Last Update: October 27, 2015

User Permissions Affecting Voter Registration Functions

The functions related to voter registration 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

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

Run the Application Forms program.

The Application Forms button on the Voter Registration tab.

Communications:Delete

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

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

Correspondence from Voter

Record correspondence and other contact from voters.

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

IndexImages

Index scanned images to voter records.

The Index Images button on the Voter Registration tab.

MatchQueue

Access the Eligibility Maintenance Queue.

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

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.

Public

Run the Public program.

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.

QualityAssurance

Access the Quality Assurance (QA) Queue.

The Quality Assurance Queue button on the Voter Registration tab.

RegistrationReports

Run reports related to voter registration.

The Registration Reports section on the Voter Focus Reports dialog.

ReturnedMail

Record undeliverable mail.

The Record Undeliverable Mail button on the Voter Registration tab.

Show Deleted Voters

Access the records of deleted voters when performing a voter search.

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

SuspendedApplications

Access the Suspense Queue.

The Suspense Queue button on the Voter Registration tab.

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 Reason(Status) field on the Maintenance tab in a voter record.

VoterFileStoreAddFiles

Add a file to a voter record.

The Add File icon on the voter record.

VoterFileStoreDeleteFiles

Delete a file from a voter record.

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

VoterMaintenance

Run the Voter Maintenance program.

The Voter Maintenance button on the Voter Registration tab.

VoterMaintenance:UndoElectionDay

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

Change a voter's registration date in their record or application.

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

VotersEligibilityMaintenance

Perform eligibility-maintenance tasks on individual voter records.

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

VotersHistoryMaintenance

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 on the voter's Maint tab is disabled for users who do not have this permission.

VotersSchedIncompNotice

Allows the 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.

VRScanner

Allows user to scan documents.

The Scan Documents button on the Voter Registration tab.