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optical scanner

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optical scanner [′äp·tə·kəl ′skan·ər]
(electronics)


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Although Oregon voters mail in, their ballots, all counties in the state tally votes with optical scanners.
The span of the joint project is limited because the typefaces printers used before 1836 are too difficult for optical scanners to read, and because copyright restrictions apply to papers published after 1923; however, USA Today reports that the Library of Congress is undertaking a separate, broader project to preserve records of U.
Optical scanners can't always accurately read ballots with stray or incomplete marks, thus allowing for plenty of human error.
 
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