![]() ![]() Meanwhile, after the polls had closed, a Republican and Democratic poll worker drove the USB drives in a locked case with each machine's voting results and any paper ballots cast at that polling location in sealed envelopes back to the Board of Elections office. Johnson said this new procedures saves the cost of having to provide staff, lighting and security at the four drop-off locations. ![]() The movers then picked up machines directly from the polling locations. This election, the poll workers left the machines at the polling locations in locked security cages. And the poll workers would be unable to leave the polling location for hours until the pickup. Otherwise, the company would have needed more time to visit all 111 polling locations. In the past, Johnson said, workers had to bring the voting machines to one of four drop-off locations after polls closed to make it easier and faster for a moving company to scoop them up and bring back to the Board of Elections warehouse. "After we get those initial calls (from poll workers reporting issues) we get in the morning, the phones were pretty quiet most of the day. He said in those few cases, voters simply used another machine. Secrest said he could not say specifically which polling locations had these situations, which he said are common in every election. Secrest said the poll workers were able to resolve the issues by calling the Board of Elections office or a technician fixed it. In a some other instances, the power cables for the printers weren't properly connected. ![]() Travis Secrest, the Republican administrative assistant of the Stark County Board of Elections, said a few poll workers had some difficulty inserting paper properly into the machines, which allow voters to verify their choices before submitting their ballots. "There may be some tweaks that we want to do. "I think they worked really well and the staff did a great job in getting those machines ready for use," he said. Stark County Board of Elections Chairman Samuel Ferruccio, a Democrat, said the reports he heard were positive. And we thought we would because they were brand new," Johnson said. "We didn't get a whole bunch of phone calls. Johnson said voters did not seem to experience much of the learning curve she thought might be required. The controversial purchase of the machines became a political tug-of-war in 2021 between the Stark County elections board and county commissioners, resulting in a lawsuit and an Ohio Supreme Court ruling ordering commissioners to buy them. So it wasn't a big change for most of the voters." "It's fairly similar to the previous (TSX voting machine) so it's a newer generation. Unlike the ImageCast BMD, the ImageCast Scanner does not have a LCD screen or any other devices to allow the voting machine to mark the ballot for the voter.More: Election 2021 results: Canton Treasurer Kim Perez wins re-election This tabulates the voter’s selections from the paper ballot. Once the ballot has been marked by the voter, it is inserted into the slot marked “Insert Ballot Here” with the red arrow and automatically read by the optical scanner. The ImageCast Scanner is a device which allows a voter to cast his or her ballot for tabulation. A “Sip-N-Puff” or paddle device may also be used by voters with limited hand dexterity. Voters can listen to the selections over headphones, or view an LCD screen with an image of their ballot that can be adjusted for size and contrast. Audio and tactile interfaces (ATI) allow voters with sight or dexterity challenges to complete their ballot. ![]() The ImageCast BMD is a ballot marking device that allows a voter with disabilities to privately and independently vote on a paper ballot.
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