Voting Equipment

The Chesapeake General Registrar’s Office will be implementing new voting equipment at each polling place on Election Day beginning with the November 7, 2017 General Election and Special Elections.

This replacement of voting equipment is due to the Virginia State Board of Elections voting to decertify all direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting equipment across Virginia on September 8, 2017.

 Chesapeake will begin using a new Hart Intercivic Voting System during the Nov. 7, 2017, General and Special Elections.

Most voters will use Verity Scan, a precinct-based, digital ballot-imaging voting terminal. It takes a few seconds for the Scanner to read both sides of a paper ballot in one pass, and the voter knows in less than 5 seconds if his ballot is accepted or rejected.

Accurate, secure and easy to operate, the Verity Scan uses advanced digital technology. Recorded ballots drop automatically into a locked ballot box to create a secure, verifiable paper record of the votes cast.

Ballots on Election Day look similar to our Sample Ballots.

Voters with Disabilities can use the Verity Touch Writer, a voting machine which has a touch screen and set of distinctly shaped control buttons and SELECT Wheel easy for voters to understand and use. Voters will be  presented with a summary of their votes before they can activate the "Print Ballot" button, allowing for second chance vote changes as required by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002.