Observers - February 9, 2010 special election

Opportunities

Election activity	Location	Begin dates
Canvass board meetings	KCE	January 22 convenes
Military and overseas ballots mailed	KCE	January 8
Mail ballot insertion	KCE/vendor	January 5 and daily through February 5
Voting available on accessible voting units	KCE	January 20 – February 9
Incoming ballot sort	KCE	January 25 – February 11*
Signature verification	KCE	January 25 – February 23*
Ballot opening	KCE	January 27 – February 23*
Ballot duplication & adjudication	KCE	January 28 – February 23*
Phone bank	KCE	Beginning January 11
Ballot on request	KCE	January 20 – February 8
Petition checking	KCE	No current petition
Voter registration & mail request data entry	KCE	Ongoing
Provisional ballot processing	KCE	February 16 until completion*
Mail ballot scanning	KCE	January 29 – February 23*
Logic & accuracy test of accessible voting units	KCE	January 19 at 10:00 a.m.*
Logic & accuracy test of mail ballot scanning and tabulation equipment	KCE	January 28 at 10:00 a.m.*
Minority language compliance	KCE	Ongoing

* Major political party observers scheduled

Guidelines

Observers play a unique role in the elections process and provide an objective review of the vote counting process.

Your election officials work hand in hand with the King County Republican and Democratic parties to place official party observers at key locations from the time absentee ballots are received to the time the election is certified. The public is welcome to observe this process at our election headquarters in Tukwila.

King County Elections (KCE)
9010 East Marginal Way S. 98108
Tukwila, WA
map and directions

Learn more about observing elections in King County:

Observer and poll watcher guidelines (PDF)
Observer Training Presentation (PDF)
Observer oath (Affidavit of Acknowledgement), in Word or PDF formats.
Issuing a Ballot, quick reference (PDF)

Read the Secretary of State's Guidelines for Observing Elections, in PDF format, in English (308K) or Chinese (3.6 MB). Both are external links.

Observer opportunities and guidelines

February 9, 2010 special election

Opportunities

Guidelines