Reasons Why a Voter's Party Affiliation is Reset

The system resets a voter's party affiliation to NPA and clears the party affiliation date when reversing or adjusting voting history to a not voted status for a primary election IF the voter has not voted in another primary election in the current calendar year. Below are the scenarios in which this occurs:

Process How is This Done?
Reversing a returned ballot
  1. Voter Maintenance > {voter} > Ballot By Mail tab.
  2. {Voted election} > Ballot By Mail button > Reverse Return of Ballot.
Reversing an early vote
  1. Voter Maintenance > {voter} > Ballot By Mail tab.
  2. {Early Voted election} > Ballot By Mail button > Reverse Early Vote.
Posting an early voting adjustment that reverses a vote
  1. Voter Maintenance > {voter} > Ballot By Mail tab.
  2. Post Early Voting Adjustment button > {election} and {voting location} > change setting to reverse a vote.
  3. Save changes.
Changing voter status in History Details
  1. Voter Maintenance > {voter} > Elections tab.
  2. {election older than 60 days} > History Details > change to any not voted status.
  3. Previous, Next, or Close to save changes.
Reversing voting status in Record Register History
  1. Elections > {election focus}.
  2. Record Register History > {precinct} > enter or swipe {unrecorded voted register number}.
  3. Re-enter or re-swipe {same register number}.
  4. OK to save changes.
Note: Re-entering or re-swiping the voter's registration ID changes the Signed column to N and records the voter as having not voted.

The party and affiliation date are not reset during these processes when:

  • A voter is recorded as having voted in another primary election during the current calendar year.
  • The only change to voter history is how a voter successfully voted. For example, if you change the voting method from Voted by Mail to Voted Early and make no other changes to voting history, the voter's party affiliation is not reset, regardless of the last date voted.

In addition, you can clear party affiliations at the end of every calendar year in List Maintenance > List Maintenance Tasks as part of you annual maintenance.