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June 16, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Information:
Chris Riggall
Premier Election Solutions
800-433-8683, ext. 1112
christopher.riggall@premierelections.com
Carla Shaw
Manning, Selvage & Lee
404-870-6831
carla.shaw@mslpr.com
VIRGINIA’S FAIRFAX COUNTY CHOOSES PREMIER’S PROVEN,
RELIABLE OPTICAL SCAN PAPER BALLOTING VOTING SOLUTION
Optical Scan Equipment Will Supplement County’s
Legacy DRE System to Accommodate Growth in Voting Rolls
ALLEN, Texas –
The Fairfax County, Virginia Board of Supervisors has selected
Premier Election Solutions to provide optical-scan voting tabulators
and related products and services to serve Fairfax citizens in
elections beginning in November 2008. Under the agreement, Fairfax
County will acquire 240 of Premier’s AccuVoteŽ OS ballot scanners
which will be used to supplement the County’s existing DRE system.
Beginning this fall, Fairfax voters will have a choice at the polls
to cast their ballot on a paper optical scan ballot, or on the
legacy electronic touch screen terminals.
The agreement expands Fairfax’s
relationship with Premier, which has provided the county with
optical scan tabulators for processing of absentee ballots. One of
the industry’s most widely used voting systems, the fully auditable
AccuVote OS is a proven performer, with some 25,000 units deployed
nationwide, including statewide deployments in Alaska, Connecticut
and New Hampshire.
Like election administrators
throughout the country, Fairfax officials anticipate record setting
voter turnout this fall, and the addition of the Premier optical
scan ballot tabulators should reduce or eliminate long lines at
polling locations in the November general election. Fairfax is one
of Virginia’s largest jurisdictions, with more than 646,000
registered voters.
With an optical scan voting
system, citizens do not have to wait until a voting terminal becomes
available. Nearly an unlimited number of voters can be issued
ballots after completing check-in, and scanning their completed
ballots takes only a few seconds.
Premier president Dave Byrd said, “We are extremely pleased to
expand our current relationship with Fairfax to provide precinct
based optical scan voting as an option for Fairfax voters. The
AccuVote OS system has proven highly accurate and reliable in
thousands of elections nationwide, and the addition of the optical
scan option will add convenience and reduce wait times for Fairfax
voters this November, and in subsequent elections going
forward.”
About Premier Election
Solutions
Premier Election Solutions, Inc. is headquartered in Allen, Texas,
and has offices and personnel throughout the United States and in
Canada. Premier Election Solutions provides high-quality voting
technology to jurisdictions of all sizes, along with comprehensive
service and support capability, and is committed to elections
accuracy, security and integrity. For more information on Premier
Election Solutions, visit the company’s Website at
www.premierelections.com,
or call 1-800-433-VOTE.
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