Accessible

• Voters can switch the ExpressVote touch screen to display larger text, high-contrast colors or both.
• Voters can use assistive input devices, including:
  • Audio-tactile keypad with Braille legends
  • Two-position rocker switch
  • Sip-and-puff device
• Voters can connect headphones to listen to the ballot text.
  • Voters who rely on the audio ballot can blank the screen for privacy.
  • Voters can adjust the audio volume and tempo.
• Accessibility features are easy to activate and navigate.
  • Voters press any key on the audio-tactile keypad to engage the accessibility features. Assistance from a poll worker is not required.
  • Pressing a button on a rocker paddle or taking a sip/blowing a puff into a sip-and-puff device automatically engages the device and adjusts the navigation accordingly.
• Voting systems can be positioned for both standing and seated voters.

Independent

• Voters who are blind or have a visual impairment can blank the screen and/or use a privacy curtain so that they cannot be observed.
• Screen prompts, symbols and audio prompts help voters navigate the voting process.
• For verification before tabulation, voters can review their selections before and after printing the ballot.
  • After printing, the voter can review selections by reinserting the printed ballot into the machine. The unit will scan the ballot and read the selections to the voter.
  • ES&S Universal Voting Systems provide audio read-back of a voter’s selections from the printed ballot without requiring additional hardware.

Universal

On an ES&S Universal Voting System, everyone — including those who need the support of assistive technologies and those for whom English is not their first language — votes in the same private and independent manner.