The newly launched Microsoft
Surface tablet is already being used as a balloting device for state
and national elections at a precinct in Virginia. It is a remarkable
display of faith in a just-launched technology by the Issaquah-based
firm Democracy Live, which works with various states to deliver electronic ballots and voter information.
For
this test, the company is running the LiveBallot application on the
Surface. The web app enables voters to access, mark and print a ballot
for tabulation by a different machine.
For
the current elections only one Surface tablet is tested in a precinct
in Charlottesville. CEO of Democracy Live Bryan Finney plans to work on a
broader rollout of Surface for similar uses after the Windows Pro 8
version is released. The Intel-based Surface will run Windows legacy
applications that the current ARM-based Surface (Windows RT) isn’t
capable of supporting.
In the future,
tablets could replace older machines in such precincts that still run on
the dated Intel 486 processors. Not to mention that tablets like the
Surface have added features like a built-in screen reader and an
USB-based sip-and-puff input device that can help voters with
disabilities.
What do you think of this?
Finally the tablets are finding even better use than displaying menus
and taking orders in the restaurant. Do you think more customized
Android tablets will serve this purpose better?
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