EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Doug Jones
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/27/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Electronic Voter Interface
Definition : |
Comment : | In response to your request for comments on the draft glossary of voting system terminology, I offer the following, picking up with the letter D, having completed A through C in previous comments. As before, in each case, I am quoting the original and then offering an alternative definition. Electronic Voter Interface: Subsystem within a DRE voting system which communicates ballot information to a voter in video, audio or Braille form and which allows the voter to select candidates and issues by means of vocalization or physical actions. Electronic Ballot Presentation: The presentation of a ballot to the voter using electronic means, for example, on a computer display screen, on a computer operated braille display, or in audio format. Electronic Voter Interface: Subsystem within a DRE Voting System, an Electronic Ballot Printer, or an Electronically Assisted Ballot Marker which incorporates electronic ballot presentation and or electronic vote capture. -- Comment: This term must be broadly defined to refer to all of the different technologies that have such interfaces, and not just DRE. Also, some DREs do not use electronic ballot display, while some electronically assisted ballot markers do not use electronic vote capture, even though all such systems have (at least partially) electronic voter interfaces.