Packing and Organizing Keypads by Using Lanyards and Desk Tethering Lines

Modified on Wed, Apr 23 at 5:10 PM

Problem

Organization is a crucial component to any successful voting event. When it comes time to register participants, nobody wants to spend extra time fumbling through a disheveled box of keypads, thus slowing down the registration process.

In this article, we'll show you how to pack and organize your keypads and lanyards so that registration and transport become a breeze.

Further, if you are using the keypads in a board room and need to make sure they are always assigned to the right person, you might want to tether them to the desk where the person sits.

Solution

LANYARDS

First, attach lanyards to all of the keypads you intend to use for your voting session. Each carrying case holds a capacity of fifty keypads. The lanyard attachment side can face either up or down, but be sure to pack each keypad facing in the same direction.

Place each keypad into the bag facing in the same direction.

Once your keypads are in place, tuck the ends of each lanyard into the mesh lining the inside of the bag lid. This will make the keypads easier to transport and access during registration. A case with fifty keypads can be fully zipped up with each keypad and lanyard neatly in place, eliminating the hassle of loose/protruding lanyards.

Tuck each keypad lanyard into the mesh lining the inside of the case lid.

With the keypads and lanyards fully organized, you'll be all set for a streamlined keypad distribution/registration process. If using a combination of weighted and unweighted keypads, be sure to pack them into separate cases and label them with tape or a color-coded sticker to make them easily identifiable.

DESK TETHER

Towns and cities, variety of management boards, student senates and other small governments assign keypads to their holders (voters) so they can identify and record their votes in each voting session.

Often the voters sit in the same seat, and the organizer needs to make sure that the keypad stays in the seat for future use.

This is where a desk tethering (cable) comes to play.

You can attach a simple retractor to the desk, and attach the keypad to the other end using a metal clip, glue or a plastic clip.

This is how the House of Representatives attach their keypads to the desks. After the session, the keypad is detached to be stored in a secure location.

Keypads can be attached permanently, if your board room is itself a secure location and everyone always sits in the same spot.

Use a glued connection, or the lanyard attachment point to secure the keypad to the retractor mechanism.

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