This is what TruVote does

TruVote, provides two separate voting receipts. The first is shown under plexiglass, and displays the choices made by a vote on the touch screen. This copy falls into a lockbox after the voter approves it. The second is provided to the voter. TruVote is already attracting fans, among them Brooks Thomas, Tennessee's Coordinator of Elections. "I've not seen anything that compares to TruVote validation system

http://www.motherjones.com/cgi-bin/print_article.pl?url...

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OWNER


The subject line on yesterday’s email read: “Another mysterious accident solves a Bush problem. Athan Gibbs dead, Diebold lives.” The attached news story briefly described the untimely Friday, March 12th death of perhaps America’s most influential advocate of a verified voting paper trail in the era of touch screen computer voting. Gibbs, an accountant for more than 30 years and the inventor of the TruVote system, died when his vehicle collided with an 18-wheeled truck which rolled his Chevy Blazer several times and forced it over the highway retaining wall where it came to rest on its roof.

Gibbs’ death bears heightened scrutiny because of the way he lived his life after the 2000 Florida election debacle. I interviewed Athan Gibbs in January of this year. “I’ve been an accountant, an auditor, for more than thirty years. Electronic voting machines that don’t supply a paper trail go against every principle of accounting and auditing that’s being taught in American business schools,” he insisted.

“These machines are set up to provide paper trails. No business in America would buy a machine that didn’t provide a paper trail to audit and verify its transaction. Now, they want the people to purchase machines that you can’t audit? It’s absurd.”

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http://civilliberty.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?si...

...why can't the system continue to be developed and marketed? Sorry but the link to the Mother Jones article doesn't work for me... This system seems like an excellent alternative to the cheat machines currently in place...

The company reported at the time of his death that they would persevere.

TuVote sitting on sideline for election

http://www.tennessean.com/business/archives/04/11/60549101.shtml

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Athan Gibbs had hoped the software he created to ensure that every vote counted would be in use well in advance of Tuesday's presidential election.

Instead, TruVote International is dormant as a business.
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This article is discouraging and encouraging at the same time... it seems as if they need money and leadership after they sort out the ownership issues of who owns the technology...

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TruVote is in discussions with a candidate for its president's position, while seeking additional funding, Hoskins said. He attributes delays in part to sorting out ownership of TruVote with Gibbs' estate. Gibbs' family and Florida neurologist Manley Kilgore are the company's largest shareholders.
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I hope a progressive investor(s) moves on this before TruVote is bought out by one of the larger repug-friendly corporations, and buried for all time...

This part is very encouraging. Once TruVote gets their financing and leadership in place, they will be a serious contender in the e-vote industry. Working on a local level, we can lobby at the state level to demand verified voting and suggest that our local legislators seriously consider the TruVote system.

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After hiring a president and testing updated software, TruVote still plans to bid on state contracts, Hoskins said. But the company must compete with other players, large and small, in the electronic voting arena. Registrars of voters often prefer to deal with larger, more established players, said David Dill, a Stanford University computer science professor who studies the field.

"It just takes a long time to break into the business," Dill said. "In the next few years, we're going to have to (hash) out the electronic voting question. If, for example, legislatures were to require voter-verified printouts, then it could enhance the prospects for vendors with paper ballot printers."
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Thanks to the above posters for pointing out the TruVote system to me... I believe that e-voter fraud is a serious problem for us progressives, but if we cannot offer a comprehensive and credible solution to the status quo, local officials will continue to lean towards Diebold, ES&S, and others. TruVote is the answer, IMO. Thanks again! :hi:

if you truly give a shit, why not check this investment opportunity out? After you return from your hermitage in the Himalayas, that is . . .