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.

Voting Equipment Database – Sequoia Voting Systems Optech 400C

The Optech 400-C is a high capacity scanner used by election officials to count ballots in a central location. The Optech 400-C originally developed by Business Records Corporation and later by both Sequoia Voting Systems and Election Systems and Software. As the result of an antitrust settlement, ES&S ceased production of the Optech 400-C in 1997 but continues to service the equipment in many jurisdictions.

Voting Equipment Database – ES&S Votomatic

The Votomatic was the last punch card voting system used in American elections. They were last used in 2 counties in Idaho in the 2014 General Election. Punchcard systems employ a card (or cards) and a small clipboard-sized device for recording votes.

Voting Equipment Database – Optech IIIP-Eagle

The Optech IIIP Eagle originally made by Business Records Corporation and later (as a result of merger and an antitrust decision, see below) by both Sequoia Voting Systems and by Election Systems and Software. (In jurisdictions with maintenance contracts with ES&S the equipment is often called the Optech 3P Eagle.) The Optech IIIP Eagle consists of two major parts, the ballot box (blue) and the head (white).

Voting Equipment Database – ES&S InkaVote

Originally developed by Unisyn Voting Solutions and now distributed by Election Systems and Software, the InkaVote and InkaVote Plus system consists of the InkaVote Precinct Ballot Counter (PBC) and Unisyn Election Management System (EMS). The PBC is based on a standalone lottery ticket machine design developed by the International Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc. (ILTS). The InkaVote ballot is a mark sense ballot based on the design of a Hollerith (IBM) punch card. Ballot identification data is pre-punched in the leading columns. The InkaVote system is used in Los Angeles County, CA and Jackson County, MO.

Voting Equipment Database – ES&S ExpressVote XL

With the EVS 6.0.0.0 system certified by the EAC on July 2, 2018, ES&S introduced the ExpressVote XL, a hybrid paper-based polling place voting device that provides a full-face 32-inch interactive touchscreen and incorporates the printing of the voter’s selections on a vote summary card and tabulation scanning into a single unit. The ExpressVote XL is set up for each election using a proprietary USB drive that remains in the machine and collects the tabulated cast vote records. The compartment enclosing the USB drive, the memory module, two other ports and the administration switch is equipped with a barrel lock on the top front of the unit inside the privacy curtain with the voter.

Voting Equipment Database – Sequoia Voting Systems Optech Insight

The Optech Insight and the Optech Insight Plus are optical scan machines, which are used to read and tabulate ballots at the polling place. According to the California Secretary of State’s 2007 Top-to-Bottom Review of voting systems, the major difference between the Insight and the Insight Plus is that the Insight Plus has an LCD screen for displaying messages to voters. On both models, there is also a small four-digit LED screen that shows how many ballots have been accepted since the polls opened.