EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | David Dill
Organization : | Verified Voting Foundation
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Voting Machine
Definition : |
Comment : | Mechanical or electronic equipment for the direct recording and tabulation of votes, See also voting system. Association: voting Source: Ohio Statutes This definition does not properly account for existing lever voting machines. While lever machines are mechanical and provide for the direct tabulation of votes, they do not provide for the direct recording of votes since they do not record a cast vote record; neither does there exist any retrofit for lever machines that would provide such a mechanism. The generic term “voting machine” should encompass the full range of such devices, including lever machines. A voting machine that provides for direct recording of votes (i.e., by recording a cast vote record) should be a more specific instance of a “voting machine”, i.e., a “direct recording voting machine”, and one that does so electronically should be an even more specific instance, i.e., a “direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machine”. Suggested change: “Mechanical or electronic equipment for the direct selection and tabulation of votes, See also voting system.” [Note: implementing this suggested change impacts our suggested change for “touch screen voting machine”]