Global Arena Holding Subsidiary, Global Election Services, Details Voter Registration System for Mail Ballots and In-person Voting - Seite 2

GES teams, led by President Kathryn Weisbeck, began their preparations by: creating a secure encrypted server and uploading the list of 600,000+ potential voters to coordinate registration at 14 voting locations throughout the state; loading and testing our proprietary software onto 52 laptop computers to be used by volunteers; developing an election manual for our 17 Supervisors to refer to for the specifics of this election event as well as the detailed application of the GES proprietary Registration Software that was specifically tailored for this election.  

GES then coordinated the delivery of 46 Ballot Boxes, 52 laptops, 52 digital signature pads, 14 routers and 9 high-speed optical scanners to the designated locations. 

Two days prior to the In-Person voting day, the 2,000+ returned mail ballots were retrieved from the US Post Office by GES and all envelopes were registered in the system. Voters who sent in a ballot were flagged in the 600,000+ voter list. The software with the Voter List was tested on 52 individual laptop computers with real-time lookup and voter sign-in, allowing potential voters to go to any location across the state. The list was encrypted and stored on a secure server that all locations had access to while the polls were open, and registrations were updated in real-time.

The morning of the election GES trained hundreds of volunteers, in some cases just prior to polls opening in the morning and as they came in for shifts throughout the day. Many of the volunteers had little or no technology experience and have obviously never used GES software before. The volunteers learned very quickly and became proficient with minimal instruction in a very short amount of time. 

The GES Registration System flags any potential voter as ‘Already Registered’ if they had previously cast a vote either by mail or at another location. In this case, a warning box would pop up on the computer screen and our volunteer registrar would let the voter know their mail ballot had already been counted or they had voted elsewhere and they would not be able to vote again. If they cast a vote at another location, their signature, time and voting location would be by their name as a reference. This functioned flawlessly, and no individual was able to vote twice.