[LINK] Electronic voting demonstration report

Jan Whitaker jwhit at melbpc.org.au
Wed Aug 15 18:15:23 AEST 2007


This is from someone in the vision impaired community commenting on 
their experience with the voting machine. Posted today.

>I took my first look at the electronic  voting machines today.
>The machine is a normal computer screen and a telephone type keypad, the
>audio was very clear and if I'm not mistaken, it was recorded my the vision
>Australia library.
>
>The one thing the Australian electral comition  official advised, is that
>you listen to the instructions before making your selection.
>They will also have the statuary declaration in vrail and large print.

[he means braille of course]


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