Global Election And Indra Join Forces On Proposal For Nationwide Touchscreen Voting In Ireland.Business Editors VANCOUVER, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000 Global Election Systems Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :GSM.) announces that it has joined forces with Indra, SSI (1) See server-side include and single-system image. (2) (Small-Scale Integration) Less than 100 transistors on a chip. See MSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. 1. (electronics) SSI - small scale integration. 2. , a worldwide system integrator based in Madrid, Spain to submit a proposal for a nationwide touch screen voting system Noun 1. voting system - a legal system for making democratic choices electoral system legal system - a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws to the Republic of Ireland. Global provided hardware and software solutions for the proposal that could result in as many as 8,000 AccuVote-TS (touch screen) units being deployed to Ireland over the next four years. Election authorities in Ireland received bids/proposals including the Global/Indra proposal on August 14, 2000. Indra, SSI is a 25-year-old privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with anticipated revenues in 2000 of between US$650 million and US$700 million. It is renowned for its ability to install and implement countrywide election solutions, and recently received acclaim for resurrecting the Government of Venezuela from its widely publicized technical election problems last May. Indra completed the turnaround in record time, and successfully conducted the first nationwide electronic system election in Venezuela's history in late July. Overall Indra has installed, implemented and conducted 115 nationwide elections in numerous countries including Spain, Argentina, Venezuela and Nicaragua. "We are very pleased to be working with Indra," said Larry Ensminger, Global's Vice President who spearheaded the Indra project on Global's behalf. "Indra has an excellent reputation in the international elections marketplace, and has been a pleasure to work with. We look forward to exploring other international opportunities with them." Global is an industry leader in the election equipment marketplace with over 840 jurisdictions in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. utilizing its AccuVote (optical scan) and AccuVote-TS (touch screen) voting systems. Its product line also includes VoteRemote(TM), a high speed automated absentee ballot printing and processing system, and the CMIS (Common Management Information Services) Pronounced "c-miss." An OSI standard that defines the functions for network monitoring and control. CMIS - Common Management Information Services voter registration system. Global Election Systems Inc.'s shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol "GSM". The Securities Exchange Commission has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. |
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