In case you have not heard,the era of calling all providers of voting systems “manufacturers” is over; unless you want to call Dell, HP and Microsoft a voting system provider. COTS, or Commercially Off-The-Shelf, Windows 10 devices were deployed as ballot marking devices in hundreds of voting locations in 2018. Simple to use, at half the cost, multiple states deployed simple COTS tablets running fully accessible software that meets all the VVSG requirements for an accessible, polling place ballot marking device. For more information on how the system worked, you may wish to contact the State of Vermont or New Hampshire.
