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system is a new approach to voting designed to accurately capture
each voter’s intent, simplify the voting process, safeguard
the integrity of elections and restore voter confidence. Combining
new technology with common-sense voting needs, it is an easy-to-use
computer-based touch screen system. But in contrast to most
other touch screen voting systems that collect and store the
votes electronically in computers, the Populex™ system
prints a tangible paper ballot card. This ballot card is the
official ballot. Each ballot contains a bar code that is scanned
to reliably record and count the votes on election day. The
same ballot card is the permanent paper record that must be
available for manual audits and recounts as required by the
Help America Vote Act of 2002. The new
system addresses a number of problems with previous voting
methods:
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Because it is interactive,
the voter is guided through each ballot question, warned
of potential errors and given a chance to make changes
immediately in the privacy of the voting booth.
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Because the Populex™ system
does not store the official ballot selections in the voting
computer, it helps eliminate the distrust many election
officials, computer experts and the voting public have
that computers could be manipulated fraudulently or “crash”
and lose data.
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benefits of the Populex™ system include:
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The voter can be highly confident
that his or her vote will be counted because the votes
on the ballot are printed as a bar code. Bar codes are
highly reliable and have near universal adoption in diverse
commercial applications, including use by the U.S. Postal
Service as a substitute for stamps.
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The blind and visually impaired can vote
privately using text to speech technology, fulfilling
another requirement of the new Act. The system also supports
voting in multiple languages. |
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Frank C. Carlucci
Chairman Emeritus, The Carlyle Group
former Secretary of Defense and Advisor to the President
for National Security Affairs
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Justice
John L. Nickels
Illinois
Supreme Court (Retired)
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Loren S. Golden
Esq.; President, Illinois State Bar Association
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Professor Eric J.
Mlyn, Ph.D.,
Public Policy; Duke University
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Eugene J. Wittry
Commissioner, Peoria Board of Election Commissioners |
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| Enhancing and preserving the integrity, fairness
and accuracy of the voting process are the major goals of election
reform. To further the integrity of the process, Populex employees
and other company representatives shall conduct themselves in
a way that respects the dignity of public officials and supports
the best interests of their constituents. |
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