Los Angeles County has been home to some of the oldest voting equipment in the state (based on 1960s technology in fact). The new system represents election innovation and modernization. (2/6)
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This is a critical test -- will a publicly owned system be responsive to the recommendations of experts not affiliated with vendors and to the requests of the public who have fully informed themselves about the issues involved? I hope so.
Ballot-marking devices should only be available to those with real physical handicaps which prevent them from hand-marking their ballots. Votes should be recorded by marks on paper, applied by hand, and behind a curtain.
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Agreed with this caveat: Poll workers are not qualified to judge the physical handicaps of voters and should not be allowed to restrict access to an accommodation like a machine based on their own judgment of a voter’s needs. (This can lead to disenfranchisement too.)
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So I think we have to continue to rely on voters to self determine what they need, and just offer them reasonable options, including BMDs.
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