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PART 3
Direct Vote Recording and Electronic Vote Counting
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Interpretation (Part 3).
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35.—In this Part—
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“cartridge or disc” means a device that is used in a voting machine to record each vote;
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“electronic” includes electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electro-magnetic, biometric, photonic and any other form of related technology;
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“electronic voting system” means a voting system in which the votes are automatically counted and the results automatically tabulated by use of electronically operated apparatus;
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“voting machine” means an apparatus on which voters cast their votes, that records each vote, and that furnishes a total of the number of votes cast on the machine at a poll at the election or, as the case may be, cast at a referendum;
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“voting system” means a method of casting and counting votes that is designed to function wholly or partly by use of mechanical, electro-mechanical or electronic apparatus and includes the procedures for casting and counting votes and the programmes, operating manuals, printouts and other software necessary for the system's operation;
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“voting system equipment” means any kind of mechanical, electro-mechanical or electronic apparatus for use in a voting system.
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