AccuPoll Certified by States of Kansas and Wisconsin; Company's DRE Voting System First Voting System Certified by Wisconsin State Elections Board.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 its DRE voting system has been certified by the Kansas Secretary of State and the Wisconsin State Elections Board. Both states are requiring any voting system purchased with federal funds allocated pursuant to HAVA to be certified to the 2002 FEC Voting System Standards. "With this state certification in hand, AccuPoll is now certified to sell its voting system and conduct elections in Kansas and Wisconsin," said William E. Nixon, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of AccuPoll. Both states are structuring their funding programs to encourage county authorities to purchase a single HAVA compliant precinct count electronic voting system that can be used by all voters, including individuals with disabilities, because it would be the most efficient use of Federal, State and local funds. Most of HAVA funds available to counties will be used to upgrade their voting systems to fully comply with HAVA. About AccuPoll Holding Corp. Headquartered in Tustin, Calif., AccuPoll (OCTBB:ACUP) is the developer of a federally qualified electronic voting system featuring an intuitive touch screen input and 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 (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 as mandated 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 AccuPoll Voting System has been qualified under the 2002 Federal Election Commission (FEC) Voting System Standards. For additional information, visit www.accupoll.com. Safe Harbor Statement: Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical or current fact constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unknown factors that could cause the actual results of the company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition to statements which explicitly describe such risks and uncertainties, readers are urged to consider statements labeled with the terms "believes," "belief," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "will" or "plans" to be uncertain and forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in the company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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