Updated Online Poll Worker Training Program - November 2011
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ATTN: County Clerks and Elections Administrators
The Texas Online Poll Worker Training for the November 8, 2011 Constitutional Amendment Election is now available to you and your poll workers. This web-based curriculum mirrors the Handbook for Election Judges and Clerks and will train your poll workers about polling place procedures. In addition to the information found in the handbooks, it has test questions, real life case studies/exercises to resolve and other interactive features such as voting equipment simulations specific to your county. It is available free of charge, 24/7, for all your poll workers. They can take the training anytime and anywhere they have Internet access.
Important Note: If you have ever been registered as an Administrator in the past, you will continue to use your old password to log-in to the site. If you are new to the site, your password will be onlinetraining. After your initial log-in, you will be prompted to change your password.
As an administrator, you can register poll workers into the system as well as access other features on our online training site. Administrators can track individual or group progress via easy-to-create reports. The reports also include questions most frequently missed in the testing. If you choose to offer online training and in-person training, the test results will help you prioritize your presentation at your in-person training.
Getting Your Poll Workers into the Online Training Program can be accomplished one of two ways:
- You can enter them via the "Manage Poll Workers" link, located in the left-hand navigation once you get to the administrator section or,
- Your poll workers can self-register into the system. In order to self-register, your poll workers need to go to a different URL www.texaspollworkertraining.com/signup and select their county. You may wish to print and distribute to your poll workers a notice with the URL. Once registered, the poll worker will receive an email introducing the online training and have immediate access to the training site.
Face to Face Training Scheduling feature: (also available in pdf as a guide)
This feature allows you to set up face to face training sessions and have your election workers register themselves into one of the sessions. From the administrations section of the site you can:
- create a new training location and specific training sessions at that location;
- update information on an existing training location;
- delete a training session or entire training location;
- register authorized users to access the class lists for each session;
- register individuals for sessions; and
- print class lists for each session.
Remember, if your poll workers don't have an email address, you can create one for them using one of the free providers such as Hotmail, Yahoo, or Gmail.
If you have any questions about the Online Poll Worker Training, please contact Monica Garcia or Leticia Salazar at 1.800.252.2216. You may also contact our support desk by calling our hotline for technical questions or problems toll-free at 1.888.POL.WRKR (1.888.765.9757).