AccuPoll Announces ?SureCountTM? The Next Generation of Direct Recording Electronic Voting 
New DRE Features Offer Cost Effective Enhancements to Voter Confidence and Privacy 

Press Release     August 02, 2005
 

TUSTIN, Calif. (ArriveNet - Aug 02, 2005) AccuPoll, Inc. (OCTBB: ACUP), a developer of Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting systems, today launched ?SureCount? featuring groundbreaking new Proof of Vote (PoV) options for the company?s next generation of DRE voting systems.

To further ensure voter confidence, AccuPoll has developed new options for its voting system that can now operate in one of two modes: AccuPoll 'standard mode' (PoV not scanned), or ?SureCount? mode (PoV scanned). In SureCount mode, only the PoV that has been scanned will be counted in the election tally. In the new mode, if a voter leaves the polling place with a PoV, then the corresponding electronic ballot is not cast and is not counted.

?AccuPoll is building upon the most secure system in the industry and making it better by adding intuitive and desirable options that exceed today?s requirements,? said William E. Nixon, president & CEO of AccuPoll. ?We developed SureCount in response to input from existing customers and market demand. SureCount offers new alternatives for jurisdictions where a paper ballot is the official ballot.? stated Mr. Nixon.

AccuPoll also announced that additional features are being added to the Company?s DRE voting system to further promote the privacy of disabled voters. These features were introduced in response to feedback from the disability community and implemented with an eye on compliance with the proposed Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) being considered by the Election Assistance Commission. The new features include 1) suppressing the display of the visual ballot on the screen when a blind voter is voting using the audio ballot; and 2) suppressing the printing of a voter?s ballot ions in human readable form on the PoV. Whether these options are active is ed by the voter and in either case full read-back of the PoV is always available via the audio PoV read-back facility.

AccuPoll was the first vendor to qualify a DRE voting system with an integrated VVPAT under the 2002 FEC Voting System Standards, which allows voters to verify ? via an immediately printed paper audit trail ? that their vote was accurately recorded at the time it was cast. As a result, AccuPoll?s DRE voting system fully empowers voters to independently ensure that their vote is correct at the time it is cast, allowing for an accurate recount and audit capability should the need arise.