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Omaha company makes most of the voting machines used in Iowa

November 1, 2002 By admin

As Iowans head to the polls next week, many of them will be casting ballots using technology developed just across the Missouri River. In fact, 55-percent of all voting nationwide will be handled, verified or counted by equipment and programming that came from an Omaha company. Election Systems & Software spokesman Don Ferguson explains county election supervisors “run” the election, E-S-and-S provides the computers, technology and ballots depending on its contract. Ferguson admits some local governments that have bought the Omaha company’s high-tech equipment had trouble, but downplays the importance of the problems and the company’s part in them. Most of the incidents have been training problems with the poll-workers, he says, and errors that aren’t the fault of the equipment. Ferguson says it’s probably the oldest election-accounting firm in the country, probably the reason more than half the country’s election jurisdictions are using its services. The E-S-and-S website says it’s been in business for over 36 years.

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