New York
In reply to the discussion: SO I CHECKED MY NY VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS [View all]LiberalFighter
(53,142 posts)They were used for the first time in the Municipal General election last year. The feedback apparently was it went well. The checking in of voters goes faster. They use their drivers license or state id to scan to bring up the voter's record. Then just confirm and sign like you do with a credit card at a store. They have wireless connection. They can now let a voter know where their voting location is at if they went to the wrong one.
In our state the setup is an Inspector from the party that received the highest votes for SoS in the county. There is always a Judge and Clerk from each party. Additional workers are added if turnout is expected to be higher. Prior to last year's municipal general there would be Assistant Clerks in some voting locations but with the electronic poll books that is out as there are only two I-Pads at each location. They do still provide Assistant Judges at some locations.
In our county, the Inspector and the Democratic Judge pickup the supplies the night before the election and do setup.
Since the election last year they expanded the early voting beyond the Election Board's site to four satellite voting locations in the city. A voter can go to any location to vote as they are all connected to the same location.
The party doesn't need to have poll book watchers to track who has or has not voted. The Election Board sends the data to both parties every 3 hours