* *** COMMENTS_ON_2017_CHIEF_JUDGE_POCKET_GUIDE TXT - 26 Jul 2017  14:56:15 - JKNAUTH


I have only a few comments on this draft.  [PM]#n refers to comment #n
in http://jgkhome.name/WakeBOE/Postmortem_2016-11-08.txt.


Chief Judge Pocket Guide  (7/26/17)
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Page "0": (This page didn't get a number for some reason.)  Under Chief
          Judge Notes, it still says the CJ PG should go in the Blue
          Reconciliation Bag at the end of the night.  Instead it should
          say the CJ PG should go in the Chief Judge Binder.  You did
          make the correction on page 15.  However pages 20, 21, and 22
          all still have the same error under Chief Judge Notes as does
          page "0".  See [PM]#1 for the original comment/rationale.

Page "0": "Whom To Contact" (at the bottom) if any English majors want
          to be picky.  However, I'm fine with the way it is.

Page 1:   Only the October dates are mentioned.  Will two versions of
          the CJ PG be printed with the appropriate version given out to
          each CJ?  That would seem to be expensive and error prone.
          Can't the November dates be squeezed in?

Page 4:   First sentence seems too constraining - using just a cellphone
          to access the website.  What about a PC, or tablet, or smart
          refrigerator, or Alexa, ... who knows what people use
          nowadays?  Anyway, I found that section somewhat confusing
          about the timing involved, etc.  I think most CJs would wait
          until they got home to have a PC and printer to print multiple
          copies of the list (multiple hardcopies are required), and
          probably also mark the pollbooks while they were at it.  At
          least that's what I do.  I suggest instead:

             If I can access www.WakePrecinctOfficials.com after 7pm, I
             will go to the Last-Minute Absentee List and record the
             names and VRNs of the last-minute voters listed for my
             precinct.  If I cannot get to the website, the Board of
             Elections will call Tuesday morning and provide this voter
             information.  See Last-Minute Absentee Voters on page 6 for
             what to do with it.

          I used "Last-Minute Absentee List" above instead of "Monday
          Night Absentee List", but convert that to whatever term is
          preferred as (finally) *THE* term for this list.  (See my
          earlier comments on this terminology.)  Get the BOE docs
          (manual, guides, flowcharts, wherever) and the PO website to
          use ONE term.

          Aside:  Note that I always use the VRNs as part of my checking
          to make sure I have the right voter for the pink A marking.
          The VRNs are also included in my printouts for the Help Table
          and the big absentee list addendum.

Page 5:   Interior, third bullet:  pack of each style ->
                                   pack of each ballot style

Page 6:   First subheading:  Absentee Voters ->
                             Last-Minute Absentee Voters

Page 9:   Bottom section:  Add back the emphasized "Not the Tabulator"
          that you removed.  This is to help harried CJs at the end of
          the day turn off the AutoMark, *NOT* the tabulator, while
          zipping thru this section.  I personally know of at least one
          CJ who needed such a clue and had the previous CJ PG author
          include that warning after having accidentally once turned off
          the tabulator.  Duh!

Page 9:   Under Emergency Bin:  The "if it was used during the day"
          phrase got mistakenly moved.  Where it got placed seems to
          make opening the emergency bin optional.  It isn't; the bin
          must ALWAYS be opened.  Then the "If it was used..." (i.e.,
          bin is not empty) test is applied to see whether the following
          steps should be taken.  The "If it was used..." should be put
          back where it was in the 2016 edition.

Page 12:  See my [PM]#10 comment about the inaccuracy of "in the voting
          booths" (two places). "voters in voting booths" is really
          "voters with ballots OTHER THAN the voter with the jammed
          ballot".

          Maybe use a simple phrase like "other voters" in the body with
          an "*" footnote to explain the term, where the footnote says
          something like:

             "Other voters" means voters who have gotten a ballot and
             been assigned an ATV number but have not yet inserted their
             ballot into the tabulator, e.g., they are in line for a
             voting booth, or are in a booth, or are in line for the
             tabulator behind the voter with the jammed ballot.

          As I'm sure you are aware, on a busy day in a large precinct,
          this can be a VERY hard number to determine accurately.
          However if you can figure out the number, then the algorithm
          seems correct.

Page 15:  Barcode scanner -> Barcode scanner (if issued)
          as is said for the cellphone. See [PM]#8.

Pages 20, 21, 22:  See Page "0" comment above.