SILVER SPRING, Md. — Maryland voters will use a new voting system in the 2016 presidential election — a change that will make a paper record of each ballot.
Touch screens will generate new paper ballots, which will then be electronically recorded.
The Maryland General Assembly passed a law requiring paper ballots back in 2007, but the switch lacked funding to implement.
“We heard throughout the entire state how the machines were somewhat confusing and how people sometimes doubted the votes were actually tabulated in an appropriate manner,” says Ike Leggett, the Montgomery County Executive.
He and his counterpart in Prince George’s County, Rushern Baker, helped put on a demonstration for seniors at a retirement community Tuesday.
They used the new voting machines to select their favorite beverage, bird and season of the year.
The two counties’ Boards of Elections will launch a campaign to familiarize voters with the new system.
