Who Is Certified in Texas?

There are four electronic voting systems certified by the secretary of state for use in Texas

Fri., Feb. 20, 2004

If your county has switched to electronic voting, you'll be casting your ballot on one of these four systems, as they are the only ones certified for use by the Texas Secretary of State's Office:

iVotronic, version 7.4.5.0
Manufactured by: ES&S
www.essvote.com

AccuVote TS R6, version 4.1.15
Manufactured by: Diebold Voting Systems (formerly Global Election Systems)
www.diebold.com

Patriot System
Manufactured by: Unilect
www.unilect.com

eSlate
Manufactured by: Hart InterCivic
www.hartic.com

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