Ballot marking devices are available to all voters with special accommodations for hearing, visual, physical and other disabilities. This provides voters the opportunity to independently vote a ballot in complete privacy. This terminal marks the voter's selections on paper that becomes their ballot. Voters can select their choices using a touch screen. Personal adaptives may also be used to assist voters in making their selections. The completed ballot is then fed into a tabulator, which scans and records the votes.
Personal adaptives may be used to assist voters in making their selections.
Begin the voting process by inserting your card.
Search for your precinct.
Select your precinct.
Confirm your precinct.
Select your choice for each race.
Review your selections.
Choose to print your selections on your card.
Printing the card.
Card is returned to the voter.
Remove card.
Place card in secrecy sleeve.
Proceed to tabulator.
Once the voter has completed marking his ballot either with a pen from the voting booth or by a ballot marking device (voter assist terminal), the voter puts his ballot in a secrecy sleeve with the ballot stub exposed and proceeds to the precinct tabulator. The voter should hand the precinct worker the application to vote. The precinct worker will check that the number on the ballot stub matches the application to vote number. The precinct worker will tear off the ballot stub and instruct the voter to feed the ballot into the tabulator.
When you approach the tabulator, you will follow these steps:
Screen shows tabulator is ready.
Insert ballot edge into slot.
The screens show the ballot was successfully cast.
Sometimes it is necessary to collect ballots in the auxiliary bin before tabulating. If needed, the precinct worker will instruct you to follow these steps:
Auxiliary bin slot.
Insert ballot into slot.
