Punch Card Voting System
Punch Card Voting System: A voting system where voters punch holes in a ballot card with a ballot marking device to mark their selections.
Definition
A voting system where voters punch holes in a ballot card with a ballot marking device to mark their selections. After voting, the voter may place the ballot in a ballot box, or the ballot may be fed into a computer vote tabulating device at the precinct.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
1. A VOTING SYSTEM in which the voter records her choices by causing holes to be made in predefined positions in a machine-readable paper card. See, e.g. Wash. Admin. Code §434- 320-140. Such systems are now illegal in many states, e.g. Maine. 21-A Me. Rev. Stat. §809(3-A)(B). Likewise in Montana, New York. 2. A term in HAVA: “A ‘punch card voting system’ in cludes any of the following voting systems: (1) C. E. S.; (2) Datavote; (3) PBC C ounter; (4) Pollstar; (5) Punch Card; (6) Vote Recorder. (7) Votomatic.”