[Attention Surplus Disorder]

So are you telling me that these are kiosks/booths or step-up windows...with a human being there all day to accept ballots...?

Or is it a table with blank ballots (like a deposit-slip table at a bank) and an unmanned or an unwomaned drop box you drop them in? (No chance for fraud there, right?)

Or is it a kiosk or booth with an electronic voting machine that is just there all day awaiting votes?

Or is it a kiosk where you ask a clerk, he/she lets you in, and there is your voting machine or piece of paper in the template that shows you what to punch or color in?

I’m just curious as to the form factor, more from the standpoint of verifying the voter’s registration status....this being something we don’t (as far as I know) have in CA.

[bert]

no kiosks etc

The early voting is conducted in ordinary polling places with all the normal staff in place to confirm registration, observe ID’s, voting machines etc.

In essence the early voting is conducted exactly the same as on election day. the early voting site is also a site on election day and there is no difference for early voting

I live in Tennessee 1st Congressional district. I am registered and the proper voting candidates are presented when I vote. I don’t think it matters in the November election, but if there are local candidates, the candidates vary with the voting location and the proper candidates for my location are presented.

I see no chance for fraud that would not be identical on election day

The big chance for fraud would seem to be with mail in or absentee ballots

[Red Badger]

We, in our county, have paper ballots that you mark by filling in a circle beside your choice.

You fill it out at a small lectern with sides on it for privacy, and then feed it into a machine that counts the choices.

The operation is overseen by volunteer poll workers and county officials from the Elections Supervisors office who check your ID and verify the address from their records before you are given a ballot. There are also poll watchers for the two major parties present.

[MrChips]

Early voting here is the same as election day voting, just in a different location. We have actual people who ask for ID and check off your name on the voter rolls and then you proceed to a computerized machine to vote. Sadly, there is no paper trail. But at least we have ID.