Election Systems & Software Model 100 Optical Scanner
Name/Model: Model 100 Optical Scan System
Vendor: Election Systems & Software
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Brief Description: The ES&S Model 100 is a precinct-based, voter-activated paper ballot counter and vote tabulator. The ES&S 100 uses visible light scanning to count and record voter information from paper ballots. The ES&S possesses the capability to recognize and alert voters to over and undervoting errors, allowing them to make changes to their ballots. When the polls close, the ES&S Model 100 prints out the voter logs so election officials can have a paper tally.
Detailed Voting Process: The ES&S Model 100 is a typical ballot-scanning system. Upon entering the voting precinct, the voter will receive a paper ballot. The voter will fill in ovals which appear next to their selections on the ballot, using any standard pen or pencil provided by the poll worker. The voter then inserts the ballot into the ES&S Model 100 scanner, which will draw in their ballot and scan the marks on the ballot to register their choices. If the M100 scanner “reads” more votes for a given contest than the voter is permitted to make, the voter will receive a notification of “over-vote” and will be given the opportunity to correct the ballot before re-casting it. If the voter chooses not to correct the ballot for that contest, the notification can be over-ridden and the ballot accepted as is. The votes for the over-voted contest will not be counted, but the other votes on the ballot will be counted.
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