Economic Choices 2008 - The Vote on Voting Machines

After the 2000 presidential election and its burdensome vote recounts, many states made major investments in electronic voting technology. But, as NBR Washington bureau chief Darren Gersh reports, those investments lost their value and the business of vote counting is once again focused on paper.

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External Links/Articles*

• Advanced Voting Solutions (AVS)
  AVS is a Texas-based manufacturer of electronic voting systems. As Darren Gersh reports, the firm has filed for bankruptcy.
• Diebold (PDF Document)
  Diebold is a manufacturer of self-service and security delivery systems. It's subsidiary, Premier Election Solutions, manufacturers electronic voting machines. This links to an August 16, 2007 press release issued by Diebold titled, "Diebold Election Systems to Become Premier Election Solutions."
• Election Data Services
  Election Data Services is a consulting firm focused on "redistricting, election administration, and the analysis and presentation of census and political data with GIS (geographic information systems). The firm's president, Kim Brace, is interviewed in Darren Gersh's report.
• Electiononline.org
  Electiononline.org, a service of the Pew Center on the States, is a nonpartisan website offering "news and analysis on election reform." Dough Chapin, Director of Electiononline.org, is interviewed in Darren Gersh's report.
• Premier Election Solutions
  Premier Election Solutions, a subsidiary of Diebold, is a provider of electronic voting technology and support.
• Virginia State Board of Elections
  Darren Gersh profiles voting systems in Virginia in his report. This links to a list of voting systems used in the state as of October 15, 2008.
• VoteTrustUSA.org
  VoteTrustUSA.org is a servie of the Verified Voting Foundation, which is a "nonpartisan nonprofit organization championing reliable and publicly verifiable elections." This links to the "States" section of the VoteTrustUSA.org website, which offers information about voting processes and machines in each state.

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