This video training should help
you understand how to set up and operate
a Micro Vote voting station.
When you arrive at your polling site,
your voting machines
will likely be secured
with security seals,
such as these shown on the screen.
Make sure not to remove them
until a county official
tells you to do so.
Ensure that you always have two people
to assist with lifting
and set up of your voting machine station.
The legs extend
as you can see here,
and two people
will lift the station into position.
Next,
our demonstrators will open
the hard shell case
and extend the privacy shields.
This will give voters
privacy as they make their selections -
and for the remainder of this training video,
the privacy shields will be folded up
so that you can still see
everything that's going on, on the machine.
Next,
our demonstrators will power on the system.
The power cord extends -
push the cord
through the back of the hard shell case
and plug it into an AC outlet.
Turn the power switch
to the "on" position,
and the voting panel
will boot up in a moment.
Next, our demonstrators will show us
how to begin Election Day.
start by using the Green "Start Card"
to initiate the machine;
enter the security pin
provided by your county representative
and allow them
to ensure the correctness of the ballot.
Select your precinct
if applicable for an early voting day.
If this is general election day,
it will only show your precinct (depending on your county).
Press next page,
to proceed through the ballot
and allow them to verify
correctness of everything on the ballot.
Next, our demonstrators
will show us
how to plug in the external printer
so that they can print the zero-proof.
Zero-proofs are required
by federal regulations
for electronic voting systems
in order to show
that no data
has been input into the system,
or that there's no leftover
election data from a previous election,
showing that the system is zeroed out
and ready to begin Election Day.
Once the zero proof is verified,
follow the prompts to start the election
on the machine.
Be sure to remove the external printer
so that it isn't in the way,
and remove the Green Start Card
so that voting can begin.
Whether you are serving
as an election judge
with a political party or assisting
with troubleshooting of voting machines,
the following section
will demonstrate how to assist voters.
Each voter/judge will receive a blue voter card
that you input into the machine
that will load the voter's information.
Then their ballot will be displayed.
The voter can either
choose a straight party line vote,
or they can press the next page button
to show
every entry available on the ballot.
The voter will make their selections
and move to the next page;
When the voter is finished
with their selections,
they will enter "verify vote"
their vote will be displayed
on the VVPAT (voter verifiable paper audit trail) printer
where they can verify
that their selections are correct.
If they're satisfied
with their selection,
they can hit the red "Cast Vote" button
and their ballot will roll out of view.
When assisting a voter
with vision impairment or blindness,
the DoubleTalk system can be used.
Ensure that you plug in
the double talk
speaker before you load
the voter's information
into the voting panel.
Proceed with
loading as normal.
[DoubleTalk: Volume level three]
The voter can press any button
on the voting machine
and it will be read aloud to them.
No selections will be made
unless a button is pressed twice consecutively,
as shown here.
[DoubleTalk: President and Vice President of the United States selected...]
[DoubleTalk: Blank location.]
[DoubleTalk: Mickey Mouse and Mary Poppins.]
[DoubleTalk: Disney are not selected.]
[DoubleTalk: Blank location.]
[DoubleTalk: Bugs Bunny and Granny]
[DoubleTalk: Looney Tunes Party not selected.]
[DoubleTalk: Looney Tunes Party selected]
[DoubleTalk: Verify Vote, not selected]
[DoubleTalk: Verify Vote, selected]
If the voter would like
to hear their ballot again,
they can hit the reset ballot button
before casting their vote.
[DoubleTalk: Thank you, your vote is being recorded.]
[DoubleTalk: Thank you, your vote has been sucessfully recorded.]
At the end of election day,
It's time to tally the votes.
Ensure that the serial number
on your red tally card, your envelope,
and your voting machine match.
Insert the tally guard
to begin tabulations.
Enter the security code
given from the county,
and hit the tally button.
Ensure that you're ready
to tabulate
the votes...
because after the vote is tabulated,
this machine can no longer be used for
this election.
Votes will not be accepted.
While tabulation is going on,
Hook up the external printer.
Once the tabulation is complete,
you can show the tally on the screen
and when the election officials
are satisfied, you can print the results.
Ensure that the tally card
goes into the appropriate envelope,
along with the tally results,
to be given
to the county election officials
and securely transported.
To tear down
the voting station
and prepare it for storage,
simply follow
the setup instructions in reverse.
Pulling on the power
cable will allow it to rewind,
and make sure that all components
are in the hard case before closing it.
We hope that this training was helpful,
and please reach out if you
have any questions!