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Name :   Doug Jones
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Post Date :   9/27/2005

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Glossary Term :  DRE Display
Definition :  
Comment :  In response to your request for comments on the draft glossary of voting system terminology, I offer the following, picking up with the letter D, having completed A through C in previous comments. As before, in each case, I am quoting the original and then offering an alternative definition.

DRE Display: Part of the DRE that displays the electronic record.  

DRE Display: The display used for presenting the ballot to the voter and for displaying the selections made by the voter to the voter. This may be integrated into a single display screen, or it may consist of a ballot label with a physically separate display to indicate voter choices, for example, lights by or under each voting position on the ballot label.

-- Comment: The definition originally given does not apply to a number of current DRE systems. The one used in India, the old Microvote system, and several full-face DRE systems all use paper ballot labels with lights to show selections, either shining through the paper from behind or using illuminated push buttons.