What are the components of the new system?
The eSlate voting system found at each polling location consists of three components: the Judge’s Booth Controller, or JBC, which is analogous to the metal ballot box, the eSlate, which is analogous to a paper ballot and the Disabled Access Unit, or DAU. The DAU allows Travis County voters with disabilities to cast secret ballots, some for the first time, with the assistance of features on that unit. DAU units have an audio ballot reader, a lower stance for easy wheelchair accessibility, jelly switch and sip-and-puff connections.
