Last Update: March 04, 2014

User Permissions Affecting Early Voting Activities

The functions related to early voting can be configured to reveal features to some users and hide them from others. This is done by granting/withholding permissions to user types in VOTER FOCUS ADMIN > User Permissions. (See How to Enable/Disable Features in Voter Focus for instructions.)

Permission Name

Secured Feature

User Interface Elements Shown/Hidden

CallTrack

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.

CallTrack:EarlyVoteCenters

View and create calls for early voting sites.

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

CallTrack:DeleteCall

Delete a call.

The Delete Call button on the Calls tab.

CallTrackAdmin

Grant this permission to users who need to maintain equipment lists and CallTrack departments and categories.

The Set Up CallTrack program on the Elections tab.

ChangeElectionFocus

Change the focused election in which the user is working. If the user does not have this permission, their focused election will be the default election.

The Change Election Focus button on the VR Systems Console.

Counter

Run the Counter application.

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

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.

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.

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.

PhoneBank

Run the Phone Bank program.

The Phone Bank button on the Elections tab.

Places:EarlyVotingSites

Access information on early voting sites.

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

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

Places:Maintenance

In the Places 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 one or more of these permissions:

Places:EarlyVotingSites

Places:ElectionCenters

Places:PollingPlaces

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

PlacesFileStoreAddFiles

Add a file to a place record.

The Add File icon on the place record.

PlacesFileStoreDeleteFiles

Delete a file associated with a place record.

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

PlacesReports

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.

ProvisionalBallotEntry

Record a voter's provisional ballot in an election.

The Record Provisional Ballot button on the Elections tab.