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What is an eSlate voting system?
The term eSlate refers to Hart InterCivic's eSlate electronic voting system or terminal family, historically used to present ballots and record voter selections electronically. It gives election, security, legal, or technical readers a specific label for the concept rather than a broader everyday meaning.
How did eSlate record votes?
In practice, eSlate is applied to the technical or security purpose captured by its definition: Hart InterCivic's eSlate electronic voting system or terminal family, historically used to present ballots and record voter selections electronically. Organizations combine that function with documented procedures, authorized access, testing, monitoring, and controls appropriate to the system.
Is eSlate the same as a paper-ballot scanner?
No. eSlate is a direct-recording electronic voting system family that presents choices electronically and records selections in electronic records. A paper-ballot scanner reads voter-marked paper ballots and tabulates the detected marks. The technologies can appear in the same election environment, but they use different methods to capture the voter's selections.
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Eslate. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 20, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/eslate
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