What if the paper jams in the voting station or if the printer runs out of ink or toner?
Through procedural means it is possible to reduce the chance that a printer will jam or run out of ink or toner. For example, as part of the preparation for an election, each printer should be loaded with fresh ink or a fresh toner cartridge. (It is unlikely that any single election will consume an entire fresh load of ink or toner.) Similarly, the paper used should be stored under conditions of reasonable temperature and humidity, even if the voting place itself might have suboptimal temperature and humidity. The OVC believes that the best way to handle printer problems is for a poll worker to remove the printer from the voting station machine, place that printer into secure storage, and to install a replacement printer. The exact procedural steps for this are yet to be worked out. Of particular concern are the handling and privacy of any damaged ballot that might be in the printer as well as the disposition of any unused paper in the feed tray. This procedure suggests that every voti
