Nikka Brim opens the voter roll, shift exemptions and ballot challenge cards at the ward table at Furnace Square. Before anyone changes a mark, the crew checks the evening table opens before the last furnace shift is released. The cinder winter period sets the pace of the work.

The page holds 52 eligible workers able to reach a ballot table. Nikka Brim reads the preceding count, 55, before the next line is entered. A number without a date would not tell the next crew what changed.

The registrar counts a ballot table as open. Workers say they need a published release window to reach it. Here the difference is visible between the posted rule and the route, service or shift just beyond the door.

The office posts the change and records its first operating measure. The responsible office has begun the follow-up set by the board, which approved a paid-time trial with a closeout date.

The shift closes with the source page attached to the board. The next file uses a new date and scope.