The Nash County Board of Elections utilizes two types of voting equipment: M100 Ballot Counter and the AutoMARK Voter Assistance Terminal.
The ES&S Model 100 is a precinct-based, voter-activated paper ballot counter and vote tabulator. Utilizing advanced Intelligent Mark Recognition (IMR) visible light scanning technology. To ensure voter intent and ballot integrity, the Model 100 alerts voters to overvoted races. In the event of overvoted ballot, the Model 100 immediately notifies the voter. Voters may then instruct the Model 100 to “Accept” or “Return” the ballot through the simple push of a button. Returned ballots provide voters the opportunity to privately revise and then recast their ballot. Immediately upon poll closing, the Model 100’s internal thermal printer prints out vote totals and enables election officials to immediately transmit results to the board office.
The ES&S AutoMARK™ voter assist terminal is breakthrough ballot-marking technology that allows voters with disabilities and other special needs to mark a ballot privately and independently when using an optical scan voting system. The technology also provides language assistance to voters who are more comfortable speaking a different language or who need help to better understand written instructions.
MARK YOUR BALLOT CORRECTLY!