For the 2020 United States Presidential election, Los Angeles County deployed its voter-centered Voting Solutions for All People, a new voting system designed to facilitate voting and improve the voter experience.
Using touchscreen ballot marking devices built by Smartmatic, Filipino-American voters were able to select their native language in order to choose their leaders.
More than half of LA County’s population speaks a language other than English at home. To make the voting process as inclusive as possible, voting instructions and ballots were made available in 13 languages on the BMD’s touchscreen, as well as in audio instructions provided for those with disabilities.
This was the first deployment in a presidential election of the VSAP system. With this voter-centered solution, the county replaced its previous system – which had been in place for approximately five decades – with an entirely new model. Accordingly, the VSAP overhauled nearly every aspect of the elections, including processes, locations, vot-ing days, and registration procedures.“
LA County has made a giant leap in modernizing its elections. Today, this largest election jurisdic-tion is blazing new trails in election automation with a system that is inclusive, secure, auditable, and extremely user-friendly”, noted Smartmatic CEO Antonio Mugica.