Friday, February 12, 2010

Are You An Election Worker For The March 2nd Primary?

If you are an Election Judge, Alternate Judge, or Clerk for either the Democratic Party Primary or Republican Party Primary it is mandatory by law that you attend an "Election Law" training class. It is also highly recommended that you attend a "Machine Training" class.

Machine Training will give you hands-on experience on the Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) touch screen voting booth equipment and the ePollBook laptop computers being used for this election.
[Note: In addition to the DRE touch screen voting booth equipment used at every polling location, 50 polling locations will use ePollBook laptop computers, in place of the old-style printed paper Poll Book binders, to qualify and sign in voters. The remaining 15 polling locations will use the old-style printed paper Poll Book binders on March 2nd.]

Election Judges should contact each member of your polling place team and make sure they attend one of the schedule election training classes. Election Law and Machine Training dates and times are given below the fold click:

Election Law Training Machine Training
Election Law Training offered by the Collin
County Elections Office This is the preferred
training, as some issues specific to Collin
County are covered in this live class.

Dates and times for these classes:
Thursday, February 18th at 1:00pm
Thursday, February 18th at 6:30pm
Saturday, February 20th at 10:00am.

Location for these classes:
University Drive Courts Facility
Central Jury Room
1800 North Graves Street
McKinney, TX 75069

You must notify your Political Party's
County Elections Administrator to
confirm your training class attendance.
Machine Training Training offered by the
Collin County Elections Office

Dates and times for these classes:
Saturday, February 13th at 2:00pm;
Wednesday, February 17th at 2:00pm;
Friday, February 19th at 9:00am;
Saturday, February 20th at 2:00pm;
Wednesday, February 24th at 2:00pm;
Thursday, February 25th at 2:00pm;
Friday, February 26th at 9:00am.

Location for these classes:
University Drive Courts Facility
Central Jury Room
1800 North Graves Street
McKinney, TX 75069
Online Election Law training available on
the Texas Secretary of State website. This
online Poll Worker Training provided by
the Secretary of State can be accessed at
www.texaspollworkertraining.com.

To participate in the online training, just
register yourself, create a password and
begin the class. This training satisfies the
legal
Election Law training requirement for
election workers. Once you have successfully
completed the course and receive
your online certificate of completion you
must save or print your online certificate of
completion and send a copy to
your
Political Party's County Elections
Administrator
either by mail or e-mail. The
entire course takes about two hours to
complete.

The Democratic Party of Collin County will
also provide Election Law training during the
last week of February, and we will announce
the dates, times, and locations in the coming
days. This training will also cover practical
tips on setting up your polling location for
optimal flow, and we will also try to make the
practical tips available on the party's website
at www.collindems.us.

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