Unisyn Voting Solutions
OpenElect Voting Central Scan (OVCS)
Make / Model: Unisyn OpenElect Voting Central Scan (OVCS)
Equipment Type: Batch-Fed Optical Scan Tabulator
Overview

Unisyn Voting Solutions Open Elect Voting Central Scan is a high-speed digital ballot scanning system used to process paper ballots. It is commonly used to scan absentee by-mail ballots, and is typically implemented in a centralized elections office, where it is operated by authorized elections staff.
OVCS consists of proprietary software installed on a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) PC workstation, which is integrated with an attached, batch-fed COTS scanner.
While scanning ballots and interpreting voter marks, the OVCS software can identify also ballots that the system believes require additional attention (e.g., no selections; write-ins; too many or too few choices marked), and OVCS will stop the attached scanner to allow elections staff to remove the ballot for further review, as necessary. After “valid” ballots have been scanned, and all “invalid” ballots resolved, the OVCS software can write Cast Vote Records for the batches scanned, and tabulate results.
Videos
Unisyn OpenElect system demonstration from Cerro Gordo County IA
Unisyn OpenElect vendor demonstration Lebanon County PA
Resources
Verity Voting 1.0 Test Report for the State of Colorado (2015)
Report of the Secretary of State of Washington on the Examination of the Verity 1.0 Voting System (2015)
EAC Certification Test Report for Verity 1.0 (2015)
EAC Certification Test Report for Verity 2.0 (2016)
EAC Certification Test Report for Verity 2.2 (2016)
Manufacturer Profile
Unisyn Voting Solutions, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of International Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc. On August 2, 2011, Unisyn announced a sales agreement with Henry M. Adkins and Son, Inc., under which Adkins will market, sell and provide services for Unisyn’s OpenElect voting system suite. The Company designed the InkaVote Plus precinct ballot counter (PBC) which is currently used in Los Angeles County, California, and Jackson County, Missouri. The InkaVotePlus is now marketed by Election Systems and Software.