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   Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 09:48:55 JST Jonathan Kamens

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   Provisional ballots are issued if:
   * Voter claims the right to vote but they're not on the voter list.
   * Voter is listed on the voting list as being required to show ID (first time voter) and they don't have ID.
   * Voter list says they already voted.
   Provisional ballots are _not_ counted, they are kept separate and counted later by the elections department if they decide it's appropriate to do so.
   Provisional ballots also aren't secret, for this reason.
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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 09:48:56 JST Jonathan Kamens

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     Other reasons why someone's ballot could be challenged:
     * Person challenging them claims they already voted.
     * Person challenging them claims they don't live where they're registered.
     * Person challenging them claims they aren't who they say they are.
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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 09:48:57 JST Jonathan Kamens

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     If a voter is marked inactive in the poll-book, they have to show ID to vote. If they can't show ID, the clerk or warden is required to "challenge" the voter's ballot, but they're still allowed to vote.
     Challenged votes _are_ counted by the tabulator, but they have "challenged" written on them with additional information so they can be uncounted later if that's found to be necessary.
     Yes, that means challenged votes are not entirely secret!
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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 09:48:58 JST Jonathan Kamens

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     If someone shows up who thinks they should be listed as a registered voter but they aren't in the book, we _must_ call the elections department and ask what to do. We should be prepared to provide the name and date of birth of the voter when we call. They will tell us what to do.
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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 09:48:59 JST Jonathan Kamens

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     The ballot in Boston for this election is two sheets of paper because of all the ballot questions (depending on precinct, there are 5 or 6 questions). We need to remember to give every voter both sheets.
     The voter can feed the sheets into the tabulator in any order and direction; it's smart enough to figure it out.
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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 09:49:00 JST Jonathan Kamens

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     Polls open at 7am. If your polling location is unlocked too late (e.g., the custodian shows up late) to do all the prep before 7am (doesn't happen often), your highest priority should be making sure you are ready to accept ballots at 7am. If the tabulator isn't ready to scan ballots by 7am, they go in the hand-count slot and then removed from there and fed into the machine when it is ready.
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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 09:49:01 JST Jonathan Kamens

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     The "standard" ballot is English and Spanish. Some precincts also receive Chinese and/or Vietnamese ballots.
     I believe our precinct gets a few Chinese ballots but no Vietnamese. They end up not being used for most elections, but I suspect some of them will be used in the November election, given how many people are expected to show up.
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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 09:49:03 JST Jonathan Kamens

     Poll-workers are responsible for ensuring accessibility. That means accessible entrances, all paths at least 36 inches wide, one set of signs low enough that it can be read easily by people in wheelchairs.
     If the accessible entrance needs to be locked for security reasons then it needs to be staffed by a poll-worker.
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