Inside Elections

Elections are fluid, with each part of the preparation process continually being refined to improve overall efficiency while maintaining integrity of the vote.  While no process is perfect, we constantly strive to raise the bar with every election review.  And who better to help improve Elections procedures than the people who worked with these procedures daily?

To celebrate the accomplishment of five (yes, FIVE) successfully conducted elections beginning with the November 2007 Consolidated Municipal School District election through the June 2008 Statewide Direct Primary election, the Elections Office held a post-election bbq (well, buffet would probably be a better term).

All personnel connected with the election were invited to the Elections Office in San Mateo to partake in a post-election discussion to review possibly process improvements and share comments, observations, and ideas all in an effort to ensure that the November Presidential General Election is conducted as successfully (or even more so) as the past five.  During this review, the different perspectives allowed for some terrific dialogue.

Discussions covered a range of topics including voter parking at polling places, larger supply of power cords, use of Field Techs at Receiving Stations, hands-free phone policies, precincts at small polling places, split shifts, street indices of surrounding polling places, and student poll worker recruitment.