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Rise of the machines
This primary election was the first that Rappahannock county polling places were required to offer voters a choice between paper ballots and new Diebold TSX touch screen voting machines to cast their votes.
The machines have glowing computer screens and are activated for each individual voter using special electronic cards that must be reprogrammed after every vote.
Officials at each polling place had to be specially trained to use the machines, and explain them to voters.
“It wasn’t that complicated,” said Nancy Dingle, who worked at the Washington Fire hall for the election.
Voters were able to select either method, and were offered short explanations by election officials before choosing.
“It’s been divided up pretty evenly between the two [methods of voting]” explained Fred Schaefer, at the Sperryville precinct.
According to Denise Chandler, who worked in the Washington precinct many voters have indicated that they were distrustful of the machines for security reasons.
“They said that it’s because there’s no paper trail. They don’t trust that,” explained Chandler.
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