Judge Info

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Judge Requirements:

IE (MS & HS): One (1) judge for every five(5) IE entries (a Duo team counts as one entry) Public Forum/LD: One (1) judge for every 1-2 teams/debaters; two (2) judges for 3-4 teams/debaters Congress: One (1) scorer or parliamentarian for every 6 entries. The fee for being short judges is $30.00 per judge. This fee will be enforced. JUDGES DROPPED THE DAY OF THE MEET WILL RESULT IN A $30 FINE REGARDLESS OF DROPS IN ENTRIES.

In I.E., a judge who just graduated from high school last year may NOT judge the event in which he/she competed. A parent or other close family relative should NOT judge the event in which the current competitor competes; INCLUDING CONGRESS. (not applicable in LD or PF Debate) PLEASE NOTE ANY JUDGE PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE WHEN YOU REGISTER. Do NOT drop judges even though you may be forced to drop contestants. A dropped judge on the day of the tournament will cost you $30.00. The judge drop fee will be enforced.

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Judge Registration:

Please register ALL judges on SpeechWire. We will be using online ballots through SpeechWire. When registering your judge you will need to provide an email address for them. Once they are registered, your judge will recieve an email from SpeechWire asking them to create a password for Live.SpeechWire (if they have never judged before. If they have judged before, they will use the same password that they have been using). The day of the tournament the judge will go to live.speechwire.com and log in using the email that they were registered with and the password that they made or have been using all season. Judges are expected to provide their own devices (laptop, iPad, tablet, etc...). I would not recommend using a phone, reason being the judge would not be able to have the phone in airplane mode while filling out the online ballot, making it more likely that the phone could go off in the middle of the round.

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IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU REMIND YOUR JUDGES TO HAVE THEIR DEVICES FULLY CHARGED THE MORNING OF THE TOURNAMENT. There will not always be a convenient place to plug in the devices in classrooms. I will do everything I can to make sure there are multiple outlets available in the judge lounge to allow judges to charge in between rounds, but charging a device during a round could be a little more complicated. The last thing we want is for someone's device to shut off in the middle of a round due to a low battery. Please keep your judges informed. If your judge will need a paper ballot, please send me an email informing me as soon as you can and I will make sure paper ballots are printed for that judge. The sooner I am informed the better.

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Judges Lounge: HS Field House Lobby