Florida does not vote on touchscreens — the state requires paper ballots. But voters who use the accessible ExpressVote ballot-marking device make their choices on a screen, and some Palm Beach County early voters have reported the device marking a candidate they did not intend. County election chief Wendy Link told the Palm Beach Post the screens are extra-sensitive: a large finger or a long fingernail can graze the option above or below the one aimed at, and register that as the selection. Duval County reported four similar complaints, each from a voter using a finger instead of the stylus provided.
Why it matters: the fix is in your hands, literally. Ask for the voting stylus, tap carefully, read the review screen, and then check the printed paper ballot line by line before you submit it — the paper ballot is what gets counted. If anything is wrong, tell a poll worker before casting it so it can be corrected. Early voting runs through November 1.
