Election machine bidders chosen [View All]

La. seeks to buy 5,000 of them

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BATON ROUGE -- Three of eight companies vying for a contract to provide the state with about $47 million in election machines are qualified for the job and will be asked to submit bids, aides to Secretary of State Fox McKeithen said Wednesday.

McKeithen said the three companies that met all 11 pages of state specifications are: Advanced Voting Solutions of Frisco, Texas; Elections Systems and Software of Omaha, Neb.; and Sequoia Voting Systems of Oakland, Calif.

Jennifer Marusak, McKeithen's director of intergovernmental relations, said the three certified companies will demonstrate operation of their machines for the public, lawmakers, parish boards of elections supervisors and local officials across the state starting Monday at the Atrium Hotel in Monroe...

The five companies McKeithen said did not meet state criteria are: Liberty Elections Systems of Albany, N.Y.; Populex of West Dundee, Ill.; Accupoll of Tustin, Calif.; Hart Intercivic of Austin, Texas; and Diebold Elections System of North Canton, Ohio.