* *** COMMENTS_ON_BASIC_MODULE_FOR_2026-11-03_ELECTION TXT - 25 Sep 2026  15:15:59 - JGKNAUTH


Here are my comments on the Basic module for the 11/3/26 election:

Slide  58:  Order problem:  Photo ID checking is done here before label
            attachment.  That's bad.  See many comments from me over
            years.

Slide  61:  Order problem:  "Look for ID, V, P...  If none apply, then
            proceed..."  Next slide finally shows sticking on label.
            Too late.  In fact, this order doesn't even follow your own
            flowchart order.

Slide  69:  "Common Accepted IDs:  Expiration does not matter" slide:
            Has the sentence "Voters 65 years or older may show any ID
            *above*...", but the *above* IDs on that slide are the wrong
            ones.  The appropriate IDs with age-65(+) special handling
            are on the "Common Accepted IDs:  Expiration matters" slide.
            That's where the "Voters 65 years..." sentence should have
            been.

Slide  81:  The slide text for "F" on label says the PO must refer to
            Manual page 53 if the voter has a question.  It does not
            mention that the PO has to read a script to the voter, which
            I think is the right thing to do (the tiny text Lookup Table
            insert shows it) instead of trying to fish out Manual page
            53.  That page is less informative than the script and
            handout anyway.  By the way, still none of the "F" material
            is on the Training Resources tab on the PO website.

Slide 108:  Name correction is now handled entirely at the RT. This
            button should have been removed since there is no longer a
            "Name is wrong" ATV checkbox for the BT PO to see.

Question #10 and the BTQG say the BT PO should call over the CJ if the
            BT PO detects an ATV error.  I think in class we were told
            that the BT PO can instead go directly to the RT, for
            example, to work out things.  Personally, I prefer having
            the CJ always notified.  Was the class teacher wrong?  Same
            thing I asked for the March election Basic module.

Slide 116:  The displayed writing on the back of the EV ballot implies
            the BT PO must write "Precinct" before the precinct number.
            The ExpressVote video (correctly) does not show the
            "Precinct" word.

Tabulator video: This is an old comment (backed by a bad experience and
            reported in detail elsewhere), but definitely a comment
            worth repeating:  Telling the voter to watch for a count
            change is a very bad way for the voter to see that the
            ballot has been accepted.  The count change is very easy to
            miss.  The big accepted vs error screens on the modern
            Tabulators are what should be used instead.  Same thing I
            commented on for the March election Basic module.  Ditto
            for the 11/2025 election module.

Curbside Voting video:  I thought you were going to redo this video.
            Why is the long, annoying intro still there?  The end could
            also be trimmed.

Curbside Voting video:  The video does not mention "F" processing.

Slide 164:  The "Emptying Bin" video has "seperate" vs "separate"

Slide 166:  This slide and its video are just for breaking down the EV.
            This is well after the CJ has shut down the EV.  The CJ and
            Judges do not have to be involved with the post-shutdown
            breaking down the EV.  So why is there the sentence "Judges
            will assist the Chief Judge at the end of the day." on this
            slide?  The sentence is true, but so is "2+2=4".  That
            sentence should be deleted from this slide.

It is hard to get the Tabulator Error Message Video to replay.  I
couldn't find a way at all in Edge.  In Firefox I stumbled on using
their Picture-in-Picture mode to kick the video into operation.  Weird.
Edge does not have such a PiP facility or any other way I could find to
kick off the video replay.

Jeff