E jo i g the Mo e t

MAEO Ne slette

Volu e Issue

Ma la d Asso iatio of Ele tio Offi ials

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Ma h,

Past a d future are i the i d o l – I a o . Sri Nisargadatta Ma-haraj

It’s a off-Ele tio ea ; ea i g o P eside tial, o Gu e ato ial. E jo it. Relish it. Sa o e e o e t. This o l o es o e a ea . Befo e ou k o it e’ e a k to t ai i g judges, a s e i g pho e alls, testi g a-hi es, o de i g supplies; I ould go o a d o . But ot ight o . At this o e t, a of us a e taki g ad a tage of that a aila le ti e. Taki g off he eeded, e jo i g the sou d of o - i gi g pho es a d getti g aught

up o all that e issed.

E jo it.

E e the eathe ’s ee i e! Su e e a e o e ed a out the glo al li ate patte s a d the i e ita le o se ue es. But that so t of og iti e

disso a e is a epta le gi e the t iste sto e just ose out of. Thi k of it as the al afte the sto . The da k loud has e o ed a d the su is

shi i g. It’s a sig that e dese e NOT to e s o ed i afte . We e e al ead lo ked ithi the gates of Ele tio a guish. Ma of us did ’t see the light of da si e it as da k he ost of us e t ho e. Ja ua a d Fe u-a as a ti e fo us to eap the f uits of ou la o .

Relish it.

Let the u e t i u e ts fight a o gst the sel es. Su e, so e politi ia s a e al ead pla i g fo . BUT NOT US!! Not o ! We’ll oss that idge he e get to it. But e’ e ot the e et. As fa as I’ o -e ed, e’ e uisi g o the sail ship idi g off i to the su set o the ate u de that idge. Take sola e i

k o i g that e did ou jo ! No od is thi ki g of us a d as a esult o od is atte pti g to o ta t us.

Sa o e e o e t.

No efo e ou sa it, I k o e still ha e Post Ele tio Mai te a e a d othe is ella eous jo duties that eed to e ha dled. But those a e do e at ou o leisu e. You a sta t it he ou’ e ead . The e is o ha d deadli e. I ple e ti g a dilato st ateg at this ti e is ’t the o st thi g i the o ld.

So take a o e t, if ou ha e ’t al ead . F eeze f a e it a d ha g it o ou all. is still i its i fa . is the past a d is the futu e, let’s e jo the o .

Sha Larso , Balti ore Cit

I side This Issue

Closi g the EAC? .....

MAEO We site .....

Lette to the House .....

ETC T ou leshooti g .....

Spe ial Tha ks to E i .....

ETC Mi utes .....

Co ittee Repo ts .....

Neigh o s & Pa t e s .....

Sta da ds Co ittee.....

Ne Di e to i Tal ot .....

Legislati e Co ittee .....

Q.A. MAEO Meeti g .....

A Tale of T o Fa ilities.....

P.G. MAEO Meeti g ...

MAEO Co fe e e ... Best P a ti es...

The MAEO e site http://aeo. et/ o ti ues to

e ol e. The e is o a Up o i g Meeti gs page

that lists all s heduled Boa d a d Co ittee eeti gs. The See o e details li k takes ou to a Google ale da that

displa s the eeti gs a d al-lo s ou to set e i de s.

Closi g of the EAC?

O Fe ua th, the House Co ittee o House Ad i ist atio oted to se d H.R – the Ele -tio Assista e Co issio EAC Ter i atio A t to the full House. This ill ould defu d a d lose the EAC. The EAC as eated i as

pa t of the Help A e i a Vote A t HAVA . The Ele tio Assista e Co issio is the age e-spo si le fo testi g a d e tif i g, th ough a -

edited i depe de t la o ato ies, all ha d a e a d soft a e that o p ises a oti g s ste . The also ai tai the Volu ta Voti g S ste Guideli es, ad i iste fede al fu ds to states to suppo t HAVA e ui e e ts, a d ai tai the Natio al Mail Vote Regist atio Fo e ui ed the Natio al Vote Regist atio A t of

NVRA .

Alo g ith state ide ele tio o ga izatio s i a othe states, the MAEO Boa d de ided to

oi e thei suppo t fo the EAC a d se t a lette opposi g H.R. to G egg Ha pe , Chai a , Co ittee o House Ad i ist atio . A op of the letter is a aila le o the e t page .

MAEO has also ee app oa hed Co o Cause Ma la d, ega di g opposi g H.R. . To date, u e ous i i a d ele tio o ga izatio s f o ju isdi tio s su h as Mai e, Geo gia, Ohio a d Califo ia ha e also opposed H.R. .

Da id Ga eis e tio ed that so e e e s of the o ittee suppo t the EAC. Fo i sta e, H.R.

The EAC Reautho izatio A t of as filed o Fe ua st. It is i te ded to p o ide fu ds to states to ake se u it upg ades to ote egist a-tio lists a d p o esses. Ho e e , this ill has ot et ee oted o the Co ittee.

T i g to p edi t the i pa t of losi g the EAC ould spe ulati e, ut it ould e tai l effe t SBE, a d

i fe e e, the LBEs as ell. The uestio ould the e – Whe e ould the fu tio s of the EAC la d? Would it e the Fede al Ele tio Co is-sio , Ho ela d Se u it , a othe age , o ould the states a d ju isdi tio s e left to eate thei o sta da ds?

Be Fre , So erset Cou t /

Da id Garreis, A e Aru del Cou t

MAEO We site A d the A ual Co fe e e page ill gi e ou e e itt g itt detail ou ould possi l

a t a out Ju e’s ig e e t. Fo uestio s, suggestio s a d su issio s to the site, o -ta t Hassa Asla , the MAEO

e aste . hassa .asla @ a la d.go &

Letter to the House of Represe tati es

February 24, 2017

Re: Oppositio to H.R. , the Ele tio Assista e Co issio Te i atio A t

Dea Chai a Ha pe :

O ehalf of the Ma la d Asso iatio of Ele tio Offi ials, I ite toda to oppose H.R. , hi h ould eli i ate the U.S. Ele tio Assista e Co issio EAC . The EAC p o ides i alua le suppo t a d esou es to ele tio offi-ials atio ide to assist us i e su i g the a u a , i teg it a d a essi ilit of the ele tio s that e a e s o to o du t.

At a ti e he the Depa t e t of Ho ela d Se u it has desig ated ele tio s ste s as pa t of the atio 's iti al i f ast u tu e, e feel that the U ited States Co g ess should ot o side a p oposal to eli i ate the o l fede al age that is i a positio to help se u e the ele tio p o ess as ell as e plai the iad a s that ele tio s a e ad i iste ed i the atio a d se e as a liaiso to ele tio offi ials. Du i g the e e t p eside tial ele tio , hile ele tio offi ials a oss the atio e e e gaged i the task of ad i iste i g the ele tio , the EAC as a le to uti-lize the e pe tise of its pe so el to p o ide a u ate i fo atio to the edia a d ote s to a s e uestio s a out ho ele tio s a e u a d se u ed f o th eats.

I additio to the i po ta t se i es that it p o ides as a i fo atio lea i ghouse, the EAC a edits oti g s s-te test la o ato ies a d e tifies oti g s ste ha d a e a d soft a e. I the de ade si e the EAC issued its fi st set of oti g s ste guideli es, it has p o e itself as a t usted pa t e to ele tio ad i ist ato s a d a ufa tu -e s of ele tio e uip e t i i p o i g the apa ilities, a essi ilit , a d se u it of oti g e uip e t. As o e states upg ade a d ha ge thei oti g s ste s, the o k that the EAC pe fo s to e tif e oti g s ste s ill

e o e o e iti al.

The State of Ma la d e ui es oti g e uip e t to eet fede al e tifi atio e ui e e ts, a d odifi atio s to the soft a e e use a e u e tl ei g e ie ed to i p o e the usa ilit of ou a essi le oti g e uip e t. A a do i g o dis upti g this testi g p og a o ould ha e se ious egati e o se ue es fo Ma la d ta pa -e s a d fo Ma la d ote s, espe iall ote s ith disa ilities ho e ui e the use of a a essi le allot a ki g de i e.

We feel that o is ot the ti e to do a a ith the EAC. We u ge ou to fi d a s to epai a d efo the EAC i o de to eet the e e gi g th eats to ote egist atio s ste s a d oti g s ste s goi g fo a d. We u ge ou to eje t H.R. a d to suppo t the i po ta t o k of the Ele tio Assista e Co issio .

Si e el ,

Da id Ga eis , P eside t

Ma la d Asso iatio of Ele tio Offi ials

The Ele tio Te h olog Co ittee’s Ne Trou leshooti g Guide

Du i g the ost e e t Ele tio Te h olog Co ittee ETC eeti g e dis ussed issues that e e e pe ie ed ith the e ele tio e uip e t. The dis ussio e ealed that so e e uip e t issues

e e state- ide a d othe s o u ed i o e o se e al lo al oa ds of ele tio LBEs . I espo se to the issues ide tified at the eeti g, a t ou leshooti g guide as de eloped usi g a S a tsheet. The Sheet is eas to use a d a aila le to all LBEs. The Sheet is o p ised of the follo i g olu s: the Pie e of E uip e t; the Issue; the Solutio ; a d Co e ts. See the sa ple elo :

We a e e ou agi g all LBEs to a ess the Sheet a d o t i ute a additio al issues. Whe e ie i g the Sheet, please add a e ite u de the app op iate su -headi g if the e a e additio al solutio s o issues ot add essed i the Guide. If ou dis o e a e o i a solutio please ote it i the Co e ts olu so that it a e add essed at the e t ETC eeti g.

Ou goal is to p o ide eas a ess to solutio s fo o o issues ith ele tio e uip e t fo Ea l Voti g a d Ele tio Da . All issues a d solutio s e e etted to e su e that the o k does ot iolate the Lease ith ES&S o the a a t asso iated ith the e uip e t.

If ou ould like a ess to the T ou leshooti g Guide, please o ta t Stepha ie Ta lo at - - o at slta lo @ha fo d ou t d.go . Also, if ou ha e a uestio s a out this Sheet o S a tsheets i ge e al, please do ot hesitate to o ta t Stepha ie at slta lo @ha fo d ou t d.go .

Spe ial Tha ks to Eri Perro e

I the fi st issue, e egle ted to tha k E i Pe o e at SBE fo he assista e ea l o i the pla -i g of the MAEO e slette . As the idea of the e slette as still taki g shape, E i ge e ousl

ga e he ti e i p o idi g i sight i to the steps a d p o esses. B a s e i g a uestio s fo o e ho had e e eated a e slette , she p o ided u e ous lesso s lea ed a d alua le i -sights.

Tha k ou E i !

Mi utes fro the ETC Meeti g

I trodu tio

e e e s i the ETC, Leah Moo e Ha fo d a d B a di U de ood St. Ma ’s . Tha ks to Ke i Gi so a d Ji G oss SBE Ce t al Wa ehouse fo allo i g us to use thei o fe e e

a ea.

Post-Ele tio Mai te a e Pra ti e

EPB Bulk Update

Usi g o file. To p e e t f o usi g o upted files, use the Maste CF a ds f o SBE to eate e a ds to

use du i g PEM. Re eati g e uip e t p o le s du i g Ea l Voti g a d/o Ele tio Da o EPB, BMD a d BSU efo e

se di g out fo se i e. So e LBEs a e pe fo i g PEM hile doi g i e to o e uip e t, oti g ooths a d updati g

s a tsheets. Se di g epai tags out o Ele tio Da to la el da aged oti g ooths.

Write-i Pro ess

Sp eadsheet o ti k a ks, hi h p o ess as easie to use. Was the e a a to speed this p o ess up?

DS

Pape ualit a ha e ee the ause of ja s Ru e k s P o isio al . Se e al o plai ts a out ABS Ru e k a d ha i g to at h up - . Qui ke to use DS i o ju tio ith DS . Bat h Ma age e t:

Foldi g allots opposite di e tio of eases. F e ue t dete tio of dou le allots.

Re o i g outfeed plate o the otto t a to edu e ja i g. P e-p o essi g ABS efo e Ca ass.

Ele tio Da / Earl Voti g

EV o e ti it issues due to hea lag ti e. Clo k s i g a d sea h s ee ot updati g. Not sho i g ABS issued sa e VAC issued fo ote s . Ha i g to edo ha esti g CF a ds e ause p i a ele tio files e e ot o ed. BSU DS atte at % afte o e ight ha gi g it as e o e ded to tu the u it o hile

ha gi g. BMD ha e e e atte ies, ot a p o le . Slo to ha ge o does ot hold ha ge due to age of atte . Is the e a ase of epla i g DS atte ies?

Co ti ued o the Ne t Page

Mi utes fro the ETC Meeti g Co t’d

K o Pro le s

DS f eezi g hile s a i g a allot, a d allot as ou ted. Solutio # : dis o e t atte f o i side ea pa el. Solutio # : lose lid o BSU, ait fo BSU to po e off.

LBE’s, u happ ith the a ou t of k o ledge, ha ds o t ou leshooti g the possess a d hat the a e allo ed to do ith the e uip e t gi e that it’s leased e uip e t.

Dou le allot feedi g issues o DS

Re o e datio s

I ui e o the DS

Stepha ie is eati g a sha a le t ou leshooti g s a tsheet fo all e uip e t et ee ou ties. Google D i e App Te t GBlaster e o e ded Sha

Update the p e i t u e s

Last i ute e i de s fo ele tio judges te t a d/o e ail Add ess e ifi atio VAC – has e t a spa e so ot to ip

Ne t Meeti g Date a d Lo atio

Ma h TBD

Su itted y: Ga i k He d i ks, MAEO Ele tio Te h olog Co ittee Chai

Date: Ja ua ,

MAEO Earl Voti g & Ele tio Judges Co ittee Report

O Ja ua , , the Ea l Voti g a d Ele tio Judges Co -

ittee et. The follo i g ou -ties had ep ese tatio du i g the eeti g: A e A u del, Ha -fo d, Balti o e Cou t , Do hes-te , P i e Geo ge’s a d Wi o i-o. Du i g this eeti g e dis-ussed hi h topi s e a t to o e du i g ou Lesso s

Lea ed, hi h as held o F i-da Ma h , at the A e A u del Cou t Boa d of Ele -tio s. We fu the dis ussed ho

to app oa h ou eakfast ses-sio fo the up o i g MAEO

eeti g. We de ided that e ill ope up to the e e -

ship to get u -i fo topi s that the ould like to dis uss. The Co ittee ill e se di g out the su e soo .

The Co ittee also de ided o so e lo g-te p oje ts. We

ill o k o esta lishi g sta d-a ds fo sele ti g ea l oti g sites a d hope to p o ide a si -gle do u e t that ill i fo

LBEs of the ti eli e fo su is-sio of EV ate ials to SBE a d ide tif the e ui e e ts fo app o al of e ea l oti g sites.

Da ee Ba ks, Co ittee Chair

G eeti gs f o Ka e, Ba , Te esa, She -ie, a d Ta i i Washi gto Cou t !

Ou ou t is a popula desti atio fo atu e a d histo e thusiasts, ith si

state pa ks a d fou atio al pa ks, i -ludi g A tieta Natio al Battlefield a d

the C&O Ca al Natio al Pa k. The Battle of A tieta o Sha ps u g as the s e e of the loodiest si gle da i A e i a histo , ith ea l , asualties. It

as also the attle that ga e A aha Li -ol the i to he eeded to issue the

E a ipatio P o la atio .

I the easte o de of Washi gto Cou t ith F ede i k Cou t is the

ile South Mou tai a ge, hi h o -pletes the o the ost po tio of the Blue Ridge Mou tai s. The Appala hia T ail u s alo g South Mou tai . To the

est is the Alleghe Mou tai a ge, hi h o tai s Sideli g Hill. If ou’ e d i -

e to Allega o Ga ett Cou ties, ou e e e the utout i the top of Side-

li g Hill, displa i g the sedi e ta la e s i the o k. I et ee is the Hage sto Valle , he e the ulk of the populatio of Washi gto Cou t eside. Hage -sto is the ou t seat a d la gest it i the ou t , ith a populatio a ou d

, . But also sp ead th oughout the ou t a e a Mai St eet s all

to s, su h as Boo s o o, Fu ksto , Clea Sp i g, Ha o k, Keed s ille, Sha ps-

u g, S iths u g, a d Willia spo t.

I ele tio e s, Washi gto Cou t topped , egiste ed ote s last

ea . You a also e a a e that the Cit of Hage sto u de e t a e ou t o No e e th

-De e e st. The sepa a-tio of otes et ee the fifth a d fi al

it ou il spot a d the si th spot as otes afte the a se tee a d p o isio al a asses. The fo at as a u-al e ou t of all it pape allots. We had tea s of e ou ti g ea l , allots, i so e ases t i e! Afte

all that, the fi al diffe e e as otes, ut it did ot ha ge the out o e. Tha k ou so u h to all the MAEO e e s ho a e to Hage sto a d helped ith the

e ou t. We ould ’t ha e do e it ithout ou, a d it ade us p oud to see folks f o a ou d the state o e togethe to o k as a tea .

Also, e a e i the p o ess of fi di g a e o solidated ho e fo ou offi e/ a ehouse/ea l oti g e te . It’s all a

ig ste , ut e’ll keep the e e ship i fo ed he pla s o e fo a d. I the ea ti e, if ou isit Washi g-to Cou t o a e d i i g th ough, ake su e to o e isit us at W. Washi gto St eet i Hage sto !

Barr Jackso , Washi gto Cou t

Neigh ors & Part ers: Washi gto Cou t

Sideli g Hill, looki g est i to Allega y Cou ty.

Co ti ued o Ne t Page.

P ese t: Dale E. Li i gsto , Chai – Ha fo d Cou t ; Ci d Wood a d – A e A u del Cou t ; Ch iss Jo es – Quee A e’s Cou t ; A Sulli a – Ha fo d Cou t ; Shekia Ha di g-Be – A e A u del Cou t ; Le i e Austi - Balti o e Cou t ; Roge Stitt – State Boa d of Ele tio s

Wel o e Me e s a d Guests: The e e e o guests p ese t at the eeti g. Wel o e to ou e e e , Roge Stitt f o the State Boa d of Ele tio s.

Old Busi ess: Dale Li i gsto epo ted that Ma Wag e of SBE se t he the State Legislati e Au-dito ’s Audit of the State Boa d of Ele tio s. This do u e t ill help the o ittee gai a little i sight o hat the State Legislati e Audito s a e looki g fo f o SBE, a d ho that a o a ot elate to

hat SBE asks of the LBEs ega di g the C iti al Data Audit.

I Bo /Out Bo : At the i itial eeti g i Ja ua , Ci d Wood a d aised a uestio a out the se u it of se di g the C iti al Data Audit to SBE ia e ail a d hethe it ould ’t e o e se u e to use the LBE’s Out Bo es fo this o u i atio si e the e is so e e se siti e i fo atio i the audit do -u e ts. Dale ill o ta t Ma Wag e a d Ja et S ith a out usi g the Out Bo fo this o u i a-tio .

Ne Busi ess: Mo thl Audit Repo ts – the e as a lot of dis ussio a out a s to help SBE i getti g ti el audit epo ts to the LBEs o e i g fi di gs so that the a ake eeded adjust e ts to thei t ai i g, o p o esses a d p o edu es hi h ill help the assu e thei ote egist atio e o ds a e

o e a u ate. The ge e al o se sus of the g oup as that e ould like ti el o thl epo ts of ou fi di gs, if a , so that e a ake the adjust e ts e essa a d ot ha e epeated istakes i ou ote e o ds.

Ma suggestio s e e ade to help itigate epeated fi di gs, fo e a ple A Sulli a suggested usi g S a tSheets to epo t fi di gs so e e o e a get thei audit epo t i ediatel . A a d Dale

ill o k o this p oje t a d ha e a d aft fo the e t eeti g. Ch iss Jo es is goi g to look at the Au-dit p o ess i ge e al a d i estigate othe a s to get the i fo atio SBE eeds to satisf the e-

ui e e ts of the State Legislati e Audito s. Ci d a d Shekia ill also look at a s fo SBE to p o ide ti el audit epo ts to the LBEs. It as also e uested that the LBEs e ei e otifi atio of a No Fi d-i gs epo t fo a gi e o th.

The e as a dis ussio a out the deadli es fo the C iti al Data Audit a d he SBE e ei es e tai i fo atio that the LBEs eed to pe fo the Audit. Roge said that the e is a date e tai fo the AOC list, fo e a ple, a d this is e ei ed SBE o the sa e da e e o th. That is ot t ue, ho -e e , fo the DHMH list. The g oup elie es that these lists should e ti el a d that SBE should ha e a deadli e of he the se d the i fo atio . It eates a futile situatio he a LBEs’ iti al data p o-

MAEO Sta dards Co ittee Meeti g Mi utes - Fe ruar ,

esso is o a atio a d a list o es out – fo e a ple hat happe ed ith the DHMH list hi h a e ight efo e Ch ist as. This eates a o- i situatio fo the LBEs, as the ill al a s ha e a fi di g

o a audit he this o u s.

The o ittee elie es that the Audit should e a e ha is to assist the LBEs e o e o e effi ie t a d a u ate ith thei ote data, athe tha a pu iti e easu e ithout a oppo tu it to i p o e. We ould also suggest that the LBEs e gi e a usi ess da i do fo p o essi g of the AOC a d DHMH lists i stead of a -da i do , hi h is p ese tl gi e . I MDVOTERS Messagi g it ould help to ha e a due date i the essage he the lists a e loaded, fo e a ple: Please p o ess the DHMH files u de the DHMH I te fa e. This p o ess ust e o pleted the lose of usi ess o Date .

A othe topi that a e up as a out a C i i al A se tee P og a si ila to the Nu si g Ho e P o-g a . Ci d Wood a d asked Roge if this ight e a e ui e e t i the futu e. Roge said he did ot k o of a thi g o the ho izo , a d that people ho a e i a e ated, othe tha Felo s of ou se, u e tl ha e a oppo tu it to e uest a A se tee Ballot.

The eeti g e ded at : AM. The e t eeti g of the Sta da ds Co ittee is s heduled fo Ma h , at : AM at the A e A u del Boa d of Ele tio s.

Respe tfull ,

Dale E. Li i gsto , Chair

MAEO Sta dards Co ittee Meeti g Mi utes Co t’d

Je i Cook ill e lea i g us i Wi o i o to e o e the Tal ot Cou t Ele tio Di e to , egi -

i g Ma h . Je i has ea s of state se i e, i ludi g

ea s ith the Wi o i o Boa d of Ele tio s as ou Ele tio Judge Coo di ato .

She also has ea s’ e pe i-e e as a Chief Judge. He

othe as also a Ele tio

FROM THE LOWER SHORE TO THE MID-SHORE

Judge fo o e ea s, so it u s i the fa il !

O e of Je i’s goals fo he e offi e is to o k effe ti el

ith the Tal ot Cou t Boa d of Ele tio s as ell as othe Tal ot Cou t offi ials i ak-i g the est ele tio s possi le fo the ote s of Tal ot Cou t . She also a ts to o ti ue to

e a ti e i eeti gs a d o -

ittees to gai k o ledge a d i sight o ho to o du t a su -essful ele tio . Fi all , she

looks fo a d to getti g to k o the ele tio judges i Tal ot Cou t to eate the sa e o -ade ies that she u e tl has i

Wi o i o.

We ish he the est of lu k i !

A tho Gutierrez, Wico ico Co.

I e ie ills as the a e i t odu ed, a d ake a p eli i a de isio o hethe to suppo t/oppose/ o positio . Those that e it suppo t te d to e ills I thi k ill i p o e the ele tio p o ess, like HB

. Those e oppose a e eithe ostl a d/o u de so e, like SB . I the take those de isio s to all ou ties di e to s a d deputies ith suggestio s. Ea h ou t has o e ote, so e a ote o a positio . If the feed a k I get ag ees ith e, o I get o feed a k, that e o es MAEO’s positio . If the ajo it has a diffe e t positio , that the e o es MAEO’s positio . MAEO has a lo g-sta di g poli to take o positio o ills that elate to a paig fi a e o a e o stitutio al a e d e ts si e those a e up to the ote s . I p o ide itte testi o o the ills e do take positio s o , a d

testif efo e the House a d Se ate o ittees i A apolis. If I a ot appea , I ask othe s if the a take the ti e to testif o MAEO’s ehalf. I also eet ith i di idual legislato s to outli e ou suppo t/oppositio o a ious ills, o to suggest a e d e ts to the legislatio . SBE is also e helpful i keepi g e i fo ed of the p og ess o a ious ills, si e I a ot e i A apolis full ti e, a d i putti g togethe fis al otes o a ious legislatio .

Stuart Har e , Chair

MAEO Legislati e Co ittee

Legislati e Co ittee

SUPPORT

HB – lo e s the age of ele tio judges to . Has passed the House.

HB – a ious ha ges e uested the State Boa d. Has passed the House. HB /SB – e ui es the State Boa d li e st ea a d a hi e thei eeti gs. I Se ate, Chai a ts Se ato Kaga a d the Ad i ist ato to o k togethe a d o e up a solutio o ide-o/audio of the oa d eeti gs. The Chai p efe s

o legislatio . The ill as held. HB – t o s a e s i Balti o e Cou t poll-i g pla es. Not assig ed fo a hea i g as et. HB – o e ts the p o le ith p o idi g p oof of add ess ha ges at ea l oti g. Co -

ittee hea i g / at p. . SB – t o s a e s i P i e Geo ge’s Cou t polli g pla es. a e d e t Se . Pete s to

ake it a optio fo ou ties that a t o e ut ith a - split i the ost A e ded to i lude

a optio fo all ou ties, / split, the optio ust e e e ised o ths efo e the ele tio

u less good ause, a d e ui es a i depe de t auto ated audit of the allot i ages. Also ha ged the effe ti e date to Jul , .

OPPOSE

SB - ould allo pa t ha ges fo u affiliated ote s at ea l oti g. Withd a spo so .

SB – ould e ui e ea l oti g a d a se tee allot etu s e epo ted p e i t. Still i o ittee.

NO POSITION

HB /SB – allo s sa e da egist atio o Ele tio Da . Co stitutio al a e d e t fo the

allot. Mo i g th ough the Se ate. HB – akes ha ges e uested the State Boa d fo thi d pa ties a d i depe de t a di-dates. Has passed the House. HB /SB – alte s the ti e fo egi i g posti g a paig sig s at the polls f o p. . to

p. . Has passed the Se ate a d o i g th ough the House. HB /SB – auto ati ote egist atio at

a ious age ies. Still i o ittee i oth hous-es. SB – ha ges the ite ia fo polli g pla es o ollege a puses. Still i o ittee.

SB – ele tio s ail. Majo e isio s to the ill e pe ted the spo so . Still i o ittee.

SB – ele tio o se e s at polli g pla es – ith-d a spo so .

Roll all of i -pe so a d pho e atte dees as o du ted, Mi utes f o p e ious eeti gs e e ap-p o ed, T easu e ’s Repo t as app o ed.

The eeti g featu ed a guest speake , Ca e o Sas ett, the Ge e al Regist a of the Fai fa Cou t , VA ele tio offi e. He spoke i g eat detail a out p e-p o essi g of A se tee allots p io to Ele tio Da . This is a sta da d p a ti e i Fai fa Cou t a d allo ed ele tio offi ials to s a , + a se tee al-lots o Ele tio Da . Ca e o laid out the diffe e es et ee Ma la d a d Fai fa Cou t i the e-

ui e e ts a d ha dli g of A se tee allots. The a e allo ed to ope , sta k a d se u el sto e the al-lots ahead of the ele tio . As the allots a e flatte ed a d eases lesse ed, this helps edu e the i i-de e of allots ja i g i thei DS s. Ca e o fielded a uestio s f o eeti g atte dees – the e as uite a it of i te est i the p o esses a d i pli atio s of p e-p o essi g of allots. It as also

ade lea that a ha ges to these p o esses i Ma la d ould e ui e legislati e a tio .

The e e e ief p ese tatio s f o a u e of o ittee hai s. A stead Jo es updated the eeti g o o k of the Edu atio al G a ts/Co ti ui g Edu atio Co ittee. Da ee Ba ks spoke of he

Ea l Voti g & Ele tio Judges Co ittee up o i g eeti g at the e d of the o th. Ke i Kee e p e-se ted o k that the Pe so el Co ittee as doi g ega di g e lassifi atio s of ele tio positio s - S l ia B o at SBE is o oa d ut DBM is eje ti g the e lassifi atio s. Dale Li i gsto a d the Sta d-a ds Co ittee ill e o ki g ith Jessi a White of the Vote Regist atio Co ittee to add ess issues

ith C iti al Audits. The o ittees a e o ki g ith Ma Wag e at SBE to p odu e a C iti al Audit a ual. Stua t Ha e of the Legislati e Co ittee ga e a p e ie of the just- egu Ge e al Asse l

sessio .

B itta i Tho as p ese ted a tho ough tou of the MAEO Co fe e e pla i g o k. She dist i uted a d aft age da, i ludi g ge e al a d eakout sessio s, a d p oposed speake s. She also dis ussed e us, so ial a ti ities, a d egist atio a d a o odatio osts. The e as so e dis ussio as to the fees a d osts of the speake s. B itta i ade lea that all osts ould e o e ed ith ade uate o fe e e eg-

ist atio a d atte da e. It as de ided that B itta i ould do fu the esea h a d p o ide o e details at a spe ial eeti g a eek he e.

Al sou p oposed d afti g a lette to e se t to SBE o ehalf of MAEO, add essi g the possi ilit of pe -fo i g a ual audits o Ele tio Da Audits. She elie ed that the poi t eeded to e ade, f o a ju isdi tio al pe spe ti e, that e ui i g su h a audit at a ti e just afte Ele tio Da ould ot e

ise he taki g i to a ou t the iad othe tasks ei g pe fo ed at the sa e ti e.

Afte a ief dis ussio , the eeti g as the adjou ed.

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At the Supple e tal eeti g o / , fu the details of the speake osts e e p ese ted. B itta i ade the ase fo the ele a of the p oposed speake s a d thei topi s. The goal as to e su e o -

pelli g easo s fo the oad, state- ide atte da e of MAEO e e s, i ludi g lo al Boa d e e s a d atto e s. Afte fu the dis ussio , the age da as app o ed as p ese ted.

MAEO Meeti g – / / – Quee A e’s Cou t LBE

. iles is the dista e et ee ou a ehouse lo ated o F a k-li to Rd, hi h sto es all of ou oti g e uip e t alo g ith othe supplies, a d the ai offi e do to o Fa ette St. I the g a d s he e of thi gs, the dista e a ot see too dau ti g he eedi g to d i e to eithe lo atio . Ho e e , o -side that hat lies et ee poi t A & poi t B is a e dless st ea of e e olli g t affi , e e e di g oad o k a d da ede il pedest ia s. It e o es o e of a da i g e tu e tha a si ple t ip. We ight as ell e d i i g th ough Death Valle Natio al Pa k.

Su h a a a ge e t a e ha a te ized as the est of ti es

a d the ot so est of ti es.

The good or est : Ea h side holds do the fo t. The a e-house staff ai tai s the e uip-

e t, ha dles deli e ies of sup-plies, p o ides te h i al suppo t a d keeps the pla e i o de . The offi e staff takes a e of ote egist atio , usto e suppo t,

the edia, et . A pape o k that eeds to go f o the a e-house to do to o i e e sa is do e th ough fa . I a o -

Ele tio ea , the e is ’t u h eed to t a el a k a d fo th.

The ot so est: If so eo e f o

Balti ore Cit : A Tale of T o Fa ilities

the offi e has a o pute issue, the ’ll all the Ma o ’s Offi e of I fo atio Te h olog MOIT

hi h is a lot lose tha thei a ehouse o- o ke s o the

othe side of to . Ha i g to load e uip e t i to the a a d take it f o the a ehouse to the offi e a d a k a also e hal-le gi g, espe iall i tough

eathe o ditio s.

The Ele tio : This ti e pe iod e ui es o sta t t ips a k a d

fo th. Whethe it’s L&A at the a ehouse he e e keep ou

Ce tified Net o k, o uploadi g esults at the offi e he e e

ha e ou Ele tio Night Repo ti g Net o k. Whethe e’ e loadi g hai s, ta les a d t affi o es to

take do to fo judges, a -asses a d edia, espe ti el ,

o se di g offi e staff to the a ehouse to pa k allots; it is a u de e ould u h athe do ithout if e had the hoi e.

Judges t ai i g takes pla e at othe fa ilities su h as Mo ga State U i e sit , U i . of Balti-

o e a d a lo al high s hool uildi g. E uip e t is loaded

a d deli e ed the a ehouse e . Whe t ai e s u lo o a uals o othe supplies; o e

all a d e’ e loadi g up the a a d/o t aile a d hitti g the oad.

We ha e ple t o e halle ges that e fa e ith ha i g t o fa-ilities, too a to e detailed

he e.

The solutio ? Lo ate a fa ilit that a o k as oth ou ai offi e a d a ehouse as ell as o du t judges t ai i g.

The halle ge? Fi di g the ideal uildi g i the ideal lo atio . Not

so eas a task i a it he e a lot of a a t uildi gs a e old a d

ot up to sta da d a d a e l e o ated uildi gs a e al ead e ted out to othe suito s.

This is ou goal, ho e e . We hope so eti e i the ea futu e this goal ill e attai a le. The st ess of a Ele tio is e ough,

ut to edu e that st ess . iles ould e the ulti ate

a hie e e t.

Sha Larso , Balti ore Cit

Our offi e o Fayette St.

Our arehouse o Fra kli -to Rd

MAEO ill d aft a lette ega di g the p oposed eli i atio of the Ele tio Assista e Co issio EAC . It ill e se t to the o g essio al o ittee espo si le fo the p oposal. The lette ill add ess EAC’s

iti al ole i ote egist atio sta da ds a d oti g s ste e tifi atio s A separate, ore i -depth ar-ticle regardi g this issue appears else here i this e sletter .

Co ittee hai pe so s p ese ted thei epo ts:

Ea l Voti g/ Ele tio Judges Co ittee – Da ee Ba ks stated that a su e ould soo e dist i uted ega di g thei Co ittee eakout sessio at the Co fe e e.

Pe so el Co ittee – Ke i Kee e – The o ittee dis ussed lassif i g e plo ees ge e al e pha-sis of o k i.e. Ele tio Te h/IT, Vote Regist atio , et . . The et ith DBM to dis uss these lassifi a-tio s. The o ittee ill seek to o pa e Ma la d’s pe so el st u tu e ith othe states a d ju isdi -tio s. The o ittee a ake a p ese tatio at MAEO.

Ruie La oie ill e o du ti g a A a ds Co ittee eeti g o / .

Jessi a White ill e o du ti g a Vote Regist atio Co ittee eeti g o / , as ell.

Stua t Ha e ga e a e te si e Legislati e Co ittee epo t. Stua t’s epo ti g a d su a a e fou d else he e i this e slette .

Sta da ds Co ittee – Dale Li i gsto spoke of a u e of issues dis ussed at the e e t Sta da ds Co ittee eeti g. He epo t is i luded i this e slette .

Co fe e e Pla i g – B itta i Tho as ga e a sho t p ese tatio , oti g that oo egist atio s e e uite a ti e, a d that o fe e e egist atio s e e o i g ahead. She dis ussed o fe e e staffi g.

B itta i also epo ted that she had o it e ts f o e do s, ith o e to o e.

Al sou M Laughli o ple e ted Natasha Walke o he p ese tatio to the Te h i al Guideli es De-elop e t Co ittee of the Natio al I stitute of Sta da ds a d Te h olog . The p ese tatio topi as

Post-ele tio Audits, o e i g oth the pilot audits do e afte the P i a a d the Clea Ballot audits do e afte the Ge e al.

MAEO Meeti g – / / – Pri e George’s Cou t LBE

Cou tdo to the Co fere e

Co fe e e Pla e : B itta i Tho as

Dates: Ju e - , Hotel: Cla io Reso t

Pho e: - -

ALL ese atio s ust e ade e-

fo e Ma , .

Co fere e The e: MAEO: Dri e to Su eed

Add ess: Coastal H

O ea Cit , MD

Go to http://aeo. et/a ual-

o fere e/ for the full o fere e age -da, e us, hotel i for-

atio a d registra-tio for s .

Co tri utors

Da id Ga eis – A e A u del Cou t Sha La so – Balti o e Cit Ga i k He d i ks – Cal e t Cou t Stua t Ha e – F ede i k Cou t Dale Li i gsto – Ha fo d Cou t Al sou M Laughli – Mo tgo e Cou t B itta i Tho as—Quee A e’s Cou t

Da ee Ba ks – P i e Geo ge’s Cou t Be F e – So e set Cou t Ba Ja kso – Washi gto Cou t A tho Gutie ez – Wi o i o Cou t

Assisted

Ruie La oie – Balti o e Cou t Paula Pas hall – SBE

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