Clerk demonstrates Liberty Vote ballot-marking devices; clerk invites public to test machines

Churchill County Clerk-Treasurer Linda Roth showed commissioners the county’s new Liberty Vote ballot-marking devices and an ICX ballot printer that will produce full-face paper ballots for voters to review and deposit.

Roth said the county is transitioning away from the previous printer-medium and that the new workflow will check voters in at a kiosk, issue a vote card, let the voter make selections at a ballot-marking device and then print a machine‑verifiable paper ballot. "The printer will produce a full face paper ballot that will mirror exactly what's on the machine," Roth said, adding that the system reduces adjudication by producing human‑readable ballots and gives voters a tangible record to verify before casting.

The clerk showed a state-produced two‑minute instructional video that demonstrated inserting the vote card, making selections, reviewing the ballot and printing and depositing the ballot in the ballot box. Roth said the county will place the video on its website and encouraged commissioners and the public to try the new equipment before the June election.

No formal action was required; the demonstration was informational and part of the clerk’s ongoing election-equipment transition and voter-outreach preparations.