Vote Capture Device

Primary definition

Component of a voting system that captures and/or counts voter selections from paper or electronic ballots. Vote-capture devices may or may not be directly voter-facing; voter-facing vote-capture devices include ballot marking devices and voter-facing scanners, while non-voter-facing vote-capture devices include batch-fed scanners.

Also known asballot marking device · BMD · voter-facing scanner · batch-fed scanner · ballot scanner · electronic ballot marker · EBM · voting terminal · ballot capture device
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Component of a voting system that captures and/or counts voter selections from paper or electronic ballots. Vote-capture devices may or may not be directly voter-facing; voter-facing vote-capture devices include ballot marking devices and voter-facing scanners, while non-voter-facing vote-capture devices include batch-fed scanners.

NIST Election Glossary · 2024

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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Vote Capture Device. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 21, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/vote-capture-device

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NIST Election Glossary
NIST Election Glossary

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Electronic Voting Glossary
Electronic Voting Glossary

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EAC Glossary of Terms
EAC Glossary of Terms

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