A device that counts ballots at a instead of at a central station. An POLLING LOCATION advantage of precinct count scanning is that a voter who has overvoted can be alerted and given an opportunity to remark the ballot or obtain another. An used as a OPTICAL SCANNER TABULATOR." VVSG. Abbreviated PRECINCT 2007 PCOS.
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A device that counts ballots at a instead of at a central station. An POLLING LOCATION advantage of precinct count scanning is that a voter who has overvoted can be alerted and given an opportunity to remark the ballot or obtain another. An used as a OPTICAL SCANNER TABULATOR." VVSG. Abbreviated PRECINCT 2007 PCOS.
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Precinct Count Optical Scanner. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 22, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/precinct-count-optical-scanner
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