INFORMATION RELEASE

Contact:   Tom Slockett

Johnson County Auditor and

Commissioner of Elections

Phone:     (319) 356-6004

Date:       April 29, 2005

Re: Public Demonstrations of New Voting Equipment

Four vendors will demonstrate voting equipment this coming Monday and Tuesday at the 4-H Fairgrounds.  The demonstrations are part of Johnson County’s purchase evaluation of a new voting system for voters in Johnson County.  The Johnson County Board of Supervisors will host the demonstration.  The equipment purchase is in keeping with new federal requirements of the HAVA (Help American Vote Act) as well as Iowa SF2269.  The demonstrations will take place in Building C on the Johnson County 4-H Fairgrounds.  The schedule is:

DATE	VENDOR	TIME	EQUIPMENT DEMONSTRATED
Monday, May 2	Elections Systems and Software (ES&S)	1:00 p.m.	● Model 100 paper ballot precinct scanner. ● Model 650 central count for absentee paper ballots. ● Automark handicap-accessible paper ballot machine. ● Votetronic DRE (Direct Recording Electronic) with voter verified paper trail.
Monday, May 2	Sequoia	4:00 p.m.	● Insight: precinct paper ballot tabulator. ● Edge: DRE with handicap accessible features and voter verified paper trail. ● 400C: central count paper ballot tabulator for absentee.
Tuesday, May 3	AccuPoll	1:30 p.m.	● Sure Count Voting System. ● Precinct optical scanner ● Central count optical scanner. ● DRE with handicap accessible features and voter verified paper audit trail.
Tuesday, May 3	Diebold	4:00 p.m.	● Accuvote: precinct paper ballot scanner. ● Accutouch TSX: DRE with handicap accessible features.

Monday, May 2, 2005: Elections Systems and Software (ES&S) at 1:00 p.m. and Sequoia at 4:00 p.m.  Tuesday, May 3, 2005, AccuPoll at 1:30 p.m. and Diebold at 4:00 p.m.  The public is invited to attend any or all of these demonstrations.  The County hopes to install the new voting machines before the fall elections.  Johnson County last purchased new voting equipment in 1984.  Questions about the demonstrations or the purchase of the new equipment will be taken by the Johnson County Auditor’s Office at (319) 356-6004.