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Officials: poll pads reduce risk of double voting and cut need for phone checks
Summary
Officials said poll pads automatically check SVRS to mark absentee voters and prevent someone from voting twice, replacing time-consuming phone calls and hand-stamping procedures previously used on election day.
Officials explained that poll pads automatically check whether a returning voter already cast an absentee ballot before accepting a ballot at a polling place. That automatic check replaces a paper-era process where clerks had to phone polling places and ask judges to confirm whether a person had already voted.
"If they didn't vote at the polling place and we accept the ballot, we need to let the election judges know that the person has now voted absentee and can no longer vote at the polling place," the agency official said, summarizing how poll pads enforce a single vote. The official added that the automated process eliminates the need for phone calls and can be completed in minutes.
