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electronic voting

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of electronic voting1

First recorded in 1955–60

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Example Sentences

The office has defended Carew, arguing in a July letter to Paxton that electronic voting systems must number ballots randomly so as not to violate privacy rights.

It also has said that the consecutive numbering provision was intended for paper ballots, not electronic voting machines.

Opposition parties have often alleged that electronic voting machines used by the country can be hacked, and have insinuated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election wins are in part the result of such crimes.

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No one has presented conclusive evidence of large-scale tampering of electronic voting machines in India.

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Lobanov was winning until the questionable results of the electronic voting overturned his lead.

The electronic voting machines were still warm when he began laying plans to “deepen” the revolution.

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