>>>While it's not a PC (and I really wouldn't want to be using a PC for this), I vote on electronic voting machines. The voting portion is a touch panel, but not just a touch screen - it has depth.
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>>>To vote for someone, you press on their name. A little light goes on next to the name. I don't remember for sure (or maybe I've never done it) how you change it. Either you have to press the same name again and then the new one, or you just press the new one and then the first one goes out. I tend to think that you have to turn the one off first because sometimes we're voting for more than one person per office.
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>>>When you're done voting, you press a great, big, red button that completes the process.
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>>>When the polls close, the judge of elections has a special key (or code, I'm not sure which) to get the results.
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>>>Tamar
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>>Tamar,
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>>I think this is the kind of direction we need to go in...
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>I'm pretty sure that I used the same screen as Tamar. To change your vote in the presidential race (I tried this) you just touch a different option.
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>In a race with multiple candidate that one can vote for, it must be as Tamar suggests. (Touch again to turn off.)
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>The panel is much bigger than a 17" PC screen. The type can be very large and clear.
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>To create the ultimate voting system, I would add a printed receipt that you deposit in a ballot box. Then you have a paper trail.
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>Peter

Peter,

Sure. and add a 'poor eyesight' option (which as you know Windows has) and a speech option with a Braille touchpad and I'd think you're just about where you want.

I'd also add a credit card + PIN type option as well. You could disable that combination immediately upon receipt of vote confirmation. Keep that in a central location.