* *** 2015_BOE_SUPPLIES TXT - 28 Oct 2015  16:23:48 - JKNAUTH

Here are some of my supplies comments from prior elections.  I think the
others have been resolved, but I'll check when I get the 11/3/15
election materials.  If I come up with anything else, I'll let you know
after the election.

 1) CJ binder:  It would help to rearrange some of the contents, which I
                always do anyway to ease the end-of-day processing:

    * Folder 1:  The things needed for the blue plastic bag and other
         end-of-day work: oath sheet, pay sheet, reconciliation form,
         list of persons in line at polls close, purple envelope,
         voted/unvoted ballot stickers

    * Folder 2:  Coordinator contact sheet, list of pollworkers, yellow
         polling place sheet, remote collection site sheets, challenge
         envelopes (if any were used, they would go in the blue plastic
         bag, but they are never used)

    * Folder 3:  All the plastic bags

    * Everything else goes on binder rings or in the binder mesh pocket,
         as currently placed

 2) Having two rolls of blue tape is very helpful since such tape is
    often needed at multiple places simultaneously during setup.  If
    providing two isn't now the normal practice, it probably should be.

 3) Be sure the Scotch tape dispenser has adequate tape on it.

 4) We usually use chalk rather than orange tape to mark the 50'
    boundary.  Sometimes we run short of chalk.

    The orange tape doesn't stick down unless you can do something like
    drive a twig into the ground to secure the tape or tie the tape
    around an object.  In any event it becomes a tripping hazard or
    moves from where it should be, so we use chalk.

 5) The yellow "No Campaigning" signs blow over very easily in a
    moderate wind.  I bring two bricks, one for each sign, to put inside
    on the bottom and weigh them down.  Alternatively, maybe the signs
    could have some velcro strips to keep then folded properly in the
    triangle shape and/or have some holes in the bottom thru which small
    spikes could be stuck into the ground, where that is possible.
    However, something like bricks works fine on any surface, although
    they are heavy to transport.

 6) Metal H frames have to be inserted into the foam signs.  That can be
    hard to do with new signs having no holes.  It can cause the frame
    to poke thru a sign face or even break the sign if done wrong.  It
    would help a lot if the frame holes were predrilled in the signs.

 7) Sometimes we do not receive enough "cell phone usage" signs to put
    one in each booth and also have some for the walls, etc.

 8) On Saturday pickup the ballot boxes are sealed with stickers after
    the box contents have been inventoried.  However those stickers seem
    to be pretty poor and often peel off as the boxes are moved to/from
    the CJ car multiple times and moved around at the CJ's home and at
    the polling site.  Supposedly the stickers are meant to provide some
    sort of security.  They don't.

 9) At Saturday pickup, a ballot packing list is provided.  The Ballot
    Table Quick Guide says this is supposed to be in the first ballot
    box.  Sometimes it is instead given to the CJ, so the BT people have
    to ask the CJ for it.  Of course, the contents of each box should be
    written on the end of the box.

10) When inserting a ballot in the M100, people are reluctant to push in
    the ballot hard enough.  Also, the most common question the M100
    monitor gets is what ballot orientation is acceptable.  To help with
    this, I made a sign and a small stand for it to sit on the back of
    the M100.  See
    http://jgkhome.name/WakeBOE/Sign_M100_Ballot_Handling.htm and
    http://jgkhome.name/WakeBOE/Sign_M100_Ballot_Handling_Stand.pdf

    I have made a few other signs to handle situations unique to our
    polling place.  See near the top of http://jgkhome.name/WakeBOE
    Maybe including some blank paper and markers would allow other
    people to make special signs for their own polling places.

11) The documentation should advise people to twist in the legs during
    booth assembly; otherwise the legs fall out easily, even causing a
    booth to collapse while the voter is using it (I can attest that has
    happened).  If twisted in, you must then untwist the legs during
    disassembly; otherwise they are hard to remove.

12) This is probably not the right place for it, but please try to avoid
    splitting letters in the pollbooks.  For other pollbook comments,
    see http://jgkhome.name/WakeBOE/Postmortem_2014-11-04.txt
    I know you have recently had some discussions with the printer about
    preventing letter splitting in 2016; I hope that is achievable.


Jeff Knauth, 19-09