Step 1-Demonstration

• Before voting, you should be asked if you wish to have a demonstration. 
• Vote only for the number of candidates indicated under the title of the office.
• Always feel free to ask how to mark the sample ballot.

Step 2-Application

• You will be asked your name and your application for ballot will be provided.

           Follow the judge's instruction to complete and sign your application.

Step 3-Verification

• The application is given to the next set of judges who will verify your address and signature and mark that you voted.
• You will be given the top portion of the application as a receipt.
• You will be handed the bottom portion of the application to give to the next judge to receive a ballot when a booth is empty.
• NOTE the ballot style in the upper right corner of the application.

Step 4-Receive Ballot

• You will be given a ballot of the ballot style indicated in the upper right corner of the application and a security sleeve in which to replace your ballot once you have completed voting.
• Verify that the ballot style (and party, in a primary) on the ballot matches the ballot style(and party, in a primary) on your application receipt . If the styles do not match, notify the judge before you cast the ballot and you will be given the correct ballot style.

Step 5-Vote the ballot

• Enter the next available booth.
• Vote by darkening the oval to the left of the candidate of your choice. Use only a black pen to darken the oval.
• If you choose to vote for a person not printed on the ballot, you may write the person's name on the blank line above the word "write-in under the proper office and darken the oval next to that line.
  DO NOT WRITE A CANDIDATE'S NAME IF HE/SHE IS ALREADY LISTED ON THE BALLOT, it will not count.
  The write-in line appears only if a candidate has filed a Declaration of Intent to be a Write-in with our office.
• Check the office to see that you have voted for the correct number of candidates.         If you vote for more candidates than the number indicated below the office,          it is considered to be an overvote and none of the candidates for the                     overvoted office receive a vote. 
• The ballot with an overvoted office will not be accepted by the tabulator.             A message will appear on the screen indicating there is an overvoted office on the ballot.
• The election judge will encourage your to take the ballot back, return it to the table where you received it and get another ballot.
• You may vote for less than the number allowed.
• Check both sides of the ballot for candidates and referenda.
• If you have torn or marked your ballot incorrectly, return your ballot to the election judge at the ballot distribution table and receive a new ballot.

• When you have finished voting, place your ballot inside the security envelope, so the judge's initials show, and take it to the optical scan tabulator.

Step 6-Cast your ballot

• The ballot box judge should ask to see the judge's initials on the ballot.
• Cast your ballot by holding the security sleeve loosely.
• Put your finger in the slot and slide the ballot into the tabulator.
• Do not hold tightly, allow the tabulator to grab the ballot from you.
• If the ballot is not taken by the tabulator, the ballot box judge will read the displayed message and explain the reason.
  If you wish to correct the ballot, the judge will direct you to return your ballot to an election judge at the ballot distribution table and obtain a new ballot.
• Once the ballot is cast into the tabulator, it has been counted.
• Return your security sleeve to the ballot box judge.
• The judge will hand you an "I voted sticker".

Congratulations! You have exercised your right to vote!