Voting Equipment
M-100 OPTICAL SCAN
BALLOT COUNTER
- After you state your name and address, the poll worker will give you the proper paper ballot.
- Mark your selections on the paper ballot with the pen provided to you.
- Mark your candidate or issue selection(s) by completely filling in the oval beside the candidate's name or beside the issue.
- You must fill in the oval completely and stay within the lines.
- Only select the number of choices allowed for each contest.
- To write in a candidate, fill in the oval beside "write in" and also write in the name of your choice.
- Review your selections. If you have errors, ask a poll worker for a new ballot.
- Take your ballot to the M100 optical scan counter.
- Feed your ballot into the machine.
- Your ballot is now counted.
AUTOMARK - ADA COMPLIANT 
- After you state your name and address, the poll worker will give you the proper paper ballot.
- Insert the ballot into the Automark. The Automark is a marking machine not a vote tabulator machine.
- An instruction screen will appear.
- Review the simple instructions and then press the flashing "next" button.
- To change the appearance of the screen, choose "zoom in" to enlarge or "high contrast" to change display to black and white contrast.
- Now you can begin to make selections.
- Selections will be highlighted in yellow and a black oval will appear.
- To select an item, touch the candidate name or issue.
- Note the number of candidates that you can vote for in each category.
- If you select too many, the machine will ask you to deselect.
- You can press the "back" button to go to previous screen.
- To write in a candidate, touch the write-in option and a keyboard will appear on the screen.
- Once you have entered the candidate's name, press "OK."
- The name will appear on the ballot when the ballot is printed out.
- After completing the last page of the ballot, a summary screen will appear showing all the selections you have made.
- Review all the items.
- Press the "next" button to return to the Summary screen.
- When you are satisfied with your selections, you will need to mark your ballot.
- Press the flashing "next" button at the bottom of the screen, then touch "mark your ballot."
- You will then see a "Thank you" message.
- The Automark will return your ballot marked for you as you requested.
- Proceed to the M100 Ballot Counter and place the ballot in the feeder.
- Unless a notice appears on the screen, your ballot has been cast.
- If you have any problems, ask a poll worker for assistance.
