NC State Board of ElectionsSEIMS Helpdesk Team

Election Preparation

Election Setup

Ballot Styles

Election Notices

SOSA/OVRD Preparation and Installation

VoterView Pre-Election Tasks

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

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

Ballot Styles

Ballot StylesMake sure you have completed all geocode changes

Assign ballot styles in SEIMS Ballot Style Module

Verify Ballot Styles and VBTs are formatted correctly

http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us:2703/seimsweb/help/plus/NamingBallotStyles.htm

Enable ballot styles in SEIMS Ballot Style Module

http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us:2703/seimsweb/help/plus/

EnablingBallotStyles.htm

FAQ’s For Ballot Styles

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

SOSA/OVRD Preparation

SOSA/OVRD PreparationFirst and Foremost, download the SOSA/OVRD

Administrator Manual at the link below: http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us:2703/webapps/cbeit/pages/SEIMS/SOSA/

SOSAHelpFiles.htm

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.)

FAQ’sRemember 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.

SOSA InstallationRun 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.

VoterView Preparation

Pre-Election TasksGeneral Tasks

Absentee Voting Tasks

Poll Worker Tasks

Polling Place Tasks

http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us:2703/seimsweb/help/plus/PreElectionTasks.htm

Any Questions?Have a safe trip back to your CBEs! This presentation is available on the SBE ERC site:

http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/erc/ERCHomePage.html

Please bookmark the following SEIMS helpfile homepage:

http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us:2703/seimsweb/help/plus/

If you have any questions you can always contact the SEIMS helpdesk at anytime: HelpRequest.SBOE@ncsbe.gov 1-888-450-7263 Enter a Clarity incident