Signature Verification Judge – compares signatures on ballot envelopes to voter’s signature images, accepting or rejecting voter signatures, recording rejected signatures and noting it on ballot log sheet which later goes to opening

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Opening Judge – opens envelopes and verifies ballot logs, removes ballots from secrecy sleeves, shuffles ballots to maintain voter anonymity

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Duplication Board – marks duplicate copies of ballots that cannot be read by counting scanners for some reason, such as the ballot was transmitted electronically, or the ballot is damaged or marked in a color unreadable by the scanner

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Observation Judge – observes duplication board ensuring no mistakes are made

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Ballot Counting Judge – scan voted ballots in stacks of 25, keeping proper accounting of the number of ballots scanned by completing tally sheets

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Adjudication Board – reviews electronic images of ballots rejected by the scanner, adjudicating ballots according to the Secretary of State’s Voter Intent Guide and completes all audit and seal logs