Electronic Vote Tabulating (evt) Marksense Voting System

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A "voting system which records and counts votes and produces a tabulation of the vote count using one ballot card imprinted on either or both faces with text and voting response locations. The marksense or optical scan vote tabulating voting system records votes by means of marks made in the voting response locations." N.M. Admin. Code §1.10.12.7(M).

Also known asoptical scan voting system · marksense voting system · EVT system · optical scan tabulator · marksense tabulator
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A "voting system which records and counts votes and produces a tabulation of the vote count using one ballot card imprinted on either or both faces with text and voting response locations. The marksense or optical scan vote tabulating voting system records votes by means of marks made in the voting response locations." N.M. Admin. Code §1.10.12.7(M).

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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Electronic Vote Tabulating (evt) Marksense Voting System. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 22, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/electronic-vote-tabulating-evt-marksense-voting-system

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