* *** BALLOT_COUNT_RECONCILIATION_2012-07-17 TXT - 17 Jul 2012 23:31:57 - JKNAUTH BALLOT COUNT RECONCILIATION ====== ===== ============== Count each ballot pack when it is opened. Open a pack only when ballots from it are required. The "100" packs, which are put together by weight, often do not contain exactly 100 ballots. That then makes filling out the Reconciliation form very difficult at the end of the day if the starting counts are unknown. Record the true starting counts in the "Counts for Opened..." column. At the end of the day, in the "Delivered" column, record the sum of the ballots that were in the opened packs plus the ballots assumed to be in the unopened packs ("100 per pack"). Count how many ballots remain and record that in the "Left at End" column. Calculate the number of ballots given out ("Delivered" minus "Left at End") and record that in the "Used" column. Use the "Totals" to fill out the Reconciliation sheet. Delivered Left at End Used Counts for Opened "100" Packs =========== ==== == === ========== ============================= Box 1: R002: 599 529 70 99 Box 2: D001: 200 144 56 100 Box 3: D001: 600 600 0 not opened ==== ==== ====== Totals: 1399 1273 126 /--> - 0 | ====== | | 126 matches M100 "TOTAL BALLOTS" | | (and matches last ATV number | since Emergency Bin = 0) Emergency Bin = 0 | | Provisional = 0 | | Extended Hours = 0 | | Challenged = 0 | | Spoiled = 0 | = | 0 >---/