Floyd County purchases state of the art voting equipment

NEW VOTING MACHINES TO BE TESTED Floyd County’s new voting machines are in, and clerk KeeLee Rawls invites members of the public to stop by the courthouse and see how it operates. “All equipment will be in test mode,” said Rawls, “so they are not really casting their real ballot. The offices are the same that will be on the November ballot, but this is just test mode to never be counted.” | COURTESY ART
NEW VOTING MACHINES TO BE TESTED Floyd County’s new voting machines are in, and clerk KeeLee Rawls invites members of the public to stop by the courthouse and see how it operates. “All equipment will be in test mode,” said Rawls, “so they are not really casting their real ballot. The offices are the same that will be on the November ballot, but this is just test mode to never be counted.” | COURTESY ART

New voting equipment has arrived in Floyd County, and County Clerk KeeLee Rawls welcomes all voters to come up to the office to give it a try before the November 3 election.

The replacing of old equipment with the new Hart Verity Vanguard equipment was approved by the Floyd County Commissioners Court in July to make sure voters have updated, dependable equipment. Rawls stressed that it is not becau…