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Deputy Returning Officer & Poll Clerk Guidebook– Ordinary Poll

RETURNING MATERIAL

This section explains how to pack up your materials at the end of the day. You will end up with a Transport Bag containing the official voting documents, ballots etc., and a second Transport Bag with extra supplies and items not needed again.

Tips

  • The CPS Spot Check shows when to call your CPS before doing the next steps. Do not move forward without review from your CPS

How do I organize and return my material?

Before you organize your material, you must have completed the steps for:

How do I complete Statement of the Vote?

  1. Once CPS has reported the results to the office, do the following to Statement of the Vote EC 50100:

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  2. Use Official Seal EC 50180 to seal the rest of the following full and completed items:

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  3. Gather the following items – on a separate table if possible:

    • EC 10002 Record of Ballots
    • EC 50034 Qualification Form — only completed ones
    • EC 50036 Helper Form — only completed ones
    • EC 50052 Transfer Certificate — only completed ones
    • EC 50060 Events Log
    • EC 50090 Tally Sheet — only completed ones
    • EC 50110 Copy of Results for Candidates — only completed ones
    • EC 50420 Envelope: Stubs and Unused Ballots — sealed
    • EC 50430 Envelope: Spoiled Ballots — sealed
    • EC 50440 Envelope: Rejected Ballots — sealed
    • EC 50450 Envelope: Ballots Cast for a Candidate — sealed, one for each candidate
    • EC 50500 Ordinary Poll Bag — make sure it is empty
    • ☐ List of Electors
    • ☐ Plastic bag with counterfoils

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    CPS

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  4. Have CPS check the items, then put them into Ordinary Poll Bag EC 50500.

  5. Peel the strip off the back of Ordinary Poll Bag EC 50500 and close it.

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  6. Set aside the following seals for later:

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  7. Record the Long Ballot Box Seal EC 50200 number on Seal Control Sheet EC 50205.

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  8. Put the following inside Ballot Box EC 50250:

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  9. Seal Ballot Box EC 50250 (using the seals you set aside in step 6).

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  10. Put the following items, previously set aside inside, one Transport Bag EC 50253:

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  11. Throw away the used Floor Marking Strip EC 50163 and any other garbage such as the backing sheet of used seals.

  12. You should now only have unused, spare supplies left on your table. Put them inside a second Transport Bag EC 50253.

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  13. Give both transport bags to CPS who will take them to the office. See the CPS to complete Time sheet for the Election Worker EC 11655 before you leave.

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