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  • Advantages of Ballot-Marking Devices


    Optical scan voting systems have huge advantages over e-voting systems in terms of security, reliability, and relative cost. Some have argued that the main disadvantage of optical scan systems has historically been in terms of accessibility for disabled voters.

    A new generation of ballot marking devices now makes it practical for optical scan voting systems to be equally accessible as e-voting machines. Information about these ballot marking devices is listed below. For other information related to accessibility and election systems, see Voting Accessibility Resources: Improving Voting Systems for Disabled People.


    Ballot Marking Best for Accessible and Verifiable Voting
    August 3rd, 2005

    ES&S AutoMARK Completes Independent Testing
    Election Systems & Software
    May 9th, 2005

    New Voting Machines Would Help Disabled
    by Barry HalvorsenVictoria (TX) Advocate
    April 28th, 2005

    Ballot Marking Devices and Certification
    by Bob KibrickVerified Voting Foundation
    April 21st, 2005

    Voting Machine For Disabled Could Provide Audit Feature
    by W. David GardnerTechWeb.com
    September 22nd, 2004

    Accessible Voting with Voter Verifiable Paper Records in DRE Voting Systems
    AVANTE International Technology, Inc.

    OPTICAL VOTE-TRAKKER: A `Mark-Sense` Absentee & Precinct Based Voting System that Minimizes Both Voter and System Errors
    AVANTE International Technology
    January 1st, 2004

    Compact Vote-Trakker
    Used in conjunction with Avante Vote-Trakker (ITA tested to 1990 FEC standards, NASED certification # N-1-12-22-12-001 issued 5/20/2004)

    Populex Digital Paper Ballot System
    Populex (ITA tested to 2002 FEC standards, NASED certification number N-2-15-22-22-001 issued 11/18/2004)

    AutoMark Technical Systems

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