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Name :   David Dill
Organization :   Verified Voting Foundation
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Electronic Voter Interface
Definition :  
Comment :  Subsystem within a DRE voting system which communicates ballot information to a voter in video, audio or Braille form and which allows the voter to select candidates and issues by means of vocalization or physical actions.
Association: voting, Human factors, HF: accessibility
Source: FL Statutes

This definition is unnecessarily limited to DREs, when it could apply equally well to other technology, such as EBMs.  

Suggestion: either delete “DRE” from the definition, or replace “DRE” with “DRE or EBM”.