An audit read the text on all 5.3 million ballots cast in Georgia during the 2024 election, revealing just 87 discrepancies.

In U.S. elections, there are different types of voting machines that vary depending on the state and county. There are two main technologies: optical scan and direct recording electronic (DRE ...

Hybrid Voting Systems are like Ballot Marking Devices with an Optical Scanner built in. They mark a physical ballot, but the ...

So, how do voting machines work? And what security measures ... are measures to secure it Going into the 2024 election, optical scan paper ballot systems are widely used to tally physical ballot ...

The optical scan allows voters to fill in a sheet by ... of 1990 and HAVA in 2002 helped to standardize expectations for voting machines for people with disabilities. These machines specifically ...

Despite voting machine conspiracy theories ... Going into the 2024 election, optical scan paper ballot systems are widely used to tally physical ballot votes, which can be likened to the ...

That legislation, passed in 2002, hastened the methodical phase out of the punch card ballots and certain voting machines, and gave way to the rise of paper ballots, optical scan readers ...

These are relatively new items, and unlike the simple, robust optical-scan voting machines we have used to count our votes for decades, there is still a learning curve with this technology.

The ES&S ExpressVote BMD Terminal is used in 23 Kentucky counties to let voters mark their paper ballots. Election Systems & Software When a woman in Laurel County complained Thursday that she had ...

Indiana uses two types of voting machines: optical scan ballot cards, where voters mark paper ballots; and direct record electronic voting systems, where voters use touchscreens, push buttons or ...

Voters insert paper ballots into these machines; mark the ballots by touching the screen where the appropriate names or answers appear; and take their marked ballots to a nearby optical scanner ...