At ES&S, we’re serious about accurately capturing the intent of every voter. We follow the guidelines set by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to ensure our machines provide all voters with a simple and inclusive voting experience.

Thoroughly tested by independent laboratories and verified by more than 100,000 machines in use across the country, the Universal Voting System family of products brings independence to the election process, allowing all voters to vote privately and independently.

Accessible

• Voters can adjust the ExpressVote XL touch screen to display larger text, high-contrast colors or both.
• Voters can use assistive input devices, including:
  • Audio-tactile keypad with braille legends
  • Two-position rocker switch
  • Sip-and-puff device
• Voters can connect headphones to listen to the ballot text.
  • Voters who rely on the audio ballot can blank the screen for privacy.
  • Voters can adjust the audio volume and tempo.
• Accessibility features are easy to activate and navigate.
  • Voters press any key on the audio-tactile keypad to engage the accessibility features. Assistance from a poll worker is not required.
  • Pressing a button on a rocker paddle or sipping and blowing into a sip-and-puff device automatically engages the device and adjusts the navigation accordingly.
• Voting systems can be positioned for standing or seated voters.

Independent

• Voters who are blind or have low vision can blank the screen and/or use a privacy curtain so that they cannot be observed.
• Screen prompts, symbols and audio prompts help voters navigate the voting process.
• For verification before tabulation, voters can review their selections before and after printing the ballot.
  • Before printing, voters can review their choices on the vote review summary screen.
  • Once the ballot is printed, scanned and viewable in the review window, voters can have their printed selections read back to them.
  • ES&S universal voting systems provide audio read-back of a voter’s selections from the printed ballot without  requiring additional hardware.
• Voters can make selections and cast their ballot on the same machine without having to take their ballot to a separate tabulator.

Universal

On an ES&S universal voting system, everyone — including those who need the support of assistive technologies and those for whom English is not their first language — votes in the same private and independent manner.