Voting Equipment
Your voting system has a new look!
The State of Michigan has implemented a statewide, uniform optical
scan voting system through federal grant funds in order to comply with
the new HAVA (Help America Vote Act) laws. The City of Farmington
Hills received new M-100 tabulating equipment to replace the optical
scan units the city purchased 16 years ago. This new equipment was
used for the first time for our November 8, 2005 City General Election.
The biggest change that voters will notice is that you now have to fill
in an oval to cast your vote rather than connecting an arrow.
In addition to the new M-100 voting tabulator first used last
November, each precinct will have one new unit called the Automark.
This unit was designed to assist disabled voters and is equipped with
Braille buttons, as well as audio instructions. This machine
design is “touch screen” voting. Voters using this equipment will
receive the same ballot as all other voters. A blank ballot issued
to the voter is inserted into the Automark machine and the machine scans
the ballot and prompts the voter on how to proceed. The audio
portion gives full instructions on how to cast votes as the person
voting chooses. Once the voter has completed voting, the machine
will mark the ballot accordingly and the eject the marked ballot.
This ballot is then placed through the same M-100 tabulator as all other
ballots voted that day in order for the votes to be counted. The
Automark ONLY marks the ballot for the handicapped voter who should not
require any assistance in voting; the M-100 tabulator then actually
counts the votes cast.
Disabled voters may visit the City Clerk’s Office any time after July
24th to actually gain knowledge of and vote on the Automark and M-100
tabulator machine.
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