TEVSystems
Developers of Ballot Browser
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Ballot Browser? Ballot Browser is a free, open-source software program created by TEVSystems. Ballots can be scanned using an office scanner and Ballot Browser tabulates results from the images. Ballot Browser can project the images as it counts them, allowing observers to confirm that the ballots are being counted properly.
- Has Ballot Browser been used before? Ballot Browser has now been used in two elections in Humboldt County, CA, the June 2008 primary and the November 2008 Presidential Election. In the November election, it caught a Diebold calculation error in the officially certified results.
- Does it work? Yes. The program helped discover 197 ballots that had been dropped from the officially certified result in Humboldt County's November 2008 Presidential election.
- How much does it cost? The basic software is free. Licensed versions, complete with professional training and support, can be purchased from TEVSystems.
- Can I get support? Licensed versions, complete with professional training and support, can be purchased from TEVSystems.
- How long does the scanning take? Our main system uses a scanner that can process more than 5,000 ballots per hour. It is reasonable to expect a team of two to process between 3,000 and 4,000 ballots per hour with one scanner. Adding a second scanner and a third person will halve your scanning time.
- What about ballots from machines for disabled voters? In Humboldt County, very few votes are cast on machines. For each such vote, election staff prepare a paper ballot and scan it, so that it is counted with all the rest.
- Does Ballot Browser work on Windows? Yes.
- Does Ballot Browser work on Linux? Yes.
- Does Ballot Browser work on Mac OS X? It has not yet been tested on OS X, but there is no reason it should not work on OS X.
- What other election verification software is available from TEVSystems? Please contact us with your needs.
