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A type of in which the voter may not touch the paper ballot after it has been printed, as VVPAT opposed to systems, in which the ballot may not only be touched, but may VOTER-HANDLED also be removed and may even be taken away from the polling place in some cases. See TAKE- HOME.

Also known asview-only VVPAT · view-only voter-verifiable paper audit trail · view-only ballot · non-touch VVPAT · no-touch VVPAT · display-only VVPAT · viewable-only · viewing-only
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A type of in which the voter may not touch the paper ballot after it has been printed, as VVPAT opposed to systems, in which the ballot may not only be touched, but may VOTER-HANDLED also be removed and may even be taken away from the polling place in some cases. See TAKE- HOME.

Electronic Voting Glossary · 2024

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