| Attendees | Toastmaster | Judges | Speech Contestants | Evaluation Contestants | Timers | Sergeant at Arms | Ballot Counters |
| Using Z00M -- Everyone | ZOOM duties for staff | ZOOM duties for Contestants | Breakout Rooms |
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| Once the judges spend due dilligence, each makes a decision. Who deserves to be first, second, and third. Each Judge keeps the reasons for the choice a secret.- These ballots go to the Chief Judge.In case of a tie, an extra Judge has been appointed to break the tie if necessary | Once the Chief Judge has recieved all the ballots - The Ballot Counters tabulate the results.Using a numerical weighting system, the ballot counters determnes the collective score to determine who should be first, second, and third. - If necessary, the Chief Judge applies the tie breaker's vote. |
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Ballot
Counters
[Chief Judge verifies that renaming is correct.]
The Chief Judge will give an orientation before the meeting at {Give the time}
Please ask questions at the briefing to make sure you understand the process.
Print off TWO ballot counting forms. If you can not, use a
blank piece of paper, or Excel. Whichever way
you decide to do it, please PREPARE your counting sheet before the contest and complete it DURING the
contest. Enter the equivalent information, Including:
Instead
of collecting up ballots around the room, Chief Judge and Ballot
Counters will go into a break out room.
In
the room, one by one the judges will enter, type their votes into the
chat box and leave.
Look
at the chat box and write down votes accordingly.
To tally the results: 1st
place
gets THREE points. 2nd
place
gets TWO points. 3rd
place
gets ONE point.
When asked, you will tell each speakers score in the following form: Billy Bob thornton
gets Three points. Joe
Demagio gets two
points. Emma
Thompson gets one point.
The judge will repeat your report to assure that it is correct.
When the report is validated, the judge will leave the room before the next judge comes
into the room.
Next
judge comes into the room, we do the process again.
Please note that the tie Breaker judge is last. By the rules the Chief Judge must get the Tie Breakers vote in order to place ALL contestants.
If anybody gets any judge's report by accident, DO NOT score it and pretend you never saw it.
While tie-breaker is communicating with the chief judge, ballot counters will be tallying the votes.
The ballot counter will report to the Chief Judge "No ties" OR "there is tie."
That’s
when the chief judge will use the tie breaking judges information.
The
chief judge will then type out the list of placement in chat box for
Ballot counters review.
