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Thursday, June 11, 2020

Watch: Realtor Town Hall with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon

Posted by: Pete Kennedy on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:00:00 pm Comments (0)

The Suburban Realtors® Alliance hosted a Realtor® Town Hall with U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5) — on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Watch it below:

The conversation covered COVID-19 relief efforts like Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and SBA loans, and broader legislative topics relevant to real estate like remote notarization.

Panelists for the town hall include:
• Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5)
• Stefanie Hahn (NAR Federal Political Coordinator)
• Jamie Ridge (SRA President/CEO)

Monday, June 1, 2020

How to Use the New Voting Machines in 2020

Posted by: Pete Kennedy on Monday, June 1, 2020 at 12:00:00 am Comments (0)

In 2018, Gov. Wolf ordered all 67 counties in Pennsylvania to have paper-based voting machines in time for the April 2020 presidential primary. The systems produce a paper trail of votes that can be manually audited and recounted.

Choose a county to learn more about its voting machines:

Delaware County

Montgomery County

*Information comes from the Pa. Department of State's comprehensive resource explaining the new systems for each county.

Bucks County

Bucks County uses Clear Ballot voting machines.

To mark ballots:

✏️ Most voters will use a hand-marked paper ballot.

See instructions for hand-marked ballot.

♿ An ADA-compliant option is also available — the Clear Ballot Clear Access Ballot Marking Device.

Click to view a video demonstration of the ADA-compliant option:

To cast ballots:

🗳️ All voters will cast their ballot using the Clear Cast Scanner.

Click to view a video demonstration:

More information:

Bucks County website — includes demonstration dates
Pa. Dept. of State website — includes step-by-step instructions and videos.

Chester County

Chester County uses Election Systems & Software (ES&S) voting machines.

To mark ballots:

✏️ Most voters will use a hand-marked paper ballot.

See instructions for hand-marked ballot.

♿ An ADA-compliant option is also available — the ES&S ExpressVote 2.1.

Click to view a video demonstration of the ADA-compliant option:

To cast ballots:

🗳️ All voters will cast their ballot using DS 200 Precinct Scanner.

Click to view a video demonstration of the ADA-compliant option:

More information:

Chester Co. website
Pa. Dept. of State — includes step-by-step instructions and videos.

Delaware County

Delaware County uses Hart Verity voting machines.

To mark ballots:

✏️ Most voters will use a hand-marked paper ballot.

See instructions for hand-marked ballot.

♿ An ADA-compliant option is also available — the Hart Verity Touch Writer.

Click to view a video demonstration of the ADA-compliant option:

To cast ballots:

🗳️ All voters will cast their ballot using the Verity Scan Scanner.

Click to view a video demonstration:

More information:

Delaware Co. website
Pa. Dept. of State — includes step-by-step instructions and videos.

The Delaware County site also offers this overview video of the voting process (click to expand):

Montgomery County

Montgomery County uses Dominion systems.

To mark ballots:

✏️ Most voters will use a hand-marked paper ballot.

See instructions for hand-marked ballot.

♿ An ADA-compliant option is also available — the Dominion Imagecast X.

Click to view a video demonstration of the ADA-compliant option:

To cast ballots:

🗳️ All voters will cast their ballot using the ImageCast Precinct Scanner.

Click to view a video demonstration:

More information:

Montgomery Co. website:
Pa. Dept. of State: includes step-by-step instructions and videos

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