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Voting machine

A voting machine is a machine used to record votes in an election without paper. The first voting machines were mechanical but it is increasingly more common to use electronic voting machines. Traditionally, a voting machine has been defined by its mechanism, and whether the system tallies votes at each voting location, or centrally. Voting machines…

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Historical machines

Current voting machines

Location of tallying

Security issues

Gallery

Election administration

Informational

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Voting machine

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Voting machine

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related to Informational · 34
Voting machine → Accessibility, ACE Project Archived October, Archived April, Archived August, Archived May, Brennan Center, Cambridge University Press, Cost, Democracy, E-Voting, Encyclopædia Britannica, Fixing, Frank, Hugh, In Chisholm, Justice, LawWho's, Machinery, NYU School, ProjectSelker
related to Gallery · 25
Voting machine → Alfred, Arlington County, Danaher ElecTronic, DCES, DRE, DRE Voting, French, Gillespie, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Kingston, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, New YorkMcTammany, RFID, Rochester, Shouptronic, Standard Voting Machine Company, TallyVoting Tally1 DRE, The Advanced Voting Solutions
related to Punched card voting · 8
Voting machine → After, By, In, John McTammany's, Punched, The, Typical, Voters
related to Direct-recording electronic (DRE) · 7
Voting machine → DRE, In, Most, Staff, The, Voting, VVPAT
related to Central-count voting system · 5
Voting machine → Central, Norden Electronic Vote Tallying, System, Today, Votomatic
related to Current voting machines · 3
Voting machine → An, DRE, Two
see also · 3
Voting machine → ACCURATEBallotElection, INEC, Voting ConsortiumPostal
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Voting machine → machine used to record votes in an election without paper, voting machine based on electronics.Two main technologies exist

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voting machine ballot machines voter election vote used paper system one electronic ballots votes use tallies voters systems location candidate

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Voting machineis amachine used to record votes in an election without paper0.90text
Voting machineis avoting machine based on electronics.Two main technologies exist0.90text
overvotesinstance ofThis approach allows for voters to be notified of voting errors0.80text
can prevent spoilt votesinstance ofThis approach allows for voters to be notified of voting errors0.80text
Voting machinerelated to Central-count voting systemCentral0.60section
Voting machinerelated to Central-count voting systemVotomatic0.60section
Voting machinerelated to Central-count voting systemNorden Electronic Vote Tallying0.60section
Voting machinerelated to Central-count voting systemSystem0.60section
Voting machinerelated to Central-count voting systemToday0.60section
Voting machinerelated to Current voting machinesAn0.60section
Voting machinerelated to Current voting machinesTwo0.60section
Voting machinerelated to Current voting machinesDRE0.60section

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