What type of voting machine did you use?

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[NYCGirl]

1. Lever. Here in NYC. NT

[smirkymonkey]

19. Same.

NYC.

[snacker]

2. Paper ballot, no machine at poll. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. A black pen on paper.

Seemed to function well.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Lever machine - New Rochelle, NY

It also leaves a paper trail.

:kick:

[Jersey Devil]

5. NJ - Sequoia, no receipt, electronic buttons on printed screen

You push the button next to the name, a green light goes on, you push the big red button on the bottom to record all votes once they are marked. The machine "beeps" and you're done. I don't like it at all.

[mainegreen]

6. Paper ballot put in locked box. nt

[Justyce]

7. Touch screen, no paper trail -- Texas

[donco6]

8. CO Sequoia with paper ballot copy fed into locked box.

I checked the paper ballot produced and it was correct as it fed into the box. No problems with the touch screen.

[tanyev]

9. Diabolical Diebold touch screen.

[Gatchaman]

10. I used a Hart Intercivic eSlate machine

I got a slip of paper with a login code that I assume is a receipt.

It worked very well, although I haven't heard anything about the reliability/accountability of these things. I wouldn't be surprised if they were no better than the Liebold machines.

[cwilper]

11. Lever. Upstate NY.

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[Karmageddon]

12. They had paperless touch screens, so I asked for a paper ballot

the "fill in the dot" kind that will be scanned later.

[IDemo]

13. ID - handheld stylus, punched paper ticket

Zer old vays are best.

[SouthernBelle82]

14. Here in TN in my area

we vote on paper and put it in a machine for counting or something.

[lutefisk]

15. Absentee ballot- black pen on paper in an envelope...

...hand delivered to a clerk at the local city hall. There was a line of other people doing the same thing yesterday afternoon.

Of course I don't know if that's a good thing considering I live in the land of "Bush/Cheney" and "W" bumper stickered cars.

[rpgamerd00d]

16. Lever machine (CT)

[insane_cratic_gal]

17. touch screen no paper trail

I asked for a paper ballot, but no luck.

[Pathwalker]

18. Who owns Seqouia Optical scanners?

I used a paper ballot that was fed into the scanner, that's why I'm asking. I had a funny incident: my repuke neighbor came up to the booth next to me and was shocked and dismayed that there was no machine. I explained that she simply filled in the blank on her vote with a pencil, then fed it into the machine later. She pouted, and whined;"But I was so looking forward to voting on one of those new machines."
Her hubby ran for township supervisor (Rep.) recently, and came in last. Grrrrr.! Yes, they're THAT stupid here in Clinton Co. Michigan.

[Nicole]

35. Smartmatic n/t

[sillyphoenix]

20. Lever (upstate NY w00t!)

It looked like it was about 60 years old. Rock solid. They don't make them like they used to!

[Window]

21. Touch screen, no paper.

New in our area, which is full of senior citizens who are finding the new machines difficult to use. There are three large senior citizen building in this one block.

[Beelzebud]

22. Touch Screen that printed the ballot. Illinois

These machines actually seemed ok. I double checked, and it had everything correct. I watched my ballot go into the ballot box.

[Pithlet]

23. Touch screen, no paper.

The first time I've ever voted with one. I hated it. I used a provisional ballot in the last election.

[NorthernSpy]

24. Papermate Medium Point manufactured by Write Brothers...

Unhackable!

Seriously, this country REALLY needs to do something to make elections secure.

Fortunately, my state has a "paper-trail law" which says that any legal voting method must generate hard copy records of each vote, so that election results can be verified.

But most Americans have no such protection. Which is sickening!


:grr:

[ClintonTyree]

25. New York's tried and true lever machine.

The same machines we've been using since I first voted almost 40 years ago. New York wasn't going to be bullied by HAVA into buying and using machines that have been so troublesome. Best decision New York ever made.....well, besides electing ELIOT SPITZER FOR GOVERNOR! :woohoo: SEE YA' PATAKI!

[Junkdrawer]

26. Playskool 2006...

They now have my consent to govern me...

[catlawyer]

27. Everyone in our county votes by absentee NT

[nealmhughes]

28. Optical Scanner fed into paper ballot. Lauderdale Co., Alabama.

I used my voter registration ID that one gets when one registers as ID as did everyone with whom I was in line. No problems, in and out in 5 mins. at 8:30 am.

[mjack]

29. Paper ballot

Paper ballot and No. 2 pencil, put in locked bag, will be counted by hand when polls close. My county closed two voting precincts so we could stay with paper ballots and avoid machines. Majority pubbie area but even those folks liked their mark on paper and the hand count. Old school works.

[newyawker99]

39. Hi mjack!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[CANDO]

30. Shouptronic Direct Recording Electronic

This is not a touch screen. You press buttons and your choice lights up where your button is. Hackable? I have no idea, but it must upload electronicly at some point. Not good.

[elocs]

31. Optical scan with a paper ballot.

Just connect the arrow next to the candidate's name. Couldn't be more simple and it is the most accurate voting method widely available. For those who think paper ballots are the holy grail, just ask some voters in Mexico, but at least the optical scan which I used has a very easily readable paper ballot to be recounted if necessany hanging chads.

[Norquist Nemesis]

32. Opti-scan here, but I'm still worried mine won't count

Once it's down to the State Reps we have no challenger here in my district. So, where it reads "no candidate (Democrat)", there is no bubble to fill in. There IS a bubble for write-ins, but the only write-ins that get counted are for names that are already on an approved write-in candidate list. That list is not posted or shown anywhere, but kept in the hands of the election officials.

Here's the thing...In 2004, any write-in candidate went down into a separate compartment in the machine and I had to point it out to the election officials that no write-ins were recording on the tape. It took them quite a while before they found the ballots that were write-ins. Had I not brought it to their attention, they'ld probably still be in the machine.

We're still using the same machines as in 2004, and I didn't recognize any of the election officials that have been there in the past. So, while the counter upped one number to 361 that a ballot had been inserted, it didn't tell me if my ballot went into never-never land because of an undervote. :shrug:

[Buck Rabbit]

33. Oregon Vote By Mail. (several days ago).

Republicans hate it as it results in high voter turnout and is as easy for working people to vote as it is for retired people. The voter intimidation and selective polling place capacity strangulation strategies don't work here. When you vote early the political parties are informed (not who you voted for but that your ballot is in) and they leave you alone at that point (no more nagging phone calls). Couple that with watching all TV with a delay using a DVR and skipping thru the 17 brazillion Ron Saxton ads with the push of a button and election season is tolerable.

[GregW]

37. Yup - Me too!

For the first time in years my neighbor (nice guy) didn't have his Republican yard signs out - guess he finally realized being a Republican in Eugene is about as popular as a turd in a punchbowl.

[two gun sid]

34. Optical Scan with Paper Ballot.

[Nicole]

36. Optical scan with paper ballot n/t

[Jamastiene]

38. Both optical scan with paper ballot and touch screen with paper

trail. They offer one or the other here, depending on what you want to use.

[sakabatou]

40. Absentee