Observers - November 3, 2009 General Election

Opportunities

Election activity	Location	Begin dates
Canvass board meetings	KCE	October 15 convenes
Military and overseas ballots mailed	KCE	October 2
Mail ballot insertion	KCE/vendor	September 28 and daily through October 30
Early voting available on accessible voting units	KCE	October 14 – November 2
Incoming ballot sort	KCE	October 19 – November 5*
Signature verification	KCE	October 19 – November 23*
Ballot opening	KCE	October 22 – November 23*
Ballot duplication & adjudication	KCE	October 22 – November 23*
Phone bank	KCE	Beginning October 7
Ballot on request	KCE	October 14 – November 2
Petition checking	KCE	No current petition
Voter registration & mail request data entry	KCE	Ongoing
Provisional ballot processing	KCE	November 9 until completion*
Mail ballot scanning	KCE	October 23 – November 23*
Logic & accuracy test of accessible voting units	KCE	October 13 at 10:00 a.m.*
Logic & accuracy test of mail ballot scanning and tabulation equipment	KCE	October 22 at 10:30 a.m.*
Minority language compliance	KCE	Ongoing

* Paid 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

November 3, 2009 General Election

Opportunities

Guidelines