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4.4 How to handle a “fleeing voter”
A “Fleeing voter” is defined as voters that leave the voting booth without casting their ballot.
VOTE-TRAKKER™ is programmed to “lock-up” the screen after a fixed amount of time after
the voter is absent. This lock-up occurs when the sensor cannot detect the voter’s presence after
a fixed amount of time passed while the voter has not taken additional voting actions. The time is
preset in the Generate Ballot Data module. VOTE-TRAKKER™ will freeze and the following
screen will appeared (Figure 4.4A). No one will be able to view the choices that were selected by
the fleeing voter. After the poll workers enter their passwords, the machine will cast the ballot
for the voter by casting “No Vote” for the rest of the contests that the voter has not voted. No
receipt will be issued.
No additional voting selection will be allowed in such cases. This helps to eliminate possible
tampering of the “fleeing” voter’s choices that have been expressed so far.
Figure 4.4A
