Electronic poll books

Georgia will begin using electronic poll books, according to a Govtech.net article Oct. 31. At a cost of approximately $15 million, Georgia will purchase 6000 electronic poll books from Diebold Election Systems to be used with Diebold's touch-screen voting technology. The ExpressPoll-4000 will enable poll workers to quickly verify voters or direct voters at the wrong location to their correct precinct. The electronic poll books will also create voter access cards to activate the touch-screen voting stations and identify the correct ballot for each voter.