Accessible Voting Equipment

Disability access voting equipment is available at the Auditor's Office during business hours beginning twenty days prior to every election until 8:00 p.m. election night.  The equipment is called the eSlate Electronic Voting System.

When a voter arrives at the Auditor's Office to vote using the eSlate, the election staff will issue an access code to the voter.  When the voter enters the access code into the eSlate, the voter's ballot will appear.   The voter can then use the Select Wheel to move between choices, the Enter button to select choices, the Previous and Next buttons to go back and forward one page, and the Cast Ballot button to cast the voter's final ballot choices.

The voting equipment is available to any voter wishing to use it, but the equipment has special features to allow voters with disabilities to vote independently.  Headphones with built in volume control are available for voters who may have trouble reading the ballot including voters who are blind or visually impaired.  Tactile input switches are available to assist voters who have mobility impairments.  In addition, a "sip-and-puff" device may be connected to the voting equipment.

For more information regarding the eSlate Electronic Voting System, or for a demonstration, please call the Election Department at (360) 427-9670 ext. 469.