Navigating the perfect storm: ES&S solutions deliver smooth, easy and secure 2020 elections.
Running a presidential election in a swing state with brand-new voting equipment, all during an unpredictable global pandemic, created what Bethany Salzarulo called a “perfect storm.” While the election director sought to select new voting equipment for Cumberland County to meet new Pennsylvania state requirements, Salzarulo also kept the election experience for voters, poll workers and election staff at the forefront of her mind.
The Need for New Equipment
当Salzarulo加入2005年选举局时，Cumberland县正在使用纸质投票和ES＆S'模型550高速光学扫描仪投票。狗万被端吗2006年，该县切换到ES＆S'Ivotronic触摸屏投票系统狗万被端吗。
“We loved our iVotronic equipment, but we didn’t want an aging system going into a presidential election,” she said.
In 2019, the Pennsylvania Department of State issued a requirement that every county purchase voting machines that produce a voter-verified paper trail by April 2020. With the state requirement as a priority, Salzarulo, the election manager and IT staff attended an election conference to view demonstrations and evaluate different voting machines.
“我的IT人员非常聪明，他们测试了一切，并试图打破它，”她说。“我们都喜欢ES＆S'Exp狗万被端吗ressvote XL。他们无法打破它。“
Cumberland县的新投票设备
坎伯兰县是178,406名注册选民的家。
ExpressVote®XL.Full-Face Universal Voting System
400 units
The paper-based ExpressVote XL full-face universal voting system displays the full ballot on a 32-inch interactive screen and produces an independent voter-verifiable paper record.
DS850®高速扫描仪和表格
2 units
The DS850 high-speed central scanner and vote tabulator is the fastest central scanner in the election industry, capable of processing 300 double-sided 14-inch ballots per minute.
选举制品®Election Management Software
选举软件使选举管理更加直观，并提供选举官员能够进行各种选举后审计。
狗万被端吗Es＆s'延长保修和预防性维护计划包括定期预定的设备维护，以避免设备中断，并确保光滑选举的峰值性能。
Selection Process
Cumberland县选举委员会有四种需要考虑，包括手工标记的纸张选票系统。经过大量考虑，董事会选择与ES＆S'ExpressVote XL向前迈进。狗万被端吗
“When voters have had a touchscreen voting system for 13 years, I didn’t want to go backward and have them filling out ovals,” Salzarulo said.
Implementation
Cumberland县购买了400个ExpressVote XL通用投票系统，以及两个DS850高速中央扫描仪，以扫描邮件和缺勤选票。
“It was the most expensive upfront, but I knew it was the best,” she said. “Over time, the ExpressVote XL will save us money between the cost of paper, ink and other consumables.”
The County worked with ES&S to complete the implementation and training prior to the Primary Election in 2020. Due to restrictions related to the pandemic, poll workers had minimal training, which included videos they had to watch on their own. Only two people from each precinct could attend in-person training at one time.
“We couldn’t train them the way we wanted to, but the one-on-one training worked extremely well,” Salzarulo said.
Results: “Elections Ran Like a Dream”
Cumberland County has 178,406 registered voters in 118 precincts. During the 2020 General Election nearly 60,000 people voted by mail and almost 88,000 in person — a record total turnout of almost 80 percent. “The elections ran like a dream,” she said. “Even the DS850s ran wonderfully, too, performing well while counting all of those mail-in ballots.”
Cumberland County has been an ES&S customer for more than 25 years. Salzarulo credits ES&S sales and support staff and noted that Sales Senior Engineer Kevin Kerrigan was especially helpful with training and support.
“我会说，我无法想象与ES＆S以外的另一个卖方一起，”她说。狗万被端吗“我觉得100％充满信心，在我们＆S为我们做什么。”狗万被端吗
In Praise of Voting Experience
“与媒体对国家和国家其他地方的投票体验相比，我希望通过我在2020年首次使用的坎伯兰县的选民中听到的完全积极的反馈意见 - 从2020年首次使用。选民评论我最常见于新的投票机器易于使用和安全性，以便他们的审查。
I commend the Cumberland County Board of Elections, the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners and the administration and staff of the Cumberland County Bureau of Elections office for running a smooth, easy and secure primary election for Cumberland County’s residents.”
Al Whitcomb，Cumberland县控制器
“Pennlive字母：赞美投票体验”，6月2日，2021年