Reply #66: Chronology of voting machine selection process in Ohio [View All]

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http://www.yourvotecountsohio.org/pdf/factSheet2.pdf

The Help America Vote Act in Ohio: A Chronology

2001
February
Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell convenes an Elections Summit featuring academics, election officials and journalists to address issues including those that arose during the presidential election in November 2000.

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2003
March
Secretary Blackwell announces the formation of the Ohio State Planning Committee, a 13-member panel, to assist him in developing a state plan for HAVA implementation in Ohio. The committee holds meetings throughout April and early May.

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July
The Office of the Secretary of State announces five voting system vendors have met the mandatory requirements in the voting system overhaul RFP. The vendors and their voting systems moving to the next round of review are: Diebold Election Systems; Election Systems and Software; Maximum/Hart InterCivic/DFM Associates; Microvote General Corporation/Sosa/Perot Systems/Triad GSI; and Sequoia Voting Systems. An August 1 deadline is set for completing the evaluation process.

What is the meaning of "Microvote General Corporation/Sosa/Perot Systems/Triad GSI"? Is there some way in which they're all associated? I found another article about the selection process in Ohio which says, "Patrons can try one or both of the machines. ... Dayton Legal Blank Co. is providing a Diebold machine that incorporates touch screen technology while Triad GSI of Xenia will set up MicroVote's offering, a panel that has push buttons along the side of the display screen."

http://www.examiner.org/news/election_board_7_15.php