Machine Marked Ballots
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After a voter is done making vote selections with VxMark, the machine will print a ballot representing the selections. The voter reviews the ballot, after which it is deposited into the attached ballot box. Eventually, those ballots are scanned at VxScan or VxCentralScan.
The ballot displays information about the election, metadata about the ballot, and the voter's selections. The selections are both displayed and encoded in the QR code.
Election Seal
The seal included in the election definition
Ballot Title
The title is either "Unofficial Test Ballot" or "Official Ballot" depending whether VxMark is in test mode
Election Metadata
Includes the election title, election date, state, and county
Ballot Metadata
Includes the precinct name, the ballot style identifier, and the ballot identifier. The ballot identifier is a random UUID assigned by VxMark.
QR Code
Contest Title
The contest title
Selection
The name of the candidate or label of the yes-no contest option that the voter selected
Party
The short party name associated with the selected candidate
The blank space at the top of the ballot is included so that all of the ballot content is visible when VxMark presents the ballot for the voter to review (since the top part of the ballot is held in the machine).
If VxMark is being used in a language other than English, the resulting ballot will be multi-lingual and feature the other language. All pieces of text that appear on the VxMark ballot may have translations specified in the election definition's ballot strings, which will then be used when printing the ballot.
The QR codes on VxMark ballots are different than the QR codes on hand marked ballots in that they actually contain voter selections in addition to the ballot metadata. For full specifications on how metadata and selections are encoded, view the ballot encoder documentation.
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