1. Election Preparedness
NC State Board of Elections
SEIMS Helpdesk Team

2. Election Preparation Election Setup Ballot Styles Election Notices
SOSA/OVRD Preparation and Installation
VoterView Pre-Election Tasks

3. Election Setup

4. Election Setup Enter all contests for the upcoming municipal elections
Copy all winning candidates from Primary/Second Primary Elections into the General Election
At the close of the filing period, double-check to make sure all candidates have been entered into Election Setup

5. Election Setup (cont.)
Make sure all contests have been ordered correctly
Make sure all candidates have been ordered correctly
Verify Contest/Candidate ordering is correct, print the contest/candidate reports to verify

6. Ballot Styles

7. Ballot Styles Make sure you have completed all geocode changes
Assign ballot styles in SEIMS Ballot Style Module
Verify Ballot Styles and VBTs are formatted correctly
Enable ballot styles in SEIMS Ballot Style Module

8. FAQ’s For Ballot Styles

9. Election Notices Prepare Notice of Election advertisement
Prepare Absentee Board Meeting Dates advertisement (this is for change of time or additional meetings)
Prepare Schedule of Absentee Meetings notice

10. SOSA/OVRD Preparation

11. SOSA/OVRD Preparation
First and Foremost, download the SOSA/OVRD Administrator Manual at the link below:
Prepare laptops for SOSA/OVRD in preparation for the new election (removing all SQL Server files from Add/Remove Programs and previous version of SOSA/OVRD, if necessary)
Prepare OVRD Plan (Backup laptop, etc.)

12. FAQ’s
Remember to add your Site information under Site Manager…so that it will populate the web page times.
Remember to validate all your machines in CONNECTED mode.

13. SOSA Installation
Run New Election Setup Wizard to Prepare office computers and laptops for SOSA
Install SOSA on desktop machines using the connectedonly.bat file
Copy 1,2,3 files to a CLEAN flash drive (Minimum of 2GB) and install on all applicable One-Stop voting laptops.

14. VoterView Preparation

15. Pre-Election Tasks General Tasks Absentee Voting Tasks
Poll Worker Tasks
Polling Place Tasks

16. Any Questions?
Have a safe trip back to your CBEs! 
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