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Case Study:		you will be assigned to a case where they will need to develop a	(1) power point presentation, (2) paper and (3).Risk, Quality & Procurement Management Plans (1) Excel file (document group is the Case package).The case package must address the items listed below:		1.		Background and Scope of the Project (word document)				2.			Risk, Quality & Procurement Management Plans				(word document)	3.		Approach & Assumptions Used During the Risk, Quality & Procurement Management Processes (word document)		4.		Risk Register in Excel (it should cover the Risk Identification through Monitoring and Control processes.)			You have been hired as a management consulting firm for your client (the case). Your client asks that you assist them with their project.They need you to help them with the risks on their project.				To complete this assignment, perform a critical analysis of the case study based on the information above. Do not state what is merely in the case, use the concepts learned from the course, additional information, and your experience to address the issues above.Cite references where appropriate, include a title page with the name of your case, author, group members and date and include a section for each of the topics above (word documents). Please make sure to answer everything like it asked here. It does not have to be 24 pages exact. But as long as all questions answer, provide details, step by step for moreunderstanding please.						GAO-12-69, ELECTIONS: Views on Implementing Federal Elections on a Weekend                      ELECTIONS  Views on  Implementing Federal  Elections on a  Weekend      Report to Congressional Committees  January 2012    GAO-12-69 United States Government Accountability Office  GAO   United States Government Accountability Office      Highlights of GAO-12-69, a report to  congressional committees January 2012  ELECTIONS  Views on Implementing Federal Elections on a  Weekend  Why GAO Did This Study  Many U.S. citizens who are eligible to  vote in federal elections do not do so.  For instance, in the 2008 general  election, about 62 percent of eligible  citizens voted. To increase voter  turnout by enhancing convenience,  some states have implemented  alternative voting methods, such as in- person early voting—casting a ballot in  person prior to Election Day without  providing a reason—and no-excuse  absentee voting—casting an absentee  ballot, usually by mail, without  providing a reason. In general, since  1845, federal law has required that  federal elections be held on Tuesday.   The committees on appropriations  directed GAO to study and report on  costs and benefits of implementing  H.R. 254—the Weekend Voting Act— including issues associated with  conducting a weekend election.  Specifically, this report addresses:   (1) alternatives to voting on Tuesday   that states provided for the November  2010 general election, (2) how election  officials anticipate election  administration and costs would be  affected if the day for federal elections  were moved to a weekend, and   (3) what research and available data  suggest about the potential effect of a  weekend election on voter turnout.   GAO reviewed H.R. 254 and analyzed  state statutes and early voting turnout  in the 2010 Maryland elections, which  had early voting over weekdays and  weekends. GAO interviewed election  officials in nine states, the District of  Columbia (District), and 17 local  jurisdictions that were selected on the  basis of geographic dispersion and  experience with weekend voting,  among other things. Though not  generalizable, the interviews provide  insights.  What GAO Found  For the 2010 general election, 35 states and the District provided voters at least  one alternative to casting their ballot on Election Day through in-person early  voting, no-excuse absentee voting, or voting by mail. Specifically, 33 states and  the District provided in-person early voting, 29 states and the District provided  no-excuse absentee voting, and 2 states provided voting by mail to all or most  voters. Of the 9 states and the District where GAO conducted interviews, all but 2  states provided voters the option of in-person early voting in the 2010 general  election, and 5 states and the District offered both early voting and no-excuse  absentee voting. Implementation and characteristics of in-person early voting  varied among the 7 states and, in some cases, among the jurisdictions within a  state.  For example, 5 states and the District required local jurisdictions to include  at least one Saturday, and 2 states allowed for some jurisdiction discretion to  include weekend days.  State and local election officials GAO interviewed identified challenges they  would anticipate facing in planning and conducting Election Day activities on  weekends—specifically, finding poll workers and polling places, and securing  ballots and voting equipment—and expected cost increases. Officials in all 17  jurisdictions and the District we contacted said they expected the number of poll  workers needed for a 2-day weekend election would increase. Further, officials in  13 jurisdictions said that some poll workers would be less willing to work on the  weekend because of other priorities, such as family obligations or attending  religious services. Officials in 14 of the 17 jurisdictions and the District expected  that at least some of the polling places they used in past elections—such as  churches—would not be available for a weekend election, and anticipated  difficulty finding replacements. Officials in all 9 states, the District, and 15 of the  17 local jurisdictions said ensuring the security of ballots and voting equipment  over the Saturday night of a weekend election would be both challenging and  expensive. Officials in 5 of the 7 states and the District that conducted early  voting and provided security over multiple days explained that the level of  planning needed for overnight security for a weekend election would far surpass  that of early voting due to the greater number and variety of Election Day polling  places. For example, officials in one state said that for the 2010 general election,  the state had fewer than 300 early voting sites—which were selected to ensure  security—compared to more than 2,750 polling places on Election Day, which  are generally selected based on availability and proximity to voters. In addition,  officials in all 9 states, the District, and 15 of the 17 local jurisdictions said they  expected overnight security costs to increase.   Weekend elections have not been studied, but studies of other voting alternatives  determined that voter turnout is not strongly affected by them. Since nationwide  federal elections have never been held on a weekend, it is difficult to draw valid  conclusions about how moving federal elections to a weekend would affect voter  turnout. GAO’s review of 24 studies found that, with the exception of vote by  mail, each of the alternative voting methods was estimated to change turnout by  no more than 4 percentage points. GAO’s analysis of early voter turnout data in  Maryland found that 1.5 percent of voters we analyzed cast ballots on the  weekend during the 2010 general election.    View GAO-12-69. For more information,  contact William O. Jenkins,  Jr., at (202) 512- 8777 or jenkinswo@gao.gov.  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-69� http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-69� mailto:jenkinswo@gao.gov�                       Page i GAO-12-69  Weekend Voting  Letter  1  Background   6 Most States Provided Early or No-Excuse Absentee Voting as  Alternatives to Voting on Tuesday in the 2010 General Election   14 Most Election Officials We Interviewed Expect Greater Difficulty  and Costs Associated with a Weekend Election   19 Weekend Elections Have Not Been Studied, but Studies of Other  Voting Alternatives Suggest That Voter Turnout May Not Be  Strongly Affected   32 Appendix I Selected Characteristics of States and Local Election Jurisdictions We  Contacted   42   Appendix II Analysis of Weekend Voting in the 2010 Maryland State Elections   46   Appendix III Alternative Voting Methods Provided in 50 States and the District   for the 2004 and 2010 November General Elections   54   Appendix IV Selected Details of Early and No-Excuse Absentee Voting for the 2010  General Election in States We Contacted   56   Appendix V Selected Details of Early Voting for the 2010 General Election in Local  Jurisdictions We Contacted   58   Appendix VI GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments   60   Bibliography    61   Contents                        Page ii GAO-12-69  Weekend Voting  Related GAO Products   64   Tables  Table 1: Estimated Impacts of Alternative Voting Methods on Voter  Turnout   36 Table 2: Turnout and Use of Saturday Poll Hours in the 2010  Maryland General Election   40 Table 3: Selected Information about the States and the District We  Contacted   42 Table 4: Selected Information about the Local Election  Jurisdictions and the District We Contacted   44 Table 5: Turnout and Use of Weekend Poll Hours in 2010 Maryland  General Election, by Demographic Group   51 Table 6: Selected Details of Early and No-Excuse Absentee Voting  Implementation for the November 2010 General Election  in States We Contacted   56 Table 7: Selected Details of Early Voting Implementation for the  November 2010 General Election in Local Jurisdictions We  Contacted   58   Figures  Figure 1: The Election Process Involves the Integration of People,  Process, and Technology   9 Figure 2: Thirty-Five States and the District Provided at Least One  Alternative to Voting on Tuesday in the November 2010  General Election   15 Figure 3: Early Voting in Maryland’s November 2010 General  Election   48 Figure 4: In-person Early Voting and No-excuse Absentee Voting in  50 States and the District for the 2004 and 2010 General  Elections   55                        Page iii GAO-12-69  Weekend Voting Abbreviations    District  District of Columbia  DRE  direct recording electronic  EAC  Election Assistance Commission  EVIC  Early Voting Information Center  HAVA  Help America Vote Act  NASS  National Association of Secretaries of State  NCSL  National Conference of State Legislatures  This is a work of the U.S. government and is not subject to copyright protection in the  United States. The published product may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety  without further permission from GAO. However, because this work may contain  copyrighted images or other material, permission from the copyright holder may be  necessary if you wish to reproduce this material separately.        Page 1 GAO-12-69  Weekend Voting  United States Government Accountability Office  Washington, DC 20548  January 12, 2012  The Honorable Richard Durbin  Chairman  The Honorable Jerry Moran  Ranking Member  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government  Committee on Appropriations  United States Senate  The Honorable Jo Ann Emerson  Chairwoman  The Honorable José Serrano  Ranking Member  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government  Committee on Appropriations  House of Representatives  Voting is fundamental to our democracy, yet many U.S. citizens who are  eligible to vote do not take advantage of their constitutional right to vote in  federal elections. For instance, about 62 percent of eligible citizens voted  in the November 2008 general election and about 42 percent voted in the  November 2010 general election.1 Since 1845, federal law has required that federal Election Day for the  offices of President and Vice President be held on Tuesday.  Policymakers, legislators, researchers,  and advocacy organizations have explored ways to make voting more  convenient with the goal of increasing voter turnout. Some states have  implemented alternative voting methods aimed at increasing convenience  by offering citizens an alternative to voting on Election Day. These include  in-person early voting—that is, casting a ballot in person prior to Election  Day without providing a reason, and no-excuse absentee voting—that is,  casting an absentee ballot, usually by mail, without providing a reason.  2                                                                                                                         1Voter turnout varies, and in general is lower in midterm election years than in presidential  election years. These turnout rates reflect total turnout (or total ballots counted) divided by  the voting-eligible population. U.S. Elections Project.   Subsequent  2More specifically, the 1845 federal law first established a uniform date—the Tuesday next  after the first Monday in the month of November of the year in which they are to be  appointed—for the appointment of Presidential and Vice Presidential electors. (January  23, 1845, ch. 1, 5 Stat. 721. The current provision is codified at 3 U.S.C. § 1.)            Page 2 GAO-12-69  Weekend Voting  legislation extended the Tuesday Election Day to House and Senate  elections.3 Various bills have been introduced in Congress since 1995 to increase  voter convenience by changing the day of presidential and congressional  elections from Tuesday to the weekend.  Thus, while states or local jurisdictions may have held  nonfederal elections on a weekend or conducted early voting during a  period that included Saturdays or Sundays, nationwide general elections  for federal offices have been held on Tuesdays.  4 Specifically, legislation has  been introduced to move the day for regularly scheduled federal elections  from the Tuesday after the first Monday in November to the Saturday and  Sunday after the first Friday in November, and to synchronize the opening  and closing times of polling places within the continental United States for  federal elections. As of December 2011, the most recent bill, introduced  in January 2009, was

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Risk Management Analysis		2
VIEWS ON IMPLEMENTING FEDERAL ELECTIONS ON A WEEKEND: RISK MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS
Table of Contents
Introduction	3
Background of the Case	4
Scope of the Project	6
Risk & Elections	7
Election Risk Management	10
Federal Election in the Weekend: Risk Assessment	11
Risk Management Culture	17
Risk Management Capability	18
Political Risk Scenarios	19
Conclusion & Recommendation	21
References	23
Introduction
Risk assessment is addressed in terms of predicting the possible problems that are likely to encounter in terms of addressing the contextual application of the conducting of the election during the weekends. The purpose of this report is to identify the risks that are linked with the conduct of the elections on the weekend and the primary objective is to prevent such problems that might arise in the first place. Risk needs to be identified, analysed, quantified and prioritised on the basis of the adoption of a proper political order and addressing the democratic rights of the citizen. The US democracy has been a great example in the political order of the Global consensus and it is effective that a fair and a transparent election process can be an effective example for maintaining the democracy and the fairness of the electoral system in the United States. 
Technology and information science has been an effective factor that has enhanced the convenience of the voting process and it is effective to use those aspects in terms of reducing and mitigating the race in the conduct of the election during the weekends. The election authority needs to be extensive about the manner in which the election process needs to be implemented and measured in terms of reducing the risk in the election management. The commission needs to endeavour with the improvements in the election management so as to enhance the credibility of the elections that can be conducted during the weekends. 
The constitution of the US has to be considered effectively in terms of addressing the democratic rights of the US citizens for enhancing the convenience and the aspects that they are voting for. It is obvious that in spite of getting the democratic right some of the citizens do not have the aspects or the convenience of voting in an election because they do not find the time. More contemplative scenario can be dealt with the contingent reach at the time of the election because effective strategy needs to be taken in terms of understanding the conducting elections with a large number of people who can effectively participate in the election process when it is conducted on the weekend. Moreover, developing and evidence-based risk reduction strategies can be convenient enough in all aspects of electoral management for building the capacity of the election official during the weekends. 
Election officials and the electors are reluctant about the conduct of the elections during the weekend yet there needs to be effective consideration of the normative attitude towards the entire election process. The risks that need to be addressed require a periodic and systematic monitoring of the reduction strategy and enhancing the coping capacities in terms of enhancing the resilience of the electoral management system to reduce the risk of the conduct of the elections during the weekends. In a more contemplative manner this addresses the relevant risk management aspects of the election process and the ways to address the proper mitigation process for the reduction of the negative impact.  
Background of the Case
The case that has been described as profoundly taken into consideration the aspects of the voting which is the fundamental prospect of democracy yet it is obvious that there are many US citizens who do not take part in the constitutional right and exercise their constitutional aspect of voting in the federal election. According to the general elections of 2010 it has been observed that out of 62% of the eligible voters are not actually participating in the federal elections dynamically. Out of these eligible voters only 42 % of the total votes were polled in the November 2010 general election. Therefore, it has been advocated by the policy makers and the advocacy organization to make the voting more convenient with the aspect of enhancing the voter turnout. Accordingly, a number of methods had been implemented in terms of increasing convenience by offering citizens alternative aspects of voting to increase the voter turnout. This is included in early voting, casting a ballot in person prior to the election day without giving a reason, no excuse for absentee voting that is conducted by an absentee ballot by mail. It is obvious to mention that the US government and the Congress has been introducing a series of bills for changing the aspects of Presidential and Congress National elections to enhance the convenience of the voters (James, 2020).  
This has been addressed with the aspect of fixing on election day on a weekend in order to enhance the voter turnout in the federal election. However, it is obvious that the federal elections need a comprehensive contemplation in order to understand the challenges that are associated in the administration of such elections and the wide range of risks that are associated in conducting the election on the weekend. It is obvious to refer to the anticipated risks of violence and the other prospects which become more dominant when there is a large number of voters coming out and voting in a federal election. The basic aspect of the election system in the United States is that all the eligible voters have the opportunity to cast their vote and have the valid ballot counted accurately. The election authority is therefore responsible for the administration of the elections both in the federal and the state in order to regulate the effective processes of the entire election and address the risks that are associated in conducting the election on a weekend. The US Election System is highly decentralized and the primary responsibility of the election authority is the management, planning and the conducting of the elections in most of the states with effective uniformity and autonomy. The elections are conducted by the election authority who are responsible for the administration of the elections and they need to regulate the entire process that includes the register registration procedures, absentee voting requirements, alternative voting methods, establishment of the polling places, provision of the election workers, testing and certification of equipment and counting and certification of the vote. Therefore, it is relevant to consider the timing of the Federal elections that have not been mandated by the election calendar in terms of enhancing the matter of convenience and to save costs which might enhance the reliability of the democratic aspects of the US government.  
Scope of the Project
The US election system is a complex process that needs a cohesive interaction of people and processes with the effective integration of technology that must effectively operate in terms of achieving and conducting a successful election. The people who are engaged in the election processes are generally the voters, election officials and the poll workers who are a significant part of the entire election process. The election process is dependent on the citizens and the election officials who are effectively working to make out the entire system and are responsible for carrying out the federal and the state election requirements. Voting methods and the related technology is an important part of the election process that has an effective and the contextual influence on the risk management of the election process and the effective decision making regarding the aspects of conducting the election on the weekends (Landman, 2019). 
Conducting the election on the weekend generally means that there is more voter turnout and this can be an effective aspect for the risk management prospect of the entire event. The election process needs to be carried out in a properly managed order in terms of understanding the various risks that are associated and it is effective to note that related Technology also plays a critical part in the success of the election. This is also relevant to consider the risk factors that have been a proper aspect of the isolation of the US Election System that remains in an often isolation without examining the political crisis that have evolved and operation be painful aspects that contemplate a crisis cascade. It is effective to take into consideration the risk factors that need to be mentioned in terms of American exceptionalism and the enduring resilience of American institutions that creates a bias in favour of believing the political crisis and the conflict that will somehow be resolved or averted.  
Policymakers and researchers have a greater emphasis on the aspect of voting on the weekend as it can be in favour of those accessing to advance in the polling station which can enhance the rotor convenience. This is effectively addressed in the case study as a new way to increase voter turnout that needs to be considered as one of the important factors as this can enhance the reliability of the democratic form of government. This should be noted that the weekend voting must be considered to determine the impact of the different groups and the complexity that will ease out in terms of running the entire election (James et al., 2020). Electoral administrators and the local authorities need to emphasize the potential impact on the aspect of their work of moving to the weekend voting that can be taken into account regarding the inevitable increase in the demand for resources and the logistical complexity in terms of running the elections. The risk assessment needs to comply with the issues regarding the aspects of resources, polling station venues, security, and the administration of the election. It is effective to consider the physical barriers that are also responsible and can risk the aspect of conducting the election on the weekend. It is effective to consider that there is considered the risk and there are vital explanations that need to be discussed for recognizing the interests of the electors as well as the voters in terms of deciding and developing the systems that support the electoral system.
Risk & Elections
Risk is involved in all the activities of the election management and it is effective to covered the entire electoral circle for developing a clear understanding of the risk that are important for the electoral process and managing them depends on the situation with an effective remedial measure for bringing out the most effective outcome of the risk. They are needs to be evolve to with a proper risk management framework that needs to be a designed and develop with a clear plan implementation and a continual improvement in order to enhance the effectiveness of the election system. In the initial stage it is affected to develop a clear plan and implement the plan as it was designed. Subsequently verifying the entire risk management plan with a deliberative objective that needs to be set in the case objectives for the implementation of the risk management needs to be effectively considered (Bouoiyour et al., 2020). 
Acting to modify the plan in response to the effective information that has been developed during the monitoring process and the reviews stages needs to be working well and the needs to be addressed in terms of adjusting the improvement of the results and outcomes of the entire processes. The risk management framework must promo to scale up the risk a management in terms of the quality approach and to address about the information and evidence-based judgement.

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