electronic voting

American  

noun

1. the process of voting or or of counting votes by any of various electronic means.

   the use of optical scanners in electronic voting.

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Etymology

Origin of electronic voting

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

The Association used an open source electronic voting system called Helios for the process.

From BBC

In advance of the big vote, the town has purchased 1,800 clickers, hand-held electronic voting tools citizens use in Massachusetts town meetings, where residents gather at a central spot and vote on site.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is no electronic voting in Bolivia, meaning ballots must be distributed to every polling station nationwide by hand.

From Barron's

John Maraist, Minneapolis DFL chair, told Salon that the electronic voting system had a technical error that undercounted the ballots cast during the day, and the delegates decided to pivot to a show of badges to determine the winner by nightfall.

From Salon

With 900 million eligible voters, ensuring enough electronic voting machines, security forces and election officials would require extensive planning and resources.

From BBC