A story
A few elections ago.
I went to vote. The voting machine was the same electronic type I voted on before.
I live in a small town and some people know others in town. When I voted before I pressed the membrane switches and the LEDs came on at the selections then I pressed the switch at the bottom right and here is the IMPORTANT part the machine plays a series of tones signifying the vote was cast and the leds go out.
So two? elections ago I go to vote. I hand in my number and enter the machine select and see the leds go on by the selections and then press the bottom right button NO TONES! but the leds go out. Standing in the machine I ask the workers did I vote? After a few mins the older woman tells me NO she forgot to set the machine with my number. She sets the machine I select and press the button and now I heard tones.
I noted a number of older people with hearing aids and began to wonder how easy it might be for people that did not pay attention not to have their votes count.
Pay attention know or ask how the machine works/responds before voting is what came out of this for me.
A few elections ago.
I went to vote. The voting machine was the same electronic type I voted on before.
I live in a small town and some people know others in town. When I voted before I pressed the membrane switches and the LEDs came on at the selections then I pressed the switch at the bottom right and here is the IMPORTANT part the machine plays a series of tones signifying the vote was cast and the leds go out.
So two? elections ago I go to vote. I hand in my number and enter the machine select and see the leds go on by the selections and then press the bottom right button NO TONES! but the leds go out. Standing in the machine I ask the workers did I vote? After a few mins the older woman tells me NO she forgot to set the machine with my number. She sets the machine I select and press the button and now I heard tones.
I noted a number of older people with hearing aids and began to wonder how easy it might be for people that did not pay attention not to have their votes count.
Pay attention know or ask how the machine works/responds before voting is what came out of this for me.