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dsrtaoMy precinct uses paper ballots which are marked with a heavy black permanent ink, scanned by a counting machine and retained for recount purposes.
Voter identification for voters already on the books is minimal: they ask where you live, ask your full name, and check you off. There is a cop eating donuts on the other side of the room. I didn't recognize him; I think I know about a third of the police department, but it's probably less. A different desk with the same voter registration books checks you out by the same process.
Since there was no line, it took about four minutes from stepping into the room to stepping out again; this was with two sick kids in tow.
Separate accomodations must be made for the blind, but I don't know what they are. Braille ballots? There was a translator present who was looking underworked. The south part of town has more linguistic diversity -- several kinds of Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole. Up north is solid New English, with the name of our town as a shibboleth.
Voter identification for voters already on the books is minimal: they ask where you live, ask your full name, and check you off. There is a cop eating donuts on the other side of the room. I didn't recognize him; I think I know about a third of the police department, but it's probably less. A different desk with the same voter registration books checks you out by the same process.
Since there was no line, it took about four minutes from stepping into the room to stepping out again; this was with two sick kids in tow.
Separate accomodations must be made for the blind, but I don't know what they are. Braille ballots? There was a translator present who was looking underworked. The south part of town has more linguistic diversity -- several kinds of Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole. Up north is solid New English, with the name of our town as a shibboleth.
