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

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Electronic Vote Tabulation
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.

Electronic Vote Tabulation: The use of electronics to tabulate votes; this involves incrementing electronic Candidate Registers, either directly as votes are cast, or later, during the processing of Ballots or Ballot Images.