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Name :   Doug Jones
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Post Date :   9/26/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Ballot Label
Definition :  
Comment :  The text of the ballot (sense 2) when that text is printed on a label affixed to a vote recording device instead of being directly printed on a paper ballot (sense 1). This term is used primarily with mechanical lever and punched card voting systems, but it also applies directly to several direct-recording electronic voting machines that use paper ballot labels. Where ballot (sense 2) is presented on a computer display screen, the term ballot presentation should be used.