Direct-recording electronic counting
edit... A touch screen displays choices to the voter, who selects choices, and can change their mind as often as needed, before casting the vote. Staff initialize each voter once on the machine, to avoid repeat voting. Voting data and ballot images are recorded in memory components, and can be copied out at the end of the election.
Although some older voting machines include a modem for transmitting vote totals after polls have closed, election administrators have developed a strong consensus against the use of external network connections of any kind with voting systems, to avoid the possibility of remote hacking. The Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) of 2022, a set of best practices published by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, disallows any such external connections to voting systems.
Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia follow at least a portion of these voluntary guidelines,[1] and many states specifically ban all internet connectivity with voting systems by state law, including Michigan,[2] North Carolina,[3] Pennsylvania,[4] Wisconsin,[5] Texas,[6] California,[7] Ohio,[8] Missouri,[9] Oklahoma,[10] and Idaho.[11]
- ^ "Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) - The Council of State Governments". 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Election Security in Michigan" (PDF). State of Michigan. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "10 Facts About Election Security in North Carolina | NCSBE". www.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Election Security | Voting & Election Information | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania". www.pa.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ Heim, Lee Rasch, Rusty Cunningham, and Joe. "Opinion: Your vote in WI is protected. Nonpartisan election clerks promote integrity". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "2024 Texas Election Security Update". www.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "California Code, Elections Code - ELEC § 19205". FindLaw. January 1, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Section 3506.23 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws". codes.ohio.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Understanding Election Security". Retrieved October 11, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Voting Devices". Oklahoma State Election Board (0270). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Making Voting Secure". VoteIdaho.Gov. Retrieved 2024-10-11.