Description: The Texas accounts
need to have the ability to print an SOVC report where any precincts that have
under five ballots cast in early voting/absentee (absentee/cumulative counter group
selection) have only zeros displayed
in their totals fields and the totals from those precincts then
accumulated and displayed at the end of the precinct list but before the
grand total line in a line labeled "Under Fives". This would be best
implemented as a check box in the "Show Options" labeled as "Separate Under
Fives"
Motivation: Texas State Law requires that early voting/absentee results for precincts where under five ballots have been
cast cannot be released by precinct.
The text of the Texas Election Code
follows:
Title 7,
Section 87.1231.
(a) Not later than the time of
the local canvass, the early voting clerk shall deliver to the local canvassing
authority a report of the total number of early voting votes for each candidate
or measure by election precinct. The report may reflect the total for
votes by mail and the total for votes by personal
appearance.
(b)
The early voting clerk may not report vote
totals under Subsection (a) for an election precinct in which fewer than five
votes are cast during the early voting period
Attached is a sample current SOVC and a representation
of an SOVC with "Absentee" (cumulative) counter group and the proposed
"Separate Under Fives" option selected. Also attached is a representation
of the "Under Fives" line as it should appear on the
report.
Cathi Smothers
Global
Election Systems
423.842.0937
423.505.7507