MAGI
09/11/07, 07:16 am
I just gave up trying to get the full article posted on The Connecticut page, B1 on 9/10/07, so I'll just write it out. The system is in place for some primaries taking place today. Not happening in my town so I'll not be able to try it today, but it will be in place for the "November general election".
The new technology repaces the mechanical lever - style machines that have been in use for decades. Vision and mobility- impaired voters also willl have access to a vote - by - phone system that willl enable them to cast their votes privately, as rewquired by federal law. This guide will help familiarize you with both systems.
1. CHECK IN.
Show driver's license or other proof of identity.
2. Take ballot
You will receive a placemat-sized paper ballot with the candidates listed in rows by party. Take the ballot to one of the "privacy booths" to fill out.
3. Fill out ballot
Shows ovals and a required pen is provided..."as you would a lottery ticket or standardized test. There's a magnifying glass provided in the booth. If a mistake is made, call for a new ballot which will be exchanged.
4. Submit Ballot
Place your finished ballot in a privacy folder that is provided.
Walk your ballot over to a voting machine and feed it into the slot. The machine will accept the ballot like a vending machine taking a dollar bill.
The ballots fall into two stacks inside the machine. Poll workers count the write in votes by hand.
The article shows the "privacy booth", the "vote tallying machine" and the "slot" which:
Once the polls close, the results are spit out on a cash-register-like receipt for poll workers.
There is also a storage space for unreadable ballots for cases in which voters decline to fill out a substitute ballot
I'll have to check that out because i'm not making sense of "a substitute ballot".
Sounds good.............
What is you opinion, Jane? I wonder how many States are going this way? If there is any question on the vote, the ballots are there to be viewed against the "register tape".
The new technology repaces the mechanical lever - style machines that have been in use for decades. Vision and mobility- impaired voters also willl have access to a vote - by - phone system that willl enable them to cast their votes privately, as rewquired by federal law. This guide will help familiarize you with both systems.
1. CHECK IN.
Show driver's license or other proof of identity.
2. Take ballot
You will receive a placemat-sized paper ballot with the candidates listed in rows by party. Take the ballot to one of the "privacy booths" to fill out.
3. Fill out ballot
Shows ovals and a required pen is provided..."as you would a lottery ticket or standardized test. There's a magnifying glass provided in the booth. If a mistake is made, call for a new ballot which will be exchanged.
4. Submit Ballot
Place your finished ballot in a privacy folder that is provided.
Walk your ballot over to a voting machine and feed it into the slot. The machine will accept the ballot like a vending machine taking a dollar bill.
The ballots fall into two stacks inside the machine. Poll workers count the write in votes by hand.
The article shows the "privacy booth", the "vote tallying machine" and the "slot" which:
Once the polls close, the results are spit out on a cash-register-like receipt for poll workers.
There is also a storage space for unreadable ballots for cases in which voters decline to fill out a substitute ballot
I'll have to check that out because i'm not making sense of "a substitute ballot".
Sounds good.............
What is you opinion, Jane? I wonder how many States are going this way? If there is any question on the vote, the ballots are there to be viewed against the "register tape".