Some people find the 60-pound unit too heavy. The system is guaranteed for 12 years. The new voting system has other advantages. Elex's Audio-Touch feature lets voters stand or sit while using the system. The vision-impaired wear headphones and run their fingers down the edge of the screen and the system reads the process to them.
Illiterate voters can use the headphones as well.
The company does not lease the system. Costs would be prohibitive, Chenier said, and the company couldn't sell any system they had leased for even one election. All rights reserved.