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Table of Contents
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Basic Poll Watcher Rights & Responsibilities, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Poll Watcher Requirements, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Revoking a Poll Watcher's Credentials, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Credentials for Poll Watchers At Registration Events, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Poll Watcher Comings & Goings, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Signing In & Out At The Polling Place, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Multiple Days, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Leaving One Site For Another, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Leaving & Entering Before the Polls Open and After the Polls Close, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- What Can a Poll Watcher See?, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- What Can A Poll Watcher Touch?, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Good Manners, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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Who Are The People In the Polling Place?, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- The Voter, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- The Person Assisting the Voter, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Children, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Other Poll Watchers, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Election Judges, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Election Workers, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Election Officers or Precinct Election Officials, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Election Authority, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Peace Officers, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Candidates, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Other Observers, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 The General Public, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Witness vs. Poll Watcher vs. Observer, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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Places, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- The Campaign Free Zone, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Electioneering, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Restricted Subjects, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Restricted Actions and Objects, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Consequences, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Electioneering & the Poll Watcher, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Electioneering & Peace Officers, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Electioneering, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- The Polling Place, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- The Polling Room, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- The Voting Booth Area, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- The Voting Machine Area, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- The Ballot Box/Tabulator Area, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- The Public Forum, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 The Office of the Election Authority, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 The Central Counting Facility, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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Registering To Vote, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Registration Lookup, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Voter Registration Requirements, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Grace Period Registration, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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- Other Voter Registration Methods, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- In-Person, Registration Event, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Registering To Vote By Mail Or Online, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Voter Registration In-Person, At The Office Of The Election Authority, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Motor Voter, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Overseas Registrants, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Documentation Needed To Register To Vote, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- The Number of Documents Needed to Register To Vote, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- One Document Establishes the Registrant's Identity, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- The Second Document Establishes the Registrant's Current Address, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Acceptable Registration Documentation, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Other Identification That Has Been Accepted, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Homeless or Unhoused Registrants, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Documentation Needed to Register to Vote at Office of the Election Authority, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Providing A Social Security Number At Registration, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Documenting A Credit Card at Registration, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Documenting Sex at Registration, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Temporary Visitor Driver's License (TVDL), this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Requesting Additional Proof of Citizenship, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Change of Address & Change of Name, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- New Construction, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- If You Drink, Don't Register to Vote. If You Register to Vote, Don't Drink, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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Election Day, Before the Polls Open, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Entering the Polling Place, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Presenting Credentials, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Examine the Ballot Box/Tabulator, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Check That the Seal on the Tabulator Is Intact, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Check That the Ballot Box is Empty, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Check That the Auxiliary Ballot Box of the Tabulator Is Empty, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- An Election Judge Runs the Tabulator Zero Tape, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Observe Election Judges Signing the Zero Tape, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Check the Counter of the Tabulator Is Set to Zero, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Lock the Ballot Box/Tabulator, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Confirm Ballot Box/Tabulator Is On Public View, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Poll Watcher Inspection Voting Machines, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Observe the Key Security Envelope Being Opened, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Observe the Examination of the Voting Machine by the Election Judges, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Check Ballot Labels Are In Place, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Check That the Voting Machine Counter Is Set to Zero, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Check Voting Machine for Electioneering Material, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Check the Ballot Labels, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Compare the Facsimile Diagrams to the Ballot Labels, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Check for Voting Machine Instructional Aids, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Confirm Voting Machine Is On Public View, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Examine the Ballot Marking Devices, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Checking the Voter Booths, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 A List of Election Judges & And Their Party Affiliations, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Find A Chair, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Proclaiming the Polls Open, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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While the Polls Are Open, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Poll Watcher Entering the Polling Place While the Polls Are Open, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Voters and Registrants In Line To Vote, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Ballot Application, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧The Voter States Their Name & Address, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧If the Voter Is Asked for Additional ID, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧When Voter's Name Cannot Be Found In the E-Poll Book, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧If the Voter Is Asked for Their Social Security Number When Applying for A Ballot, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Comparing Signatures, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Election Judge Numbering and Spindling the Ballot Application, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Election Judge Initialing the Ballot Application, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Election Judge Instruction, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Election Judge Instructions On Voting A Paper Ballot, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Election Judge Instructions On Voting Using A Voting Machine, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Election Judge Instructions On Electronic Voting System Marking Device, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Election Judge Instructions On Ballot Box/Tabulator, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Waiting To Vote Within the Polling Room, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Poll Watcher Access To the Voting Booth Area While the Polls Are Open, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Poll Watcher Access To the Ballot Box/Tabulator Area While the Polls Are Open, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Poll Watcher Access To the Voting Machine Area, While the Polls Are Open, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧What A Poll Watcher Is Watching For, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Declaring the Upcoming Closure Of The Polls, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧People In Line to Vote Or To Register To Vote When The Polls Close, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧Closing the Polls, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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In–Person Early Voting At An Early Voting Permanent Polling Place, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Early Voting vs. Grace Period Registration & Grace Period Voting. this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Early Voting: Before the Polls Open, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Before the Polls Open: The First Day of Early Voting, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Before the Polls Open: Each Subsequent Day of Early Voting, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 If the Poll Watcher Is Only There For the Daily Tabulator Count, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Observe the Door to the Polling Room Being Unlocked, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 What If the Door to the Polling Room Is Open When the Poll Watcher Arrive?, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 What If the Door to the Polling Room Is Locked When the Poll Watcher Arrives and There Is No Election Judge to Unlock the Door?, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 What If the Door to the Polling Room is Open and There Is No One Inside the Polling Room?, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Record the Vote Count, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Early Voting: While the Polls Are Open, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Early Voting: After the Polls Close, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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Other In–Person Voting Sites, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voting at the Office of the County Clerk or Election Board, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Temporary Branch Polling Places, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 The County Jail, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Student Union Voting at Public Universities, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Vote Centers, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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Provisional Ballots, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voting a Provisional Ballot As A Last Resort, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Seven State Statutes and One Federal Law Regarding Voting A Provisional Ballot, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 The Voter's Name Does Not Appear On the Official List of Eligible Voters For the Precinct, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 The Person's Voting Status Has Been Challenged, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 A Court Order Extends the Time for Closing the Polls, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 The Voter Registered to Vote by Mail and Cannot Produce Required Identification, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Records Show Voter Already Voted by Mail Or Early Voting, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 The Voter Received a Vote by Mail Ballot but Did Not Return the Vote by Mail Ballot To the Election Authority, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 The Voter Attempted to Register to Vote on Election Day, but Failed to Provide the Necessary Documentation, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Provisional Ballots, Federal Law, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Provisional Ballot Procedure, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Filling Out A Provisional Ballot Form, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voting A Provisional Ballot on a Voting Machine, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Tracking A Provisional Ballot, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Casting A Provisional Ballot, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 How a Poll Watcher Can Help a Provisional Voter, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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Voter Assistance, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Making It Easier For All Citizens To Vote, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voter Booth With Wheelchair Access, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voting Machines, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 The Availability of Voting Machines In The Polling Place, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voter Instruction On Using The Voting Machine, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Testing the Voting Machine, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voter Assist at the Voting Machine, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Options Available For Voters Needing Further Assistance, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Requesting Assistance, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Poll Watchers Involvement in Voter Assistance, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voting Machine Voter Assist, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voter Assistance From Someone Other Than Election Judges, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Who May Not Receive Assistance, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Language Voting Assistance, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voter Who Cannot Access the Polling Place, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Curbside Voting, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Hospitalized Voters, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Nursing Homes & Other Care Facilities
- 🚧 Persons With Disability Identification Cards
- 🚧 Federally Operated Veterans' Home, Hospital, or Facility
- 🚧 Certified Remote Accessible Vote by Mail System, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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Challenges, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Discrimination, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voter ID, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Providing A Social Security Number When Applying for a Ballot, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Election Judge Initialing the Ballot Application Before Comparing Signatures, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 A Voter Who Has Moved, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voting At The Wrong Polling Place, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Counties Which Allow Voting At Every Polling Place Within That County, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 In-Precinct Voting On Election Day, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 The Election Judge Can Give Additional Information, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 How A Poll Watcher Can Assist, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voting In the Wrong County During Early Voting or Grace Period Voting, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Deciding To Vote A Provisional Ballot, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Surrendering a Vote by Mail Ballot at a Polling Place, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Election Judge Not Initialing the Ballot, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Problems in the Voting Booth Area, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Multiple People In A Voting Booth, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Chatting While In A Voting Booth, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Spoiled Ballots, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Returning the Ballot, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Under Voting, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Over Voting, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Ballot Not Accepted, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Leaving the Polling Place With a Ballot, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Voting A False Ballot, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Too Many Ballots or Too Few Ballots, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 New Voter Prohibited From Entering Voter Booth, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Returning to the Voting Booth, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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Election Judge Panels, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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After Election Day, There Is Still Work To Be Done, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Poll Watcher Post Election Duties, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Witness Vote by Mail Ballots Cast, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- Vote by Mail Election Judge Panel, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Vote by Mail Ballots Received After Election Day, Postmarked On Or Before Election Day, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Vote by Mail Ballots Received After Election Day, But Postmarked After Election Day, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Vote by Mail Ballots Received After Election Day, Where the Postmark Is Unreadable, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Contested Vote by Mail Review Panel, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Provisional Ballot Panel, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Witness Provisional Ballots & Vote by Mail Ballots Received after Election Day Votes Cast, this link opens in a new browser tab.
- 🚧 Observer, this link opens in a new browser tab.
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