Smooth Elections Reported By Hart InterCivic Voting System Customers from Coast to Coast on November 8th; Jurisdictions in Seven States Conduct Successful Elections Using Hart InterCivic Election Technology.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Trouble-free elections were reported by Hart InterCivic customers nationwide on Election Day, November 8th in six states: Texas, California, Virginia, Washington, Massachusetts and North Carolina plus Colorado where elections were held one week earlier on November 2nd, for a total of seven.

"We are proud to report that very successful, routine elections were once again conducted by our customers throughout the country on Hart's eSlate(R) and Ballot Now(TM) voting technology," said Britt Kauffman, President and CEO of Hart InterCivic. "Our customer base is growing rapidly and on November 8th we had a mix of new and established customers using Hart voting equipment and tabulation software - all without issue."

For example, Nueces County (Corpus Christi), Texas just completed its implementation of the eSlate Electronic Voting System and conducted their first election on November 8th using their new system. Nueces County Clerk Diana Barrera said she's pleased with the way voters have responded to the voting equipment.

"The people out there were very positive about it, saying that it was just very easy to use," said Barrera.

Ector County (Odessa), Texas was also conducting its first eSlate election on November 8th. During the Early Voting period, many favorable comments were made by voters and election officials alike. Ector County Elections Administrator Sharon Wilson said the only comments she heard about the eSlate voting units were positive.

"All the remarks I heard were positive," Wilson said. "We had no problems with it at all. People seemed to like it."

In Boulder County, Colorado where Hart's Ballot Now Digital Ballot Imaging System was used to conduct the County's election, results were very positive. Boulder County Elections Coordinator Josh Liss was very pleased with the success of last Tuesday's election.

"I might be biased, but I would certainly give it an A-plus," Liss said. "It was a tremendous success."

In addition, Hart InterCivic's eSlate Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) equipment made its live election debut as it was used for the first time in the November 8th pilot election in Woburn, Massachusetts. The City of Woburn conducted this pilot using the eSlate VVPAT units in nine polling places throughout the city as part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' certification and procurement process for ADA-accessible voting units to be used in conjunction with their current optical scan voting system.

Hart InterCivic provides election products and services to hundreds of counties and thousands of government customers nationwide including superior ballot production and total election support solutions. In June of 2000, Hart introduced the eSlate Electronic Voting System, a fully integrated suite of election management applications that represent the next generation of electronic voting systems. The eSlate System and Ballot Now Digital Ballot Imaging System were used successfully by the company's customers throughout nine states during the November 2, 2004 Presidential Election: Texas, Colorado, California, North Carolina, Washington, Hawaii, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky - including the two largest counties to have adopted electronic voting - Harris County, Texas, the nation's third largest county with 1.9 million registered voters and Orange County, California, the nation's fifth largest county with 1.5 million registered voters.

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From electronic voting to the most effective technologies for automating local government processes, Hart InterCivic's name stands for exceptional expertise, absolute accessibility, and trusted transactions. Hart InterCivic is a leader in providing products and services that help redefine the relationship between state and local governments and the citizens they serve. Hart InterCivic, with offices in the U.S., including company headquarters in Austin, Texas, is working nationwide to bring governments closer to citizens through complete government technology solutions. More information about Hart InterCivic is available from the company's Website at www.hartintercivic.com.

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