The Grand Jury noted that appropriate provision for observers was lax in significant ways at the Elections Division in the Santa Barbara County Courthouse on the night of the election. Public entrances that were reported to be open were locked and entrances that were not intended for public use were not secured. Information that was confidential was openly available to observers wandering through the Elections Division office space and using computers at employees' desks. Sheriff's Department deputies, acting as security officers, were clustered together and did not prevent the public from bringing in champagne and later consuming it as reported in a Santa Barbara News-Press article the following day. Security was not a problem at the North County office.
Procedures vary unacceptably at the polling places.
This duty should be specified in the Handbook . This duty should be specified in the Handbook . A list of supplies and how they are to be used should be included in the Handbook . Inspectors should instruct workers that if they damage a ballot card when they tear off the stub, they should drop the ballot into the box and not tamper with the ballot. This information should be added to the Handbook .