Last Update: June 14, 2017

User Permissions in Voter Focus

This topic describes the user permissions that secure features in Voter Focus. Granting a user permission to a user type gives the users in that user type access to the secured feature.

See User Permissions for instructions on enabling secured features by user type.

Note  Grayed-out entries here indicate permissions no longer in use as of Release 2014 or permissions used only by VR Systems. These permission are retained in the list for informational purposes.

 

Permission Name

Secured Feature

User Interface Elements Shown

ActivatePreReg

Allows users to run the Activate 18 Year Olds program.

This is a List Maintenance task.

AddFilesToReportArchive

Allows addition of a file to the report archive.

The New icon on the Report Archive dialog.

AddressConfirmationRequests

Allows user to schedule address confirmation requests.

The Schedule Address Confirmation Requests button on the List Maintenance Tasks dialog.

AdminOverrideLock

Allows user to unlock a locked record, such as a voter registration, precinct, or place record.

User attempting to access locked record will see a message asking if they want to unlock it.

ApplicationForms

Allows user to run the Application Forms program.

The Application Forms button on the Voter Registration tab.

AssignPetitions

Allows user to run the Assign Petitions program.

The Assign Petitions button on the Petitions tab.

CallTrack

Allows user to run the CallTrack program and access all features of program for precinct polling places (voting day centers).

The CallTrack button on the Elections tab.

Grant this permission to all users who will be using any aspect of the CallTrack application. Then apply other permissions to configure further access to CallTrack.

Note  This permission does not give access to early voting sites and election centers. For access to those groups, grant the permission CallTrack:EarlyVoteCenters and CallTrack:EarlyVoteCenters, respectively.

CallTrack:EarlyVoteCenters

Allows user to view and create calls for early voting sites.

Grant this permission to users who need to take and manage calls from early voting sites.

Note  Granting this permission disables the user group's access to precinct polling places (voting day centers) unless they also have the permission CallTrack:VotingDayCenters.

CallTrack:ElectionCenters

Allows user to view and create calls for election centers.

Grant this permission to users who need to take and manage calls from election centers.

Note  Granting this permission disables the user group's access to precinct polling places (voting day centers) unless they also have the permission CallTrack:VotingDayCenters.

CallTrack:VotingDayCenters

Allows user to view and create calls for precinct polling places (i.e., when they also have one or both of these permissions:

CallTrack:EarlyVoteCenters

CallTrack:ElectionCenters

Grant this permission to users who need to take and manage calls from precinct polling places as well as early vote and/or election centers.

Note  This permission is needed only if the user group has CallTrack:EarlyVoteCenters and/or CallTrack:ElectionCenters because these two permissions disable access to precinct polling places (voting day centers).

CallTrack:DeleteCall

Allows deletion of a call.

The Delete Call button on the Calls tab.

CallTrackAdmin

Allows user to manage CallTrack features.

The Set Up CallTrack program on the Elections tab. Also the CallTrack button on the Elections tab until the day of focused election is seven days in the past (that is, the election date plus seven days).

Grant this permission to users who need to maintain equipment lists and CallTrack departments and categories. Also grant to users who need to access the CallTrack program in the seven days following an election.

Note  This permission has no effect on the place selection (for example, polling place vs. early voting site).

CandidateLabels

Allows creating and reprinting of voter labels and export files from the Candidate Labels program.

The Candidate Labels button on the Candidate Services tab.

CandidateMaintenance

Allows creation, maintenance, and deletion of candidate records.

The Candidates button on the Candidate Services tab.

CertifyPetition

Allows creation of the Certification Report for petitions.

The Certify Petition Totals button on the Petitions tab.

CFProtectedVoters

Allows user to run the facility in the Campaign Finance Protected Voters program to protect the address of campaign-finance contributors who are not county voters.

The Campaign Finance Protected Voters button on the Candidate Services tab.

ChangeElectionFocus

Allows user to change the focused election in which they are working. If the user does not have this permission, their focused election will be the default election.

The Change Election Focus button on the Console.

ChangePrecinct

Allows user to run the batch program that changes precinct IDs in the system.

IMPORTANT  This permission should never be granted to general users and the Change Precinct ID program should not be run without the guidance of VR Systems.

The Change Precinct ID program in System Utilities on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

Communications:Delete

Delete a voter-communication record from a voter’s record.

The Delete button on the Voter Communication dialog. (To see this, run VOTER REGISTRATION > Voter Maintenance, access a voter record, click the Comms tab, and select a communication record.)

Communications:Maintain

Edit or delete a voter-communication record in a voter’s record.

The Edit, Delete, and Store buttons on the Voter Communication dialog. (To see this, run VOTER REGISTRATION > Voter Maintenance, access a voter record, click the Comms tab, and select a communication record.)

Correspondence from Voter

Allows user to record correspondence and other contact from voters.

The Record Correspondence from Voters button on the Voter Registration tab.

Counter

Run the Counter program.

The Early/Counter Voting button on the Early Voting tab.

DeleteFilesFromReportArchive

Allows deletion a file from the report archive.

The Delete icon on the Report Archive dialog.

DeleteIneligibleVoters

Allows user to run the Delete Selected Ineligible Voters program. (The records remain on the database as Deleted records.)

The Delete Selected Ineligible Voters button on the List Maintenance Tasks dialog.

DeliverBallots

Allows the printing of envelopes and labels for mail ballots, the delivery of ballots by email, the recording of ballot delivery by fax, the export of mail-ballot voter information to a file for commercial printing, and the preparation of export files for Pitney Bowes Relia-Vote or another third-party mail-balloting system.

The Deliver Ballots button on the Vote By Mail tab.

DesignDocuments

Allows users to create specifications for the various notices scheduled and sent to voters.

The Document Maintenance button on the Printing tab.

DocumentScheduling

Allows user to:

  • Run the routine that imports voter registration numbers from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, loads them into a form document, and schedules notices for the selected voters.

  • Unschedule the printing of selected documents in the Notices Queue.

The Document Scheduling button on the Printing tab.

EACReports

Allows user to run the EAC Reports.

The EAC Reports option on the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

EarlyVotingReports

Allows user to run early voting reports.

The Early Voting Reports button on the Early Voting tab and the Early Voting Reports section on the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

ElectionReports

Allows user to run election-related reports.

The Election Reports button on the Elections tab and the Election Reports section of the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

ElectionStatus

Allows users to change the status of an election.

The Change Election Status button on the Elections tab. See About an Election's Status.

ElectionUtilities

Allows user to run these election utilities:

ESS Touch Screen VR Totals Export

Export VoterLookup File

Schedule Provisional Disposition Letters

Schedule Letters for Changed Polling Places

Change Sample Ballot Email Text

The Election Utilities button on the Election Maintenance page.

ElectionWorkAssignments

Allows user to assign workers to work in an election.

The Make Work Assignments button on the Election Workers tab.

ElectionWorkCopyAll

Allows user to copy the work assignments for one election to another election.

The Copy All Precincts/Copy All Early Voting Sites button on the Election Worker Assignment by Precinct dialog.

ElectionWorkerEmailAdmin

Allows user to validate worker email addresses.

The Email Administration button on the Election Worker Utilities dialog.

ElectionWorkerFlexSearch

Allows user to search for workers meeting specific criteria and use the search results in various ways: print the results, export them to a file, use them as a data file for mail merge output.

The Worker Flexible Search button on the Election Workers tab.

ElectionWorkerNotesUpdate

Allows user to edit and delete existing notes in election worker records. Without this permission, users can create notes but they cannot alter or delete them.

The ability to bring up the Election Worker Note dialog by clicking in the note entry on the Worker Maintenance dialog's Notes tab.

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ElectionWorkerLockPayroll

Allows user to lock elections for payroll processing.

The Lock Payroll button on the Election Worker Admin tab of the Election Worker Utilities dialog.

ElectionWorkerMaintenance

Allows user to view and update records of election workers.

The Worker Maintenance button on the Election Workers tab.

ElectionWorkerOptions

Allows user to set the options pertaining to functions on the Election Workers tab.

The EW Options button on the Election Workers tab.

ElectionWorkerPayRates

Allows user to maintain election worker positions and rates of pay.

The Position and Payrate Maintenance button on the Election Worker Utilities dialog.

ElectionWorkerPayroll

Allows user to perform the tasks pertaining to payroll processing for election workers.

The Process Payroll button on the Election Workers tab.

ElectionWorkerReports

Allows user to run the reports under the Election Worker Reports section of the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

The EW Reports button on the Election Workers tab.

ElectionWorkerTraining

Allows user to create and schedule classes for worker training. Also to assign workers to classes, send them invitations, and record attendance.

The Train Workers button on the Election Workers tab.

ElectionWorkerUtilities

Allows user to access the Election Worker Utilities dialog.

Note that certain utility programs have separate permissions, so their buttons won't appear on the Election Worker Utilities dialog unless the user has those specific permissions. These include:

Position and Pay Rate Maintenance
(permission: ElectionWorkerPayRates)

Email Administration
(permission: ElectionWorkerEmailAdmin)

Lock Payroll
(permission: ElectionWorkerLockPayroll)

The EW Utilities button on the Election Workers tab.

EligibilityMaintenance

Allows user to access the Eligibility Match Queue and run the eligibility maintenance programs in List Maintenance.

The Eligibility Match Queue button on the List Maintenance and Voter Registration tabs. The Eligibility Maintenance button on the List Maintenance tab.

Email Monitor

Allows users to access information on outgoing email batches. 

 

 

Email Status — Displays the number of emails currently awaiting transmission from your SMTP server. 

Failures — Provides information about the failure of one or more emails to go out of the county email system.

EViDActivatorImage

Allows user to run the EViD Create Activator Image program.

The Create Activator Image button on the EViD tab.

EViDActivatorsReport

Allows user to run the EViD Activators Report program.

The Activators Report button on the EViD tab.

EViDExceptions

Allows user to run the EViD Processing Exceptions program.

The Processing Exceptions button on the EViD tab.

EViDExport

Allows user to run the EViD Database Export program.

The Database Export button on the EViD tab.

EViDInputProcessor

Allows user to run the EViD Input Processor program.

The Input Processor button on the EViD tab.

EViDMaint

Allows user to run the EViD Maintenance program.

The EViD Maintenance button on the EViD tab.

EViDMakeActivators

Allows user to run the EViD Make Activators program.

The Make Activators button on the EViD tab.

EViDMessenger

Allows user to run the EViD Web Messenger program.

The Web Messenger button on the EViD tab.

EViDOptions

Allows user to run the EViD Options program.

The Options button on the EViD tab.

EViDPollPlaceMaint

Allows user to run the EViD Poll Place Maintenance program.

The Poll Place Maintenance button on the EViD tab.

EViDQLogs

Allows user to run the EViD Process QLogs program.

The Process QLogs button on the EViD tab.

EViDRemoteTechUtils

Allows a technician at any computer workstation to remotely perform tasks on an EViD located in a different location such as polling place.

The EViD Remote Tech Utilities on the EViD  tab.

EViDReports

Allows user to run EViD-related reports.

The EViD Reports section of the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

EViDSendMsg

Allows user to run the EViD Send Message program.

The EViD Send Message button on the EViD tab.

EViDWebMonitor

Allows user to run the EViD Web Monitor program from the VR Systems Console.

The Web Monitor button on the EViD tab.

EWFileStoreAddfiles

Allows addition of a file to an election-worker record.

The Add File icon on the Worker Maintenance dialog.

EWFileStoreDeleteFiles

Allows deletion of a file from an election-worker record.

The Delete icon on the Add File to Database dialog in the Worker Maintenance program.

EWEarlyVotingWork

Allows user to maintain information and work assignments on workers available for work at early voting sites.

The option E,Early Voting work on the Select a Work Type dialog.

EWElectionCenterWork

Allows user to maintain information and work assignments on workers available for work at election centers.

The option C,Election Center work on the Select a Work Type dialog.

EWPrecinctPollWork

Allows user to maintain information and work assignments on workers available for work at precinct polling places.

The option V,Precinct poll work on the Select a Work Type dialog.

FastConnect

VR Systems use only.

 

FlexRep

Allows user to run the FlexRep program.

The Flexible Reports button on the Reporting and Candidate Services tabs.

FlexRep:UnProtect

Create output files for export to a commercial printer and have the ability to include protected addresses in those files.

The output options Text File Export for Commercial Printer and Simplified Export for Commercial Printer and the Unprotect Addresses check box in the Address Selection box, all on the Flexible Report dialog.

FvrsBulkXfrs

Allows user to run the FVRS Bulk Transfers program.

The FvrsBulkXfrs button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

FVRSElecFiles

Important Note: This function is no longer used.

Allows user to run the program that sends sample ballot files and polling place photos to the county website.

The FVRSElecFiles button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

FvrsNotes

Allows user to run the FVRS Notes program.

The FvrsNotes button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

FvrsUpload

Allows user to run the FVRS Upload program.

The FvrsUpload button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

FvrsUploadImages

Allows user to run the FVRS Upload Images program.

The FvrsUploadImages button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

GenericEnvelopeReaderUtilities

Grant this permission to allow users to run the utilities for the Generic Envelope Reader interface.

The Envelope Reader Utilities button on the Vote By Mail tab.

Get Out the Vote Report

Allows user to run the EViD Get Out the Vote report.

The Get Out the Vote Report button on the EViD tab.

HeartbeatAlert

Allows the users to check for VR Dashboard Alerts

Status and Last Heartbeat display on the Web Monitor page.

IndexImages

Allows user to index scanned images to voter records.

The Index Images button on the Voter Registration tab.

IntegrityCheck

Allows user to run the Integrity Check program.

The Run Integrity Check button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

ListMaintenanceReports

Allows user to run the list-maintenance reports.

The List Maintenance Reports button on the List Maintenance tab and the List Maintenance Reports section on the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

LocationAtAGlance

Allows user to see a summary of information on election-work locations such as polling places, early voting centers, and election centers.

The Location At A Glance button on the Election Workers tab.

MaintainElectionSettings

Allows user to run the programs on the Maintain Election Settings dialog, except for those on the Register Generation tab, which is separately controlled by the RegisterGeneration permission.

The Maintain Election Settings button on the Elections tab and the following tabs on the Maintain Election Settings dialog:

Setup and Parameters

Ballots Styles

Sample Ballots

Book Closing

MatchQueue

Allows user to access the Eligibility Maintenance Queue.

The Eligibility Match Queue button on the Voter Registration and List Maintenance tabs.

MoveActiveToInactive

Allows user to change voter status from Active to Inactive for voters whose Last Voter Activity Date and Date Last Voted are older than a specified date.

The Inactivate Voters Batch Run button on the List Maintenance Tasks dialog.

MoveInactiveToIneligible

Allows user to run the Move Inactive Voters to Ineligible Status program.

The Move Inactive Voters to Ineligible Status button on the List Maintenance Tasks dialog.

NcoaAdministration

Allows users access to all NCOA functions in Voter Focus provided that they also have the permission NCOAProcessing.

All features on the NCOA Processing dialog.

To access this dialog, the user must also have the permission NCOAProcessing.

NCOAProcessing

Run the processing program that presents NCOA address changes to user.

The NCOA Processing button on the List Maintenance tab.

NonRegisterHistory

Allows user to record voters' voting from the hand-written entries in the blank pages at the back of precinct registers.

The Record Non-Register History button on the Elections tab.

NoticesQueue

Allows users to view and print from the Notices Queue.

The Notices Queue button on the Printing tab.

NvraListMaintenance

Allows user to run the List Maintenance tasks that are not individually permissioned.

The List Maintenance Tasks button on the List Maintenance tab and these buttons on the List Maintenance Tasks dialog:

Final Notice Public List

Certification of Address List Maintenance Activities

Schedule Letters for Unknown Voters

OfficeHolders

Allows user to maintain the office holders list that is sent to the county's website.

The Office Holders button on the Candidate Services tab.

PetitionMaintenance

Allows user to create and maintain petition records.

The Petition Maintenance button on the Petitions tab.

PetitionReports

Allows user to run the petition reports.

The Petition Reports button on the Petitions tab and the Petition Reports section on the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

Petitions Allow Petn Selection

Allows users to select the petition in focus.

The Change Petition Focus button on the Petitions tab.

Petitions Delete Petition

Delete a petition or petition batches from the database.

The Delete icon on the Petition Maintenance dialog.

The Delete Petition Batches button on the Utilities dialog.

Petitions Undo Verify

Allows users to undo a previous verification of a signature.

The Undo button on the Petition Verification dialog

PhoneBank

Allows user to run the Phone Bank program.

The Phone Bank button on the Elections tab.

Places

Gives user inquiry-only access to place records for the place types for which the user type is granted access.

The Place Maintenance button on the Elections tab.

The user type should also be granted one or more of these permissions:

Places:EarlyVotingSites

Places:ElectionCenters

Places:PollingPlaces

so that they can access the records for the place type.

Places:EarlyVotingSites

Access information on early voting sites.

The option E,Early Voting work in the Place Type drop-down list on the Find Polling Place dialog.

Give this permission to users who need to view information on early voting sites.

To allow users to view this information, also grant the permission Places. To allow them to maintain this information, also grant the permission Places:Maintenance.

Places:ElectionCenters

Access information on election centers.

The option C,Election Center work in the Place Type drop-down list on the Find Polling Place dialog.

Give this permission to users who need to view information on election centers.

To allow users to view this information, also grant the permission Places. To allow them to maintain this information, also grant the permission Places:Maintenance.

Places:Maintenance

In the Place Maintenance program, maintain the place records for the place types for which the user type is granted access.

Grant this permission to users who need to make changes to place information.

The user type should also be granted the permission Place (so they can see the Place Maintenance button on the Elections tab) and one or more of these permissions:

Places:EarlyVotingSites

Places:ElectionCenters

Places:PollingPlaces

so that they can access the records for the place type.

Places:PollingPlaces

Access information on polling places.

The option V,Precinct poll work in the Place Type drop-down list on the Find Polling Place dialog.

Give this permission to users who need to view information on polling places.

To allow users to view this information, also grant the permission Places. To allow them to maintain this information, also grant the permission Places:Maintenance.

PlacesFileStoreAddFiles

Allows addition of a file to a place record.

The Add File icon on the place record.

PlacesFileStoreDeleteFiles

Allows user to delete a file associated with a place record.

The Delete icon on the Add File to Database dialog in the Place Maintenance program.

PlacesReports

Allows user to run the places reports.

The Reports icon on the Places Maintenance dialog and the Places Reports section on the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

PostEarlyVotingEdit

Adjust a voter's early vote in a recent past election after the early-voting period for the election is over.

The Post Early Voting Adjustment button on the Vote-by-Mail tab in voter records.

Precincts

Allows user to maintain precincts.

The Precinct Maintenance button on the Streets & Precincts tab.

PrintingReports

Allows user to run the List of Notices, Cared, Labels queued for "Notices Queue" and the Notices Sent report.

The Printing section on the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

PrintRegister

Allows user to print precinct registers that have already been generated.

The Print Registers button on the Elections tab.

ProcessWebRequests

Review requests for mail ballots submitted on your website and process them into voter records to create the requests.

The Process Web Requests button on the Vote By Mail tab.

ProvisionalBallotEntry

Allows users to record a voter's provisional ballot in an election.

The Record Provisional Ballot button on the Elections tab.

Public

Run the Public application.

The Public button on the Voter Registration tab.

Note  This program is permissioned to allow users to remove the Public button from their console in an effort to reduce console clutter.

PWCheckStatus

Allows the users to view a dialog display of a message noting the number of workers whose voter registration status has become ineligible.

This is a List Maintenance task.

QualityAssurance

New permission in Release 16.0.

Access the Quality Assurance (QA) Queue.

The Quality Assurance Queue button on the Voter Registration tab.

ReconcileHistory

Allows user to run the programs on the Reconcile History dialog, except for those on the Update Voting History tab, which is separately controlled by the UpdateVotingHistory permission.

The Reconcile History button on the Elections tab and the following tabs on the Reconcile History dialog:

Import Voting History

Reconciliation

Voting Analysis Reports

Redistricting

Grants full access to all functions on the Redistricting console.

The Redistricting button on the Streets and Precincts tab of the console.

RegisterGeneration

Allows user to generate precinct registers and register supplements by running the programs on the Maintain Election Settings dialog under the Register Generation tab.

Note  The other tabs on the Maintain Election Settings dialog are controlled separately by the permission MaintainElectionSettings.

The Register Generation tab on the Maintain Election Settings dialog.

RegisterHistory

Allows user to record voters' voting from precinct registers.

The Record Register History button on the Elections tab.

RegistrationReports

Allows user to run the reports related to voter registration.

The Registration Reports section on the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

ReliaVoteUtilities

Allows user to run the following programs:

Pickup Ballot Export

Rerun Image Retrieval

Resend Dispositions

Process Undeliverable Ballot images

The Relia-Vote Utilities button on the Vote By Mail tab.

RenewVR

Important Note: This function is no longer used.

Allows user to run the RenewVR application. This permission should be restricted to system administrators. Only one instance of RenewVR should be run at any given time on the county system.

The Renew Voter Focus button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

ReportArchive

Allows user to view files saved in the report archive.

The Report Archive button on the Reporting tab.

Report:DuplicateVoters

Allows user to run the Possible Duplicate Voters report.

The Possible Duplicate Voters report in the List Maintenance Reports section of the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

Report:InactiveVoters

Allows user to run the Inactive Voters report.

The Inactivate Voters report in the List Maintenance section of the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

Report:IncompleteAndDeniedApplications

Allows user to run the Incomplete and Denied Applications report, provided that they also have the ListMaintenanceReports permission.

The Incomplete and Denied Applications report under List Maintenance Reports on the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

Report:IneligibleVoters

Allows user to run these reports:

Deleted Voters

Ineligible Voters

Ineligible Voters Moved Out of County

Reinstated Voters

Unverified Voters

The following reports in the List Maintenance Reports section of the Voter Focus Reports dialog:

Deleted Voters

Ineligible Voters

Ineligible Voters Moved Out of County

Reinstated Voters

Report:OperatorActivity

Allows user to run the Operator Activity report, provided that they also have the RegistrationReports permission.

The Operator Activity report in the Voter Reports > Registration Reports section of the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

Report:OperatorAddsChanges

Allows user to run the Operator Additions and Changes report, provided that they also have the RegistrationReports permission.

The Operator Additions and Changes Report on the Voter Reports > Registration Activity section of the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

Report:PartyChangeCrossTab

Allows user to run the Party Change Cross Tab report, provided that they also have the ListMaintenanceReports permission.

The Party Change Cross Tab Report in the List Maintenance Reports section of the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

Report:RegistrationActivity

Allows user to run the Registration Activity report.

The Registration Activity Report on the Voter Reports > Registration Activity section of the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

Report:RegistrationActivityDetail

Allows user to run the Registration Activity Details report.

The Registration Activity Details Report on the Voter Reports > Verification Reports section of the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

RetrieveImages

Retrieve signature images captured from mail-ballot return envelopes by Pitney Bowes Relia-Vote or another third-party mail-balloting system.

The Retrieve Return Images button on the Vote By Mail tab. Also covers analog buttons for Relia-Vote and Generic Envelope Reader.

ReturnBallots

Allows the recording of the return of mail ballots from voters, including undeliverable ballot packages.

The Return Ballots button on the Vote By Mail tab.

ReturnBallotsEnvelopeReader

Allows user to record the return of mail ballots processed by a third-party mail-balloting system.

The Return Ballots from Envelope Reader button on the Vote By Mail tab.

ReturnBallotsReliaVote

Allows user to record the return of mail ballots processed by Pitney Bowes Relia-Vote.

The Return Ballots from Relia-Vote button on the Vote By Mail tab.

ReturnBallotsVeryOldReturns

Allows user to select a return batch if the batch date is more than 50 days earlier than today's date.

 

ReturnedMail

Allows user to record undeliverable mail.

The Record Undeliverable Mail button on the Voter Registration tab.

ReviewReturnedBallots

Allows user to retrieve records of returned mail ballots, review their disposition—whether accepted or referred—and change the disposition if appropriate.

The Review Returned Ballots button on the Vote By Mail tab.

Show Deleted Voters

Access the records of deleted voters when performing a voter search on the Find a Voter dialog.

The Show Deleted Voters check box on the Find a Voter dialog.

ShowCurrentUsage

Allows user to see who is on the Voter Focus system and what programs they are running.

The Show Current Usage button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

StreetMaintenance

Allows user to create and maintain street records.

The Street Maintenance button on the Streets & Precincts tab.

StreetReports

Allows user to run the street and precinct reports.

The Street & Precinct Reports button on the Streets & Precincts tab and the Street Reports and Precinct Reports sections on the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

StreetUtilities

Allows user to maintain information on Mailing Cities, Counties, and States, and to run the Bulk Street Move program.

The Street Utilities button on the Streets & Precincts tab.

SuspendedApplications

Allows user to access the Suspense Queue.

The Suspense Queue button on the Voter Registration tab.

SystemCodes

Allows user to maintain selected code tables in the Voter Focus database.

The System Codes button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

SystemOptions

Allows user to maintain system options and view options set by VR Systems.

The System Options button on the Voter Focus Admin.

SystemUtilities

Allows user to run all programs on the System Utilities dialog except Change Precinct ID. (For that you need ChangePrecinct permission.)

The System Utilities button on the Voter Focus Admin.

UndeleteVoters

In a voter's record, manually change their voter registration status to Deleted or change a Deleted voter's status to another status.

The status Z(D) Deleted Voter in the list of statuses in the Reason(Status) field on the Maint tab in a voter record.

UnscheduleDocs

Allows user to remove documents from the Notices Queue.

The Unschedule Documents button on the Document Scheduling dialog.

UpdateVotingHistory

Allows user to run the programs on the Update Voting History tab of the Reconcile History dialog

Note  The other tabs on the Reconcile History dialog are controlled separately by the permission ReconcileHistory.

The Update Voting History tab on the Reconcile History dialog (accessed from the Elections tab).

UserPermissions

Maintain users, user types, and permissions granted to user types.

The User Permissions button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

VerifySignatures

Allows user to verify and record a voter's signing of a petition.

The Verify Signatures button on the Petitions tab.

VoteByMailFraudDetection

Allows user to view and manage possibly fraudulent vote-by-mail requests submitted on the county website.

The Vote-by-Mail Fraud Detection button on the Vote By Mail tab.

VoteByMailNotifications

Allows creation of batches of emails and scheduling of notices to mail-ballot voters to help them stay informed about their mail ballot.

The Vote-by-Mail Notifications button on the Vote By Mail tab.

VoteByMailOptions

Allows maintenance of settings for envelope and label printing for mail ballots.

The Vote-by-Mail Options button on the Vote By Mail tab.

VoteByMailReports

Allows user to run the reports related to mail-balloting.

The Vote-by-Mail Reports button on the Vote By Mail tab.

VoteByMailRequests

Allows user to record a voter's request for mail ballots, including all-elections and FPCA requests.

The Vote-by-Mail Request button on the Vote By Mail tab and the New Request, Federal Post Card App, and All Elections buttons on the Vote-by-Mail tab of voter records.

VoteByMailUtilities

Run utilities to:

  • Generate mail-ballot requests for a runoff election.

  • Remove obsolete addresses from the Default Absentee Address fields in voter records.

The Vote-by-Mail Utilities button on the Vote By Mail tab.

VoterCard

Allows user to run the Voter Card program.

The Voter Card button on the Printing tab.

VoterFileStoreAddFiles

Allows addition of a file to a voter record.

The Add File icon on the voter record.

VoterFileStoreDeleteFiles

Allows deletion of a file from a voter record.

The Delete icon on the Add File to Database dialog in the Voter Maintenance program.

VoterFocusReports

Run all reports in the Voter Focus system except where permission for a subset of reports is not granted. For example, if a user type does not have the permission VoteByMailReports, they will not see the Vote-by-Mail Reports section of the reports list.

The Reports button on the Reporting tab.

VoterLabel

Allows user to run the Voter Label program.

The Voter Label button on the Printing tab.

VoterMaintenance

Allows user to run the Voter Maintenance program.

The Voter Maintenance button on the Voter Registration tab.

VoterMaintenance:UndoElectionDay

Allows user to reverse the voter's check-in on an EViD station when election status is Return Processing Only.

The Undo Election Day Checkin button on the Voting History Maintenance dialog.

VotersChangeRegnDate

Allows the user to change a voter's registration date on their voter registration application or record.

The Regn Date field on the application form and Maint tab of the voter record.

VotersEligibilityMaintenance

Allows user to perform eligibility-maintenance tasks on individual voter records.

The button Schedule Notice of Potential Ineligibility on the voter's Eligibility Maintenance tab.

VotersHistoryMaintenance

Allows user to alter a voter's past voting history and record a challenge against a voter, both for a specific election.

Note  For register history entry only, the user should be granted the permissions RegisterHistory and NonRegisterHistory.

On the Elections tab in the voter's record, click on an election listed on the Elections tab and bring up the Voting History Maintenance dialog (for a past election) or the Challenge Voter dialog (for an upcoming election).

VotersMaintainProtectedAddresses

View and make changes to a voter's residential address when the address is protected.

The Edit Address button and the Addr Protect? field on the voter's Maint tab are disabled for users who do not have this permission.

VotersSchedIncompNotice

Allows user processing an application to schedule an incomplete notice and incomplete registration form for an applicant whose status is Incomplete.

On the application dialog of Incomplete applications, the Send Incomp Notice button.

VRDashboard

Allows non-SYSAD users to access VR Dashboard.

SYSAD users do not need this permission. They are automatically granted the ability to see VR Dashboard.

The VR Dashboard icon in the user's system tray.

VRScanner

Allows user to scan documents.

The Scan Documents button on the Voter Registration tab.

VRScheduler

Allows user to start VRScheduler.

The VRScheduler button on the Voter Focus Admin tab.

WebServicesSupport

Allows user to send information from Voter Focus to the county's Web Focus website.

The Export to Website button on the Streets & Precincts tab.