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Training covers absentee processing, barcode scanning, DS200 tabulator and ballot-sealing rules
Summary
The trainer reviewed absentee ballot checking, barcode scanning in the Badger book, tabulator procedures (DS200), ballot-initialing rules, and sealing requirements for ballots and provisional envelopes.
Staff member, election training instructor, walked poll workers through absentee ballot intake, barcode scanning, tabulator handling and ballot-sealing procedures. The trainer said a software update after the February election should improve barcode scanning and noted that when scanning absentee envelopes "please make sure that your cursor is in the mailing ID search bar." If a barcode is smudged, workers may search by the voter's name or mailing ID number.
For absentee packets, the trainer instructed workers to verify the certificate envelope…
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