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Central Count Voting System

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A "voting system that tabulates ballots from multiple at a central location. Voted PRECINCTS ballots are placed into secure storage at the polling place. Stored ballots are transported or transmitted to a central counting place which produces the vote count report." 2005 VVSG GLOSSARY.

Also known ascentral count system · central counting · central tabulation · central ballot counting · centralized counting system · centralized tabulation system
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High consensus

A "voting system that tabulates ballots from multiple at a central location. Voted PRECINCTS ballots are placed into secure storage at the polling place. Stored ballots are transported or transmitted to a central counting place which produces the vote count report." 2005 VVSG GLOSSARY.

Electronic Voting Glossary · 2024

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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Central Count Voting System. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 14, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/central-count-voting-system

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Electronic Voting Glossary
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