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Election Preparedness

Election Preparedness. NC State Board of Elections SEIMS Helpdesk Team. Election Preparation. Election Setup Ballot Styles Election Notices SOSA/OVRD Preparation and Installation VoterView Pre-Election Tasks. Election Setup. Election Setup.

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Election Preparedness

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  1. Election Preparedness NC State Board of Elections SEIMS Helpdesk Team

  2. Election Preparation • Election Setup • Ballot Styles • Election Notices • SOSA/OVRD Preparation and Installation • VoterView Pre-Election Tasks

  3. Election Setup

  4. Election Setup • Enter all contests for the upcoming municipal elections • Copy all winning candidates from Primary/Second Primary Elections into the General Election • At the close of the filing period, double-check to make sure all candidates have been entered into Election Setup

  5. Election Setup (cont.) • Make sure all contests have been ordered correctly • Make sure all candidates have been ordered correctly • Verify Contest/Candidate ordering is correct, print the contest/candidate reports to verify

  6. Ballot Styles

  7. Ballot Styles • Make sure you have completed all geocode changes • Assign ballot styles in SEIMS Ballot Style Module • Verify Ballot Styles and VBTs are formatted correctly http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us:2703/seimsweb/help/plus/NamingBallotStyles.htm • Enable ballot styles in SEIMS Ballot Style Module http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us:2703/seimsweb/help/plus/EnablingBallotStyles.htm

  8. FAQ’s For Ballot Styles

  9. Election Notices • Prepare Notice of Election advertisement • Prepare Absentee Board Meeting Dates advertisement (this is for change of time or additional meetings) • Prepare Schedule of Absentee Meetings notice

  10. SOSA/OVRD Preparation

  11. SOSA/OVRD Preparation • First and Foremost, download the SOSA/OVRD Administrator Manual at the link below: http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us:2703/webapps/cbeit/pages/SEIMS/SOSA/SOSAHelpFiles.htm • Prepare laptops for SOSA/OVRD in preparation for the new election (removing all SQL Server files from Add/Remove Programs and previous version of SOSA/OVRD, if necessary) • Prepare OVRD Plan (Backup laptop, etc.)

  12. FAQ’s • Remember to add your Site information under Site Manager…so that it will populate the web page times. • Remember to validate all your machines in CONNECTED mode.

  13. SOSA Installation • Run New Election Setup Wizard to Prepare office computers and laptops for SOSA • Install SOSA on desktop machines using the connectedonly.bat file • Copy 1,2,3 files to a CLEAN flash drive (Minimum of 2GB) and install on all applicable One-Stop voting laptops.

  14. VoterView Preparation

  15. Pre-Election Tasks • General Tasks • Absentee Voting Tasks • Poll Worker Tasks • Polling Place Tasks http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us:2703/seimsweb/help/plus/PreElectionTasks.htm

  16. Any Questions? • Have a safe trip back to your CBEs!  • This presentation is available on the SBE ERC site: http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/erc/ERCHomePage.html • Please bookmark the following SEIMS helpfile homepage: http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us:2703/seimsweb/help/plus/ • If you have any questions you can always contact the SEIMS helpdesk at anytime: • HelpRequest.SBOE@ncsbe.gov • 1-888-450-7263 • Enter a Clarity incident

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