SECRETARY OF STATE TREY GRAYSON WILL BE VISITING HOPKINSVILLE TOMORROW (MONDAY) MORNING TO HIGHLIGHT A NEWER VOTING SYSTEM CALLED THE E-SCAN WHICH IS TO BE USED IN ALL PRECINCTS IN THE FIRST SEVEN COUNTIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH IN THE UPCOMING PRIMARY ELECTION.

            GRAYSON IS VISITING COUNTIES IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEMS FOR THE MAY PRIMARY.  THE E-SCAN VOTING SYSTEM HAS BEEN USED IN NUMEROUS COUNTIES FOR ABSENTEE VOTING SINCE 2006.  THE E-SCAN IS A DIGITAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEM THAT DIGITALLY CAPTURES VOTER SELECTIONS ON PRINTED BALLOTS AND INTEGRATES VOTE TOTALS.  THE SYSTEM PROVIDES A VOTER VERIFIED PAPER RECORD, SOMETHING GRAYSON HAS ENCOURAGED COUNTIES TO CONSIDER WHEN THEY ADOPT VOTING SYSTEMS.

GRAYSON WILL BE AT THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE ON SOUTH MAIN STREET AT 11:30.