Section 302 (b) of HAVA requires that election officials post certain materials in polling places on Election Day. These requirements are in addition to state requirements. You can click on the link to the Help America Vote Act (http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/hava_county_faq.htm) to review this requirement. The following information is a summary of what HAVA requires to be provided to voters at each polling place.

Poll worker training should include instruction on these posting requirements.

A.    A sample version of the ballot;

B.    Information on the date of the election and the hours during which polling places will be open;

C.    Instructions on how to vote, including how to vote provisionally;

D.    Instructions regarding ID requirements for those voters who registered to vote in the county for the first time by mail and who have not previously voted in the county;

E.     General information on voting rights under state and federal law, including the right of an individual to cast a provisional ballot and instructions on how to contact election officials, and;

F.    General information on federal and state laws regarding prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation.