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ES&S In Trouble In California

Official notice of public hearing for ES&S Automarks, Sept. 20, 07 :
www.SoS.Ca.gov/elections/voting_systems/ess_automark_public_hearing_notice_080907.pdf

"Not only did ES&S sell machines to California counties that weren’t state certified, it’s clear the machines weren’t even federally certified when the company delivered them to California ... While ES&S may not like California law, I expect the company to follow the law and not trample over it by selling uncertified voting equipment in this state. ... “If ES&S has broken the law and misled counties into buying nearly 1,000 uncertified machines, I intend to go after the company for the full $9.72 million in penalties allowable by law, along with the original $5 million the company took from counties’ pockets, "

- Secretary Bowen as cited in a press release, 8/07

"ES&S to be Rebuked, Fined and Possibly Banned in CA?"
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/ess-to-be-rebuk.html

"ES&S to Face Millions in Fines, Possible Decertification in CA for Use of Uncertified Voting Systems!"
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4985

ES&S (Company)

Company website : www.ESSVote.com

Black Box Voting : www.BbvForums.org/forums/messages/7659/44867.html

Bradblog news : www.bradblog.com/?cat=5

VotersUnite news : www.VotersUnite.org/info/ES&SInTheNews.pdf

ES&S (Technology)

Ohio (12/07) :

• Executive Summary from the full Penn State report :
  www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/info/EVEREST/14-AcademicFinalEVERESTReport.pdf

• Other reports :
  www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/info/everest.aspx?Section=3180

Colorado (12/07) :

• Certification results :
  www.elections.colorado.gov/WWW/default/Voting%20Systems/certifications/2007/Election%20Systems%20&%20Software%20(ES&S).pdf

Black Box Voting : www.BbvForums.org/forums/messages/2197/2864.html

Unity central vote totaling system

• Black Box Voting web page : www.BbvForums.org/forums/messages/2197/44311.html

Automark voting machine (ballot marking device)

• Company information : www.ESSVote.com/HTML/products/automark.html

• Information guide : www.EFF.org/Activism/E-voting/infosheets2006/AutoMARK.pdf (228 KB)

• Black Box Voting web page (1): www.BbvForums.org/forums/messages/2197/2866.html

• Black Box Voting web page (2): www.BbvForums.org/forums/messages/7659/44828.html

iVotronic voting machine (DRE)

• Company's information : www.ESSVote.com/HTML/products/ivotronic.html

• Information guide : www.EFF.org/Activism/E-voting/infosheets2006/iVotronic.pdf (578 KB)

• California procedures manual (6/01) : www.VerifiedVoting.org/downloads/iVotronic_opman.pdf (4.6 MB)

• Black Box Voting web page : www.BbvForums.org/forums/messages/2197/44302.html

iVotronic LS large screen voting machine (DRE)

• Company's information : www.ESSVote.com/HTML/products/ivotronicLS.html

Model 100 optical ballot scanner

• Information guide : www.EFF.org/Activism/E-voting/infosheets2006/ES&S100.pdf (187 KB)

• California procedures manual (2004?) : www.VerifiedVoting.org/downloads/ES&S100-090904_2a_procedures.pdf (510 KB)

Model 550 and 650 central ballot scanners

• California procedures manual (2004?) : www.VerifiedVoting.org/downloads/ES&SCentralCt090904_2bc_procedures.pdf (378 KB)

Nobody, and no machine, should be counting votes in secret.