| Question/Response |
Tabulation |
Comments |
| 1. Did you have to assist people to use the AutoMark?
If so, what kind of assistance did you provide? |
| yes |
13 |
general directions, help with instructions, how to insert ballot, where
buttons are, how use buttons, how to get started, what side arrows used
for, had trouble with “Mark ballot button,” |
| yes |
2 |
minimal/limited |
| yes |
1 |
only one due to paper jam |
| no |
12 |
|
| 2. Did anyone turn down using the AutoMark and
ask for assistance? |
| no |
21 |
|
| no |
1 |
offered to only one person who accepted |
| blank |
3 |
|
| yes |
2 |
|
| n/a |
1 |
no one used it |
| 3. How much time did it take voters to vote? |
| 15 min |
1 |
|
| 10 min |
3 |
|
| 7 min |
1 |
|
| 5 min |
6 |
|
| 2 to 3 extra min |
5 |
|
| 1 to 3 min |
2 |
|
| longer than a paper ballot |
3 |
|
| no one used it |
4 |
|
| 4. What was the general response from voters about
the machine? |
| positive |
12 |
- liked it, easy to use, good
- people thought it was great, fun
|
| |
3 |
- nice but didn’t need it
- nice but old way better
- curious
|
| n/a |
1 |
varied from lousy to slow, most didn’t want to use it, no privacy, too
long |
| negative |
4 |
too long |
| 5. Did you receive sufficient training? |
| yes |
27 |
xx |
| probably |
1 |
xx |
| 6. Did you have trouble with setting up or closing
down? |
| no |
25 |
xx |
| yes |
1 |
No instructions how to remove memory card |
| yes |
1 |
Some machines did not “boot up” correctly at first. Had to turn
off and on couple times. |
| yes |
1 |
expected to have 2 CF cards, but had only one; was told later that only
one was provided at service station |
| 7. Were there any machine malfunctions?
If so, please describe. |
| no |
19 |
|
| n/a |
1 |
|
| yes |
2 |
paper jam, fixed and it worked fine on 2nd try |
| yes |
1 |
One machine would not accept ballots. Replaced. |
| 8. Are there other comments you’d like to share? |
| |
|
- Voters who used enlarged print had trouble voting because only half
screen showed up and they got confused. With slant of the screen,
voters would touch a name but get registered under another name.
- voter said voice was sometimes difficult to understand
- more women than men voted
- will ink cartridge be OK for general election?
- we should have turned it around for privacy
- too large & heavy
- thought hearing impaired voter was good candidate but they didn’t
use it, was hard to identify who could benefit from it
- people really liked it
- can see that it is a big help & maybe could use more machines in
their precinct
- Encouraged voters to use
- Costly for small township
|
