Completing a Ballot

Open the unique link in your assignment email. After the round is locked, MockScores first asks you to check for conflicts and then opens the scorecard.

Verify the trial

Before entering scores, confirm:

• Your name
• The presider
• The courtroom
• The prosecution or plaintiff team code
• The defense team code
• The tournament and case name

The conflict screen intentionally uses team codes rather than school names. Look around the courtroom and consider any other information required by the tournament’s conflict policy.

Select Report Conflict if you should not score the trial. Otherwise, select Proceed.

Enter scores

The ballot is divided into categories. For each visible row:

1. Enter the score for each applicable side.
2. Use Next and Previous to move between categories.
3. Watch the category progress indicator to confirm you reviewed every section.

Each score must be a number within the displayed field’s allowed minimum and maximum. On submission, MockScores moves to the first missing or invalid field and displays its accepted range.

When a student is assigned to a role, the ballot shows the student’s name and pronouns beneath the score input.

Tip

Your entered scores and current category are saved in the browser as you work. Keep using the same browser and device until submission so that saved progress is available if the page is refreshed.

Review award nominations

After selecting Submit Scoresheet, the confirmation window may show Individual Award Nominations.

For each category:

1. Select students from the eligible list.
2. Meet the displayed minimum without exceeding the maximum.
3. If you select multiple students, order them so #1 is the strongest nomination. Use the arrow controls to change the order.

Each eligible student’s team side and assigned roles are displayed to help identify the correct person. If fewer students are eligible than the configured minimum, select all eligible students.

Select the presider tiebreaker

When you are the presider and the ballot requests a tiebreaker, choose the team that should win if the trial’s scores are tied. This selection is required even if your own score totals are not tied; it records the choice for the tournament’s standings rules if needed.

A presider configured as tiebreaker only sees a read-only roster instead of score inputs. Review the roster, select one team, and submit the tiebreaker.

Non-presiding scorers do not see the tiebreaker selection unless the tournament assignment says otherwise.

Submit the ballot

1. Select Submit Scoresheet or Submit.
2. Correct any score validation errors.
3. Complete any required award nominations.
4. Select a tiebreaker winner when shown.
5. Review the confirmation message.
6. Select Confirm once.

Submission cannot be undone from the scorer interface. After a successful submission, MockScores clears the locally saved progress and displays Submitted.

Danger

Do not close the page while Submitting… is displayed. Wait for the Submitted confirmation. If a network error appears, keep the page open, restore connectivity, and try again.

Troubleshooting

Submit does not open the confirmation window

At least one score is missing or outside its allowed range. MockScores opens the category containing the first invalid field and displays the required range.

Confirm is disabled

Complete the minimum number of nominees for every award category and choose a tiebreaker team if that section is shown.

I refreshed and my scores disappeared

Saved progress belongs to the browser and device used to enter it. Return to the original device and browser if possible. If the data cannot be recovered, re-enter the scores before submitting.

The link says a ballot was already submitted

The assignment can accept only one ballot. Contact the organizer; do not attempt to score through another person’s link.

I noticed a conflict after proceeding

Stop scoring and contact the organizer immediately. Do not submit the ballot.