Voting Election

To access:  VOTER REGISTRATION > Voter Maintenance > {voter} > Ballot By Mail > Post Early Voting Adjustment

On this dialog, you can record:

  • The casting of a voter's ballot during early voting.
  • An adjustment to a voter's early vote in the most recent past election after the early voting period for the election is over.

If your Voter Focus system is equipped with a properly configured ballot printer and the system options are set up for ballot printing, the voter's ballot will print when you click OK to record the early vote. (Ballot printing system settings are in VOTER FOCUS ADMIN > System Options > Early Voting > Ballot Printer.)

When you first access this dialog, check the message box on the left side of the dialog for messages indicating that the voter might not be eligible to vote.

Note: Posting an adjustment can affect the voter's party affiliation in two ways, provided the voter has not voted in an earlier primary election in the current calendar year:
  • If you are posting an adjustment to add a vote for a primary election that was not recorded in voting history, the system sets the party affiliation and party affiliation date.
  • If you are posting an adjustment to reverse a vote, the system resets the voter's party affiliation to NPA and clears the party affiliation date.

Fields and Controls on this Dialog

Utilities

Ballot Printer—Opens the Ballot Printer Configuration dialog where you can set and test the IP address of your ballot printer.

Local Printer Options—Opens the Local Printer Options dialog where you can select printers for address labels and Early Voting Voter Certificate (if enabled in System Options-Early Voting).

Type of ID Provided

Check the voter's photo ID and then select a value in the Type of ID Provided field. If the voter has no valid ID, they can still be given a mail ballot, but they must show a photo ID before 7 pm on election day; otherwise their ballot must be rejected. During early voting, if the voter does not provide a photo ID, they must vote a provisional ballot.

Precinct

Opens the Precinct Information dialog.

Transaction Date/Time

The time stamp defaults to the current date and time, but you can change this to an earlier time, if you like.

The date cannot be more than seven weeks prior to Election Day or 10 days after the election.

Ballot Number

If your county uses ballot numbers during early voting, enter the ballot number here.

Voting Method

Optical Scan—Early voting only. Select if your early voting location uses optical scan ballots.

Touch Screen—Early voting only. Select if your early voting location uses touchscreen machines.

Issue Provisional Ballot

Opens the Provisional Ballot during Early Voting dialog.

View Image

Use the arrows to scroll between images of the voter's signature, if any are available.

Address Change

Opens the Voter New Address dialog.

Chg Location

Lets you change the early voting site where this ballot is currently being recorded.

OK

Mail ballot voting—Completes processing of the absentee ballot.

Early voting—Completes processing of the early voting ballot. If your Voter Focus system is set up to print Early Voting Voter Certificates and labels, the certificate and label(s) will print to your default and DYMO printers, respectively.

Ballot Reprint

This button appears if your system is equipped with a ballot printer and a ballot for the voter has just been printed. It lets you reprint a ballot that has been spoiled without incrementing the ballot sent count or adding a ballot to the number the voter has received. To reprint the ballot, click Ballot Reprint.