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Can the voting equipment handle IRV?

April 26, 2017equipment irv voting

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Can the voting equipment handle IRV?

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Modern voting equipment, such as optical scanners and computer touch screens, can handle IRV, with appropriate upgrades to software. Older technologies such as punch cards and lever machines cannot handle IRV. In these cases, we recommend legislation authorizing the use of IRV when the equipment is available. For reasons unrelated to IRV, the trend in voting equipment is away from the older technologies, so more and more jurisdictions are acquiring equipment that can handle IRV.