Smart Automation
Save time and money.
Running an election involves a fair amount of manual labor, but our innovative solutions offer a significantly more efficient approach. Our integrated products and software with automation eliminate the need for poll workers to spend extra time subjectively reviewing mismarked ballots, streamlining the entire process.
How automation works.
The key to automation is our patented Intelligent Mark Recognition (IMR®) and Positive Target Recognition and Alignment Compensation (PTRAC®) technologies. IMR and PTRAC eliminate the margin of error during tabulation from improper pen marks like slashes, checks and eraser smudges. Election officials won’t have to spend extra time double-checking ballots or worrying about accuracy.
Products and software that help with automation.
Electionware® Election Management System
Built on over 40 years of industry expertise and innovation, Electionware streamlines and automates election processes. Officials can manage election information databases, format ballots, program election equipment, count ballots, review ballot images and report results — all within one integrated system.
Electionware’s intuitive, user-friendly interface mirrors actual election workflows to maximize productivity.
Key automation features include:
- Multi-user functionality: To significantly reduce preparation time, multiple authorized personnel can work simultaneously on a closed network — preparing flash drives, loading results and running reports across different elections.
- Unified database management: Support multiple equipment types, manage up to 15,000 ballot styles and just under 10,000 precincts, and handle numerous languages from a single database. This eliminates redundant data entry and streamlines updates.
- Real-time data processing: Configurable workflows, immediate error alerts, election media tracking, streamlined data import and reusable templates automate routine tasks and accelerate reporting.
Electionware also simplifies early and overseas voting, ADA compliance, ballot adjudication and election night reporting, reducing manual effort and expediting election management tasks.
DS300® Poll Place Scanner and Tabulator
ES&S’ purpose-built scanner and tabulator, the DS300, seamlessly supports all poll place and vote center ballot scanning and tabulation from early voting through Election Day. The DS300 can also serve as a tabulator for absentee voting and during recounts and audits.
Key automation features include:
- ES&S patented IMR® and PTRAC® technologies to accurately distinguish between valid and extraneous marks, perforations, smudges and folds, reducing the number of ballots requiring time-consuming manual adjudication.
- Provides voters with instructions and immediate feedback about under-votes, over-votes and blank ballots.
- Powers on automatically when the lid is lifted.
- Can be configured to automatically print results at the end of the night when closing down.
DS950® High-Speed Scanner and Tabulator
Unlock the power of automation with DS950, your go-to system for absentee, early vote and Election Day ballot processing. Its purpose-built advanced technology and engineering deliver unmatched high-speed scanning and sorting, setting a new standard for ballot tabulation.
Key automation features include:
- Smart Pick technology offers automated reverse belt tension adjustment, ensuring smooth ballot feeding by reducing the chance of misfeeds.
- Input tray friction pad and output tray advanced ballot guide engineering offer improved ballot control.
- Intelligent Mark Recognition (IMR®) and Positive Target Recognition & Alignment Compensation (PTRAC®) technologies reduce the number of ballots requiring time-consuming manual adjudication.