AVS WINVote Touchscreen DRE

Name/Model: WINVote
Vendor: Advanced Voting Solutions
Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail Capability: None
Demonstration Video: Link
Voter Instructions: PDF

Click Here for Instructions on How to Vote on the AVS WINVote

Brief Description: The WINVOTE is a tablet-like touch-screen voting terminal equipped with a wireless local area network (LAN), a 15-inch full color screen with ZOOM capabilities, and built-in battery backup power, modem, and printer.  When operational in a live election environment, the WINvote terminal rests in a plastic voting booth/secrecy and transportation case.  It is designed as a stand-alone system to function both as a traditional precinct voting device and as a non-geographic voting station.

WINware is the election management software for the WINvote systems. WINprep is a software application designed to enable county election officials to perform all aspects of the election programming process.  WINresults is a comprehensive tabulation, accumulation and reporting system. The method of manual data transfer requires poll workers to transport the WINvote ballot station to the central tabulation facility or, if election procedures permit, the a USB drive may be rem,oved from the ballot station and transported via vehicle to the county central tabulation facility. During that process, however, other data including hardware, diagnostic test logs, ballot images, ballot cast logs, operational audit logs, ballot images, ballot cast logs, operational audit logs and use activity from the polling location are collected and stored in single USB type memory devices for archive and audit use.

AVS uses 802.11b wireless technology in their voting system to open every voting machine to program ballots, this system simply “beams” the ballot via wireless networking.  That way, all the machines can sit like quiet soldiers in a row in the warehouse.

Detailed Voting Process: After checking in at the polling place, the voter will approach one of the terminals. An election official will activate the machine.  The voter will touch the “Click Here to Start” button on the welcome screen, and the ballot-marking process will begin.

The screen will display one race at a time, with available choices listed below the race name.  Write-in candidates can be selected by touching the “Write-In” button at the bottom of the choice list.  After making a selection, touch the “Next” button on the bottom of the screen.

When all selection have been made, the voter will be taken to a summary screen that lists that name of each race and the option that was selected by the voter.  If the voter wishes to change any of these races, he/she should simply touch the name of the race and make another selection. When the voter is satisfied with the summary screen, he/she should touch the red “Next” button on the bottom-right part of the screen. The next screen has a large red “VOTE” button.  After touching that button, the ballot has been cast.

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