Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machine

1. A vote-capture device that allows electronic presentation of a ballot, electronic selection of valid contest options, and electronic storage of contest selections as individual records. It also provides a summary of these contest selections.

Source: Election Terminology Glossary - Draft, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), https://pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlossary/; Pilot Implementation Study of Risk-Limiting Audit Methods in the State of Rhode Island, RLA Working Group https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/Report-RI-Design-FINAL-WEB4.pdf

2. An electronic voting system that utilizes electronic components for the functions of ballot presentation, vote capture, vote recording, and tabulation which are logically and physically integrated into a single unit. A DRE produces a tabulation of the voting data stored in a removable memory component and in printed hardcopy. Version 1.0 Volume I: Voting System Performance Guidelines Appendix A: Glossary A-9.

Source: Glossary of terms database, U.S. Election Assistance Commission, https://www.eac.gov/glossary/

3. A voting machine, that electronically stores votes, and on which voters use interfaces (pushbutton, touchscreen, or dial) to record their votes. The votes are stored in a memory cartridge, diskette, or smart card and added to the votes of all other voters.

Source: America’s Voting Machines at Risk, Brennan Center for Justice. https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2019-08/Report_Americas_Voting_Machines_At_Risk.pdf

4. A direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machine directly records the voter’s selections in each race or contest. It does so via the image of a ballot that appears on an electronic display screen. Typical DRE machines have flat panel display screens with touch screen or keypad input, although other technologies have been used (including paper and push button displays). The defining characteristic of these machines is that votes are exclusively captured and stored electronically, and that after the voter leaves, no tangible hard copy record of the voters selections remains. Some DREs, however, are equipped with printers capable of printing voter-verifiable paper records that sighted voters can review to verify that a hard copy record of their selections is accurate.

Source: COUNTING VOTES 2012: A State by State Look at Voting Technology Preparedness, Verified Voting Foundation, Rutgers School of Law - Newark Constitutional Litigation Clinic & Common Cause Education Fund, https://countingvotes.org/sites/default/files/CountingVotes2012_Final_August2012.pdf

5. A voting system that uses electronic components for the functions of ballot presentation, vote capture, vote recording, and tabulation that are logically and physically integrated into a single unit. A DRE produces a tabulation of the voting data stored in a removable memory component and in printed hardcopy.

Source: Cyber Threats to Elections – A Lexicon, Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center & Office of the Director of National Intelligence, https://www.dni.gov/files/CTIIC/documents/CTIIC_2018_Lexicon_without_banner_small_file_for_Post.pdf

6. A voting system that uses electronic components for the functions of ballot presentation, vote capture, vote recording, and tabulation that are logically and physically integrated into a single unit. A DRE produces a tabulation of the voting data stored in a removable memory component and in printed hardcopy.

Source: US Election Assistance Commission Cyber Threats to Elections – A Lexicon, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, https://www.dni.gov/files/CTIIC/documents/CTIIC_2018_Lexicon_without_banner_small_file_for_Post.pdf

7. A device that records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or electro-optical components that can be activated by the voter (typically buttons or a touchscreen), that processes data by means of a computer program, and that records voting data and ballot images in memory components.

Source: U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, March 2020, https://subscriber.politicopro.com/f/?id=00000170-c638-d8f7-a7f1-f63b33510000