AccuPoll Receives Missouri State Qualification; Company's DRE Voting System Only Fully Qualified DRE Voting System By Missouri Secretary of State.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 qualified by the Missouri Secretary of State. The State of Missouri requires that any DRE Voting System must be qualified under the 2002 FEC See forward error correction. FEC - Forward Error Correction Voting System Standards and print 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) ). As of July 14, 2005, AccuPoll is the only vendor fully qualified by the Missouri Secretary of State to conduct elections using a DRE voting system in the State of Missouri. "This is a major accomplishment for us," said Dennis Vadura, Chairman/CTO of AccuPoll. "With this state qualification in hand, AccuPoll is now qualified to sell its voting system and conduct elections for the 116 local election jurisdictions in Missouri. All 116 local election jurisdictions use paper-based voting systems and must upgrade or replace these voting system to meet the January 1, 2006 HAVA deadline. To date, the State of Missouri has received over $62 million in federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve under HAVA. Most of these funds will be made available to local election authorities to upgrade their voting systems to fully comply with HAVA." AccuPoll designed their electronic voting system to feature a voter verified paper audit trail (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. 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 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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