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 ...

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 ...

Voting machines in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, were unable to scan ballots on Election Day morning because of a ballot printing error. Ballots were still being accepted and the time to vote was ...

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.

Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs ... The US, in contrast, leans more heavily on optical scan machines, which directly scan paper ballots filled out by voters, leaving a clear, physical record ...

One user on X, Shawn Sikora, wrote, “Cambria county Pennsylvania, voting machines are not scanning and we are being told to drop them in a lock box and they will scan them later. What the hell is ...

Georgia’s voting system relies on optical scanning machines to count votes from QR codes printed on ballots. The printed ballots also include readable text of each voter’s choices. Election ...

"Voters are continuing to vote by paper ballot, in accordance with normal operations, while the county resolves the issue with in-precinct scanning," the department ... "The County Board of Elections ...

Voters in one Pennsylvania county will have an extra two hours to vote Tuesday after ballot-scanning machines in some precincts failed to work. Voting in Cambria County is extended to 10 p.m ...