JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Duval Supervisor of Elections urged voters to double-check ballots after some said they had trouble casting votes on the touch screen machines.
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Despite the problems, 100,000 people have voted early in person and 30,000 mail-in votes have been received.
Those machines now have a stylus to make voting easier.
A voter named Tony Hill in the Soutel neighborhood described the issue he had while voting early.
“I had a problem when I touched the screen and when it came out, it wasn‘t for the people I voted for,” Hill said. “So we’re asking people to check your ballot when you come out of the voting booth to make sure that the person that you voted for is the person that should be on your ballot.”
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Hill said that’s something that they will be monitoring for the next few days at that polling location.
Former congresswoman Corrine Brown also spoke out alongside other voters at the supervisor of elections office.
“The challenge was that it wasn’t just at this particular place, we got calls from all over so I thought it was important that people know.
Duval County Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland walked through the voting process using a sample ballot.
You take your ballot, put it in the machine, choose your language, select next, you’ll follow more instructions and the voting process begins.
Holland talked about some of the issues that his office has heard.
“We are going from touching with your hand to with a stylus,” Holland said. “So one of the issues during this election so far has been sometimes when someone goes to touch a candidate, their hand will hit another candidate.
The solution is to make sure your finger is right on the candidate you want. You can use a stylus for accuracy or choose the right candidate with your finger.
At the end of the ballot, you’ll be asked to review your selections.
If you make a mistake, you can go back to the poll worker’s station and ask for another ballot. They will give you another card and start over.
Once it’s all done, you walk over to the machine and insert your ballot.
You are allowed by law to take a picture of your ballot with your cellphone but you won’t get a receipt.
Then the voting process is complete.
There are two types of paper ballots: the manual ballot that you fill out and the express ballot that is digital.
If you don’t express a preference, you will be given the express ballot.
Go to duvalelections.gov if you have any questions.