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Name :   Sanford Morganstein
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/27/2005

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Glossary Term :  Optical Scan, Optical Scan System
Definition :  
Comment :  For reasons cited above, Optical Scan is not synonymous with Marksense. We suggest the following:  

Optical Scan, Optical Scan System: A system that reads and tabulates ballots, usually paper ballots, by scanning the ballot and interpreting the content of the ballot.