diff --git a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/ChainBuilder.class b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/ChainBuilder.class
index a938de0..07519aa 100644
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diff --git a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/TwoWayNode.class b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/TwoWayNode.class
index c1cc023..a95c9a4 100644
Binary files a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/TwoWayNode.class and b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/TwoWayNode.class differ
diff --git a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/straight_channel_section/StraightChannelSectionController.class b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/straight_channel_section/StraightChannelSectionController.class
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9a079b
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diff --git a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/straight_channel_section/StraightChannelSectionLoader.class b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/straight_channel_section/StraightChannelSectionLoader.class
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a512716
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diff --git a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/straight_channel_section/straight_channel_section.fxml b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/straight_channel_section/straight_channel_section.fxml
index 86e2418..8bbd801 100644
--- a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/straight_channel_section/straight_channel_section.fxml
+++ b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/straight_channel_section/straight_channel_section.fxml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <?import java.lang.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
 
-<GridPane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8">
+<GridPane prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="main.straight_channel_section.StraightChannelSectionController">
   <columnConstraints>
     <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
   </columnConstraints>
@@ -116,40 +116,40 @@
                                               <RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                                             </rowConstraints>
                                              <children>
-                                                <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0">
+                                                <BorderPane prefHeight="67.0" prefWidth="46.0">
                                                    <center>
-                                                      <TextArea prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" text="2" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                                                      <TextField maxHeight="74.0" maxWidth="74.0" minHeight="54.0" minWidth="58.0" prefHeight="69.0" prefWidth="69.0" text="1" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                                                          <font>
                                                             <Font size="30.0" />
                                                          </font>
-                                                      </TextArea>
+                                                      </TextField>
                                                    </center>
                                                 </BorderPane>
                                                 <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" GridPane.columnIndex="1">
                                                    <center>
-                                                      <TextArea prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" text="4" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                                                      <TextField maxHeight="74.0" maxWidth="74.0" minHeight="54.0" minWidth="58.0" prefHeight="69.0" prefWidth="69.0" text="6" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                                                          <font>
                                                             <Font size="30.0" />
                                                          </font>
-                                                      </TextArea>
+                                                      </TextField>
                                                    </center>
                                                 </BorderPane>
                                                 <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" GridPane.columnIndex="2">
                                                    <center>
-                                                      <TextArea prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" text="8" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                                                      <TextField maxHeight="74.0" maxWidth="74.0" minHeight="54.0" minWidth="58.0" prefHeight="54.0" prefWidth="69.0" text="8" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                                                          <font>
                                                             <Font size="30.0" />
                                                          </font>
-                                                      </TextArea>
+                                                      </TextField>
                                                    </center>
                                                 </BorderPane>
-                                                <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" GridPane.columnIndex="3">
+                                                <BorderPane prefHeight="55.0" prefWidth="70.0" GridPane.columnIndex="3">
                                                    <center>
-                                                      <TextArea prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" text="5" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                                                      <TextField maxHeight="74.0" maxWidth="74.0" minHeight="54.0" minWidth="58.0" prefHeight="54.0" prefWidth="69.0" text="5" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                                                          <font>
                                                             <Font size="30.0" />
                                                          </font>
-                                                      </TextArea>
+                                                      </TextField>
                                                    </center>
                                                 </BorderPane>
                                              </children>
diff --git a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashController.class b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashController.class
index 361d833..4de9e65 100644
Binary files a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashController.class and b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashController.class differ
diff --git a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashLoader.class b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashLoader.class
index 52a9f57..b3007c8 100644
Binary files a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashLoader.class and b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashLoader.class differ
diff --git a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/welcome_splash/welcome_splash_screen.fxml b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/welcome_splash/welcome_splash_screen.fxml
index 33e001c..0c3d611 100644
--- a/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/welcome_splash/welcome_splash_screen.fxml
+++ b/classes/production/voting-booth-gui/main/welcome_splash/welcome_splash_screen.fxml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <?import java.lang.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
 
-<GridPane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" fx:controller="main.welcome_splash.WelcomeSplashController">
+<GridPane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="main.welcome_splash.WelcomeSplashController">
   <columnConstraints>
     <ColumnConstraints />
       <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
          <children>
             <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" GridPane.rowIndex="1">
                <center>
-                  <Button mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="50.0" prefWidth="170.0" text="Start Here" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                  <Button mnemonicParsing="false" onMousePressed="#StartVotingProcess" prefHeight="50.0" prefWidth="170.0" text="Start Here" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                      <font>
                         <Font size="24.0" />
                      </font>
diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/ChainBuilder.java b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/ChainBuilder.java
index ba4dfef..2cc88a1 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/ChainBuilder.java
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/ChainBuilder.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main;
 
 import javafx.scene.Scene;
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
+import main.straight_channel_section.StraightChannelSectionLoader;
 import main.welcome_splash.WelcomeSplashLoader;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -20,8 +21,13 @@ public class ChainBuilder {
         WelcomeSplashLoader welcomeSplashLoader = new WelcomeSplashLoader(primaryStage);
         TwoWayNode welcomeSplashController = welcomeSplashLoader.GetWelcomeSplash();
 
+        StraightChannelSectionLoader straightChannelSectionLoader = new StraightChannelSectionLoader(primaryStage);
+        TwoWayNode straightChannelSectionController = straightChannelSectionLoader.GetStraightChannelSection();
+        welcomeSplashController.SetNext(straightChannelSectionController);
+        straightChannelSectionController.SetPrevious(welcomeSplashController);
+
         /**
-         * all other two way nodes initilaized
+         * all other two way nodes initialized
          */
 
         primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(welcomeSplashController.GetNode()));
diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/straight_channel_section/StraightChannelSectionLoader.java b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/straight_channel_section/StraightChannelSectionLoader.java
index 22ae227..5580344 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/straight_channel_section/StraightChannelSectionLoader.java
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/straight_channel_section/StraightChannelSectionLoader.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
 import javafx.scene.Parent;
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
 import main.TwoWayNode;
-import main.welcome_splash.WelcomeSplashController;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -20,10 +19,8 @@ public class StraightChannelSectionLoader {
 
     public StraightChannelSectionLoader(Stage primaryStage) throws IOException
     {
-        // Parent splashScreenOnBootRoot = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource(SPLASH_SCREEN_ON_BOOT_FXML_PATH));
         fxmlLoader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource(STRAIGHT_CHANNEL_LOADER_FXML_PATH));
         currentStage = primaryStage;
-        // currentStage.setScene(new Scene(splashScreenOnBootRoot));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ public class StraightChannelSectionLoader {
         StraightChannelSectionController controller = fxmlLoader.getController();
 
         // set the controller to be functional TwoWayNode
-        controller.SetParent(welcomeSplash);
+        controller.SetParent(straightChannelSection);
         controller.SetStage(currentStage);
 
         return controller;
diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/straight_channel_section/straight_channel_section.fxml b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/straight_channel_section/straight_channel_section.fxml
index 86e2418..5c8d2fa 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/straight_channel_section/straight_channel_section.fxml
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/straight_channel_section/straight_channel_section.fxml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <?import java.lang.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
 
-<GridPane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8">
+<GridPane prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="main.straight_channel_section.StraightChannelSectionController">
   <columnConstraints>
     <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
   </columnConstraints>
@@ -116,40 +116,40 @@
                                               <RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                                             </rowConstraints>
                                              <children>
-                                                <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0">
+                                                <BorderPane prefHeight="67.0" prefWidth="46.0">
                                                    <center>
-                                                      <TextArea prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" text="2" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                                                      <TextField maxHeight="74.0" maxWidth="74.0" minHeight="54.0" minWidth="58.0" prefHeight="69.0" prefWidth="69.0" text="1" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                                                          <font>
                                                             <Font size="30.0" />
                                                          </font>
-                                                      </TextArea>
+                                                      </TextField>
                                                    </center>
                                                 </BorderPane>
                                                 <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" GridPane.columnIndex="1">
                                                    <center>
-                                                      <TextArea prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" text="4" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                                                      <TextField maxHeight="74.0" maxWidth="74.0" minHeight="54.0" minWidth="58.0" prefHeight="69.0" prefWidth="69.0" text="6" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                                                          <font>
                                                             <Font size="30.0" />
                                                          </font>
-                                                      </TextArea>
+                                                      </TextField>
                                                    </center>
                                                 </BorderPane>
                                                 <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" GridPane.columnIndex="2">
                                                    <center>
-                                                      <TextArea prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" text="8" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                                                      <TextField maxHeight="74.0" maxWidth="74.0" minHeight="54.0" minWidth="58.0" prefHeight="54.0" prefWidth="69.0" text="8" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                                                          <font>
                                                             <Font size="30.0" />
                                                          </font>
-                                                      </TextArea>
+                                                      </TextField> 
                                                    </center>
                                                 </BorderPane>
-                                                <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" GridPane.columnIndex="3">
+                                                <BorderPane prefHeight="55.0" prefWidth="70.0" GridPane.columnIndex="3">
                                                    <center>
-                                                      <TextArea prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" text="5" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                                                      <TextField maxHeight="74.0" maxWidth="74.0" minHeight="54.0" minWidth="58.0" prefHeight="54.0" prefWidth="69.0" text="5" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                                                          <font>
                                                             <Font size="30.0" />
                                                          </font>
-                                                      </TextArea>
+                                                      </TextField>
                                                    </center>
                                                 </BorderPane>
                                              </children>
diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashController.java b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashController.java
index 51f8c14..49abc9e 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashController.java
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashController.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package main.welcome_splash;
 
-import javafx.scene.Parent;
-import javafx.stage.Stage;
+import javafx.fxml.FXML;
+import javafx.scene.Scene;
+import javafx.scene.input.MouseEvent;
 import main.TwoWayNode;
 
 /**
@@ -9,4 +10,9 @@ import main.TwoWayNode;
  * WelcomeSplashController handle the behavior of welcome splash class
  */
 public class WelcomeSplashController extends TwoWayNode {
+
+    @FXML
+    private void StartVotingProcess(MouseEvent mousePressed) {
+        this.currentStage.setScene(new Scene(this.next));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashLoader.java b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashLoader.java
index ed8ba64..6131968 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashLoader.java
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashLoader.java
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ public class WelcomeSplashLoader {
 
     public WelcomeSplashLoader(Stage primaryStage) throws IOException
     {
-       // Parent splashScreenOnBootRoot = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource(SPLASH_SCREEN_ON_BOOT_FXML_PATH));
         fxmlLoader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource(WELCOME_SPLASH_FXML_PATH));
         currentStage = primaryStage;
-       // currentStage.setScene(new Scene(splashScreenOnBootRoot));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/welcome_splash_screen.fxml b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/welcome_splash_screen.fxml
index 33e001c..0c3d611 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/welcome_splash_screen.fxml
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/welcome_splash_screen.fxml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <?import java.lang.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
 
-<GridPane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" fx:controller="main.welcome_splash.WelcomeSplashController">
+<GridPane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="main.welcome_splash.WelcomeSplashController">
   <columnConstraints>
     <ColumnConstraints />
       <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
          <children>
             <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" GridPane.rowIndex="1">
                <center>
-                  <Button mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="50.0" prefWidth="170.0" text="Start Here" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                  <Button mnemonicParsing="false" onMousePressed="#StartVotingProcess" prefHeight="50.0" prefWidth="170.0" text="Start Here" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                      <font>
                         <Font size="24.0" />
                      </font>