6:00 a.m. don’t be late! Election judges scheduled in the morning, should arrive no later than 6:00 a.m.

6:00 a.m. An American flag must be displayed Place “Vote here” sign by entrance

Set up the Polling Place

Set up voting booths and stations to allow voters to vote privately and independently Voting booths & chairs Voting booths & chairs MS 204b.18 Chairs for voters to use while voting or waiting to vote Tables for voters who are completing election related forms

Head Judges H e a d J u d g e J u d y assign election judge duties

Head Judges Roster Blue sample ballots Secretary of State signs Blue book Judge duty bags (2012) o 6:00 a.m. AccuVote & AutoMark (combined) o 7:00 a.m. Greeter & Curbside (combined) o 7:00 a.m. Roster o 7:00 a.m. EDR (election day registration) o 7:00 a.m. Ballot & Demonstration (combined) remove these contents from the county blue box

Identification required Head Judges print your title and your first name All election judges must wear identification while in the polling place o First name only Do NOT show any party affiliation H e a d J u d g e J u d y C h e r y l

Post these signs from the Secretary of State Polls Open Today Disability Parking How To Vote Voter’s Bill Of Rights “SEE ID” on Roster Register to Vote HERE Directional Arrows To Voting Prohibitions: Federal & State laws Primary elections only: Notice to Voters Election Day Registration: Proofs of Residence Ballot Marker – The AutoMark

Direct questions regarding ballot content to Washington County Elections Post the blue sample ballots

Table of content follows the election day tasks and set-up Forms to be completed are in the pockets o At least one of every form is returned in the canvas bag o Except HAVA complaint Instruction sheets are in sheet protectors Blue book Blue book

Locate “opening the polls” instructions in the blue book

Election Judge Oath Election Judge Oath ms204b.24 “I solemnly swear that I will perform the duties of Election Judge according to law and the best of my ability and will diligently endeavor to prevent fraud, deceit, and abuse in conducting this election. I will perform my duties in a fair and impartial manner and not attempt to create an advantage for my party or for any candidate”... on the official precinct certification form

Mary Judge Judy Wertheimer Melissa Benoy Cindy Reiter D awn Johnson Carol Peterson Cheryl Bennett Pat Gillen Judy Wertheimer X J udy Wertheimer Pat Gillen Judy Wertheimer Judy Wertheimer Pat Gillen If your ballots are not identified with a school district, then print the ballot style here At the start of your shift, every election judge must read the oath and sign the Official Precinct Certification form Kevin Anderson Warren Smith D avid Nelson Cyndy Sue Myer

Count the number of ballots Ballots are shrink wrapped by weight Each packet MAY or may NOT contain 50 ballots in each ballot packet opened

Ballot tally sheets For each ballot packet opened it must be recorded on a tally sheet The total number of UNopened ballot packets are also recorded on the tally sheet Tally sheets are color coded by ballot style(s) in your precinct At 8:00 p.m. these totals are transferred to the incident log and to the statistics worksheet Return all ballot tally sheets in the canvas bag

Woodbury P / - number 6:00 a.m. No access to building, contact County 6:15 7:15 a.m. Voter walked off with ballot 7:15 Return an incident log form in the canvas bag even if … “none” NOT used for: Voter deceased Voter address changes Voter name changes Roster corrections Items you want changed XXX 3

Initial ballots Open an ample supply, but NOT all packets Inspect each ballot to ensure there are no identifying marks on them Ballots must be initialed by two election judges In partisan elections, judges must be of different political affiliation PG JW

o Instructions o Samples o Forms o Supplies Election Judge duty bags include: