Advanced Voting Solutions (AVS) and VoteHere Collaborate to Provide Voter Verification
August 2004

For Immediate Release
For more information, contact:
Jennifer Curley
VoteHere, Inc.
Tel: 202.422.6244
Email Jennifer Curly

 

The companies will test voter-verified receipts in this Fall elections

Frisco, TX and Bellevue, WA - July 20, 2004 - Advanced Voting Solutions (AVS), a leading innovator of voting equipment and services, announced a collaboration with VoteHere, of Bellevue, Washington, a leading supplier of election security technology, to provide a new level of election confidence through voter verification. The companies will test the system during the Fall General Election.

"AVS provides cutting-edge direct recording electronic (DRE) voting solutions, along with comprehensive election support services that are unmatched. By collaborating with VoteHere, we can now demonstrate in the marketplace end-to-end voter verification and go a long way to increasing voter confidence," said Howard T. Van Pelt, President & CEO, Advanced Voting Solutions.

The joint solution, which incorporates VoteHere's VHTi verification technology, will allow voters to verify that their vote was recorded properly at the poll site and counted properly in the final election results.

Voters wishing to verify their vote will take home an encrypted voter-verified receipt that can be used to assure their vote was counted properly while maintaining ballot secrecy - a breakthrough in election audit technology. Independent third parties can audit the entire election with VHTi's Election Transcript(tm), which proves that all ballots were counted properly, and provides accuracy down to a single vote.

"By adding VHTi verification technology to its voting system, AVS is showing real industry leadership. Voters can get receipts to ensure their votes were properly counted and anyone can audit the election results," said Jim Adler, Founder of VoteHere.

The combination of VoteHere's VHTi and Advanced Voting Solutions' WINvote(tm) provides voters with proof their votes were properly recorded and counted, while keeping their ballot secret-a capability never before possible. The inclusion of VHTi software, which has been openly published for public scrutiny, will add an additional layer of assurance to electronic voting.

About Advanced Voting Solutions, Inc.

The management of Advanced Voting Solutions has had a long and proud tradition in the election industry dating back to 1970. The AVS management's experience includes punch cards (CES Votomatic), optical scan (Global Election Systems', now Diebold Election Systems, AccuVote) and DRE (Global Election Systems' AccuVote-TS). For more information about AVS, visit the company's website at www.advancedvoting.com .

About VoteHere

VoteHere, Inc. is a global software company, delivering advanced e-voting technology to election providers since 199 8 . VoteHere offers its partners innovative, secure, reliable, user-friendly cryptographic 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.

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