A type of in which ballots of different voters are maintained on separate sheets of VVPAT paper. There are two subdivisions of such systems. In some, such as the Avante system, the paper is fed from a ROLL, but when the voter has viewed the ballot it is cut by a CONTINUOUS knife so as to fall unattached into a secure bin. In other systems, such as AccuPoll, the ballot is printed by on letter-size paper and is VOTER-HANDLED. While cut-sheet systems obscure the order in which the ballots are cast, contributing to voter privacy, they do not maintain the ballot integrity achieved by continuous roll systems.
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A type of in which ballots of different voters are maintained on separate sheets of VVPAT paper. There are two subdivisions of such systems. In some, such as the Avante system, the paper is fed from a ROLL, but when the voter has viewed the ballot it is cut by a CONTINUOUS knife so as to fall unattached into a secure bin. In other systems, such as AccuPoll, the ballot is printed by on letter-size paper and is VOTER-HANDLED. While cut-sheet systems obscure the order in which the ballots are cast, contributing to voter privacy, they do not maintain the ballot integrity achieved by continuous roll systems.
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Cut Sheet. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 20, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/cut-sheet
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