It’s no surprise that OMR Scanning is faster than manual data entry, but did you know that Scantron offers scanners for both high-volume and mid-volume collection needs, at speeds of up to 6,500 documents per hour?

Why bother with the extra expense of electronic data collection. Paper all the way!

5,000 ballots is typical of most polling places.

http://www.scantron.com/

http://www.scantron.com/government/solutions/omr.shtml

http://www.scantron.com/government/solutions/omr_scanners/high_volume_omr_scanners.shtml

http://www.datablocks.com/productsSS.htm

http://www.drs.co.uk/products/omr.asp
The DRS CD860 and CD800 Optical Mark Readers - are high-speed, double-sided, automatic readers. Suitable for large volumes of OMR forms, these readers are capable of processing up to 8,600 double-sided forms per hour and have high duty cycles.

This is OLD 1950s era, off-the-shelf technology.