They have both the computer touch screen and the optical scanners. My mother-in-law runs a voting precinct in Jacksonville. They have the "fill in the dot" optical scanners there. I emailed her telling her I had read about the mess yesterday and asked her how it went at her precinct. Here is what she said:
"Wasn't that a mess? We only had 2 problems with our scanner. One ballot had a little crinkle in it and wouldn't go through. Another ballot had been torn at the corner when the lady tore it from the stub. It wasn't the voters, it was the old workers. They are ancient and can't hear or see. *****(marked out her son's name that lives in Tampa) said the poll worker that he had was 87 years old. The vote are still not completed. The Governor made it mandantory that we stay open until 9, but some closed anyway. I guess we will have a good pay check. We had 10 hours of training at the Jr. college to do that scanner. Some of the polls waited for someone to come start theirs for them. Is that dumb? Why did they give us the classes."
My mother-in-law has been working at her precinct for 30years. I tell ya, she has some wild stories to tell.