Voting
Equipment
City Clerk
Optech Insight Tabulator
Every precinct in the City of East Lansing is equipped with an Optech Insight Tabulator for counting the votes on the ballots. Features of the optical scan system:
AutoMARK Voter Assist Terminal
The AutoMARK Voter Assist Terminal is a ballot-marking device. It resembles a fax machine with a large flip-up screen. Voters can use the machine to mark their ballot through the use of the touch screen, Braille keypad or with the aid of their personal equipment such as a sip/puff device or foot pedal that can be plugged into a port on the front of the terminal. Voters can view the ballot on the touch screen or listen to an audio version of the ballot using the provided headset.
The AutoMARK touch screen features magnification and contrast features. The audio ballot can be easily adjusted for volume and speed. For voters with vision impairment, the screen can be turned off for added privacy. The audio ballot, keypad and touch screen can be used interchangeably. A voter can make selections using the keypad and then switch to the touch screen and vice versa if preferred.
The AutoMARK does not tabulate or record votes. It is only a ballot-marking device, designed to aid a voter in marking a traditional paper optical scan ballot. To use the AutoMARK, a voter inserts a ballot into the terminal. Once a voter has indicated all of his/her vote choices, the AutoMARK prints a marked ballot. The ballot can then be inserted into the tabulator either by the voter or another person without violating the secrecy of the ballot.
Every precinct in the City of East Lansing is equipped with an Optech Insight Tabulator for counting the votes on the ballots. Features of the optical scan system:
- Automatically counts the vote
- Provides a paper trail for each ballot
- Alerts voters to ballot marking errors and gives voters an opportunity to correct ballot marking errors
AutoMARK Voter Assist Terminal
The AutoMARK Voter Assist Terminal is a ballot-marking device. It resembles a fax machine with a large flip-up screen. Voters can use the machine to mark their ballot through the use of the touch screen, Braille keypad or with the aid of their personal equipment such as a sip/puff device or foot pedal that can be plugged into a port on the front of the terminal. Voters can view the ballot on the touch screen or listen to an audio version of the ballot using the provided headset.
The AutoMARK touch screen features magnification and contrast features. The audio ballot can be easily adjusted for volume and speed. For voters with vision impairment, the screen can be turned off for added privacy. The audio ballot, keypad and touch screen can be used interchangeably. A voter can make selections using the keypad and then switch to the touch screen and vice versa if preferred.
The AutoMARK does not tabulate or record votes. It is only a ballot-marking device, designed to aid a voter in marking a traditional paper optical scan ballot. To use the AutoMARK, a voter inserts a ballot into the terminal. Once a voter has indicated all of his/her vote choices, the AutoMARK prints a marked ballot. The ballot can then be inserted into the tabulator either by the voter or another person without violating the secrecy of the ballot.