Definiciones sobre sistemas de votación en Texas

Sec. 121.003. DEFINITIONS. In this title: (1) "Voting system" means a method of casting and processing votes that is designed to function wholly or partly by use of mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic apparatus and includes the procedures for casting and processing votes and the programs, operating manuals, tabulating cards, printouts, and other software necessary for the system's operation. (2) "Electronic voting system" means a voting system in which the ballots are automatically counted and the results automatically tabulated by use of electronically operated apparatus. (3) "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 for the candidates and for and against the measures. (4) "Voting system equipment" means any kind of mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic apparatus for use in a voting system. (5) "Automatic tabulating equipment" means equipment, other than a voting machine, that compiles vote totals by ballot sorting, ballot reading, ballot scanning, or electronic data processing. Statute text rendered on: 1/9/2025 - 500 - ELECTION CODE (6) "Public counter" means a registering device that cumulatively records the number of voters casting votes on a voting machine and that is constructed and installed on the machine in a way that provides an unobstructed view of the recorded number. (7) "Protective counter" means a registering device that permanently record