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# Re: KSU has role in new voting - Center paves way for machines

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- Subject: Re: KSU has role in new voting - Center paves way for machines
- From: "Lesley Thompson" <lesleytdiebold@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:41:57 -0500
- Organization: Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
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Ken, whatever is the best thing for all. I was not sure if these news postings are appropriate for the support list but have not found anywhere else to put them. If the staff site is the designated arena, then let me know what to do (I typically take direction well) and I'll be glad to share interesting election news as it comes to me. Lesley

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Clark
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> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 12:53 PM
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> These posts are really great Lesley. Please keep them coming. Guy Lancaster (former employee) used to post information like this regularly on the old staff site. If you would be interested in being our company news reporter, I would be happy to get this stuff on the staff site for you.

> Ken

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> From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com] On Behalf Of Lesley Thompson
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 9:58 PM
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> Subject: KSU has role in new voting - Center paves way for machines

> KSU has role in new voting - Center paves way for machines

> Atlanta Journal Constitution

> Bryan Long - Staff

> Thursday, June 20, 2002

> Georgia -- If Georgia's first all-electronic general election goes smoothly this fall, much of the credit will go to Kennesaw State University.

> The school received $500,000 to open a Center for Election Systems to coordinate election preparation with the secretary of state and to teach election officials the technical side of new machines that look more like automated teller machines than traditional paper ballots.

> With qualifying for the Aug. 20 elections to end at noon Friday, the election season is officially in full swing.

> The election center is led by Neil Hall, a KSU professor of computer science. Hall and his team are working behind the scenes to find and solve problems that will arise as the state receives 19,015 electronic voting machines. The machines will be used in November's election.

> This year, the center will focus primarily on proving the machines work properly, but the work's scope will expand in future elections. The idea is to create a one-call shop for election problems.

> "If you're an election official and you have a question but you don't know where that question should go, call KSU," said Michael Barnes, assistant director of elections for the secretary of state's office.

> The center has set up a Web site and a toll-free number as quick ways to answer those questions.

> It's a system that's unique to Georgia. It's an inspiration that followed the problems of the 2000 presidential election and is directly tied to the state's purchase of a new voting system.

> While many states have looked to change election machines after the election, only Georgia has thrown out all the old machines to make way for identical polling booths statewide.

> "Every other state in the country will be following what we're doing," Secretary of State Cathy Cox has said.

> And to make sure Georgia provides an example of the right way to roll out the system, KSU was asked to monitor the process and provide technical assistance in the future. The secretary of state and the university have worked together for years on other projects.

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