SECTION 230:35-5-57. Routine for Inspector

  The Inspector follows these routine steps to process voters. Refer to the Election Day Reference and Problem Solver in the Precinct Official Notebook for instructions in non-routine situations.

(1)   Give the voter a ballpoint pen.

(2)   Direct the voter to a vacant voting booth and ask the voter to read the Attention Voter poster in the voting booth.

(3)   Tell the voter that after marking the ballots in the privacy of the voting booth, he should place the voted ballot inside a secrecy folder, if used, and return to the voting device. [26:7-120]

(4)   When the voter returns to the voting device, tell the voter to feed the ballot into the voting device. Either end of the ballot may be fed first and the ballot may face up or down.

(5)   Retrieve the ballpoint pen and secrecy folder, if used, from the voter.

(6)   If the voting device returns a ballot, the voter may be able to resolve the problem himself by following the instructions on the voting device console screen and pressing the appropriate buttons. However, the Inspector should always be prepared to answer questions and to assist the voter if necessary.

(7)   If the voting device console screen displays an error code and a message indicating that the ballot has already been counted, follow the instructions in the Election Day Reference and Problem Solver in the Precinct Official Notebook to resolve the problem.

[Source: Amended at 8 Ok Reg 3635, eff 10-3-91 (emergency); Amended at 9 Ok Reg 2387, eff 7-1-92; Amended at 11 Ok Reg 315, eff 11-1-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 1587, eff 6-1-94; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2427, eff 7-1-99; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2351, eff 7-1-00; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1672, eff 7-15-13; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1417, eff 9-11-16]