Our voter registration kiosks were used by 2,785 voters from August 15 until the close of registration at midnight on October 7.  Nearly half, 1,253 occurred on the last two days.  I was at the undergrad library at midnight to see the last few people get registered, including one person who wasn’t able to get in under the deadline.

Processing cards from the kiosks is notably easier than the hand written cards from various other methods of registration.  Our scanning program pulls all the information off the cards and it just needs to be verified.  The time to process them, in my estimation, is about one fourth the time to process a handwritten application.

An added benefit to the kiosks is that they provide security for the registrant’s information.  The card goes from the voter to the County Clerk’s office without fear that it will be copied by an outside party.

Hopefully we’ll have more kiosks available in future elections.  Combined with new technology in our office, they are providing more accessibility to registration for voters and more efficiency in our office.

And thanks to the University of Illinois and Jerry’s IGA for being gracious hosts of the kiosks.  They are providing a great service to the public.

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