Create an Election

Elections in Election Worker Portal are created through an integration with Voter Focus. Before an election appears in Election Worker Portal, the prerequisites below must be met.

Important: You may not be the person who is responsible for these steps, but you will need to coordinate with that person to complete these steps before you can begin managing your election in Election Worker Portal.
  • The election must be created in Voter Focus > Elections tab > Maintain Election Settings
  • All Early Voting, election day, and election center locations must be created in Voter Focus > Place Maintenance
    • Precinct poll work for Election Day work
    • Early Voting work locations for Early Voting work
    • Election Center work locations for Area Reps

  • The Assign Ballot Styles to Precincts program in Voter Focus must be opened at least once (Voter Focus > Elections tab > Maintain Election Settings > Ballot Styles tab > Assign Ballot Styles to Precincts).

  • VRScheduler must be running.

See Daily Data Transfer and Maintenance Check to view the schedule at which data is transferred from Voter Focus to EWP.

  1. In Voter Focus, go to the Elections tab and click Maintain Election Settings.
  2. Click New. Complete at least the following fields:
    1. Election Name
    2. Election Dates
    3. Election Type
    4. Election Classification
    5. Early Voting Dates
  3. Click Save.

See the Voter Focus online help for more information.

  1. On the Elections tab, find the row for your election and click Copy. A warning dialog will appear, if you are sure you are ready to proceed click Yes.
  2. The Find Election dialog appears. Locate the election in the list and click Select.
  3. The Copy Election page appears. Complete the fields, as required.
  4. Click Next.
  5. The Election Shifts page appears. Complete the fields, as required.
  6. Click Save.