| In 2005, the Susquehanna County
Commissioners selected ES&S as the vendor for new voting equipment. The County has
a long lasting relationship with ES&S - the current vote counting machine is an
ES&S model 550 which has been used to count all votes in Susquehanna County for
many years. The new equipment was installed in 2006 and used in the County since
the 2006 Primary. MODEL 650
CENTRAL VOTE COUNTING MACHINE
The new equipment includes the model 650 Central vote counting
machine, which is certified by
 the
Federal Government and is certified by Pennsylvania as HAVA compliant. This is a
high speed paper ballot vote counting machine. It will be used to count all
votes cast in Susquehanna County. The machine will be operated in the main
Courtroom at the Susquehanna County Courthouse, Just as the County has for many
years. Even votes cast by a handicapped person using the AutoMark machine (see
below) will be counted by this machine.
Learn
more about the ES&S model 650
MODEL AUTOMARK HANDICAPPED VOTER ASSIST MACHINE
Handicap voters will also have new equipment. They will
now have the opportunity to vote at their
 regular
voting place, using the ES&S AutoMark machine. The AutoMark voting machine is
designed to accommodate Hearing Impaired, Sight Impaired, and those confined to
a wheelchair, allowing their vote to be case in complete privacy, without the
need for assistance. Certainly, assistance is always available for those who need
it. This machine can even allow a quadriplegic person to vote by the use of a
"suck/puff tube"! Once the handicap person has voted, the AutoMark machine will
mark a standard paper ballot with the voter's choices, as any regular voter
would. The Handicapped voter will then process the paper ballot as any other
voter would, placing the ballot in a privacy sleeve and then into the ballot
box. Again, assistance is still and will always be available for those who need
it.
Learn more about the ES&S AutoMark
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