Registrar of Voters, Neal Kelley, once again expressed his great appreciation for the impressive service Department Reserves provided in this week’s election.
The Department’s Ballot Transportation Team is made up of 64 Reserve Deputies and one Professional Services Responder. The team is headed by Reserve Captains Jay Wasserman, Rick Olson and Tony Tabet. Reserve Unit Office Manager Karen Waters and her staff helped organize the effort.
Once the polls close, everything is dependent on our Ballot Transportation Team ensuring that all precincts are accounted for at the Registrar of Voters office as early as possible. The Ballot Transportation for the June 3, 2008, Statewide Primary Election was a tremendous success made possible by the efforts of each of our team members last Tuesday night. As in every election, the team encountered challenges but none that were not overcome by the team’s combined efforts. By 11:25 pm, all of the driver/deputy teams had arrived at the Voter Tally Center, unloaded and were on their way home. That's a good two hours earlier than last February! By midnight, all 1123 precincts were accounted for and the Command Post was secured for the night.