To scan and tabulate every Voter’s ballot accurately for the current election. Once ballots are scanned, to properly store them in specifically labelled boxes.
Vote Count Room Workers retrieve racks of blue bins which contain ballots ready to be scanned.
Ballots are scanned by a HiPro (high-speed scanner). Each of the 16 HiPro workstations has a two-person team; a Scanner Operator and a Scanner Assistant.
Leads oversee the scanning process for all teams.
Ballots are kept in the same order as scanned when placed in a the ballot box for storage. Each storage box is given a unique batch label that identifies the HiPro scanner station, the type of ballot and the batch number.
The Type of Ballot categories are:
The labels are pre-printed in different, easily recognizable colors:
VBM: RED
EDAY: GREEN
PROV: YELLOW
| The Scanner Operator |
The Scanner Assistant |
| Retrieves a bin of ballots to be scanned. |
Places the batch label on the ballot box. |
| Flattens 1”-2”: stacks and crisscrosses the stacks |
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| Reads aloud the HiPro Station and Batch number on the HiPro screen |
Reads aloud the HiPro Station and Batch number from the box label |
The Lead confirms the station number and batch number match.
| Loads a stack of ballots and starts the scanner. |
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| Hands the scanned ballots to the Assistant to place in a ballot storage box. |
Places scanned ballots in the same order into the ballot storage box. |
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Repeat until all ballots from the bin have been scanned. |
The Scanner Operator summons one of the Leads.
The Lead confirms the batch on the screen matches the batch label on the box. The Lead submits the batch.
| The Scanner Operator gets the next bin to scan. |
The Scanner Assistant places the scanned ballot box onto a storage rack. |
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