New Harris County voting machines to replace wheel with touch screen, produce paper trail FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Goodbye wheel. Harris County Commissioners Court voted this week to spend $54 million on new voting machines. The Verity Voting system is made by Hart InterCivic, the same manufacturer as the eSlate system the county has used since 2002. Show MoreShow Less 2of6 A Harris County Clerk’s employee demonstrates an eSlate voting machine in October 2002. Commissioners Court this week voted to spend $54 million to replace the eSlates with machines made by Hart InterCivic, the same manufacturer. The big change: no wheel. (Melissa Phillip/Chronicle)Melissa Phillip, Staff / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less