Board of Elections

Last Wednesday (the 12th), Keela and I paid a visit to the Board of Elections office in Providence to get an “official” tour of the building and see how things run there. We’ve both visited the office before and met with some of the people who work there, but it was nice doing a more thorough walk through of the place and getting to see some familiar faces. Tomorrow (Friday) we will be paying a visit to the Secretary of State’s Elections Division, the Board of Election’s counterpart in planning for and executing elections in Rhode Island. Stay tuned for more on that, and in the meantime here are some pictures from our visit!

Kelsey

The hearing room

The Board of Elections office

Keela and Bob Kando, the Executive Director of the Board of Elections

Forms, forms, forms

Mail ballots must be kept in this vault for 22 months after each state election in case of a recount

The ballot room

There are 39 cities/towns in this baby state!

The voting machines

Each voting machine is designated for a specific polling location

Bob Rapoza, the Elections Director, shows us a voting machine “in action”

All received ballots come here — the ES+S office (Election System and Software)