Voting Equipment Database – Scytl BallotSafe

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Voting Equipment Database – Prime III

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Voting Equipment Database – In-House Remote Ballot Marking Systems and Internet Voting Systems

A handful of jurisdictions in the United States offer in-house remote ballot marking systems to eligible voters. These systems are not designed and built by commercial companies; instead, they are developed in-house by a state or county and are specific to the jurisdiction’s needs and election codes. In 2011, the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) first offered its Electronic Absentee System for Elections (EASE) grant program to fund research programs for online blank ballot delivery, online voter registration, online ballot requests, automated ballot duplication, and online ballot tracking to improve services for military and overseas voters. In 2013, the EASE program further provided funding for the development of online ballot delivery tools and the establishment of a single point of contact in state election offices.

Voting Equipment Database – TRIAD Governmental Systems, Inc. Accessible Ballot Marking Tool (ABMT)

Triad GSI’s Accessible Ballot Marking Tool (ABMT) is a client-side remote ballot marking system. Voters access the Accessible Ballot Marking Tool (ABMT) via a link emailed to them from their county board of elections. A county can also email an HTML file to an eligible voter. The voter opens the HTML file or follows the link in their preferred browser and can disconnect from internet to mark their ballot. If needed, a voter can use their assistive technology.

Voting Equipment Database – Dominion ImageCast Remote

The Liberty Vote (Dominion) ImageCast Remote is a client-side remote ballot marking system. The system supports WCAG 2.0 Level AA conformance, multiple languages, browser-based screen readers and Audio-Tactile Interfaces (ATI). The ImageCast Remote uses standard HTML and JavaScript and is compatible with Microsoft Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. Voters can use the system on their personal computer, tablet, smartphone, or touchtone phone. After the voter has marked their ballot, the system generates a PDF of an “Electronic Mobile Ballot,” which is a representation of the voter’s summary ballot, containing a human readable summary of the voter’s selections and a 2D QR code, which is not human readable and allows the ballot to be scanned by a Dominion ImageCast ballot scanner instead of being remade onto traditional ballot paper by hand or with a ballot duplication system. The Electronic Mobile Ballot can have more than one QR code, containing the number of available contests, candidates, and write-in candidates.

Voting Equipment Database – Smartmatic/Los Angeles County VSAP

The VSAP Tally 2.1 voting system is composed of six core components: Ballot Marking Device (BMD), BMD Manager (BMG), Enterprise Signing Authority (ESA), Tally high-capacity scanner, VSAP Ballot Layout (VBL), and the Interactive Sample Ballot (ISB). The Ballot Marking Device is the primary touchpoint for the voter and is the hub of the voting system, guiding users with screen prompts and symbols. The VSAP Tally scanner is a high-speed high-capacity scanner and tabulator. Tally captures and processes ballot images to digitally count votes from paper ballots — both vote-by-mail ballots and BMD ballots from polling places. The Interactive Sample Ballot (ISB) can be used as either a remote ballot marking system or as a \\\\\\\”poll pass,\\\\\\\” which speeds up the voter\\\\\\\’s time in the poll booth. The ISB does not require internet connection for making selections.

Voting Equipment Database – Voatz Mobile App

Voatz is a mobile phone application for ballot marking and the electronic return of voted ballots (internet voting). Voatz has been piloted in a handful of counties and in the state of New Jersey. In 2020, Voatz was available only to Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) voters and voters with disabilities in Utah County, Utah. To use the Voatz mobile app, the voter’s phone must support biometric authentication (fingerprint and facial recognition) and be running the latest version of its operating system. The app supports Voice Control on iOS and TalkBack on Android, configurable font size, and Speech-to-Text for write-in candidates. In 2020, Voatz was available in English and Spanish.

Voting Equipment Database – Votem CastIron Voting Platform

Votem’s CastIron platform supports remote ballot marking and the electronic return of a voted ballot (internet voting). In early 2016, Votem acquired a mobile voting system — the software platform, related mobile apps, customers, and contracts — from Michigan-based vendor Konnech. Voters access Votem’s CastIron platform from their computer, tablet, or smartphone. If using a computer, the voter accesses their ballot in a web browser and can use a screen reader, if needed.

Voting Equipment Database – Enhanced Voting Enhanced Ballot and MyBallot

Enhanced Voting’s Enhanced Ballot is a remote ballot marking system that operates in a single HTML file. MyBallot was a server-side remote ballot marking system, while Enhanced Ballot is a client-side system. MyBallot was developed with Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) voters in mind. Enhanced Ballot is a newer remote ballot marking system, which is tailored to voters with disabilities; however, voters with disabilities can use their own Audio-Tactile Interface (ATI) to mark their ballots using either system.

Voting Equipment Database – Democracy Live Secure Select

Democracy Live’s Secure Select client-side remote ballot marking system is a cloud-based HTML 5 Single Page Application (SPA), meaning the voter’s ballot marking and creation takes place on the voter’s own browser. The system is delivered to voters over the internet using SSL encryption, so although voters must start with an internet connection, no connection to the internet is required after the initial server call for the application is processed. There is also no further interaction with a remote server. Secure Select is hosted on two or more parallel servers, which are monitored by Democracy Live. The system meets WCAG 2.0 guidelines for accessibility. Secure Select ballots are a summary of the voter’s selections printed on the voter’s printer paper with a QR code, which contains the voter’s selections. The QR code can be scanned by a smartphone or 2D bar code reader. After printing, the voter ends their session and their selections are cleared from memory. The voter cannot reprint their ballot. Voters access Secure Select via a link from their county.