You still appear in the pollbook
Our mail to you has been returned undeliverable or
You declared yourself ineligible for jury duty
Have to affirm residency to cast ballot
This is where it matters if you don’t vote –
Inactivity triggers cancellation after two federal cycles
with no vote, no response to our mailings, no petition
signature, no jury duty or MVA update
29
37. 2012 Presidential Election:
Our Decisions/Advantages in Minimizing Lines
Good facilities
Emphasis on pollworkers
30-35 DREs, 5-10 EPBs at each early voting site
24 workers plus 3+ staff/Board members at each site at all times
Staff, trainers available to focus on moving the process efficiently
Targeted limited Election Day resources
Multiple trainers in each class, hands-on training
Aggressive screening and evaluation
Dedicated resources to early voting
Large county recreation centers; some other counties needed to
use less well-equipped libraries in high turnout areas
Based on actual past use of individual pieces of equipment
Nuances of each precinct (facility issues, experience of workers,
demographic factors, language assistance and other needs)
Voter education
Sample ballot to all households, paid and unpaid advertising
FutureVote, metroDCvote.org, and other outreach initiatives
37
49. Absentee Voting
•
•
•
•
•
No excuse needed
Ballot must be postmarked by
Election Day
Can be received up to ten later
Special elections can be
conducted entirely by mail
New for 2014:
•
•
State assuming responsibility for
UOCAVA voter services
All voters can request ballot online,
print from home, send using own
envelope/paper
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61. 2012 Presidential Election:
Shortest Lines of Large Jurisdictions in State
Early Voting (% of Statewide)
20%
Wait Time in Minutes
(Responses to MIT Cooperative Congressional Election Study)
18%
16%
14%
12%
10%
80
8%
70
6%
60
Prince George's County
50
Anne Arundel County
40
Baltimore City
30
Baltimore County
20
4%
Montgomery County
2%
0%
Prince
George's
County
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Co
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ty
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Co
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ty
G
Pr
in
ce
Baltimore
County
Montgomery
County
Election Day (% of Statewide)
10
0
Anne Arundel Baltimore City
County
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Prince
George's
County
Anne Arundel Baltimore City
County
Baltimore
County
Montgomery
County
61
65. 2012 Presidential Election:
Our Decisions/Advantages in Minimizing Lines
Good facilities
Emphasis on pollworkers
30-35 DREs, 5-10 EPBs at each early voting site
24 workers plus 3+ staff/Board members at each site at all times
Staff, trainers available to focus on moving the process efficiently
Targeted limited Election Day resources
Multiple trainers in each class, hands-on training
Aggressive screening and evaluation
Dedicated resources to early voting
Large county recreation centers; some other counties needed to
use less well-equipped libraries in high turnout areas
Based on actual past use of individual pieces of equipment
Nuances of each precinct (facility issues, experience of workers,
demographic factors, language assistance and other needs)
Voter education
Sample ballot to all households, paid and unpaid advertising
FutureVote, metroDCvote.org, and other outreach initiatives
65
66. State Board of Elections
Early voting
(E-12 to 5 days)
Close of registration
(E-21 days)
Election Day
66
67. 2012 Presidential Election:
Our Decisions/Advantages in Minimizing Lines
Good facilities
Emphasis on pollworkers
30-35 DREs, 5-10 EPBs at each early voting site
24 workers plus 3+ staff/Board members at each site at all times
Staff, trainers available to focus on moving the process efficiently
Targeted limited Election Day resources
Multiple trainers in each class, hands-on training
Aggressive screening and evaluation
Dedicated resources to early voting
Large county recreation centers; some other counties needed to
use less well-equipped libraries in high turnout areas
Based on actual past use of individual pieces of equipment
Nuances of each precinct (facility issues, experience of workers,
demographic factors, language assistance and other needs)
Voter education
Sample ballot to all households, paid and unpaid advertising
FutureVote, metroDCvote.org, and other outreach initiatives
67
68. 2012 Presidential Election:
Our Decisions/Advantages in Minimizing Lines
Good facilities
Emphasis on pollworkers
30-35 DREs, 5-10 EPBs at each early voting site
24 workers plus 3+ staff/Board members at each site at all times
Staff, trainers available to focus on moving the process efficiently
Targeted limited Election Day resources
Multiple trainers in each class, hands-on training
Aggressive screening and evaluation
Dedicated resources to early voting
Large county recreation centers; some other counties needed to
use less well-equipped libraries in high turnout areas
Based on actual past use of individual pieces of equipment
Nuances of each precinct (facility issues, experience of workers,
demographic factors, language assistance and other needs)
Voter education
Sample ballot to all households, paid and unpaid advertising
FutureVote, metroDCvote.org, and other outreach initiatives
68
72. 2012 Presidential Election:
Voting in Montgomery County
Montgomery County
Early
17%
Absentee
9%
Statewide
Early
16%
Absentee
6%
Election
Day
74%
Election
Day
78%
72
73. 2012 Presidential Election:
Voting in Montgomery County
Montgomery County
Early
17%
Absentee
9%
Statewide
Early
16%
Absentee
6%
Election
Day
74%
Election
Day
78%
73
74. By the Numbers
667,393
registered voters
71 ballot styles
9 early voting centers
250 precincts
3,000 Election Judges
2,000 Future Vote students
3,200 voting machines
1,200 electronic pollbooks
74
81. Early Voting
Early Voting Turnout by Voting Center Location
5000
4500
4000
3500
BAUER
3000
EOB
2500
GMNTOWN
PRAISNER
2000
SIL SPRING
1500
1000
500
0
SAT
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
81
86. 2012 Presidential Election:
Our Decisions/Advantages in Minimizing Lines
Good facilities
Emphasis on pollworkers
30-35 DREs, 5-10 EPBs at each early voting site
24 workers plus 3+ staff/Board members at each site at all times
Staff, trainers available to focus on moving the process efficiently
Targeted limited Election Day resources
Multiple trainers in each class, hands-on training
Aggressive screening and evaluation
Dedicated resources to early voting
Large county recreation centers; some other counties needed to
use less well-equipped libraries in high turnout areas
Based on actual past use of individual pieces of equipment
Nuances of each precinct (facility issues, experience of workers,
demographic factors, language assistance and other needs)
Voter education
Sample ballot to all households, paid and unpaid advertising
FutureVote, metroDCvote.org, and other outreach initiatives
86
87. 2012 Presidential Election:
Shortest Lines of Large Jurisdictions in State
Early Voting (% of Statewide)
20%
Wait Time in Minutes
(Responses to MIT Cooperative Congressional Election Study)
18%
16%
14%
12%
10%
80
8%
70
6%
60
Prince George's County
50
Anne Arundel County
40
Baltimore City
30
Baltimore County
20
4%
Montgomery County
2%
0%
Prince
George's
County
eo
rg
An
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ne
Co
Ar
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un
ty
de
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Ba
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or
Ba
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ty
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Co
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ty
G
Pr
in
ce
Baltimore
County
Montgomery
County
Election Day (% of Statewide)
10
0
Anne Arundel Baltimore City
County
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Prince
George's
County
Anne Arundel Baltimore City
County
Baltimore
County
Montgomery
County
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