Ballot Types and Images

Ballot Images

• Datavote ballots are cards upon which voters make selections by pressing a lever that punches out the chads mechanically.

• Optical scan ballots are used by the majority of counties in Florida. These ballots require that voters fill in the oval or complete the arrow that corresponds to their vote for a candidate or issue. The ballots are then fed into an optical scanner that reads and tallies the selections electronically.

• Paper Ballots are used by only one county in Florida. These ballots require that the voter mark an "X" in the box next the their candidate's name."

• Votomatic ballots are used by the mjority of voters in Florida. These ballots consist of a card upon which votes are tallied by "punching out" chads manually.

NORC Coders went into every county in Florida. They examined ballots and code them on specially designed, triplicate coding forms. The NORC coders were not allowed to confer on their coding of the ballots.

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