TESTING DEMOCRACY: A Polling Place Survey
County name:
________________________ City, Borough or
Township name: _____________________
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Polling place address or building name: _____________________________________
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Please mark your response to the following questions. |
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1. Were all candidates,
candidates workers, and literature about candidates at least 10 feet from voting
machines and the table at which you signed in to vote? |
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2. Was the polling place an area in a
single room in full view of the election officials (judge of elections, majority
inspector, minority inspector machine inspectors)? |
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3. Were the voting devices and booths
facing the election officials? |
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4. Was a sample ballot posted in clear
view? |
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5. Was a list of people who cast
absentee ballots posted in clear view? |
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6. Were cards of instructions posted
in clear view? |
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7. If you needed assistance in voting,
was it stated on your registration card? |
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No assistance needed. |
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8. Were you asked for your
registration card, or some form of identification? |
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9. Was anyone except authorized
election officials, inspectors, overseers, watchers, or voters in the polling place? |
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10. Was any gift, threat, or promise
made which might affect a persons vote? |
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11. Was a demonstration model of the
voting machine or electronic voting system, if used, available for instruction? |
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Devices not used. |
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12. If paper ballot or electronic
voting devise was used, did the election official check the ballot number and see that the
stub was removed before the ballot was cast? |
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Devices not used. |
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13. Were you prevented from voting in
private? |
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14. Were your questions about the
process of voting answered by the election officials? |
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I had no questions. |
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15. Was the polling place accessible
for people on crutches or in wheel chairs (accessible parking, ramps where there were
steps, doorways wide enough for wheel chair)? |
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16. Would the polling place be easy to
locate for a new person in town? |
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Please return this survey to: LWVLCPO Box 43 Scranton, PA 18501 |
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