EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Robert Kibrick
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/27/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | DRE Display
Definition : |
Comment : | DRE Display: Part of the DRE that displays the electronic record. Association: security, voting Source: no attribution This is not a particularly meaningful definition. First, the term “electronic record” is not defined in this glossary. Further, what is displayed on the DRE display is at best a computer generated visual representation of the information contained in an electronic record, since such records themselves typically consist of packets of electrical charge or magnetization that cannot be directly displayed to or sensed by voters. As such, the accuracy of that display depends on the accuracy of any computer program that is used to render the contents of any electronic record into a visual representation that can be displayed on the DRE’s display. Also, such a DRE display is used to convey many other items of information, such as instructions.