AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Verity Voting,
the secure, innovative and easy-to-use election system by Hart
InterCivic, earned strong praise from locales pleased with last
week's election process. Efficient, trouble-free November votes
reinforced that Verity, the most up-to-date voting technology
available in the U.S., is the right choice for forward-looking
jurisdictions acting now to replace older systems.
Officials in jurisdictions representing millions of voters chose
Verity to support their preferred voting scenarios – from mail-in
ballots in Oregon to touchscreens
at Vote Centers in Texas to paper
ballots securely scanned at precincts in Michigan. Verity's integrated suite of
hardware and software supports paper or electronic voting and is
designed from the ground up to be easy to tailor to local election
needs.
For some, the Nov. 7 election was
their first use of Verity; others have relied on the system for
multiple elections since it was federally certified in May 2015. Election types were varied – General,
Municipal, Special – and feedback from voters and election workers
was consistently positive.
"We heard again and again that voters love how easy Verity is to
use. The public was impressed by quick, secure results. Some
counties trimmed hours off tabulation times," said Phillip Braithwaite, President and CEO
of Hart InterCivic, an Austin-based company with more than 100 years
of election experience.
"Administrators praised streamlined setup while poll workers
were happy with easy-to-learn improvements," he added, noting that
Verity is gaining momentum with every Election Day. "Smart administrators are rolling
new purchases out now to lay solid groundwork for larger elections
in the 2018 cycle."
In Ottawa County, Michigan,
County Clerk Justin Roebuck praised
the security of Hart's innovative remote transmission solution and
the speed at which information came in from his county's 29
precincts. Roebuck had so much confidence in Verity that his staff
live-streamed the vote report.
"Our citizens want to see transparency, and this was a great way
to show results coming in by secure modem and to explain again that
our results do not pass through the internet or even networked
computers. We were so pleased to be able to show voters such rapid
results."
Michigan votes on paper
ballots, feeding ballots into the Verity Scan digital
scanning device at the polling place. Results are transmitted over
a secure line to headquarters. "Our polls close at 8 p.m., and we had 99 percent of the county
reporting by 8:20. That's unheard of with our former system,"
Roebuck said. By November 2018, more
than 100 precincts in Michigan
will be voting with Hart's Verity.
Hart congratulates these early Verity adopters on their
successful elections.
"These innovators are leading the way for other states, counties
and cities looking to replace aging systems and enjoy the
reliability that Verity ensures for years to come," said
Braithwaite.
For more information on the Verity Voting system,
visit www.hartintercivic.com/content/verity-system-overview.
About Hart InterCivic, Inc.
Austin-based Hart InterCivic is a
full-service election solutions innovator, partnering with state
and local governments to deliver secure, accurate and reliable
elections. Working side-by-side with election professionals for
more than 100 years, Hart is committed to helping advance democracy
one election at a time. Hart's mission fuels its passionate
customer focus and a continuous drive for technological innovation.
The company's new Verity Voting system makes voting more
straightforward, equitable and accessible—and makes managing
elections more transparent, more efficient and easier. Only Hart
offers a completely new, certified voting system with both
electronic and paper options.
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