Disabled finally have new way to vote

WEEDSPORT - For nearly 15 minutes, Susan Storms silently sat with her white cane folded away on her lap, while her fingers felt their way across a small video game-like controller with big colorful buttons that she pressed to fill out her electronic ballot.

Even with the constant metallic clanking of the antiquated lever operated voting machines operating nearby, Storms could not be distracted from her goal.

As she finished using the controller to mark the ballot, Storms removed the headset she used to hear the audio instructions, and told three watching election inspectors that she had finished voting without assistance for the first time in 23 years.