In May 2015 the State Board of Elections decertified Brunswick County's voting machines. To ensure the integrity of elections the Brunswick County Electoral Board and the General Registrar replaced them with Election Services Online's OpenElect Voting Optical Scan (OVO) and their OpenElect Voting Interface – Vote Center (OVI-VC). The County Administrator and the Board of Supervisors moved quickly to procure replacement machines for our county.

In our first election use of the systems, the consensus of the voters experiences was short wait times and ease of use. This and new use of Electronic Polbooks (EPs) removed the bottlenecks created at check-in and voting machine use. There were some questions about using paper ballots again, but after voting the difference was clear.

If you have any questions or concerns about our voting system please contact the registrars office at 434.848.4414 or contact Election Services Online.

OVO Features and Benefits

• Self contained ballot counter includes a full color touch screen display, ballot scanner, and precinct report printer
• Provides the voter easy to follow onscreen instructions for all valid operations
• Scans ballots quickly
• Records and deposits ballots into a locked ballot box
• Prints reports and receipts
• Modular design and compact size provides easy transport and set-up

OVI-VC Features and Benefits

• Support multiple languages
• Rank Choice Voting (RCV)
• Modular design provides easy transport and set up for poll workers
• Ballots are printed in easy to read format for review
• Produces complete precinct audit logs and reports
• OVI-VC produced ballots can be easily scanned into the OpenElect Voting Optical Scan (OVO) or the Open Elect Voting Central Scan (OVCS)