ELECTIONS Upcoming Trends

ELECTIONS ADMINSTRATORS Duties o Protect the security and integrity of the elections o Redistricting o Secure polling locations Ensuring ADA compliance Ensuring ADA compliance o Secure poll workers Hiring Hiring Training (equipment & State/Federal law) Training (equipment & State/Federal law)

ELECTIONS ADMINSTRATORS Duties, …cont’d. o Early voting Voter ID Voter ID Troubleshooting Troubleshooting  Workers  Equipment  Candidates

ELECTIONS ADMINSTRATORS o Election Day protocols Voter ID Voter ID o Post Election Procedures Cure period Cure period Canvass Canvass Provisional Ballots Provisional Ballots

ELECTIONS ADMINSTRATORS o Work with parties, cities, schools, MUDS, etc. Spanish Spanish Layout of the ballot Layout of the ballot o Equipment TESTING! TESTING! TESTING! TESTING! TESTING! TESTING! Stage equipment – traffic patterns of polling location Stage equipment – traffic patterns of polling location

VOTE CENTERS Mirror image of Early Voting o Administration of Election o Cost savings o Ease and flexibility for voters

NEXT GENERATION VOTING EQUIPMENT Old vs. New o Paper Electronic scanners Electronic scanners o Electronic Direct Record Equipment (DRE) Direct Record Equipment (DRE) Touchscreen Touchscreen Disabled Access Unit (DAU) Disabled Access Unit (DAU)

NEXT GENERATION VOTING EQUIPMENT Certification of Software/Hardware o Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) Federal Federal Secretary of State (Texas) Secretary of State (Texas)Funding Zero Federal Dollars Zero Federal Dollars Zero State Dollars Zero State Dollars Funding through vendors Funding through vendors

What’s Next? o QR-Codes o Touch Screen o Internet Voting

Contact Info: Dorothy Kennedy – Elections Administrator phone: (806) Neal Burt – CDA Civil phone: (806)