EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Sandy Steinbach
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/26/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Marksense
Definition : |
Comment : | System by which votes are recorded by means of marks made in voting response fields designated on one or both faces of a ballot [delete: card or series of cards] or ballots. Marksense systems may use an optical scanner or similar sensor to read the ballots. Also known as Optical Scan. Association: voting Source: VSS, IEEE 1583 Comment: "Optical scan" is a more commonly used term than "marksense." Why not use that one instead?