Electronic Voting System
Electronic Voting System: An electronic voting system is one or more integrated devices that utilize an electronic component for one or more of the following…
Definition
An electronic voting system is one or more integrated devices that utilize an electronic component for one or more of the following functions: ballot presentation, vote capture, vote recording, and tabulation. A DRE is a functionally and physically integrated electronic voting system which provides all four functions electronically in a single device. An optical scan (also known as Marksense) system where the voter marks a paper ballot with a marking instrument and then deposits the ballot in a tabulation device is partially electronic in that the paper ballot provides the presentation, vote capture and vote recording functions. An optical scan system employing a ballot marking device adds a second electronic component for ballot presentation and vote capture functions.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
One or more integrated devices that use an electronic component for one or more of the following functions: ballot presentation, vote capture, vote recording, and tabulation.
- Definition 3
A “voting system in which each part of the pr ocess is done electronically.” Nebraska Stat. §32-110.01. “‘Electronic voting system’ means a sy stem, or the combination of electronic voting systems and devices authorized under this chapter, that may employ a marking device in conjunction with ballots or the use of a touchscr een or other data entry device and automatic tabulating equipment for the recording, tabulati ng, and counting of votes in an election.” N. D. C. C. §16-1-06-12(5).