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 ...

The audit, the first of its kind, demonstrated a nearly identical match to the count done on election night, using tech to read the text on all 5.3 million Georgia ballots. Nearly all inconsistencies ...

Text-recognition technology read all 5.3 million ballots cast in Georgia's election to check results of voting machines. The results were nearly identical.

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 ...

In no way were our precinct officers to blame for long lines at the polls that kept some people from voting on Election Day.

But the act of voting itself has been unfairly ... the use of punch-card ballots and lever machines in federal elections. Most Americans now vote with optical scanners, which process marked ...

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 ...

The state elections board received recount requests for four state legislative races by its Tuesday afternoon deadline, ...

A law concerning optical scanning equipment, the most commonly used election ... t completely eliminate the ability for ranked-choice voting to be included on even years; it just makes it more ...

EVANSVILLE — The popularity of early in-person voting, a years-old push for better ... change if necessary before dropping into an optical scan device to be cast and tallied.