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Name :   Carol Julian
Organization :   KSU
Post Date :   9/15/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Optical Scan, Optical Scan System
Definition :  
Comment :  Current:

See Marksense.

Change:

System by which votes are recorded by means of marks made in voting response fields designated on one or both faces of a ballot card or series of cards.  Marksense systems may use an optical scanner or similar sensor to read the ballots.  Also known as Marksense.

Nature of change: define and cross-reference.