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Touchscreens re-approved for use in Santa Clara County

June 15, 2004

OAKLAND, Calif. -- California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley re-approved the use of the Sequoia AVC Edge touchscreen voting units in Santa Clara County for the 2004 presidential election, according to a company release.

This is the first of Sequoia's six California customers to receive approval from the state to use their touchscreens during the November election.

"Electronic voting provides increased accuracy, decreased potential for voter errors and vastly improved accessibility for voters with special needs," said Sequoia President Tracey Graham. "We are pleased that California voters will be allowed to take advantage of these improvements during the critically important elections this fall."

Sequoia Voting Systems supplied the nearly 15,000 touchscreen voting machines used by the California counties of Santa Clara, Riverside, San Bernardino, Shasta, Napa and Tehama. Nationally, Sequoia has provided more than 50,000 electronic voting units dating back nearly 25 years.

This September, Sequoia will be providing the State of Nevada with AVC Edge touchscreen units for use in conjunction with the Sequoia VeriVote(R) printer. The printer will permit voters to see and verify a printed-paper record of all of their selections before they leave the voting booth.

The requirement for a voter verifiable paper record will likely be mandatory in California by 2005.