Emergency Operations Preparedness Plan

Emergency Operations Preparedness Plan. 1. County election officials choosing to utilize EPBs in any election shall draft, adopt and/or implement an emergency preparedness plan which outlines the processes and procedures to be followed by county election officials in the event of a failure of a technology failure. The plan must provide for the uninterrupted and continuation of the voting process under applicable Mississippi law. The processes and procedures of an emergency preparedness plan should be incorporated into poll manager training. 2. It is the recommendation of the Secretary of State for each county choosing to utilize the EPBs in any election to print paper pollbooks as well to serve as an emergency backup to the EPBs in the event of performance failure.