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Now that you’ve voted — are you curious how voting happens in the South Caucasus?

Bonnie E. Glaser — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:41:48 +0000

Polling places staffed by 9 workers who attended up to a week of training; tables with tablecloths and flowers; counting the votes at the polling place. It couldn’t be more different than voting in the U.S.

Join us Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 132 South Addition, Boalt Hall, for an eyewitness account of the July 2012 Election in Nagorno Karabakh (in the South Caucasus) as well as a discussion of the Election by representatives of Armenia/Nagorno Karabakh. (More here: PDF)

Event:

Elections, Democracy Building and Civil Society in a Peri-Conflict Region: The 2012 Presidential Election in Nagorno Karabakh Republic

Co-sponsored by Berkeley Law’s ... More >

Voting at your polling place: Answers to some common questions

Bonnie E. Glaser — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:39:05 +0000

Registration and voting in California is by county. You must cast your vote in the county in which you are registered. The last day to register (or re-register if you moved, changed your name, etc) was October 22, 2012. For the first time Californians could register online up until midnight on the 22nd.

1. To check your registration, first go this page on the Secretary of State’s website: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/registration-status/ which lists how to contact your county to find out if you are registered. In many cases you can do this online, and in others there is a phone number to call.

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Ballot errors, ballots in the mail, voter inquiries, voting machine preparations, polling place locations, and poll workers

Bonnie E. Glaser — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:13:47 +0000

Ballot errors, ballots in the mail, voter inquiries, voting machine preparations, polling place locations, and poll workers. In the weeks before the Election, these are some of the concerns of local election officials all over the country, and particularly in California. At the Election Administration Research Center we follow the activities of the counties’ Registrars of Voters who are working long hours to put on a successful election. I am going to focus on the topic of poll workers and what that entails for these hard working officials.

Hiring: Approximately 100,000 poll workers are needed for Election Day in California. For ... More >