Fwd: County vote tabulation system info available on the Web

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Looks like atleast part of the information is already available at:

   http://www.co.boulder.co.us/clerk/HartInfo/

cheers
-- Scott


> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> 16 January 2004
> 
> Contact: James Burrus, Media Information Officer, 303-441-1622 or
>         Tom Halicki, Elections Manager, 303-413-7745
> 
> Information about recommended replacement voting system on Web
> 
> Boulder County Clerk and Recorder Linda Salas today announced that 
> information about the vote tabulation system she plans to recommend 
> will be posted on the clerk's Web site beginning Friday evening, 
> Jan. 16.
> 
> At a public hearing on the issue scheduled for 2 p.m. Jan 29, Salas 
> will be recommending that the Boulder County Commissioners purchase 
> the Ballot Now digital ballot imaging system from Hart InterCivic. 
> Information about the Ballot Now system can be found at the Clerk 
> and Recorder's Web page at <http://www.co.boulder.co.us/clerk/> 
> 
> Salas is recommending that the Hart InterCivic Ballot Now system 
> replace the county's aging DataVote punch card system that was in 
> use for 28 years. One of the card counters for the DataVote system 
> became unreliable during the 2002 election and the federal 
> government is prohibiting the use of punch card voting systems in 
> the future, necessitating the county's purchase of a new voting 
> system.
> 
> Boulder County began the search for a new system last year, but made 
> the decision in December that it would not be purchasing a direct 
> record electronic (DRE) voting system until federal standards are 
> issued regarding security and access for disable voters.
> 
> DRE's are commonly referred to as touch screen systems, similar to 
> ATM machines, that record votes electronically on a memory pack. 
> Instead, the clerk's office is recommending a system where votes are 
> marked on a paper ballot, similar to the ones used in the last mail 
> ballot election, and the ballots are counted at a centralized 
> location.
> 
> A paper ballot system was part of the initial request for proposal 
> sent out last summer because that is what Boulder County uses for 
> its absentee ballots.
> 
> The materials being posted explain how Ballot Now fits in the 
> overall election process and demonstrate reports that the system 
> produces.
> 
> Hart InterCivic agreed to allow the material to be publicly posted ? 
> absent proprietary material ? in response to a request from Boulder 
> County. Generally, these materials are not public record until after 
> a decision is made to purchase a vendor's products.  
> 
>         -30-
> 
> 
> James Burrus
> Boulder County Media Information Officer
> w) 303-441-1622
> h) 303-444-7933
> pager) 303-441-3851, #5806
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