Electronic Voter Identification System

EViD streamlines the check-in of voters at voting sites, alleviating the need for bulky paper registers. But EViD is more than just an electronic pollbook. The EViD system helps elections officials ensure that every election is run efficiently and administered fairly:

• Voters who are eligible to vote in the election are allowed to vote promptly.
• Voters receive the correct ballot on which they are eligible to vote.
• Poll workers can easily change a voter's name or address on the voter registration system.
• At the end of the voting day the number of voters signed in is easily reconciled to the number of votes on the tabulation equipment.
• Voting history is uploaded to the county's voter registration system - no more manual entry for precinct registers

Each EViD station is a self-contained system with a touch screen, signature pad, magnetic stripe reader, keyboard and on-board voter registration file. During early voting and election-day operations, each EViD station communicates securely with elections headquarters to maintain up-to-the minute accuracy on its voter file. Should connections go down, EViDs can continue to check in voters. After the election, the EViD station snaps back into a sturdy, stackable case for efficient storage.

Here's how the EViD system works:

• One or more EViD stations are installed at the polling place or early voting site. Voters arriving at the site are immediately directed to an EViD station.
• The poll worker verifies the voter against the county's database of registered voters using information from their ID. Driver licenses with a magnetic stripe can simply be swiped at the EViD station. The voter signs an electronic signature pad for comparison against their signature filed in the database.
• Voters can change their name or residential address on the system when they check in.
  Once the voter is verified, EViD records them as checked in to vote and prints a ready-to-vote ticket indicating the voter's ballot style.
• If the voting site is equipped with a ballot-on-demand system, the EViD station initiates printing of the voter's ballot. This is especially useful during early voting and primaries, when all ballots are not identical.
• Check-in data collected at EViD stations is shared throughout the county system to prevent duplicate voting.
• For voters who attempt to check in at the wrong precinct, EViD prints instructions to their correct precinct.
• Printed instructions can contain up to three languages: English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole.
• A graphical monitoring feature at the main office allows elections officials to oversee the status of each EViD station and monitor voting patterns at each voting site.
• At the end of the day, a total of voters checked-in is printed by each EViD station. These totals can then be compared to the number of votes on the tabulation equipment.