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DeKalb County Election Commission is promoting a hands-on Open House with new voting machines on Thursday, August 10, from 2-4 p.m.
Administrator of Elections Dennis Stanley said newly passed Tennessee legislation mandates that all voting machines have a verifiable paper trail. Stanley said the state paid for the equipment and equipment for other counties that needed the update.
“The machines are a much brighter LED,” Stanley said. “They are in color. And what voters will see with the VB pad is that once they make a selection, it will show up on a piece of paper. But that paper will remain under lock and key.”
Stanley said the information only appears for the current voter and can not be seen by the next person who enters the booth to make their selections.
Stanley said the paper records from the new machines provide much faster results if anyone challenged an election or a recount was required for any other reason.
“There should be no fear of voting on a voting machine,” Stanley said. “In fact all the machines that are used throughout Tennessee have been approved by the Federal Election Assistance Commission. And Tennessee was voted number one in election integrity by the Heritage Foundation.”
Open house August 10 2-4 pm at the DeKalb County Courthouse. A couple of demo machines are set up so voters can try them out and see how they work.
