Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?
Voting Machines ProCon.org presents facts, laws, studies, and pro and con statements on questions related to the use of electronic voting machines in US elections. For the best overview of this website, start with the four boxes below: 1-Minute Overview, expert responses to our core question "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?," Top 10 Pros and Cons, and fun facts in Did You Know?
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[Editor's Note: Throughout this website, the term 'electronic voting machines' refers to direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machines and not optical-scan machines. Although optical-scan machines use an electronic reader to tabulate the vote totals, voters mark their selections on a paper ballot and are not directly recording their votes into the machine.]
