VoteHere Applauds California Touch Screen Task Force Report on E-voting; Report Validates Need For Verification Technology Currently Offered by VoteHere.Business Editors/Political Writers/High-Tech Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2003 VoteHere, Inc. (www.votehere.net), a leading global supplier of secure electronic voting Electronic voting (also known as e-voting) is a term encompassing several different types of voting, embracing both electronic means of casting a vote and electronic means of counting votes. technology, today issued a formal response to Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's request for public comment following the issuance of the California Ad Hoc For this purpose. Meaning "to this" in Latin, it refers to dealing with special situations as they occur rather than functions that are repeated on a regular basis. See ad hoc query and ad hoc mode. Touch Screen Task Force Report. The Task Force reached unanimous agreement that there "needs to be voter verification imposed by a date certain and the State and federal governments must provide funding to make this happen." They also cited "legal, technical, and administrative constraints" with a voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT VVPAT Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (voting machines) ), including current non-compliance for multiple language and disability support. Because of these VVPAT shortcomings A shortcoming is a character flaw. Shortcomings may also be:
"Since its inception, VoteHere has been dedicated to delivering electronic verification technology in compliance with all state and federal 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 requirements," said Jim Adler, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of VoteHere. "Electronic voting systems require special safeguards to ensure election integrity. We applaud the Task Force's informed findings and believe this report will prove a bellwether Bellwether A leading indicator of trends. Notes: A bellwether stock is a stock that is used to gauge the performance of the market in general. General Motors was an example of a bellwether stock, hence the saying "What's good for GM is good for America. for voter verification requirements in all election systems." Voter verification ensures that ballots are recorded and cast as the individual voter intended. Results verification produces an irrefutable irrefutable - The opposite of refutable. tally of the ballot box and ensures that each ballot came from a legitimate voter and its intent has not been altered. Together, voter and results verification produce complete election verification -- critical for confidence in any election system. VoteHere's election verification technology, VHTi, is a licensable application-programming interface (API) for electronic voting machines that meets the specific requirements outlined in the Task Force's report. VHTi is based on patent-pending cryptographic protocols that provide voter and results verification. About VoteHere VoteHere, inc. is a global software company, delivering advanced e-voting technology to election providers since 1996. VoteHere offers its partners innovative, secure, reliable, user-friendly e-voting solutions to support the growth of e-enabled elections that maintain privacy and ensure election verification. For more information about VoteHere, visit the company's website at www.votehere.net. |
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