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R ULE IV SCORING —PROTESTS - RANKING Section 1: Grading, Protest and Inspection Procedure, Posting of Ranking and Notification The written examination papers of each candidate shall be graded by an outside scoring company. The passing score for the examination shall be determined by the Commission prior to the identification of the candidates. a. After an entry level examination has been held, each candidate shall be notified by mail as to the grade achieved. All rules and regulations regarding the process for examination protest, if any, and the inspection, if any, of questions, ratings keys or answers to the examination shall be included with the notice of grade. b. After a written promotional examination has been held, each candidate shall have a period of five (5) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, to inspect the questions and the rating keys or answers to the examination and to file any protest deemed advisable. These protests shall be in writing and the candidate shall have the right to support the protest with any pertinent written materials. The names of the candidates submitting protest shall remain anonymous to the Commission. All protests with respect to said rating keys or answers shall be determined by the Commission within a period of not more than five (5) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. The Commission shall make such changes as it deems to be warranted, and the Commission's decision shall be final. If the Commission finds an error in the rating keys or answers, it shall publish a revised rating key with five (5) days of its finding of such error(s). The revised rating key or answer shall then be available to candidates for a period of five (5) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, subsequent to such determination or error(s). c. After the grading of such examination papers, any candidate in the examination who deems his/hers examination papers have been erroneously graded, shall have the right to appeal to the Commission, and said appeal or appeals shall be heard by the Commission. d. A ranked list for entry-level and promotional exams shall be posted in the Civil Service Office. Section 2: Tie Score Entry -Level In the event two or more applicants receive the same final score in an entry-level examination, the order in which their names shall be placed on the eligible list shall be determined in accordance with the following priorities listed in descending order. a. Veteran over non -veteran. b. Priority in time of filing the application with the Commission (stamped received time and date on application packet). c. Earliest time recorded for the completion of written test. d. Test of signature of application. e. Coin toss by Civil Service Commission.