Election Equip. Marketing Assoc., er, I mean, Election Technology Council

[Wilms]

Have a look at these guys.

Does this group fund the ITA's? Or is that done directly by the manufacturers?

At any rate, their target is election officials.

(Note the guy in a white cap wearing the flag like a shawl.)



Welcome

Millions of votes have been lost during recent elections in part because outdated technology failed,
most notably during the 2000 presidential election debacle. Although electronic voting systems
can solve this problem, widespread propaganda from a vocal minority is raising doubts
about modern technology’s place in the voting booth. The ETC exists to help election officials,
lawmakers, policy analysts, the media and the voters separate myths from reality on this important issue.

http://www.electiontech.org


The ETC is a coalition of companies dedicated to the development, delivery and support of electronic
voting solutions to the American electorate.

Council Members

Advanced Voting Solutions (AVS)
Danaher Controls - Guardian Voting Systems
Diebold Election Systems
Election Systems & Software (ES&S)
Hart InterCivic
Perfect Voting System
Sequioa Voting Systems
Unilect
VoteHere, Inc

http://www.electiontech.org/about.php


Welcome Election Officials

A small group of self-appointed “experts” have cast doubt on the accuracy and security of
DRE machines with ill-informed criticism and wild conjecture. Meanwhile, state and local
election officials are short on the funds and the trained staff necessary to upgrade their
infrastructures. With your help, ETC will work to ensure that the benefits of electronic voting
are well understood, adequate training is readily available and compliance with the Help America
Vote Act is fully funded.

http://www.electiontech.org/officials.php


:grr:

[Wilms]

1. .

[onthebench]

2. This is just the voting machine company's lobbyists

Funny when the lobbyist group approached the vendors, it included Doug Lewis and the NY State Election Director Wilkey in its early phone calls. That was pretty unethical. Bev Harris listened in on the first round of calls and reported the conversations here and on her site.

If you are against lobbyists then these guys are the standard slimey type car salesmen.