Voter Assistance
* Make every effort to enfranchise voters if they are eligible to vote.
* Watch that the provisional ID number gets put onto provisional
voter's affidavit.
* Don't initiate talking with a voter; instead, direct your remarks to a
judge.
* Help a voter only if they ask you.
* Verify that voters who get help voting, and their aides, sign affidavits.
* Help given in the polling both must be monitored by a judge from each
party .
* Politely alert judges if they are not following the law.
* Call authorities if judges don't correct a problem they have been
alerted to.
* Record names of voters who were harassed, disenfranchised, not
informed
of their poll location, had other problems.
* Allow such voter to fill out an Incident Report Affidavit, if they
desire.
Voter Challenges
Contest a voter if they--
* Have already voted.
* Are otherwise not eligible.
* Appear to be tampering with equipment.
* Are getting assisted without an affidavit.
* Are taking a VERY LONG time to vote. (If they are using a cell phone, they may be getting assisted without an affidavit!) Every effort must be made to allow enough time to vote, though Illinois law states that four minutes is max.
In the Polls, After
Closing
* Watch for any irregularities.
* Ask for a printout of all poll tapes.
* If poll tapes are not issued to you, try to take photos of posted
poll-tape results.
* Note names of the bipartisan judges who will transfer ballots to
tabulation location.
* Fill out the Wrapup Report.
Tabulation
of votes at Election Central
* Illinois law states that a reasonable number of pollwatchers may observe
at the central office--
* All vote tabulations.
* All verification of provisional ballots.
* All processing of ballots.
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