voter registration, voting, and
access to election-related data.
* Robert L. Walker, Chairman * Bobbie S. Mack, Vice Chairman * Andrew V. Jezic * David J. McManus, Jr. * Charles E. Thomann
State Administrator of Elections: * Linda H. Lamone
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7.1 General
A search can be performed in most of the windows of EFS after you have entered that window. There are three search functions that can be accessed from the EFS Main Window. They are "Search Contributions," "Search Expenditures," and "Search Debts."
Each is self-explanatory as to what they search and all three have certain universal capabilities. Each can:
- Create reports based on the data previously entered (i.e., In the Expenditure Search you can create a report that list all expenditures made for a particular purpose or by checks between a specified range.)
- Define the order by which the list is printed (i.e., by date, alphabetically by name, by amount, by check number, as appropriate)
- Choose to produce a particular report by filling in the fields or choose to produce an aggregate report by not filling in the fields
- Perform a search by entering part of or an entire name
- Sort lists
- Generate an aggregate total at the bottom of the report
- Print and/or Print Preview the report
7.2 Accessing the features
To use any of the three features discussed here, do the following:
- Go to the EFS Main Window, select the appropriate search button and then choose the report
- Fill out the fields in the top portion of the window (to produce a particular Search report) or don't fill out the fields (to produce an aggregate Search report)
- Click on the Sort tab in the lower portion of the window and select the desired sort order
- From the toolbar at top of window, click on either Print or Print Preview and then follow through
*NOTE: Unlike the "Search Expenditures" and "Search Debts" features which contain the exact same components in their Sort Tab and print/print preview processes, the "Search Contributions" feature presents different components in its Sort Tab and printing processes as shown below. Specifically, you have the choice of creating a letter with corresponding print options (i.e., Report Only, Letter Only, Report With Letter, and Label (see graphic below). Of the three, "Search Contributions" is the only one with these options.
