Voting Equipment Database – ES&S iVotronic

The ES&S iVotronic is a direct recording electronic voting system with a touch screen interface that records votes on internal flash memory. A poll worker uses a device called a Personal Electronic Ballot (PEB; pictured above at left) to turn the machine on and enable voting. Voters choose their ballot language and then make their selections using a touch screen, much in the same way that modern ATMs work. When the polls close, poll workers move summary data from each machine onto the PEB. The PEBs are then transported to election headquarters or their contents transmitted via a computer network.

Voting Equipment Database – ES&S DS850, DS450, and DS950

The DS850 is a high-speed, digital scan ballot tabulator designed for use by election officials at a central count facility. The DS850 can scan and count up to 300 ballots per minute. It uses digital cameras and imaging systems to read the front and back of each ballot, evaluate the result, and sort each ballot into the appropriate tray based on the result to maintain continuous scanning and tabulating. Multiple criteria can be used to segregate ballots for review, including overvotes, crossover votes and blank ballots. Depending on the situation, ballots segregated in this fashion may not be counted and may need to be remade by the election inspectors.

Voting Equipment Database – ES&S DS200

The ES&S DS200 is a precinct-based, voter-activated paper ballot counter and vote tabulator. The DS200 possesses a 12” LCD touch screen, which is used to provide voters with feedback, such as an overvote warning. When the polls close, the ES&S DS200 prints out the voter logs so election officials can have a paper tally. Like the Hart Intercivic eScan, the Dominion ImageCast and the Premier/Diebold OSX, the DS200 captures digitized images of all ballots scanned. This allows write-in votes and problematic ballot markings to be processed using the digitized images, so that once the ballots are scanned, they need not be handled except in the event of a recount or audit.

Voting Equipment Database – ES&S AutoMARK

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Voting Equipment Database – Clear Ballot ClearAccess

The Clear Ballot ClearAccess is an accessible touchscreen ballot marking device primarily designed for use by voters who have visual, auditory or physical limitations or disabilities. ClearAccess printers create paper ballots that can be scanned and tabulated by ClearCast and ClearCount. Like other components of the ClearVote 1.4 voting system, ClearAccess uses unmodified, commercially available off the shelf hardware such as laptop and desktop computers, combined with personal assistive devices and printers to form a ballot marking device.

Voting Equipment Database – Clear Ballot ClearCast and ClearCast Go

The Clear Ballot ClearCast is a digital scan paper ballot tabulator designed for use at the polling place. After a voter marks a paper ballot, her ballot is inserted into the unit for processing. The tabulator uses high speed, high resolution, commercial scan engines to simultaneously image the front and back of the ballot. The resulting ballot images are processed by the Intel NUC, an off the shelf miniature PC, which identifies and evaluates marks made by the voter.

Voting Equipment Database – ES&S ExpressVote

The ExpressVote is a universal vote capture device with an independent voter-verifiable paper record that is digitally scanned for tabulation by the DS200 or the DS850. This system combines paper-based voting with touch screen technology. The ExpressVote includes a mandatory vote summary screen that requires voters to confirm or revise selections prior to printing the summary of ballot selections using the internal thermal printer. Once printed, ES&S ballot scanners process the vote summary card. The ExpressVote can serve all voters, including those with special needs, allowing voters to cast ballots autonomously. ES&S has fully integrated the ExpressVote with the existing suite of ES&S voting system products. The ExpressVote capture device was certified to the 2005 Voluntary Voting Systems Guidelines by the Election Assistance Commission on July 2, 2014 as part of the ES&S EVS 5.2.0.0 voting system. The ExpressVote includes a touchscreen display, an audio-tactile interface, and an integrated card reader and printer. The audio-tactile interface includes three assistive technologies – two position switches and a keypad. The ExpressVote system was designed to accommodate voters in the general voting population, including voters with cognitive, dexterity, auditory and visual impairments.