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.

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

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.

Voting machine companies have been scrutinized in ... in a jurisdiction that uses a combination of paper ballots and optical scan systems to tally results. While hand-marked ballots remain the ...

According to Ballotpedia, Missouri ballots will be counted by a machine with an optical scan as well as counted by hand. Plus, every single voting machine in Missouri is required to produce a ...