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DEbluedude

(850 posts)
Tue Nov 8, 2022, 08:53 AM Nov 2022

Just finished voting.

The machines had an option to review your selections and then print them on the ballot that you are given to insert into the machine. Once they are printed, the ballot is available to view through a window. If you are satisfied with your selections, you then choose the "vote" option. The printed ballot is then retained by the machine. This is the first time in my 47 years of voting that I've seen this type of an electronic machine that includes a printed version of the ballot that you can actually see before you cast your vote. I didn't get the name brand of the voting booth machine, but this seems like a fail-safe feature that would help in the event of any MAGA challenges that arise.

Maybe it's just me, but I was impressed.

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Just finished voting. (Original Post) DEbluedude Nov 2022 OP
👍 Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #1
Sounds great! SheltieLover Nov 2022 #2
In Tarrant County we have something similar MagickMuffin Nov 2022 #3
Thank you for voting LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #4
That's what we have, as well. GoCubsGo Nov 2022 #5
It's the proper response to the black box voting concerns of the 00s. Tommy Carcetti Nov 2022 #6

MagickMuffin

(18,235 posts)
3. In Tarrant County we have something similar
Tue Nov 8, 2022, 09:04 AM
Nov 2022


Here you pick a totally blank ballot, vote the ballot, make sure you voted the way you wanted, hit submit and it prints your ballot. However, the voter gets to have possession of the ballot.

Then you can review it once more before feeding it through the vote tabulator. Wait for the US flag to wave at you and proceed to leave.


LetMyPeopleVote

(176,867 posts)
4. Thank you for voting
Tue Nov 8, 2022, 10:23 AM
Nov 2022

In Texas we have machines with paper ballot for a paper trail. We have to take the printed ballot and put the printed ballots into a scanner. If a voter does not do this, the ballot is counted as a fleeing ballot and does not count

GoCubsGo

(34,755 posts)
5. That's what we have, as well.
Tue Nov 8, 2022, 10:27 AM
Nov 2022

We've had them since 2018. Unfortunately, they are not well-maintained, so the touch screens are crap. One has to be really careful that one register the rights candidates. Fortunately, there is a review screen in case you don't catch any misvotes at the start.

Tommy Carcetti

(44,449 posts)
6. It's the proper response to the black box voting concerns of the 00s.
Tue Nov 8, 2022, 10:30 AM
Nov 2022

Which were real concerns, whether or not anything arose from them.

As long as there is some residual paper back up for hand recounts, I have no major problem with electronic machines.

(Although my ballots have been optical scan for over a decade.)

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