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AccuPoll Receives Certification for Electronic Voting System in Kentucky; Company Makes Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail -- VVPAT -- Available to Jurisdictions in State.


TUSTIN, Calif. -- AccuPoll, Inc. (OCTBB:ACUP ACUP Association of Canadian University Presses (Association des Presses Universitaires Canadiennes)
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), a developer of Direct Recording Electronic (DRE DRE
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) voting systems, today announced the receipt of certification for its voting system in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As a result, the company becomes the only vendor certified by the Kentucky State Board of Elections to provide an electronic voting system featuring 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 has been qualified under the more stringent 2002 FEC See forward error correction.

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 Voting System Standards.

"This is a significant event, as the Kentucky State Board of Elections has announced that all voting systems purchased with 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.  federal funds Federal Funds

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 must be certified to the 2002 FEC Voting System Standards," said Frank Wiebe, President of AccuPoll. "The Commonwealth of Kentucky has already received $40 million in federal funds under the Help America Vote Act."

AccuPoll designed their DRE voting system from the outset to feature a VVPAT, which allows voters to verify "via an immediately printed paper audit trail" that their vote was accurately recorded at the time it is cast. As a result, AccuPoll's VVPAT system fully empowers voters to independently ensure that their vote is correct at the time it is cast, allowing for an accurate recount and audit capability should the need arise.

Before voting systems can be sold in their jurisdictions, most states require that voting systems be qualified under rigorous federal voting system standards and then undergo a certification process in their state.

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 (VVPAT) 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 of 2002" (HAVA). AccuPoll's voting system has been federally qualified under the 2002 Federal Election Commission Election Voting System Standards and certified in a number of states across the country.

For additional information, visit www.accupoll.com.

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