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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Sacramento County Grand Jury
• 2017-2018
The Election Process: In Good Hands
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Recommendations 8
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R1Page 101The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors should officially recognize the outstanding job done by the registrar’s office.
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R2Page 101A study on how to improve flow patterns of the election office should be conducted, including site visits to other headquarters locations.
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R3Page 101The process for voter signature verification should be automated. 91 -2018
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R4Page 102Sacramento County should opt into the new election process. Registrar’s staff should visit other states that administer similar programs, such as Colorado and Oregon. Summary of Responses
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R5Page 102Sacramento County CEO agrees with the finding. The CEO and Registrar have acknowledged the election staff for the excellent work they did for the November 2016 Election by holding a recognition luncheon for the staff. Sacramento County has 30 departments, and each department does an outstanding job providing exceptional public services to the residents of Sacramento County.
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R6Page 102The Sacramento County Registrar agrees with the finding. The move in 2003 to the current office allowed for an electronic voting system which did not come to fruition. Under the new Voters Choice Act, the Registrar is moving to a Vote Center model. After the June 2018 election, the Registrar will re-examine the flow pattern of the office. The Registrar visited the Butte and Solano County Election Offices this year and studied their ballot workflow processes. The Registrar will continue to reach out to other election offices.
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R7Page 102The Sacramento County Registrar agrees with the finding. The recommendation has not yet been implemented but will be implemented for the June 2018 election. On July 14, 2017 a Request for Proposal was issued for a new voting system to implement the California Voters Choice Act and an automated signature verification component was included.
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R8Page 102The Sacramento County Registrar agrees with the finding. The implementation of the California Voters Choice Act will be in place for the June 2018 elections. Grand Jury Comments The 2017 – 2018 Grand Jury notes that the required response was submitted in a timely fashion in compliance with Penal or Sections 933 and 933.05. The County Registrar’s Office of Sacramento County continues to move forward on implementing new applications in the election process. New voting procedures are scheduled to be in place for the June 2018 elections. The grand jury notes that the County Registrar’s office has scheduled numerous ‘open houses’ for the public to view the new voting procedures system. After 92