Primary definition
"A system by which votes are recorded by means of marks made in voting response fields designated on one or both faces of a ballot card or series of cards." FVSS Appendix.
Also known asoptical scan voting system · opscan · bubble sheet voting · fill-in-the-bubble voting · optical mark recognition voting · OMR voting
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"A system by which votes are recorded by means of marks made in voting response fields designated on one or both faces of a ballot card or series of cards." FVSS Appendix.
Electronic Voting Glossary · 2024
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Mark Sense Voting System. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 17, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/mark-sense-voting-system
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