Secretary of the State's Conference and Training ROVAC Conference September 21, 2018

Bipartisan Policy Center Line Length Data Collection BPC is working in partnership with Professor Charles Stewart at MIT. Data collection being conducted throughout the country to help improve the experience of voters. This data will help to diagnose the causes of long lines at the polls, predict where they may happen in advance of elections, and develop tools to allow election officials to swiftly allocate resources to the precincts most in need.

Bipartisan Policy Center Line Length Data Collection Why Worry About Long Lines? Voter inconvenience and cost Discouragement from voting Lines may be a sign that something has gone wrong: Lacking necessary resources such as a sufficient number of trained poll workers Unanticipated events such as a malfunctioning machine, power outage, ballot shortage, etc.

Bipartisan Policy Center Line length Data Collection If you agree to participate you will be asked to record the number of people who are waiting in line, waiting to check in to vote. You will be asked to provide one number each hour, beginning at 6 am and ending at 8 pm. For example, if you have 2 lines in your polling place, A-M and N-Z and at 7 am you have 3 people waiting in the first line and 2 in the second you would record 5 as your number for that hour.

CVRS Password Security Password rules: At least 8 characters Must meet four categories: Uppercase, lowercase, numbers 0-9, special character You must be sure to change your password in the 14 day period before expiration. You are reminded every day to do so. Do not ignore these reminder messages. If you fail three times, you are locked out for 30 minutes.

Password Security After the election we are moving to two-factor authentication. We will need your town-provided email address. We will also need your email address to implement comprehensive security training for all local election officials-registrars, deputy registrars, assistant registrars, town clerks, assistant town clerks – anyone who has access to CVRS. We will be utilizing Security Mentor- the same online training classes that the State requires of all its employees.