Gran Jurado del Condado de Tuolumne
2008-2009
Hallazgos & Recomendaciones
5 hallazgos
F1:
The Grand Jury found that many volunteers worked long days, often without breaks, and must generally supply their own food and drink.
F2:
Each polling place had experienced staff to resolve issues and train new volunteers. Some polling places had the benefit of enthusiastic high school students who seemed eager to learn the voting process and help where needed.
F3:
The county has an adequate number of polling places; however, some located in more rural settings may have less accessibility, particularly in inclement weather.
F4:
Signage to polling places is not easily visible to cars driving by.
F5:
Vote by mail* and provisional ballots were not secured in some locations, but placed out in the open in loose stacks or in cardboard boxes.
Recomendaciones adicionales
5
No vinculadas a hallazgos específicos.
R1:
As directed by the Board of Supervisors, the CAO should create a Code of Ethics document which should provide a specific section for the Board of Supervisors. The CAO should also adopt a Code of Conduct/Ethics for all county employees.
R2:
CAO should create a schedule of milestones to ensure meeting the 2009 deadline.
R3:
Continue to use existing ethics material and mandatory training until a new document is completed. Consider a schedule of refresher courses, on some periodic basis, for those departments who have significant customer interfaces.
R4:
Signage to polling locations should be improved, especially in more rural locations.
R5:
Increase the number of containers as needed for vote by mail and provisional ballots and the training to use them. ELECTION DAY OBSERVATIONS Tuolumne County General/Presidential Election *VOTE-BY-MAIL (formerly named “absentee ballot”) In order to be counted, an elections official in your county of residence must receive your ballot no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day. Elections Code §§ 3020, 14212 You can mail your ballot or bring it to the elections office or to any worker at a polling place within your county of residence. Ballots received after the polls close on Election Day cannot be counted regardless of postmarks. Elections Code § 3017 If you are unable to surrender your vote-by-mail ballot, you may still cast a “provisional” ballot at your polling place which will not be counted until the county elections official can determine that you have not also voted a vote-by-mail ballot. Elections Code § 3016 and § 14310 A substantial number of additional vote-by-mail ballots are returned on Election Day either to the polling place or to the elections office. These ballots, because they require the extra handling of checking the voter’s signature, and ensuring that the voter did not also vote at the polling place, are usually the last ballots counted, and are not likely to be reported in the vote totals until after the Election Day. Elections Code §§ 3017, 3019 8 TTTOOO BBBEEE OOORRR NNNOOOTTT TTTOOO BBBEEE……… IIInnnvvveeessstttiiigggaaatttiiiooonnn ooofff EEEttthhhiiicccsss RRReeefffooorrrmmm