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Elections in the New Normal: Balancing Safety, Speed & Trust

In the post-covid pandemic era, crowded voting centers can be unsettling for citizens and officials. Already, many voters, such as military personnel, hospital patients, and the elderly, have difficulty traveling to cast ballots in person. The threat of a viral exposure while voting only adds to their fears. In response, many states and countries, as well as the US Senate, are pivoting to mail-in ballots to protect the health, safety, and equality of their citizens.

As if these health and speed issues were not enough, computer-based systems bring fresh worries around hacking and data integrity. That’s why auditability is now non-negotiable: digital ballots printed for verification offer a visible, trustworthy backup. It’s a safeguard that boosts confidence and preserves voters’ rights.

With innovative ballot scanning, you can streamline speed, reinforce security, and deliver results voters can trust.

Why Do Traditional Paper-Based Voting Systems Hold Governments Back?

• High-Volume, Short Time Window Paper ballots pile up quickly. Governments need scanners that can zip through thousands of ballots fast to avoid delays and prove results are legitimate.
• Spotting Errors & Invalid Ballots Without lightning-fast error detection and instant out-sorting for physical review, traditional systems may end up tallying invalid ballots.
• Information Accuracy Folded ballots, smudges, stray marks shouldn’t trip up the count. Voting systems need to have Intelligent imaging capture capabilities to identify every detail clearly and accurately, every time.
• Ensuring Trust Through Auditability Real-time imaging, validation, and audit trails mean every ballot is captured, checked, and verifiable.
• Shielding Against Cyber-Risk In a climate of hacking fears, scanners that lock down input, encrypt data, and log every move strengthen trust in election infrastructure.
• Heavy Labor & Complex Footprint Traditional paper-based systems often need several machines and staffers, which means more hands touching ballots, more training needed, and more risk in today’s socially distanced world.

How ibml Delivers Speed, Security, and Accuracy in Ballot Processing

Built in the USA, ibml revolutionizes ballot processing with our intelligent capture solutions. With automated ballot information capture, delivery of election results has never been faster, more secure, or more accurate.

• Accelerate Ballot Capture Speed election processing times and get results out quickly with the fastest high-volume scanners in the market, built for mission-critical applications.
• Deliver Accurate & Trustworthy Results Auto-validate, sort invalids, and produce crystal-clear images to catch issues before they compromise the count.
• Enhance Security & Compliance Secure sensitive information from the moment it enters with role-based access to functions and information, complete ballot audit trails, activity logging, and data encryption.
• Simplify Infrastructure & Shrink Costs Shrink the number of machines and laborers you need with ibml ultra high-volume scanners. Beyond saving real estate costs and time, you’ll also reduce technical complexity, training, potential errors, security issues, and social proximity.

Single-purpose ballot scanners often go unused between elections. With ibml, the same scanners can support additional workflows like tax processing, vital records, marriage and land records, and police or criminal records, helping you maximize utilization and reduce idle infrastructure.

What Ballot and Document Processes Can ibml Support?

ibml capture systems handle:

• Ballots (mail-in, drop-off, precinct)
• Voter registration forms
• Surveys and feedback forms

Proven in the Field

One of the largest counties in the U.S., with over 5 million registered voters and a population exceeding 10 million, relied on a mix of touchscreen, printed ballots, mail-in voting, and 20 ibml ImageTrac scanners. The result? Rapid reporting, full auditability, and confident voters.

In the State of Washington, scalable scanners helped turn that transition into a triumph, making mail-in ballots seamless, secure, and fast.

King County, Washington: A Trailblazer in Mail-In Voting

With ibml’s ImageTrac and ImageTracDS units deployed at drop-off points and central tabulation facilities, King County delivered record-fast results without compromising verification or security. Their old tabulation system could only process 1,500 votes an hour. Thanks to ibml’s high-speed scanners, King County was able to process 18,000 votes an hour per scanner!

Frequently Asked Questions

Ready to Transform Your Ballot Processing?

Customize a turnaround solution for your entire election process. From designing ballots to printing, capturing, and delivering tabulated results, ibml and our partners have you covered. Request a demo with our team today!