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| 1. | Name: | Sequoia Voting Systems | |||||||||
| 2. | Voting Machine Position: | Pro to the question "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?" | |||||||||
| 3. | Reasoning: |
"The changing nature of elections around the nation confronts governments and authorities with major challenges, such as complex ballots, tighter budgets, demands for faster result declarations, accelerating election cycles ensuring equal voting access for all citizens and the need to reverse falling turnouts. For these and other reasons, many governments many governments have moved to...electronic voting." (From company's website, accessed 4/5/2006) |
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Credibility Ranking: |
VIP/Organizations/OtherIndividuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories |
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| 5. | Organization | ||||||||||
| A. Description: | "Sequoia Voting Systems has provided election services and support to state and local government for more than 100 years - dating back to the nation's first lever-based mechanical voting equipment in the 1890s. Sequoia products and services include election management software, 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." (From company's website, accessed 4/5/2006))
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| B. Mission: | None listed
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| C. Structure: | For-Profit Corporation | ||||||||||
| D. Members / Constituents: |
Non-membership |
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| F. Sr. Executive: | Jack Blaine | ||||||||||
| G. Title: | President | ||||||||||
| H. Contact Info: |
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| I: # of offices: | 4 | ||||||||||
| I: Staff: | Not listed
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| 6. | Relevant Affiliations: | Owned by Smartmatic, Inc. | |||||||||
