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Prepare for Election Day with this comprehensive training guide for precinct officials. Learn vital skills, from setting up polling equipment to conducting post-game analysis, ensuring smooth voting operations. Practice using real forms and reviewing contact procedures to enhance your poll worker skills. Additional tasks include testing accessibility and refining coaching techniques for an effective training session.
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Precinct Official Training Amy Strange March 15, 2006
The Game • To win, you need: talented players • To become talented, you need Practice Practice Practice
Voting Equipment Practice • Setup • Opening the polls • Printing zero tapes • Casting votes • Common machine messages • Closing the polls • Printing results tapes
Practice on Real Forms • Finding voters on the registration list • Using a pollbook or ATV form • Searching the county address list • Filling out precinct transfers • Examining provisional envelopes
Review Contact Procedures • Practice using cell phones • Tape your emergency contact number on each cell phone. • Keep a list of phone numbers for every polling place—both landline and cell • Keep a list of home phone numbers for the contact person for each polling place
Review Accessibility • Practice completing accessibility checklists
Coach’s practice • Test visual aids from different places in the training room • Check projector’s focus • Test audio. Can the back of the room hear?