Clear Ballot - New Bucks County Voting Machines
| Look Below for videos on using the Clear Ballot Voting Machines |
The Clear Ballot system, which uses hand-marked paper ballots, was selected by the elections board on Nov. 27, and approved by the county commissioners on Dec. 4.
The decision came after many months of research and deliberations, which included three well-attended public demonstrations of the various machines under consideration. Those sessions exposed hundreds of polling place workers and voters to the Clear Ballot machines, and the upcoming trainings will supplement that exposure.
Clear Ballot is a voter-verified paper ballot system that uses ballots lacking bar codes or QR codes. Voters complete paper ballots by hand and feed them into a scanner, which drops the ballot into a ballot bag for transportation to the Board of Elections office at the end of Election Day.
The Clear Ballot scanners also scan an image of the completed ballots and tabulate results from each precinct for efficient Election Night reporting. All tabulated and scanned images are kept in a secured database and do not touch the Internet.
The Clear Ballot system also provides a ballot-marking device for each polling place for voters who require ADA provisions. The ballot-marking device prints a ballot identical to those provided to non-ADA voters at the polling place before it is fed into a scanner.
In April 2018, all Pennsylvania counties were informed by the Commonwealth that they must select new voting systems that provide a verifiable paper record, and that those new systems be in place no later than the 2020 primary.
For a look at what you'll be seeing next time you are at the polls, check out the videos below:
ClearCast Scanner
ClearAccess Ballot Marking Device
Information on the ClearBallot system:
How to Vote at Your Polling Place
The Benefits of Hand-Marked Paper Ballots
What to Expect at Your Polling Place
What to Expect from Bucks County Board of Elections
Are you an Election Official? Go to the Election Officials page for information on Opening/Closing the Polls with the New ClearBallot system.
Bucks County Board of Elections
55 E. Court St.
Doylestown, PA 18901
Board of Elections - 215-348-6154
elections@buckscounty.org
Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday
Monday, November 2, 2020 Extended Hours: 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
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Absentee/Mail-In Ballot Drop Boxes
NEW EXTENDED HOURS:
Wednesday October 21st to Friday October 23rd: 8:00AM to 7:00PM
Saturday October 24th and Sunday October 25th: 12:00PM-5:00PM
Monday October 26th to Friday October 30th: 8:00AM to 7:00 PM
Saturday October 31st and Sunday November 1st: 12:00PM to 5:00PM
Monday November 2nd: 8:00AM to 7:00PM (Includes Extended Office Hours)
Tuesday November 3rd: 8:00AM to 8:00PM (Election Day)
Central Bucks County
55 E. Court St.
Doylestown, PA 18901
Phone: 215-348-6154
Lower Bucks County
7321 New Falls Road
Levittown, PA 19055
Phone: 267-580-3500
Upper Bucks County
261 California Road
Quakertown PA 18951
Phone: 215-529-7250