City of Racine staff receive VoteCastWeb training ahead of deployment

City of Racine staff participated in a vendor-led VoteCastWeb training that covered encoder selection, member accounts and the three-screen workflow for clerks, elected officials and the public. The trainer said the system "allows for your members to vote via electronically" and demonstrated how motions, mover/seconder and vote tallies will appear on a public VoteCast display.

Trainers prioritized practice and local testing before going live. "The important thing is that after you attend these training sessions that you are going in and practicing," the presenter said, urging staff to run mock meetings. Attendees agreed to schedule a two-hour mock meeting practice in the council chambers on Sept. 29 to test device logins, display output and clerk procedures.