How to

Clone an Election

You can copy ballot styles, voting precincts, and related information from one election to another in a single operation—a significant timesaver when a new election has characteristics similar to an existing one. Any existing information in the receiving election will be overwritten by the copy operation.

The copied information includes:

• Ballot styles and related information such as the description, next ballot number, and sequence numbers

• Voting districts and precincts

• Ballot-style assignments to precincts

• Polling-place overrides (that is, temporary polling-place assignments for the election)

• Combined precincts

• Number of books per precinct

• Phone Bank descriptions

The copy feature is available only when the election status is Open.

To copy information from one election to another:

1. Ensure that the election you want to receive the copied information is the focused election. If not, click Change Election Status on the Console and select the election.

2. Go to ELECTIONS > Maintain Election Settings > Election Maintenance > Utilities.

3. Click Copy Districts and Style Assignments from another election.

4. On the Select Election to Copy dialog, highlight the election whose information you want to copy and click OK. If ballot-style or district-precinct information exists in the receiving election, you will be asked to confirm you want to overwrite it with the information from the copy election.

5. The message Ballot Styles and Precinct Details copied indicates the copy operation is complete.