Entries tagged as ‘canvass’
We’re now in the midst of the Official Canvass, a process that takes place immediately following an election. This process is our time to update voting history in the voter registration database and audit and certify the election results, and must be complete within 28 calendar days.
Until the official results are published in our Statement of the Vote, semi-official results will be regularly posted on our website at www.shapethefuture.org.
During the Canvass, we also take an opportunity to reflect on Election Day and the days leading up to it. Narda Barrientos, Elections Supervisor, once said, “The Elections Office is all about change. We’ve been in a constant state of change, and we will continue to change as long as it makes our processes stronger.”
The biggest change this election? We did away with Receiving Stations. Was it successful? As Mattel’s Magic 8 Ball would say, “all signs point to yes.”
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Categories: Ballots · Election Day/Night · Elections Office · Poll workers · Polling place · Results · Shape the Future · Training · Vote counting
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The 1% Manual Tally portion of the Official Canvass begins Thursday at 8 a.m.
Can’t remember what the 1% is about? Read our previous blog, detailing the extent of the process and how the precincts to be tallied are randomly chosen. Like we wrote before, we bring a little bit of Vegas to San Mateo County!
Check back on Thursday for more about what precincts were drawn and what we’ll be tallying over the next four business days!
Categories: Elections Office · Results · Vote counting
Tagged: 1%, canvass, manual recount, Manuall Tally
Most of the Elections Office staff were in on Saturday, continuing the Canvass to ensure its timely completion. Part of the work was processing provisional ballots, but another part was duplicating ballots.
What the heck does “duplicating ballots” mean?
Well, sometimes the ballots may be damaged or somehow unreadable by our BallotNow scanners. If the BallotNow machine can’t process the voted ballot properly, the ballot is reviewed by our staff to first ensure that the voter’s intent can be determined.
If it can be, then the staff follows several steps to successfully complete the duplication process.
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Categories: Ballots · Elections Office · Results · Vote counting
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As we mentioned earlier, the Official Canvass of the Vote started Wednesday, marking the beginning of the 28-day period required to complete vote tallies and ballots and reconciliation of votes.
“The Canvass is the least understood, most important part of the elections process,” Slocum, our Chief Elections Officer, is apt to declare.
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Categories: Ballots · Election Day/Night · Elections Office · Results · Signature verification · Vote By Mail · Vote counting · Voting · legislation
Tagged: canvass, election results, Official Canvass, official results, provisional ballots, Vote counting
We’re still recuperating a bit from the Tsunami that was Tuesday. Here’s some pictures of yesterday’s poll opening process for you to enjoy while we catch up on our administrative tasks and get the Canvass started.
If you’re looking for results, go to RaceTracker at http://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/results/november2008. We’ll be posting updates to the results as we wrap up ballot processing, and certification of results will come within the next 28 days.
But that’s all part of the Canvass, which we’ll discuss in a bit!
In the meantime:
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Categories: Election Day/Night · Elections Office · Poll workers · Polling place · Voting · eSlates
Tagged: canvass, Election Day, poll opening, poll pictures, voting pictures
