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  • Oct 22, 2026, 5:32 PM

    @TerryHancock If they're calling it "express" it might be an ExpressVote machine.

    This is a ballot marking device that lets a voter navigate the ballot using a braille-enabled controller for an audio ballot. It also includes large print letters on screen, and other assistive techniques (like translation into other languages). It ultimately marks a piece of paper that can be verified by visual inspection, and then the paper is inserted into ballot scanners the same way as the other paper ballots.

    The ExpressVote is what we use in Fairfax County. And we joke that it's neither "express" nor a "vote." It's slower and it doesn't record your vote, it just marks a ballot.
    @blogdiva

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  • Oct 22, 2026, 6:29 PM

    @paco @blogdiva

    Yeah, that's probably it. At the time, I just wanted to vote and distrusted any changes.

    Of course, I'm in a very red county, so odds are they're not effing with OUR polling places. But I'm still suspicious of everything they do.

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