AutoMARK Voting Instructions

In the general election, the following are the steps necessary to vote on the AutoMARK:

1. The election judge will take the stub off of your ballot and will place your ballot in a secrecy sleeve. The stub must be removed for the AutoMARK to read the ballot.

2. The election judge will then insert the secrecy sleeve into the AutoMARK so the AutoMARK accepts your ballot. The secrecy sleeve will stay in the AutoMARK so that your ballot will remain secret when it is printed out by the machine.

You may wish to ask the election judge for headphones, which you can use to hear the computer voice that will read the ballot to you.

Also, if you are using the headphones, you can press the diamond-shaped "screen" button at the top right of the AutoMARK to completely darken the screen so that you are certain that no one can see your votes.

3. If you are an individual with low or no vision, you can use the keypad that is on the right side of the machine to navigate through your choices. The computer voice will read your choices to you. You can also change the contrast and font size to make the screen easier to read.

The keypad has raised buttons in the shape of arrows for ease of use, and also has Braille markings for people who are able to read Braille.

4. Make your choices for candidates and ballot issues. After you are done making your choices, the AutoMARK will confirm them to you, allow you to change and confirm them, and will mark and print your ballot so that it comes out into the secrecy sleeve. Putting the ballot back into the machine will allow it to read your ballot and confirm that the machine accurately marked your choices, if you would like for it do so.

5. An election judge will take your ballot while it is still in the secrecy sleeve and drop it into the ballot box for counting.

Congratulations – Your Vote Counted!!!

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Voter training video for the AutoMARK machine.

Voter training video with captions for the AutoMARK machine.

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