A "device which allows voters, including voters with disabilities, to mark an optical scanning or mark-sensing voting system ballot, privately and independently. The ballot-marking device is capable of marking voter selections on an optically readable or mark-sensing ballot which shall be subsequently read and tallied on state certified optically readable or mark-sensing ballot tabulating and reporting systems." W.V. Code §3-4A-0a.
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A "device which allows voters, including voters with disabilities, to mark an optical scanning or mark-sensing voting system ballot, privately and independently. The ballot-marking device is capable of marking voter selections on an optically readable or mark-sensing ballot which shall be subsequently read and tallied on state certified optically readable or mark-sensing ballot tabulating and reporting systems." W.V. Code §3-4A-0a.
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Ballot Marking Accessible Voting System. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 21, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/ballot-marking-accessible-voting-system
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