Disabled voters in Oregon will nominate their next Representative in Congress with the tap of a finger.
The state is launching the first iPad voting scheme in the U.S. as it goes to the polls tomorrow to replace ex-Representative David Wu, who left amid allegations of sex with a minor.
Election workers will take the iPads to disabled voters who might otherwise have difficulties marking their ballots, the AP wrote.
State elections director Steve Trout told Politico they gave the iPad the thumbs up after also testing candidates including an Android tablet, a Windows-based tablet, the Lenovo Thinkpad and a regular laptop.
All of the vendors were willing to donate the devices. In the end, they went with five iPads donated by Apple. The state then paid $75,000 to develop voting software.
“Apple was by far the easiest and most effective for assisting people that have accessibility needs. And that was part of the goal of our test pilot, to find out which devices were most effective,” Trout said.
If the trial run is successful tomorrow and in general elections in January, it will become a regular service for disabled voters in Oregon.