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The first direct-recording electronic voting machine to be used in a government election was the Video Voter. This was developed by the Frank Thornber Company in Chicago. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Video Voter saw its first trial use in 1974 near Chicago, Illinois , and remained in use until 1980.
In a DRE voting machine system, 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 are recorded in memory components, and can be copied out at the end of the election.
In 2004, 4,812 voting machine problems were reported to a system managed by Verified Voting and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. [94] [95] Most of these problems were in states which were primarily using direct-recording electronic voting equipment as of 2006. [96] Security reviews and audits are discussed below.
A direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machine records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or electro-optical components that can be activated by the voter (typically buttons or a touchscreen); that processes data with computer software; and that records voting data and ballot images in memory components. After the ...
How much did the new voting equipment cost? In December 2022, the Portage County Board approved $879,115 for an electronic universal voting system to be allocated out of local recovery funds made ...
More than 6,000 Dominion voting machines were used in Puerto Rico’s primaries, with the company stating that software issues stemmed from the digital files used to export results from the machines.
Only circumstantial evidence could be found, because the voting machine was a direct-recording electronic voting machine; in a poll by a local newspaper the results were totally different. The case is still [when?] under prosecution. [116]
A federal judge will soon rule on whether Georgia’s electronic Dominion voting machines are vulnerable to hacking, which could shake up the 2024 election in the battleground state.