Voting machine in the US election

The picture below gives us the opportunity to admire the technologies that support the casting and counting of US voters in the 2008 presidential election.

Technical staff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, checked the counting machines called 1242 ELECTronic. They are equipped with touch screens.

Voters in Cuyahoga County, Ohio state use AccuVote-TSX, a system based on touch technology. It allows people to print ballots and backups to prevent the risk of data loss due to memory card failure or loss.

A technician stuffed the test ballot into the optical scanner at the election office of Palm Beach County, Florida state.

Early voting voters in Orange County, California state, can vote without leaving the car thanks to roadside voting machines.

This voter, in Memphis, Tennessee, is using a voting machine manufactured by Diebold.

The WinVote tally machine (left) is used in some counties in the state of Virginia. A Boston election officer stuffed a ballot into the AccuVote scanner (right).

Ivotronic tally machines in a warehouse in the city of Steeltown, Pennsylvania. These devices only store voters' choices in memory, not print votes.

Older voters in Houston, Texas are embarrassed using the eSlate.

A voter in Sandy Springs, Georgia state performs voting on the touch screen.

A volunteer in the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, places the marked ballots into a tally machine.