AutoMARK Voting Machines
The
AutoMARK was given to Jefferson County in order to meet its obligations
under the Help America Vote Act. The voting machine actually uses
the Optical Scan ballot. The voter inserts the ballot into the machine
and uses the AutoMARK touch screen to make his/her choices; when the
voter is finished the unit then marks the ballot for the voter and
the voter retrieves their ballot and places it in a ballot box.
Voters in Jefferson
will also have the option of utilizing an optical scan ballot. An
Optical Scan Ballot is a specially designed paper ballot which is
marked by the voter with a special pencil, then tallied by a computer
"reader." The layout is very similar to the standardized test given
in school, the voter darkens an oval.
Important Dates for the upcoming
Election:
Filing Period
Last
Day to Register, April 22
Early Voting, April 23-May 10
Primary Election
Day, May 13
Financial Reporting Periods:
Primary - First Report,March 29-April 4
Pre-Primary Report, April 28-May 2
Post-Primary Report,
May 26-30, 2008
ATTENTION INDEPENDENT VOTERS!
Please note
that you will be able to vote in the Democratic Primary on May 13...you
must specify that you want a "Democratic" ballot when you go to your polling
place.
