Powerpoint used when presenting our Jo-Co-Po-Lo program during the Best Practices session of the 2009 Annual Conference. Key metrics are on the last page.

1. Johnson County Election Office
REDUCING LOST VOTERS
THROUGH ELECTRONIC POLLING
PLACE LOOKUP
www.jocoelection.org
www.jocopolo.com
Brian D. Newby
Election Commissioner
Johnson County, Kansas
August 13, 2009

2. Program Objectives
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3. Program Objectives
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4. Program Objectives
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5. Program Objectives
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6. Key Metrics
2004 2008
Turnout
Advance
Percentage
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7. Key Metrics
2004 2008
Polling
Places
Provisional
Ballots
“Lost Voter”
Provisionals
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8. Key Metrics
2004 2008
74.5% Turnout
Advance
Percentage
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9. Key Metrics
2004 2008
74.5% Turnout
37.8% Advance
Percentage
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10. Key Metrics
2004 2008
Polling
286
Places
Provisional
Ballots
“Lost Voter”
Provisionals
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11. Polling Places by the Numbers
1,281
1,219 Voters per
1,208 Voters per Polling Place
1,086 Voters per Polling Place
Voters per Polling Place
Polling Place
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12. Key Metrics
2004 2008
Polling
286 284
Places
Provisional
Ballots
“Lost Voter”
Provisionals
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13. Key Objectives
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14. Key Metrics
2004 2008
Polling
286 284
Places
11,301 Provisional
Ballots
“Lost Voter”
Provisionals
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15. Key Metrics
2004 2008
Polling
286 284
Places
11,301 Provisional
Ballots
“Lost Voter”
4,267
Provisionals
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16. Key Metrics
2004 2008
286 These would be
Polling
284
Places
expected to
11,301 Provisional
increase as
Ballots
“Lostturnout
Voter”
4,267
Provisionals
increased.
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17. Key Objectives
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18. Key Objectives
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19. Components of Outreach
Jocopolo van, Democracy Posse, and “JP”
Voter types in
VOTEKS and
address to short
code
Response
Received within
60 Seconds
D ocracy
em
Posse
Johnson County Election Office 4 4

20. Johnson County
Database

24. Jo-Co Po-Lo
www.jocopolo.com
Johnson County Election Office

25. Jo-Co Po-Lo
www.jocopolo.com
Johnson County Election Office

26. Jo-Co Po-Lo
www.jocopolo.com
Johnson County Election Office

27. Jo-Co Po-Lo
www.jocopolo.com
Johnson County Election Office

28. Jo-Co Po-Lo
Johnson County Election Office

29. Website/Phone Calls
October phone call volume
was similar in 2008 and 2004,
but phone calls on election
day in 2008 were 3,600 less
than in 2004, suggesting an
impact from advance voting
and outreach efforts.
The two websites had more
than one million unique visits,
Oct. 3-Nov. 6
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30. Key Metrics
2004 2008
74.5% Turnout
37.8% Advance
Percentage
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31. Key Metrics
2004 2008
74.5% Turnout 78.3%
37.8% Advance
Percentage
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32. Key Metrics
2004 2008
74.5% Turnout 78.3%
37.8% Advance 49.3%
Percentage
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33. Key Metrics
2004 2008
Polling
286 284
Places
11,301 Provisional
Ballots
“Lost Voter”
Provisionals
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34. Key Metrics
2004 2008
Polling
286 284
Places
11,301 Provisional 8,198
Ballots
“Lost Voter”
Provisionals
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35. Key Metrics
2004 2008
Polling
286 284
Places
11,301 Provisional 8,198
Ballots
“Lost Voter”
4,267
Provisionals
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36. Key Metrics
2004 2008
Polling
286 284
Places
11,301 Provisional 8,198
Ballots
“Lost Voter”
4,267
Provisionals
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37. Key Metrics
2004 2008
Polling
286 284
Places
11,301 Provisional 8,198
Ballots
“Lost Voter”
4,267 668
Provisionals
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