Staff open the bags of Live, Provisional and CVR, Vote by Mail, BMD, and Spoiled and Surrendered ballots returned from each vote center. Staff count each type of ballot and log the number of ballots returned from the vote centers. Staff verify that the amount reported by the vote center is the same as the number returned.
Staff account for returned ballots the day after receiving them.
The different types of ballots returned from vote centers:
- Live ballots
- Provisional ballots
- Conditional Voter Registration (CVR) ballots
- Vote By Mail (VBM) ballots
- Ballot Marking Devices (BMD) ballots.
- Spoiled ballots
- Surrendered VBM ballots