Definition of voting machine
: a mechanical device for recording and counting votes cast in an election
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However, the Pennsylvania Department of State has required that all voting machines purchased from Feb. 9, 2018 forward include a paper record of each voter’s ballot.
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Complaints could include that party lawyers were prevented from observing the counting of some absentee ballots, voting machines erroneously recorded votes from Lamb, and voters were confused by some information from the state elections website.
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Complaints could include that party lawyers were prevented from observing the counting of some absentee ballots, voting machines erroneously recorded votes from Lamb, and voters were confused by some information from the state elections website.
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The county board of elections would then examine the vote totals produced by each voting machine, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Complaints could include that party lawyers were prevented from observing the counting of some absentee ballots, voting machines erroneously recorded votes from Lamb, and voters were confused by some information from the state elections website.
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Much of the Obama administration’s efforts in 2016 appear to have been focused on combating interference with actual election systems, such as voter rolls and voting machines.
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Most candidates take their campaign for the endorsement seriously because the prize is the party's get-out-the-vote machine.
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Ditto for his union support, whose legion of door-knockers couldn’t overcome other get-out-the-vote machines.
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First Known Use of voting machine
1900
VOTING MACHINE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of voting machine for English Language Learners
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: a machine that you use to cast a vote and that records and counts all of the votes made for each possible choice
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