Last Updated: 12/12/2023
Activate Voters Who Will Be 18 on Election Day
Automatic Daily Run
The Activate 18 Year Olds program runs automatically on a daily basis. You can also run the program manually, if the need arises. Whether the programs runs automatically or manually, the program:
- Identifies voters with the Pre-registered status and
- Daily automatic run—Are 18 on the current date (the date the automatic program runs).
- Manual run—Are or will be 18 on the date entered when running the program.
For each voter who is or will be
- Changes the Pre-registered voter status to Active status.
- Schedules a Voter ID Card (and labels, provided the option County Uses Voter Labels is set in VOTER FOCUS ADMIN > System Options).
- Schedules the Welcome Letter for 18 Year Olds notice.
- Removes the Seventeen Yr Old Welcome notice, when applicable.
- Removes the ID requirement for MARG voters who are 65 by the current or specified date.
Note:
These new voters do not have to be activated to be included in
precinct registers. If they are 18 by election day and otherwise
eligible, their name will be in the register, regardless of whether they
were activated.
Users must have the permission ActivatePreReg to run the program
To
The program runs automatically without any intervention on your part; however, if you need to run it manually:
- Go to REPORTING > Reports > Voter Reports > Registration Activity > Activate 18 Year Olds report.
- In the Date Activated field, do one of the following:
- Enter the date by which voters must turn 18 in order to be activated.
- If you are running this program in preparation for book closing, enter the date of the election.
Voters who will be 18 on or before the date entered will be included in the report that is generated.
- Click OK. Voter Focus displays a report with the voters who need to be activated for the election.
- Examine the report to verify its accuracy and resolve any discrepancies.
- When you have a clean report, click Update to activate those voters.
