This election day, DCWatch and a group of citizen organizations are doing a survey about conditions at the District's polling sites. Please print a copy of this survey and take it with you to your precinct. When you have filled it out, please send your answers by E-mail to election@dcwatch.com or mail it to Precinct Survey, DCWatch, 1327 Girard Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009. Thank you for your cooperation.
Your response to this survey is to be based on your observations at your precinct as you vote. In no way should you interfere with the voting process. However, if convenient, you can speak with the Precinct Captain or the poll workers to secure information for the survey. If you have a chance to visit other precincts on election day, it would be helpful to the project if you could complete a separate survey for each of them.
Precinct number (if known) ____________________
Precinct address ____________________________
What time did you arrive? _____________________
Approximately how many voters were in line when you arrived? ______________
What time did you finish voting and leave? _________
Approximately how many voters were in line when you left? _________________
Were candidates or their volunteers campaigning or electioneering within 50 feet of the entrance to the precinct? If so, did an election official or police officer intervene to stop the campaigning or to move campaigners from the entrance? If not, did you inform the Precinct Captain, and what did he do about it?
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Was the path to the entrance of the precinct accessible for voters with disabilities who would have to use walkers, canes, or wheelchairs? If it wasn't, what was the barrier?
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Within the facility, was the path to the voting room accessible for voters with disabilities? If it wasn't, what was the barrier?
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Was the path to tables and voting machines in the voting room accessible for voters with disability? If it wasn't, what was the barrier?
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What was the condition of the precinct? (Was it clean, well-lit, and properly ventilated? Was it too small? Was it well organized and laid out to accommodate voting equipment, poll workers, and voters?)
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Did the precinct open at 7:00 a.m.? If not, what was the problem, and what time did it open?
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Were there any problems with the voting machines? If so, describe the problems?
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How many poll workers were working in the precinct? ________________
Were there enough poll workers for the precinct to operate efficiently and effectively? If not, please give details.
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Was there a line of voters at any of the clerk stations (that is, Check-In Clerk, Ballot Clerk, Special Ballot Clerk, Paper Ballot Optical Scan Voting Machine, or Touch Screen Voting Machine)? ______________________________________________________________________________
Did the poll workers appear to have received proper training to do their jobs? If not, provide details.
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Were paper ballots being offered to voters? If not, had the precinct run out of paper ballots? If so, when?
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What have been the major complaints from voters or poll workers today?
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Your name: _________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________
E-mail address: ______________________________________
Telephone number: ___________________________________
Ward: _____________________________________________