electronic voting: Quick Facts

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Electronic machines aren’t flipping votes, despite online claims, election officials say • Oct. 28, 2026, 5:00 AM ET (NBC)

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E S and S AutoMark ballot system with a large touch screen, tactile keypad, and audio jack, designed for accessible voting by people with disabilities, sits on a table with privacy panels.

A woman in a red shirt inserts her ballot into an optical scan voting machine while other voters holding ballots wait in line behind her.

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