Voting Equipment Database – Unisyn OpenElect Voting Central Scan (OVCS)

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Voting Equipment Database – Hart InterCivic Verity Duo

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Voting Equipment Database – KNOWiNK Poll Pad

KNOWiNK’s Poll Pad is used in place of paper poll books to check in voters, see whether they have already received or voted a mail ballot, and direct them to their correct polling place if they are in the wrong location. The Poll Pad software runs on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) tablets. The tablet is connected to its base by a stand arm, which allows the tablet to be swiveled to face the poll worker or voter. In jurisdictions that require voter identification to be checked at polling places, the built-in camera can be used to scan a voter’s identification. The Poll Pad setup includes a COTS thermal receipt printer which connects via bluetooth. The Poll Pad comes equipped with two styluses, one of which is used by poll workers to enter a voter’s name, date of birth, and to make selections. The other stylus can be used by voters to mark their signatures on the Poll Pad, if the jurisdiction allows it.

Voting Equipment Database – UniLect Patriot (and Patriot Marksense Scanner)

The UniLect Patriot is a multilingual electronic voting system on which the voter presses on-screen to indicate their preference. Election officials program ballot information at a central location, load election data into an “InfoPack” which is then inserted into a Precinct Control Unit. Individual terminals are connected together into the PCU to receive ballot data. Patriot voting devices, include a standard punch card type voting booth that folds up into an attached case.

Voting Equipment Database – Microvote MV-464

The Microvote MV-464 represents an older generation of direct recording electronic voting machines that uses push-buttons adjacent to each ballot item to cast votes, with a light by each button giving positive feedback that the vote has been registered. The ballot issues are printed on a paper ballot label that is protected behind a window between the rows of buttons, and the machine itself opens up and assembles into a voting booth, just as the classic lever machines did – the side privacy panels of the machine in the photo were folded into the lid at the time, in order to allow greater visibility during a demonstration of the machine.

Voting Equipment Database – Premier Election Solutions (Diebold) AccuVote OS Central

The AccuVote-OS (also known as the AV-OS) is the same hardware scanner that is used for the precinct count optical scanning but it has a different embedded software (“firmware”) installed. Its configuration allows it to be linked with a number of other AV-OS units via a network whereby voting data can be sent into the GEMS server from many scanners concurrently scanning ballot batches. Firmware version 2.0.12 designates the machine is configured for ‘central count” as opposed to “precinct count.”

Voting Equipment Database – Five Cedars Alternate Format Ballot

In 2007, OakTree Digital contracted with the Oregon Secretary of State to develop and implement an accessible HTML-based ballot called the Alternate Format Ballot (AFB). Since then a Large Format Ballot (11” x 17”, 18pt font) has been added to the choices a voter has for ballot formats. A registered voter can receive an AFB (either the HTML version or the Large Print Version) by calling an elections official and requesting it. New registrants can indicate the need for an alternate ballot format (Braille, AFB, Large Print) when registering through the Oregon Centralized Voter Registration (OCVR) system.

Voting Equipment Database – DFM Associates Mark-A-Vote

The DFM Mark-A-Vote is an optical scan paper ballot voting system that was used in three California counties for the November 2012 elections. The system consists of a ballot/card reader and BCWin, the election management software. These readers come from several different manufacturers and come in several different versions differentiated primarily by their speed. Most of the certifications for these readers date from the 1970’s. There is no firmware version associated with these readers. Voting the Mark-A-Vote ballot is accomplished at precinct locations by the use of a specially inked felt tip pen while the absentee ballot is marked by the use of a #2 lead pencil. Write-in voting is performed directly on the ballot card in spaces provided immediately following the other candidate names for the office. A secrecy envelope is furnished in which to place voted ballots prior to depositing in the ballot box or the absentee ballot identification envelope.

Voting Equipment Database – Avante Vote-Trakker

The Avante Vote-Trakker is a direct recording electronic voting system that can be equipped with a voter verified paper audit trail printer. Voters use a “smart card” called a Voter Identification (VID) card to initialize the machine. After voting, the voter inspects a paper printout of their vote behind clear plastic. The voter then either cancels the vote or approves it. When cast, the paper record of the vote is deposited into an attached ballot box and the electronic record of the vote is written to flash memory and a hard drive within the machine.

Voting Equipment Database – AVS WINVote (and WINScan)

The Advanced Voting Solutions (AVS) WINVote is a Direct Recording Electronic voting system with a touch-screen voting terminal equipped with a wireless local area network (LAN), a 15-inch full color screen with zoom capabilities, and built-in battery backup power, modem, and printer. When operational in a live election environment, the WINvote terminal rests in a plastic voting booth/secrecy and transportation case. It is designed as a stand-alone system to function both as a traditional precinct voting device and as a non-geographic voting station.