Elections Ontario - Assistive Voting Technology.mp4

Elections Ontario offers assistive voting technology to ensure that every eligible Ontarian has an equal opportunity to vote privately and independently.
If you need help in marking a ballot, you can take advantage of this technology by visiting your returning office or satellite office beginning 15 days before election day.
An election official will greet you and ask for your Notice of Registration Card and identification.
The election official will issue your ballot and ask you to proceed to the Assistive Voting Technology in order to vote.
Before you use the Assistive Voting Technology, an election official will explain the voting options available and will ask you which assistive device you would prefer to use.
You have several options.
The audio tactile interface uses Braille and colour-coded buttons in contrasting shapes to assist you in creating and marking a ballot.
You may use colour-coded paddles, also in contrasting shapes.
With this device, you can navigate your ballot by pressing Left or Right.
Finally, a sip and puff interface allows you to control all movement by inhaling or exhaling through a tube.
Once you have chosen the assistive device you wish to use, the election official will insert your ballot into the printer.
You will be guided through the voting process by a series of audio instructions.
Once you have indicated your candidate of choice, your ballot will be printed and inserted into a secrecy folder.
The election official will feed your ballot into the tabulator.
Once the tabulator has accepted your ballot, the voting process is complete.
For more information on AVT and other voting options,
visit wemakevotingeasy.ca

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