How to

Reinstate a Referred Mail Ballot

This topic explains how to record the reinstatement by the canvassing board of a referred mail ballot.

To reinstate a referred mail ballot:

1. Go to VOTER REGISTRATION > Voter Maintenance and access the voter's record.

2. Click the Vote-by-Mail tab and highlight the vote-by-mail request for the election.

3. Click Mail-Ballot Adjustments to bring up the Mail-Ballot Adjustments dialog.

The dialog will indicate when the ballot was return-processed and the reason for the referral.

4. Click Canvassing Board Reinstatement to remove the referral and allow the ballot to be recorded as tabulated. Click OK on the confirmation dialog. The Mail-Ballot Adjustments dialog now shows the ballot as returned without error.

Any notices (such as an absentee-referral letter or signature-affidavit notice) that were scheduled when the ballot was referred are unscheduled automatically by the reinstatement.