AccuPoll Again Tapped to Conduct Upcoming Elections for UAW Local 148; Company Selected Over Two Competitors After Recent Successful Election.TUSTIN, Calif. -- AccuPoll Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ACUP ACUP Association of Canadian University Presses (Association des Presses Universitaires Canadiennes) ACUP Association of College & University Printers ), a developer of Direct Recording Electronic (DRE DRE Digital rectal examination. Mentioned in: Rectal Examination ) voting systems, today announced that the United Auto Workers The United Auto Workers (UAW), headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, officially the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union Local 148 (Long Beach) has selected the company to conduct two upcoming elections next month. The Local selected AccuPoll over two competing vendors, primarily based on the success of the company's electronic voting Electronic voting (also known as e-voting) is a term encompassing several different types of voting, embracing both electronic means of casting a vote and electronic means of counting votes. system in a recent election. E[acute accent]As part of the agreement, AccuPoll will conduct both the general election on May 10 and the runoff election on May 14. E[acute accent]"We had an overwhelmingly positive response from election officials and voters after the recent election we conducted for the Local in February," said Frank Wiebe, president of AccuPoll. "Many raved about how easy it was to cast their ballot and about the confidence they had that their vote was accurately recorded because of the paper audit trail. Others noted how smoothly the election was run and in how quickly the results were ready." E[acute accent]Thousands of Local 148 members are expected to cast their ballot using AccuPoll's electronic voting system with a voter verified paper audit trail Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) or Verified Paper Record (VPR) was intended as an independent verification system for voting machines designed to assure voters that their vote was cast correctly, to detect possible election fraud or malfunction, and to provide a . After making their selections on the AccuPoll touch screen voting machine, a voter verified paper audit trail will be produced for the voter to review as their ballot is cast. The paper audit trail will then be placed into a ballot box and kept as a permanent audit record. E[acute accent]About AccuPoll Holding Corp. E[acute accent]With headquarters in Tustin, AccuPoll (OTCBB:ACUP) is the developer of a federally qualified electronic voting system featuring an intuitive touch screen input and a voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT VVPAT Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (voting machines) ) that can be confirmed by the voter at the time the ballot is cast, creating a permanent paper audit trail for recount and audit purposes. E[acute accent]AccuPoll designed their federally qualified DRE voting system from the outset to feature a voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) and fully comply with the stringent requirements outlined in the "Help America Vote Act The Help America Vote Act (HAVA, Pub.L. 107-252) is a United States federal law passed the House 357-48 and 92-2 in the Senate[1] and was signed into law by President Bush on October 29, 2002. of 2002" (HAVA), the sweeping legislation that outlines the future of voting systems in the United States and earmarks more than $3.9 billion for updating America's voting infrastructure. The company is one of the few vendors of an electronic voting system that has incorporated a VVPAT into their federally qualified system. E[acute accent]For additional information, visit www.accupoll.com. E[acute accent]Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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