GOP Plans for Electronic Voting at Contested Convention

Facing the prospect of its first contested convention in four decades, the Republican Party is exploring the possibility of using electronic voting in Cleveland this year.

The electronic system, which is still undergoing testing, could end the convention tradition of voice votes or state-by-state roll calls using microphones spread through the convention floor. Provisions for electronic voting have been in the party rules for several conventions, but it has never been deployed in practice.