Re: Optical-scan equipment problems in California

[Evan Daniel Ravitz <evan@xxxxxxxx>]

Wow. Maybe this would help a lawsuit...

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Joe Pezzillo wrote:

>
> Speaking of Avante, I seem to recall that Boulder County rejected their
> FREE offer to use their system (which includes ballot on demand
> printing and document imaging scanning systems, of all things) because
> we had been told it wasn't certified.
>
> So, who's zoomin' whom? Oh wait, about $1.5 million later, I know the
> answer....
>
> Joe
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2004, at 5:43 PM, Joe Pezzillo wrote:
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> > ...
> >
> > You should also have seen (IEEE Voting Machine Study Group member)
> > Pete Klammer's note earlier that Donetta claimed in writing to Senate
> > President Andrews today that there are NO federally or state certified
> > VVPAT systems, which is either glaring lack of knowledge in a key area
> > she's responsible for, or worse, since:
> > ...
> > b.    Avante’s[4] Vote-Trakker[5] is a federally certified,
> > accessible, VVPAT-equipped DRE. It is fully state-certified in
> > Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, New
> > Jersey, Ohio, Utah, and West Virginia, and certification is pending in
> > several other states.[6] The American Council of the Blind lists the
> > Vote-Trakker as an accessible voting system.[7]
> > The Avante VoteTrakker model 4.4.3 has NASED #03120000443-1990.
>
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