Electronic Check-In for ATM 2018

Town Clerk Tracy Kenney has announced that to accelerate the check-in process at the Canton annual town meeting of Monday, May 14, check-in will be done via electronic poll pads.

The use of computer tablets allows the checker to look up the voter in one of two ways: 1) By manually entering the first few letters of the voter’s first and last name; or 2) By scanning the bar code on the back of the voter’s driver’s license (which speeds the process further).

The commonwealth of Massachusetts does not require that a voter present a license to check in at town meeting. However, presenting a license allows for a quicker check in. The poll pad matches the name and birth date of the person on the voter list with the name and birth date it reads from the barcode on the back of the license. No information from the scanned license is retained by the poll pad.

The check-in process is done by name and not by precinct as has been done in the past; therefore, any voter can go to any check-in person, give their name and receive a voter card as long as they are on the voter list.

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