Equipment will be set up somewhere inside the polling station and voters will be offered an opportunity to use it, which will allow them to keep their vote secret. I just want to mention to the Committee, once again, that all the other forms of voter assistance will be available to people who prefer to deal with a human being, a friend or election staff. They will be taken to the area where the device is set up, inside the polling station. As I mentioned earlier, an employee with the firm that is providing the device will handle any technical issues relating to the equipment.
An election staff member will explain the options offered by the device and invite voters to choose whichever method they prefer. There is a screen, which is not tactile, but there is also an audio device which reads out the names of the candidates who are on the ballot. That way, someone who is blind, for example, will be able to select his or her candidate with audio instructions given by the device. After the ballot has been marked, the machine will confirm the voter's choice in his or her earpiece and will then print the ballot which will be placed in a folder to ensure that the vote remains secret. An election employee will fold the ballot, in accordance with the other procedures prescribed by the legislation, and will place it in the ballot box.