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Voting Equipment Used in Florida's 10 Largest Counties 1 

Prepared by Sara Sampson, Reference Librarian

The chart below lists the type of equipment that Florida's 10 largest counties will use in November 2004.

County Registered Voters 2 Equipment
Broward
1,003,872
Touch Screen
Miami-Dade
984,079
Touch Screen
Palm Beach
705,020
Touch Screen
Hillsborough
566,640
Touch Screen
Pinellas
560,393
Touch Screen
Orange
475,147
Optical Scan
Duval
470,060
Optical Scan
Polk
304,436
Optical Scan
Brevard
324,143
Optical Scan
Volusia
290,762
Optical Scan

1. County’s population is based upon 2000 figures published in 2004 County & City Extra Annual Metro, City, & County Data Book (12th ed. 2004)

2. This information was obtained from the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections website http://election.dos.state.fl.us/voterreg/registration.asp and is labeled as “July 2004” (site last visited 9/7/2004).