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NYC Board of Elections proposes citywide voting kiosk deployment

March 13, 2013

A new voter kiosk was unveiled by staff at the New York City Board of Elections, according to a report on wnyc.org. Officials said deploying the kiosks citywide would shorten lines at polls and speed the process of communicating results on election night.

John Naudus, the board's director of electronic voting systems, presented the $10,000 kiosk prototype, which uses the exterior of an old lever voting machine, with the lever replaced by a 72-inch touchscreen, camera and printer, the article reported.

To use the kiosks, a voter would type their address on the touchscreen monitor and the kiosk would tell them which table corresponds with their election district. At the end of election night, poll workers would be able to use the kiosk to upload election results, rather than working with NYPD officers to transport election information on memory sticks, according to the article.

Read more about kiosk use in government deployments.