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All direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machines used after January 1, 2006, must have an accessible voter-verified paper audit trail, pursuant to California Elections Code Section 19250. All voters voting on an electronic voting machine should review and verify their ballot choices on this printed paper record, prior to finalizing and casting their ballot. Once the ballot is cast, this paper record of the ballot is retained inside the voting machine as part of the election audit trail to verify the accuracy of the votes recorded. In accordance with California law, voters do not get a printed paper record of their vote choices.

California counties that use Premier Optical Scan with Hart eSlate:
Humboldt

For Voters Requiring Special Assistance

STEP 1: Fill in Ballot Correctly

With a blue or black pen, COMPLETELY fill in the OVAL next to the candidate or issue of your choice.
If you wish to vote for a declared WRITE-IN candidate, find the blank line provided for "Write-In."
Clearly write the name of the eligible write-in candidate on the blank line. Fill in the oval

STEP 2: Review Your Ballot

If you have questions, ask the poll worker for assistance. If you make a mistake, the poll worker will void the ballot and give you a new one.
When you have completed voting, place your ballot in the secrecy sleeve so your votes cannot be seen.

STEP 3: Take Ballot to Scanner

Take your ballot to the optical scan unit and feed the ballot into the unit as shown. This will cast your vote. Return the secrecy sleeve to a pollworker. If you need assistance, a pollworker will help you.

Hart eSlate

STEP 1:

Sign in at the polls. If you would prefer to use a paper ballot instead of the eSlate, you may request one at this time.
You will receive an Access Code.
Turn the "SELECT" wheel until the language of your choice is highlighted in red (if multiple languages are available in your county). Press "ENTER" to make your selection.
Turn the "SELECT" wheel to highlight the first number of your Access Code. Press "ENTER" to choose that number. Repeat for all numbers of your Access Code.

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STEP 2:

Turn the "SELECT" wheel until the candidate or measure of your choice is highlighted in blue. Press "ENTER". The box to the left of your choice will turn red to confirm your selection.
To change your selection, turn the “SELECT” wheel to highlight your new selection and press the “ENTER” button. Your previous selection will be automatically de-selected.
Touch the "NEXT" button to advance to the next page.
Touch the "PREV" button to go back to the previous page.

STEP 3:

After you have made your selections, a Ballot Summary Page will appear.
Read the ballot Summary Page carefully. Only after you have made all of your desired choices, press CAST BALLOT from the final Ballot Summary Page to proceed to the Paper Verification Page.

STEP 4:

Read the Paper Verification Page carefully and verify your selections on the printed record.
Only after verifying the printed record, turn the SELECT wheel to highlight Accept Page and press ENTER.

STEP 5:

After you have verified and accepted all printed pages, press CAST BALLOT to finish voting.
You have finished voting when you see the waving American flag. The printer displays "Ballot Accepted" and scrolls to a blank paeg to ensure voter privacy.