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Name :   Robert Kibrick
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/27/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Electronic Voter Interface
Definition :  
Comment :  Electronic Voter Interface: 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

Why is this functionality only defined in the context of a DRE, when EBMs also provide these same functions? Once again, we see the meaning of a general term being skewed to apply to a specific technology when it applies to more than one.