How are you running open enrollment for new hires after the event period closes?

Summary: We running the open enrollment event for new hires after the period ends we are unable to make elections to open enrollment for them

Content (required): Our OE event ended yesterday. Anyone hired from here throughout the rest of the year will need to complete a OE event for next year after electing their new hire benefits. When we run the event it gets listed as evaluated, but we are unable to elect to it. How can we acheive this

Version (include the version you are using, if applicable): 21C

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