[nfbmi-talk] new accessable voting technology

Wed Nov 5 00:35:49 UTC 2014

This is a wonderful step forward toward to total balloting and casting of
votes from the comfort of home.  Perhaps Mark can explore this voting
option, present it to State election officials, and report his results on
the Michigan governmental list.

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New Technology from ES&S Allows Voters to Mark Ballots from Home

A voter can review and digitally mark a ballot on a computer, tablet or
smartphone and then cast the ballot at a polling place thanks to a new
product from

Election Systems & Software (ES&S), the world's largest elections-only
company.

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Omaha, NE (PRWEB) November 03, 2014

A voter can review and digitally mark a ballot on a computer, tablet or
smartphone and then cast the ballot at a polling place thanks to a new
product from

Election Systems & Software (ES&S), the world's largest elections-only
company.

The ExpressPassT system from ES&S represents the company's latest innovation
to give voters more convenience and flexibility when exercising their
democratic

right to vote, said Tom Burt, ES&S president and chief operating officer.

"ES&S continually develops reliable and secure ways to give voters more
ballot-casting options," Burt said. "ExpressPass accomplishes this with a
system

that gives voters time to research candidates and then mark their ballots
from the comfort of their homes. This saves them time at the polls."

The ExpressPass system can be used to offer sample ballots. These counties
have offered ExpressPass sample ballots to voters in their 2014 General
Elections:

Potter, Robertson, Ellis and

Smith

counties in Texas, Hancock County in Indiana and the Danville Election
Commission in Illinois.

With the ExpressPass system, an election jurisdiction provides its voters
with a secure web page where a voter can use a computer, tablet or
smartphone

to anonymously look up his or her address. The voter is then given access to
an on-screen ballot that's identical to the ballot in the polling place. The

voter can easily navigate and mark the ballot, taking time to research
ballot options if needed. The voter's choices are marked but not recorded,
protecting

anonymity and privacy.

ExpressPass can be used with ExpressVoteR, ES&S' federally approved voting
device, to allow voters to print sample ballots they can fill out either on
Election

Day or during an early-voting period. The printout includes directions to
early voting locations or a voter's Election Day polling location. Also,
smartphone

users can scan the quick response (QR) code on the digital ballot at their
polling places to easily and quickly cast ballots. Voters always have the
option

to change selections before casting their ballots.

ExpressPass has an accessible format for voters with disabilities who use
assistive technologies, such as screen readers and navigational software.
The

system meets requirements of the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act.

"We look forward to helping election jurisdictions implement this innovation
that gives voters more choices while saving their taxpayers money," Burt
said.

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ABOUT ES&S: Election Systems and Software, LLC (ES&S) is the world's largest
elections-only company, providing election equipment and services for 35
years.

ES&S serves 42 states and more than 2,400 of the 3,144 county-level
governments across the United States. Learn more about ES&S at

http://www.essvote.com

and on Facebook at facebook.com/essvote.
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