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Name :   Carol Julian
Organization :   KSU
Post Date :   9/11/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Direct Record Electronic Voting System
Definition :  
Comment :  Current:
Voting system that records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or electro-optical components that can be actuated by the voter, that processes the data by means of a computer program, and that records voting data and cast vote records in internal and/or external memory components. It produces a tabulation of the voting data stored in a removable memory component and/or in printed copy.

Change:
Voting system that records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or electro-optical components that can be activated by the voter; that processes data by means of a computer program; and that records voting data and ballot images in memory components. It produces a tabulation of the voting data stored in a removable memory component and as printed copy. The system may also provide a means for transmitting individual ballots or vote totals to a central location for consolidating and reporting results from precincts at the central location.  

Nature of change: Term defined on page 1-7, VVSG vol. 1, lines 2-9.