VOTOMATIC MACHINES

Use of Votomatic machines and their creation of 'hanging chads'

Use of Votomatic machines and their creation of 'hanging chads'

Introduction

Many votes cast on a Votomatic punch may begin as hanging chad that is stripped from the ballot by the followthrough of the voting stylus. When the T-strip mechanism fails to do its job, the chad is usually stripped from the ballot as the ballot is removed from the fixture. The elastomeric T-strips used in a modern Votomatic voting machine provide enough back pressure on the piece of chad that the chad does not usually slide on the T-strips, and ...