Humboldt County, CA Awards Hart InterCivic Electronic Poll Book Contract

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hart InterCivic, a leading national provider of election voting systems, management products and services, announced today it will supply Humboldt County, California with electronic poll books that will replace the paper precinct rosters used for checking in voters on Election Day. Humboldt County has successfully used the Hart Voting System since 2006. With the addition of Hart’s ePollBook, Humboldt County will provide a seamless integration for voters at the polls making the process more efficient, secure and accurate.

“We’re excited to be the first Hart ePollBook customer in California. Hart continues to be a vendor you can count on.”

“The cost savings and increased efficiency, accuracy and security are all reasons the Hart ePollBook is a great choice for Humboldt County,” said Humboldt County Clerk, Recorder & Registrar of Voters Carolyn Crnich. “We’re excited to be the first Hart ePollBook customer in California. Hart continues to be a vendor you can count on.”

“The positive experience of a proven product being embraced by our Hart customers in new states demonstrates our commitment to expand and grow our product portfolio to meet the demands of the election market,” said Hart President Derek Hutson.

The Hart ePollBook™ features an easy-to-use touchscreen netbook that synchronizes voter registration data in real-time and increases the efficiency of voter check-in and verification processes at the polling location. The ePollBook will be deployed for use by Humboldt County in November.

Key Features of Hart’s ePollBook offering:

• Enables anywhere voting – Early Voting, Vote Centers, Election Day
• Provides an easy-to-read screen that’s intuitive for poll workers
• Intelligently guides poll workers through the check-in process to achieve consistent qualification of each voter
• Securely encrypts all voter data and communications
• Provides integration with the Hart Voting System to ensure correct ballot style using Access Code on Demand (optional)

The ePollBook also allows a faster determination of voter counts for periodic status calls, faster upload of voter history to the master voter registration database and supports same-day registration.

About Hart InterCivic, Inc.

Hart is a leading national provider of voting systems, election management products and services. Hart delivers a deep-rooted, authentic level of credibility across the electoral process with field-proven products, services and support that successfully, dependably meet the rigorous demands of today’s election procedures. Millions of votes are cast each year using Hart’s eScan™ and eSlate® polling place voting systems and Ballot Now central scanning / by-mail solution. For more information, please visit www.hartintercivic.com.