I just voted on Paper Ballot in Ohio.

[mod mom]

My husband and I just requested paper ballots at our precinct. The election judge pulled out a provisional envelope and I corrected him that my vote is NOT Provisional as there is no question of my registration and he looked up procedure then found the correct envelope. I heard him ask someone if the technician had left yet but I couldn't ask about this as it was early lunchtime and starting to fill up. Made me glad to know OUR votes will be counted.

[Renew Deal]

1. What do you use there?

Touchscreen?

[mod mom]

3. ES&S IVotronic voting machines:

Name / Model: iVotronic<1>
Vendor: Election Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S)

Federally-Qualified Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail Capability: None.<2>

http://www.verifiedvoting.org/article.php?id=5165

The same machines that were tampered with when OH SOS Jennifer Brunner tried to vote in 2006:


At least 15 touch-screen voting machines that produced improbable numbers in Ohio's 2006 statewide election are now under double-lock in an official crime scene. And the phony "Homeland Security Alert" used by Republicans to build up George W. Bush's 2004 vote count in a key southwestern Ohio county has come under new scrutiny.

The touch-screen machines were locked up after Ohio's new Democratic Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, tried to vote last fall. On November 6, she spotted a gray bar with the words "candidate withdrawn" in a slot where the name of Democrat Jay Perez should have appeared. Her husband, voting nearby, told her Perez's name did appear, as it was supposed to, on his machine.

Perez had been a candidate in the race for Franklin County Municipal Judge. He withdrew his name after the county had finalized its ballots. But it now appears the ES&S machines left his name on some machines but not on others. Perez, a Democrat, wanted to avoid playing a spoiler in the race. But the appearance of his name on some machines may have helped Republican David Tyack win.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-fitrakis-and-harvey-wasserman/ohios-voting-machines-are_b_92158.html

[luvs2sing]

2. That's interesting...

I tried to get one when I voted on Saturday and was told that the only paper ballots were provisional and I would have to stand in some long line somewhere to get one and there was a sign that told me where to get one that I had somehow missed. This was at the Franklin County Board of Elections. Oh, I was also told that "someone like me" would not want a paper ballot - that they were for people who didn't have permanent addresses. I'm guessing "someone like me" means a well-dressed Caucasian woman. While the worker was telling me this, she was setting up the voting machine. I ended up using it because I was worried that it would somehow invalidate my vote if I didn't use the machine. She also started talking in a very loud, intimidating voice in an (unfortunately successful) attempt to embarrass me. The whole incident really stunk.

[mod mom]

4. The poll worker was getting paper ballot mixed up with provisional ballot.

It seems to poor training. Would you mind reporting this to Voter protection? I'll PM you contact info.

[luvs2sing]

6. Just reported it.

Thanks for the info!!! :yourock:

[mod mom]

7. thanks for reporting it.

:hi:

[NI4NI]

5. My paper ballot vote today in PA.

made me feel secure.
NO MECHANICAL LEVERS, NO BUTTONS, NO TOUCH SCREENS.
Just a black ink pen to color in a circle marked STRAIGHT DEMOCRAT.