* *** COMMENTS_ON_5-2018.2_CHIEF_JUDGE_POCKET_GUIDE TXT - 29 Mar 2018  21:13:38 - JKNAUTH

               Comments on Chief Judge Pocket Guide
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The latest Chief Judge Pocket Guide looks good.  The handling for the
transmission elimination is very clear.  Below are some of my old
comments, which may now fit better in the next revision.  There are also
two new ones, marked with "======", for which I need answers for the
May election.

Chief Judge Pocket Guide  (5-2018.2)
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Page  8:  Append to the Tabulator bullet: "(already set up per the
          directions in the Tabulator case)"

          Previously you had said there was no room on this page to
          reference the instruction document found in the Tabulator
          case.  Perhaps that could be solved by just appending the
          above phrase to the bullet.

Page 16:  Bullet 5 on restrictions for candidates and campaigners:  Add
=======   "Nor may they enter the voting enclosure just to access a
          restroom."

          We were previously told to enforce this sort of restriction.
          Has that changed?  If not, it would certainly help to have
          some supporting documentation from the BOE.  I had also raised
          this in last year's postmortem report in the Campaigner's
          section: http://jgkhome.name/WakeBOE/Postmortem_2017-11-07.txt

          Needless to say, such a situation could get "anxious"(?)
          and/or messy.  The SCES polling place and voting enclosure
          does not have any restrooms for non-voters.  In my prior
          polling places there were restrooms available in the polling
          place that could be accessed without going thru the voting
          enclosure.  So candidates and campaigners could use the
          facilities, as long as they were not campaigning, etc. along
          the way.

Page 19:  Last bullet:  I will continue to manually insert "(NOT the
          Tabulator)" after "into the AutoMARK".

Page 20:  First heading:  Replace "Insert any Emergency Bin Ballots"
          with "Open the Emergency Bin".

          Outdent the last three bullets in that section to make them
          level 1 bullets.

          The above edit essentially says the emergency bin must always
          be opened.  Then it is processed with the indented bullets if
          there are ballots in the bin.  Finally the last three bullets
          ("Close and lock...", "Place any notes...", "Record the
          number..." are executed in both the bin empty and non-empty
          cases.

Pages 24 and 25:  Was it intentional to move the bullet "Any items you
========  were issued at supply pickup..."?  It is now on page 25 as
          things to pack in the CJ's car.  In the prior Version 5-2018
          and in the published CJ PG for the 11/7/18 election, this
          bullet was under "Things to Leave at the Polling Place" (on
          page 24 in the current version).

          Was this a procedural change from the way it has worked for me
          for many prior elections?  As I have noted previously, my car
          is *FULL* when I leave Tuesday night -- trunk, back seat and
          floor, front seat and floor.  I don't have any room to also
          carry the six cones.  I'll bet other people might have even
          worse problems.  Also, will the remote site be prepared to get
          all this additional stuff?

          I need an answer to this ASAP if I have to figure some way
          to deal with it.

Page 25:  At CJ class we were told that special CJ badges of some type
          were being resurrected and we must be sure to return them.
          Back in the old days I had the CJ PG author add a checklist
          item for this item for packup because it was so easy for the
          CJ to forget to take off and pack the badge that had been worn
          all day.  I did that once, found I still had the badge on
          under my coat when I got home, and returned it later.

          Several elections ago, the special magnetic badges were
          eliminated and the associated checklist item was deleted from
          the CJ PG.  There is now version 2 of the must-be-returned
          badges, so the checklist item needs to be returned to the CJ
          PG.

Page 25:  I sure hope 9:00 closure of the remote sites is late enough.
          Knightdale is a LONG way from my Rolesville polling place and
          the road isn't good at all.  It doesn't take too much to go
          wrong to cause a delay in leaving the polling place.  And I
          definitely do not want to hurry that departure, leaving
          something not properly finished.  I guess we'll see how it
          works in this and larger elections.

Jeff