Sequoia Voting Systems Ready For Election Day Across The Country.

Voting Equipment to Be Used in Jurisdictions Throughout 16 States and District of Columbia 

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The days of hanging chads are over. Electronic voting systems are ushering in a new age of accuracy, efficiency and voter confidence. Across the country, millions of Americans will cast ballots on Sequoia Voting Systems electronic, touchscreen and optical scan voting equipment.

Sequoia Voting Systems equipment in use in tomorrow's elections include the AVC Advantage DRE (Direct Recording Electronic); the AVC Edge touchscreen with and without the VeriVote VVPAT Printer (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail); the Optech Insight Optical Scanner; and the 400-C high-speed Optech ballot scanner.

In Chicago and Cook County, Illinois, voters will use the Edge2Plus, the latest generation of Sequoia's touchscreen voting machines with a VVPAT printer, and the Optech Insight Optical Scanner.

"Across the country, voters overwhelmingly enjoy the convenience of touchscreen voting, and election administrators appreciate the speed and flexibility that is inherent to touchscreen machines," said Jack Blaine, President, Sequoia Voting Systems. "This new technology combined with our customers' commitment to increased training and streamlined procedures will result in accurate, secure and reliable elections."

Sequoia advises election jurisdictions and voters that there may be bumps in the road when using voting equipment for the first time, particularly in jurisdictions with large-scale implementations.

"Regardless of the technology used, elections are a very people-oriented process with hundreds of moving parts," said Michelle Shafer, Vice President of Communications and External Affairs, Sequoia Voting Systems. "Elections will always be about people, processes and technology, not just voting equipment."

About Sequoia Voting Systems (www.sequoiavote.com)

Sequoia Voting Systems is an American company, based in Oakland, California with a 100-year history of providing accurate, reliable, state-of-the-art voting solutions dating back to the nation's first lever-based mechanical voting equipment in the 1890s. Sequoia provides election technology, services and support to state and local government including precinct-based optical scan ballot readers, high-speed central count optical scan ballot readers, ballot layout and printing services, and full-face and paginating electronic voting equipment with optional printers that produce voter verifiable paper records. Sequoia currently serves hundreds of jurisdictions throughout 16 states and the District of Columbia.