Election Process

Video Report – Express XL Voting Machine

ES&S ExpressVote XL

• All-In-One Touch-Screen Voting MachineNo Hand-Marked Paper Ballots
• 2x As Expensive As Ballot Marking Devices (BMDs) With Optical Scanners
• Longer Voter Wait Lines
• Suppress The Vote (More Complex)
• Requires More Machines (1 XL/500 Voters vs 1 BMD/4000 Voters)
• More Machines = More Storage Space = More Money
• Ballot Replaced By Summary Card
• Most Voters Will Not Take The Time To Review The Summary Card
• Voter Does Not Know If The Bar Codes Read By The Machine Reflect His/Her Choices
• At Least 3 States Have Reported Machine Failures (Pennsylvania, New Jersey And Texas)
• To Date, 5 New York State Counties Have Been Solicited To Purchase These Machines
• Monroe County Has Purchased 1000 Machines For $12,000,000
• Suffolk County Are Considering Putchasing 2750 Machines For $34,000,000
• Erie and Orange Counties Have Purchased Some Machines On A Trial Basis

Hand Counting

Connect with a local group and learn to hand count paper ballots. Our Express one-hour training is in person and is a great team builder with a purpose.

Hand counting:
• is the historical method of counting ballots.
• Is still used in most countries
• determines voter intent more effectively
• reduces time and expense
• allows for local oversight, no delegation to high tech entities
• can be used to audit machine count totals
• can obtain election results in one day
• resolves chain of custody issues