Collecting Polling Place Results
Nov. 7, 2006, California General Election

Print out the form below and use it to record information from the closing of the polls at a polling place.

The California Elections Code in sections 19370, 19380, and 19384 requires the results from each machine at the polling place to be posted for the public to see, e.g. EC 19370 states:

One copy of the statement of return of votes cast for each machine shall be posted upon the outside wall of the precinct for all to see.
This applies to any voting machine or optical scanners which accumulates totals; i.e. almost all the voting machines and scanners used in California.

One cross-check for election integrity is to copy this information and later compare it to to the published results from the canvass.

If possible, arrive before 8:00 p.m. and watch the precinct workers close the polls and watch them print the results from the voting machines (this is public according to EC 19370 and 19380).

If the precinct officers are not going to post the results (violating the Elections Code), see if you can copy the results anyway, e.g. by the precinct board members reading them out loud (as in section 19370 of the Elections Code) or by copying them from a display on a screen.

Also, if you can see the problem/exception log, copy down any interesting information from it, e.g. if the vendor or County staff had to fix a machine, etc.

If you arrive after the polls are closed, just copy the results posted outside the precinct. Keep the copy you have made, make sure to time and date it, and also submit the information at:

http://election-reform.org/monitor/close_of_polls.html

Even if the results are not posted, submit this form anyway. We want to know how well the California Elections Code is being followed.

Precinct Number:
Location (Address, City):
Date and time data copied:
Number of voters signing roster:
Did you watch the closing of the polls? Yes
No

Fill in as many columns as there are machine in the precinct:

  Machine 1 Machine 2 Machine 3 Machine 4 Machine 5 Machine 6
Machine Serial Number:
Were the results posted
outside the polling place?		 Yes
No		 Yes
No		 Yes
No		 Yes
No		 Yes
No		 Yes
No
Other info
at top of tape:
Governor:
Angelides (Dem):
Camejo (Green):
Jordan (P & F):
Noonan (Amer. Ind.):
Olivier (Libertarian):
Schwarzenegger (Rep):
Write-ins:
Secretary of State:
Akin (P & F)
Bowen (Democratic)
Hill (Green)
Lightfoot (Libertarian)
McMillion (Amer. Ind.)
McPherson (Republican)
Write-ins:
Congress (House of Reps):
Democrat
Republican
3rd party, if present
Write-ins:
Prop 89: Clean Money
Yes:
No:

Put Additional Information Here

Monitor Information:
Name:
Email:
City:
Phone/Cell Phone:

For more information, contact Jerry Berkman, 1-510-547-0985, jerry at berkeley dot edu.