|

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