1. SECRETARY OF STATE VOTECAL PROJECT
VoteCal Now! CACEO Summer Conference Presentation
July 13, 2017

2. Agenda VoteCal Now! VoteCal: Now What? Questions and Answers Wrap Up
John Gardner, Solano County Assistant Registrar of Voters, BPC Chair
Jana Lean, Secretary of State, Chief of Elections
Wrap Up

3. Votecal now!

4. Votecal now! Completing Phase VII, Maintenance and Operations
Monitoring system performance and data
Responding to Help Desk tickets
CGI transitioning some technical support activities to the SOS
EMSs continue to support counties and VoteCal
Assessing and – if approved – implementing change requests
Improved functionality and workflow
Support changes in election law and regulations
Ongoing collaboration with the CACEO’s Business Process Committee (BPC)
End of Phase VII will be business as usual for counties

5. Votecal: now What? Conditional Voter Registration (CVR)
Phase 1 (Part 1) – Completed January 2017
Provided the foundational functionality required to support CVR (e.g., information phase)
Phase 2 (Part 1) – June 2017
Improves Phase 1 functionality by providing an automated ballot validation check to help counties determine whether to issue or accept a CVR provisional ballot
EMSs include “Red/Yellow/Green” indicators for ballots
Phase 2 (Part 2) – September 2017
Provides a portal containing a “bingo board”, displaying completion of voting participation history from poll rosters for each county
Phase I – Foundational CVR functionality
Includes the basic functionality required to support CVR:
Addition of a new voting method code, Conditional Voter Registration (CVR)
Registrants through the public access website will receive a message to go to their county election official’s office to receive a CVR ballot
EMSs will provide counties with a report identifying voters who have moved in or out of their county during the CVR timeframe
DIMS will modify DIMS.net to search and display ballot status information for statewide searches; DFM will modify EIMS to store ballot status information for an election
EMSs will be modified to immediately send ballot status information to VoteCal
VoteCal and the EMSs will internally capture, store, and display CVR ballot status information (ballot issued, accepted, rejected, counted)
CVR ballot status information (counted/not counted) will be displayed on the public access website
Standardized values for CVR provisional ballot reject reason codes will be implemented in March 2017
Phase II -

6. Votecal: now What? Conditional Voter Registration (CVR)
Phase 3 – January 2018
Adds a “round trip” validation check for all ballots that allows and/or prevents a ballot from being issued/accepted for an election and displays the results
Allows counties – under specific circumstances – to override and issue a ballot during the CVR period
Phase I – Foundational CVR functionality
Includes the basic functionality required to support CVR:
Addition of a new voting method code, Conditional Voter Registration (CVR)
Registrants through the public access website will receive a message to go to their county election official’s office to receive a CVR ballot
EMSs will provide counties with a report identifying voters who have moved in or out of their county during the CVR timeframe
DIMS will modify DIMS.net to search and display ballot status information for statewide searches; DFM will modify EIMS to store ballot status information for an election
EMSs will be modified to immediately send ballot status information to VoteCal
VoteCal and the EMSs will internally capture, store, and display CVR ballot status information (ballot issued, accepted, rejected, counted)
CVR ballot status information (counted/not counted) will be displayed on the public access website
Standardized values for CVR provisional ballot reject reason codes will be implemented in March 2017
Phase II -

7. Votecal: now What? SB 450 – The Voter’s Choice Act
Changes to VoteCal and the EMSs will:
Enable counties to designate their model for an election (either polling place or vote center)
Provide voters the locations, dates and times of Vote Centers and VBM ballot drop off in their county for each upcoming election
Support SB 450 reporting requirements:
Enable counties to document if an individual registered to vote at a Vote Center
Enable counties to document if a voter casts a ballot at a Vote Center, and if so, at which Vote Center the ballot was cast
Standardizes and captures the method used to return a Vote By Mail (VBM) ballot

8. Votecal: now What? County Test Environment
Provides an SOS/EMS test environment which closely resembles production
Includes:
Copies of SOS and county EMS production data
A connection to the DMV’s production interface for IDV
The functional file based interfaces for VoteCal processes and validations (CDCR, CDPH, DMV COA, EDD/NCOA)
Active connectivity between the VoteCal and opt-in county test environments
Will enable counties to test new EMS releases, participate in mock elections, practice using new functionality, and test new or modified business procedures

9. Votecal: now What? County Test Environment
Counties may “opt in” to use the test environment
County responsibilities:
Possess and maintain the required hardware and software licenses to set up and support a local EMS test environment
Provide and maintain a local EMS test environment containing a full copy of county production data and network connectivity and security
Identify, and/or create within the test environment, the required data for any tests that the county intends to execute and conduct the desired testing
Request file-based interface execution from the SOS as needed to support county tests.

10. Votecal: now What? Another Mock Election!
Considering another mock election using the county test environments
Enables counties to simulate an election using the new CVR functionality
Dates and details are being discussed with the BPC and will be forthcoming

11. Questions and answers