Recording And Tabulating Equipment

Primary definition

A machine that allows an voter to indicate choices and that also counts those choices. A "type of voting machine which is a single unit designed to permit a voter to "enter" the privacy booth of a voting machine and both cast his ballot on the machine and record the ballot as cast by the voter." N.M. Admin Code §1.10.20.7(A). Cf. VOTE TABULATING EQUIPMENT.

Also known asDRE · direct recording electronic · direct record electronic · ballot marking device · BMD · voting machine · electronic voting machine · EVM · ballot recorder · vote recorder
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A machine that allows an voter to indicate choices and that also counts those choices. A "type of voting machine which is a single unit designed to permit a voter to "enter" the privacy booth of a voting machine and both cast his ballot on the machine and record the ballot as cast by the voter." N.M. Admin Code §1.10.20.7(A). Cf. VOTE TABULATING EQUIPMENT.

Electronic Voting Glossary · 2024

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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Recording And Tabulating Equipment. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 22, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/recording-and-tabulating-equipment

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