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Name :   Doug Jones
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/27/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Electronic Vote Capture System(EVCS)
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 Vote Capture System (EVCS): Election system that encompasses DREs as well as accessible ballot printers (ABPs) when they are combined with the ballot scanner that processes the printed ballot. See also Voter Verified Paper Audit.

Electronic Vote Capture System (EVCS): A voting system designed around the use of electronic vote capture.