Seattle, Washington FBI Bureau File - Paperless Archives

1 • Training and support for ACORN members and staff as needed
Understanding and follow the voter registration laws in your state, plus
2 understanding legal guidelines that ACORN must follow
• Gather, research and analyze voter information and make goals from the
3 information
• Deal with a wide variety of problems/crisis management
4 • Working with local head organizer to develop site plans, understand city
politics, and develop relationships with groups that may be beneficial to our
5 voter registration program
6 Also:
7 "Political Organizers are ultimately responsible for all aspects .of quality control in
their offices. They are responsible for assuring the all the Protocols are implemented
8 and the Quality Control Steps are rigorously followed."
9 Quality Control Specialist (QCS)
Although neither manual gives a list of specific QCS duties, one of the manuals offers
10 the following: "Quality Control Specialists perform a two step Evaluation procedure
and reports all findings to the Political Organizer and Election Administration
11 Coordinator. They follow the Performance Evaluation Protocol: Visual and Phone
Verification. Quality Control Specialists may, under the direction of the Political
12 Organizer, perform additional inves~igations of an application or Voter Registration
Worker. Quality Control Specialists report to the Political Organizer."
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Voter Registration Worker (VRW)
14 The manuals offer, in part, the following: "voter Registration Workers, Employees and
Members Distributing and Collecting VR Cards
15 Voter Registration Workers have four important components in Quality Control:
1. Making sure the applicant is eligible;
16 2. makin~ sure the application is complete;
3. collecting applications that meet the goals of the organization; and,
17 4. accurately reporting the numbers and types of applications they collect."
18 Team Leader (TL)
The manuals offer, in part, the following: "The Team Leader's components of the
19 Quality Control system include managing the Voter Registration Workers in the Team and
reporting any issues of concern to the Political Organizer or EA Coordinator. Team
20 Leaders may be responsible for selecting voter registration sites that will produce
the applicant demographic the organization seeks. Team Leaders may also be responsible
21 for verifying that applications are complete and verifying the information on batch
sheets is accurate before a Voter Registration Worker gives their applications to the
22 Political Organizer. If an office does not have team leaders this is the Political
Organizers responsibility. Team Leaders report to the Political Organizer."
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Certification for Oetermination
of Probable Cause
Norm Maleng
Prosecuting Attorney
W 554 King County Courthouse
Seattle, Washington 98104-2312
(206) 296-9000