Voting Instructions for Vision Impaired
Bergen County has new voting Machines!
Voting in Bergen County is as easy as 1 2 3:
1. Check in
CHECK IN AT ANY POLL PAD AT YOUR POLLING LOCATION TO VERIFY YOUR CREDENTIALS AND SIGN TWO VOTING AUTHORITY SLIPS. PROCEED TO THE BALLOT MARKING DEVICE.
2. Insert your voter card
GIVE YOUR VOTING AUTHORITY SLIPS TO THE POLL WORKER AT THE BALLOT MARKING DEVICE WHO WILL ACTIVATE YOUR BALLOT. FOLLOW THE PROMPTS TO MARK YOUR BALLOT AND PRINT IT OUT. WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE GREEN CHECK MARK BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR BALLOT FROM THE PRINTER.
3. Scan your ballot
PROCEED TO THE SCANNER. SCAN YOUR BALLOT INTO THE SCANNER TO CAST YOUR VOTE.
MEET THE POLL PAD
Poll Pad has replaced the outdated and inefficient paper model that is often the cause of long lines at the polls and inefficient election record keeping.
To vote on the new Dominion Voting Equipment, the voter must check in on a KNOWink Poll Pad sign and receive 2 Voting Authority slips:
Step 1: Voter checks in at any Poll Pad at their polling location to verify their credentials and sign two voting authority slips.
Step 2: Voter proceeds to the Ballot Marking Device (also known as the BMD), gives their 2 Voting Authority slips to the poll worker who activates their ballot. Voter follows prompts to mark their ballot by tapping the candidate/question to darken the ovals. Voter prints their ballot and proceeds to the scanner.
Step 3: Voter scans their ballot into the scanner to cast their vote.
Accessible Voting Session
Step 1
The voter should be comfortably positioned in a chair, with the ATI device and headphones prior to starting the accessible voting session.
Step 2
Poll worker activates the voter’s ballot for the voter.
Step 3
If applicable, ask the voter their desired language. Audio guidance is not available on the language selection screen, so the voter may need assistance.
Step 4
Confirm the voter is ready to begin, as the audio will begin immediately after selecting the device. Select the ATI option from the list of devices. Audio guidance is not yet available, so the voter may need assistance.
Step 5
Audio guidance will now start, and the voter will hear instructions on how to use the ATI device before proceeding to the ballot.
Step 6
After making your ballot selections on your ATI device, select ‘Print your ballot’ to print the ballot with the selections. Wait until the ballot finishes printing both sides and you are prompted to remove your ballot from the printer. Take the ballot to the scanner to cast your vote.
Scanning A Ballot
Step 1
Feed the ballot into the scanner entry slot.
Step 2
When a valid ballot is inserted into the scanner, the voter will hear 2 Beeps and the screen will display the message ‘Casting Ballot’ followed by ‘Ballot Successfully Cast’.
Contact Us
Debra M. FrancicaSuperintendent of Elections/Commissioner of Registration |
Jamie H. Sheehan-WillisDeputy Superintendent of Elections/Deputy Commissioner of Registration |
Bergen County Superintendent of Elections
One Bergen County Plaza • 3rd Floor, Rm 380 • Hackensack, NJ 07601-7076
Phone: 201-336-6100 • Fax: 201-336-6134