Voting Centers, Touchscreen Ballots: What's New

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) -Many California counties are making major changes to the way people will vote in person beginning with the March 3 Primary.. Millions of people will vote in entirely new locations, using radically different technology – and will be able to cast live ballots beginning 10 days before the election.

Riverside, Santa Barbara, AND Ventura counties Will keep the traditional polling place model of past elections.

Orange County will send every registered voter their ballot by mail and the voter will have options for how to return their ballot: either by mail, to any ballot drop box in the county, or at any vote center in the county convenient to them. These vote centers will replace traditional polling places.

JASMINE VIEL EXPLAINS the changes TO GET YOU READY…

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I tried it out—it is user friendly .. and it's gone through lots of testing. Right now the machines are in a secure location awaiting the primary election- which will look and feel different this time…
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IT'S OUT WITH THE OLD …
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AND IN WITH THE NEW…
--SOT-----6:25 I think a real game changer
LA COUNTY VOTERS WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF CASTING THEIR BALLOT IN PERSON FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION! A CHANGE—THAT'S BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING…
---SOT---- 00:01:18 the system we used for decades almost more than 50 years in la county is old technology/
AND *THIS*-- IS ALL NEW TECHNOLOGY…
JASMINE AT VOTING MACHINE: 11:58 (2 SHOT) the voter arrives sees touch screen have ballot goes right here… (CUT AWAY TO INSERTING BALLOT)

HERE'S HOW IT WORKS. ONCE YOU FEED YOUR UNMARKED PAPER BALLOT INTO THE MACHINE—YOU'LL PICK A LANGUAGE AND USE THIS TOUCH SCREEN TO MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS.
FOUR NAMES APPEAR ON THE SCREEN AT ONCE FOR EACH RACE – MAKE SURE YOU LOOK FOR THE "MORE" BUTTON – TO SEE IF THERE ARE MORE CANDIDATES IN THE SAME RACE. ONCE YOU'VE SEEN ALL THE NAMES – YOU CAN VOTE. THIS FEATURE IS CONTROVERSIAL – THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS HAS EVEN SUED OVER IT – CLAIMING THE FIRST FOUR CANDIDATES HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. THE REGISTRAR SAYS …….
(JASMINE AT MACHINE) 00:16:32 and now if there are more than four candidates on the page… hit more like that…

5:31 it's recognizing how we all function these days like doing google searches and this navigation uses that intutitive interface make choices and nagivage ballot but still prints out paper ballot
JASMINE AT MACHINE: 17:37 WE'RE REVIEWING…
*AND --AFTER YOU DOUBLE CHECK YOUR CHOICES…
17:44 HIT NEXT AND SIMPLY SAY YES READY TO PRINT..
YOUR PAPER BALLOT PRINTS OUT RIGHT WHERE YOU FED IT IN!
00:18:20 there's my ballot !
7:34 you can choose what language, increase font, you can use interactive sample ballot to prepare in advance of election to take to vote center
JASMINE AT MACHINE: 00:19:24 the voter then has the physical ballot in their hands to cast
LA COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THESE MACHINES AREN'T CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET AND DON'T RETAIN ANY VOTER INFORMATION…
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04:39 any system using has potential for security risks so take that seriously //5:06 the Security of this comes in ballot itself—paper and human readable and audited after election
SOMETHING ELSE YOU'LL NOTICE THIS ELECTION?

6:08 biggest change for voters is 10 day voting period that moving away from a single day single location model of voting
THAT MEANS Voters in L.A. County will now have 11 consecutive days to vote in-person at any Vote Center Countywide MEANING SOME OPEN AS EARLY AS FEB 22ND …
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FOR EXAMPLE—PADDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON CREWE ST HERE IN NORWALK WILL BE ONE OF HUNDREDS OF VOTING CENTERS IN LA COUNTY THAT ANYONE CAN COME TO.. OPEN FOUR DAYS LEADING UP INTO ELECTION DAY…
AND every polling place will now offer Same-Day voter registration during early voting and ON Election Day.
8:08 I would say "accessible" that's what I would emphasize the most
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63 PERCENT OF VOTERS IN LA COUNTY WILL RECEIVE VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT FEB 3RD.. and if you change your mind, you can just go to the vote center and vote on a regular ballot