voting with Verity Scan
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the emergency ballot bag and emergency ballot slot
A separate, secure bag for unscanned ballots is
included inside the ballot box. It is accessible
through an additional locking door located on the
back of the Verity Scan ballot box.
The emergency ballot slot on the top of the ballot
box also feeds into this bag. This slot should
remain sealed unless the Verity Scan device cannot
accept ballots.
multi-sheet ballots and Verity Scan
When issuing paper ballots with multiple sheets, voters must receive all sheets for
each ballot. Voters should be instructed to scan all sheets of their ballot, even if
they have made no choices on a particular sheet.
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The Verity Scan ballot counter will increment when a sheet 1 is scanned but not
when a sheet 2 (or higher) is scanned. If sheet 2 of a 2-sheet ballot is scanned
without a sheet 1, the ballot counter will not increment, but all votes on sheet 2
will be counted accurately.
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If the voter has not yet scanned any part of the ballot and the voter realizes that a
sheet needs to be spoiled, it is generally considered best practice to spoil and
replace all ballot sheets. While not necessary, this may assist in the location of all
ballot sheets in the event of an audit or recount.
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If not all sheets can be spoiled (i.e. one sheet has already been scanned), spoil the
remaining sheet(s) of the ballot, provide replacement sheet(s), and spoil the
unused sheets from the replacement ballot.
