May 2017 – VSAP

05 Jul 2019

VSAP Ballot Marking Devices are in the House

In June 2016 the Voting Solutions for All People had just reached its most significant milestone in completing the Research and Design Phase of the new Ballot Marking Device. Three years since reaching that feat our Department now has in its possession the first 15 production-grade Ballot Marking De...

Attendee testing a ballot marking device

13 Mar 2019

VSAP Milestone: First look at LA County’s New Voting Equipment

Nearly 10 years after the Registrar-Recorder kicked off our efforts to modernize Los Angeles County’s voting system, Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan and his team were presented this week with ballot marking devices (BMD) developed by Smartmatic. This delivery of completed devices coinci...

12 Feb 2019

L.A. County Communities Provide Input on 2020 Vote Center Locations

In less than a year, voters in Los Angeles County will be preparing for the next Presidential Primary election. One notable difference that voters will experience is the introduction of vote centers. Los Angeles County will transition from a polling place model to vote center model that will provide...

03 Jul 2018

Why not just use pens to mark a ballot?

by Whitney Quesenbery Making voting universal (and secure) Picture this: It’s Election Day, 2020, and some states are reporting massively long lines of voters waiting to get a ballot, mark it, verify it, and cast it. Others have no lines at all. A few are celebrating higher turnout but shorter lin...

02 Jul 2018

Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk signs contract with Smartmatic USA

On June 13, 2018, Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan officially signed the contract with Smartmatic USA making them the Voting Solutions for All People’s (VSAP) Prime Contractor and Systems Integrator. Smartmatic USA will assist the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC...

16 Jun 2018

LA County’s New Voting System Is Accessible For All

Meet Ruth. She is an LA County voter and 103 years old! She went through the voting demo on the VSAP Ballot Marking Device prototype with ease and interacted with the touchscreen naturally. Ruth is just one of hundreds of seniors who have interacted and tested with our Ballot Marking Device prototyp...

23 Apr 2018

Administrative Intern Program Visits the VSAP Lab

The 20th class of the Administrative Intern Program visited the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) on April 17, 2018 for a Departmental tour. They were provided an overview of the various election services and records management operations at the RR/CC. An exciting element of the tour was a vis...

09 Apr 2018

Showcasing the VSAP Ballot Marking Device at the Older Adult Summit

Our VSAP and Outreach Teams attended the Older Adult Summit held at the Pasadena Convention Center on April 5, 2018. This event provided an opportunity for the attendees ages 55 and up to interact with the Ballot Marking Device and gain information about the new voting experience. We registered new ...

02 Apr 2018

The Future is in Good Hands

On March 16, 2018, the VSAP team held a VSAP Summit at the Liberty Community Plaza in Whittier, Calif. The theme of the Summit was “The Future is in Good Hands”. In preparation of the implementation of the new voting experience, the VSAP Summit helped to refocus the VSAP program members ...

02 Apr 2018

The VSAP Team Introduces the BMD at Easterseals

On March 27, 2018, Disability Rights California invited members of the VSAP and the RR/CC’s Outreach Teams to participate in a Peer Self-Advocacy Skills event at Easterseals, an adult day care center for adults with developmental disabilities in Norwalk, CA. The event was focused on how to nav...