AgdaPkt 2015-05-18 Closed and Joint SA and PFA

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7.1.D. - Page 19 during polling place hours of 7am-8pm, but in Davis the drop off box was available only during the Library's regular Tuesday hours, loam to 9pm.28 There was no sign placed at the library to let voters know that they could drop their ballots off one block away if they arrived before 10 am (the original polling place information was located on the sample ballot that each voter received at their registered address) The drop-off boxes were blue mail-type boxes with pull out drawers that dropped the envelope inside. Rolls of `I Voted' stickers were left on top of the drop boxes. The drop boxes were emptied each night by Election Office staff at the Elections office where those ballots were logged into the voter database as `returned.' Polling Place Staffing Each polling place was staffed by four experienced poll workers who had all been inspectors in past elections and were paid as inspectors for the day29 and instructed to work out their own division of labor. Unlike a regular election with one inspector managing a polling place, there was not one person officially in charge, but rather the poll workers were authoritatively equal. One of the four in each polling place had the additionally experience of working as a rover30 in previous elections. Along with the four workers assigned to each polling place, two paid and trained stand-by workers were 28 Note,that although the Library was open until 9 pm,the last chance to put a ballot in the drop off box on Election Day was 8pm. 29 Usually,only one pollworker per polling place is assigned the title `Inspector' and is paid as such. The inspector is responsible for the operations of a polling place. 30 Rovers or Roving Inspectors are supervisors of multiple polling places.The name stems from the fact that they `rove' among their assigned precincts to troubleshoot problems,deliver materials and generally oversee their operations. 13