What are the methods of voting?
There is no one-size fits all approach to voting. Elections are administered on a local level, so there is no guarantee that you will vote the same way within a state. Generally speaking, the most popular methods of voting are electronic voting or optical scan voting. Electronic voting or direct recording electronic (“DRE”) technology records your vote, which you select by marking a button or touching a screen, directly to the memory device of the machine – there is no paper ballot. Optical scan voting or “marksense” systems tabulate votes based on the darkest mark detected on the paper ballot, which is then counted by a machine when the polls close.
