Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) Voting System

Alternative Definitions

Definition 2

Voting system that records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or electro- optical components that can be actuated by the voter, that processes the data by means of a computer program, and that records voting data and cast vote records in internal and/or external memory components. It produces a tabulation of the voting data stored in a removable memory component and/or in printed copy.

Source: NISTType: standard

Definition 3

System that uses electronic components for the functions of ballot presentation, vote capture, vote recording, and tabulation that are logically and physically integrated into a single unit. A DRE produces a tabulation of the voting data stored in a removable memory component and in printed hardcopy.

Source: ODNI Cyber Threats to Elections LexiconType: external

Definition 4

“‘Direct-recording electronic voting system’ m eans a voting system that records votes by means of a ballot display provided by electro-opti cal devices that allows a voter to directly enter choices into electronic storage with the us e of a touchscreen or other data entry device. An alphabetic keyboard may be employed as an entry device to facilitate voting for write-in candidates. A voter's choices are stored in the direct-recording electronic voting system's internal memory devices and added to the c hoices of all other voters.” N. D. C. C. §16-1-06- 12(4). A “[v]oting system that records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or electro-optical components that can be actuated by the voter, that processes the data by means of a computer program, and that records voting da ta and cast vote records in internal and/or external memory components. It produces a tabula tion of the voting data stored in a removable

Source: Electronic Voting GlossaryType: external