Voters are mixed on ballots
Even an old hand at voting got tripped up by the new paper ballots in Tuesday's General Election.
Robert Starr of Middlesex Township was inducted into the Pennsylvania Voter Hall of Fame this year for voting in 50 consecutive November elections. But he had to fill out a ballot twice at the Middlesex Township Municipal Building.
Administered by the Pennsylvania Department of State's Elections Bureau, the Voter Hall of Fame acknowledges and honors Pennsylvanians who have voted in every November election for at least 50 years.
Starr's extensive experience didn't prevent him from needing a second paper ballot to successfully tally his vote.
“I X'ed the bubbles instead of coloring them in,” he said. “It takes me longer to vote, but I guess it's to keep the Russians out.”
To cast ballots, voters chose their preferences by filling in bubbles on a printed page. To vote, ballots are slid into a machine which reads the ballot, tallies the vote and stores the paper in a locked box.
Joe Terravecchia of Seven Fields was among campaign supporters standing outside Adams Township Precinct 1 Tuesday in Adams Ridge. Terravecchia talked to voters leaving the precinct before voting himself.
According to Terravecchia, the paper ballots caused a problem for some voters.
This is an excerpt — subscribe online or in print to read the full article which appears in Wednesday's Butler Eagle to read more about what voters thought of the news system.
