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Online voting makes progress in Franklin County
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Disabled get assistance with voting
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Voting System Testing and Certification Program
Everyone Counts provides election services and consulting to government agencies at the local, state, county, and national level.
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Everyone Counts CEO Lori Steele on the benefits of having elections online and the concerns over security.
Fox News, May 26, 2009
The election news from Hawaii seems both interesting and unobjectionable: Honolulu has became the first jurisdiction to run an “all digital” election–that is, all the ballots were cast on the Internet, or by telephone. After the voting was finished on Friday, the Associated Press headline painted the Aloha State as e-pioneers: “Honolulu’s Internet vote considered 1st in nation.”
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For too long we have tolerated the idea that elections should be difficult. If you think voting is inconvenient, too bad for you, say pundits. And if elections are expensive and a logistical nightmare to run, oh well, at least there aren't too many of them.
By David Herbert
HONOLULU -- Oahu's neighborhood board election is making history because it is the world's first election being conducted entirely on the Internet and by telephone.
By Lori Arizumi
12 Jan, 2009
By Dave Herbert
ONLINE ELECTION VENDOR DISCUSSES THE SPREAD OF INTERNET VOTING TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE WORLD AND ITS FUTURE IN THE U.S.
January 12, 2009
By David Herbert
Casting Ballots Via The Internet Has Dramatically Increased Turnout Overseas, And That Has Some Dreaming About Possibilities Stateside.
October 31, 2008
By Adam Stone
We'll be pulling the lever on Tuesday—or touching the screen, or making our mark, but we won't be phoning it in. At least not yet.
19 November 2008
By Kelly Thornton | Photographs by Max Dolberg
When there's a vacuum of established leadership, real or perceived, it leaves a critical shortage of role models for the next generation.
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WASHINGTON - On Friday, October 17, at 7 p.m., the National Archives will host the fourth annual William G. McGowan Forum on Communications, Technology, and Government.
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This year, for the first time, expatriate Democrats can cast their ballots on the Internet in a presidential primary for people living outside the United States.
European edition, Tuesday, January 15, 2008
By Nancy Montgomery, Stars and Stripes
HEIDELBERG, Germany — Registered Democrats living abroad on U.S. military bases and in European towns will have multiple ways to vote for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards or the candidate of their choice as a far distant part of Super Tuesday.
January 4, 2008
By Eric Sylvers
MILAN, Italy - Thanks to the Internet, Americans who belong to the Democratic Party are getting a voice of their own in the presidential nomination, as the party has agreed to allow expatriates to choose 22 delegates to the national convention as part of the so-called Super Tuesday voting next month.
In February 2008, millions of U.S. citizens from Toronto to Timbuktu will have the chance to vote in the first-ever online global primary to choose the Democratic nominee for President.
Australian troops deployed overseas in the Middle East, Timor-Leste and the Solomon Islands are using the latest voting technology for the upcoming Federal election on 24 November.
DeGregorio continues to lead the industry in expanding opportunities for greater access to the ballot box with open, transparent election technology
While many are heading to traditional polling stations to cast their local election vote, some people in Swindon have already cast theirs online.
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Everyone Counts has been awarded first place in the category of "Business/Industrial (Software) Solutions" in the 2006 Secrets of Australian ICT Innovation Competition.
Everyone Counts has been named as part of this years Fast 50. The Fast 50 is an annual "worldwide search for ordinary people doing extraordinary things".
Everyone Counts has been shortlisted for the fifth annual Secrets of Australian ICT Innovation Competition. The competition provides an opportunity for Australian organisations involved in ICT to present their technology to be judged.
San Diego Business Journal
By Amy Yarnell
SAN DIEGO, CA (Oct 10, 2006) -- Business Sees 100 Percent Revenue Increase In First Month of 2007 Fiscal Year.
Connecting people and changing lives by ensuring verifiable voting results is what Everyone Counts Inc. plans to do for the private sector. The privately owned company serves public and private companies and some government agencies. The online voting business seeks to connect remote voters scattered worldwide.
SAN DIEGO, CA (July 12, 2006) -- Everyone Counts CEO Lori J. Steele has been appointed to the City of San Diego’s newly-formed Elections Task Force. The Task Force was formed this year to study and advise the City Clerk and the San Diego City Council on critical elections-oriented issues that impact the San Diego electorate.
July 28-30, 2006
The World Credit Union Conference kicks off in Dublin, Ireland in late July and Lori Steele will be there for Everyone Counts! The WOCCU conference is a global event for credit unions, leagues, national associations and credit union organizations. Lori Steele will be part of the Showcase of Vendors and will be available to discuss ways in which Everyone Counts can make an important difference to Credit Union organizations. Click here to find out how you can register.
July 27, 2006
e-Participation, Social Inclusion and Democratic Engagement are just some of the topics for discussion at the International e-Participation and Local Democracy Symposium. The symposium begins in Budapest, Hungary in July and will be further developed in Baltimore, USA in August. Lori Steele, CEO of Everyone Counts Inc., will be speaking at both events as part of a panel of electoral industry experts.
In Budapest Lori will join fellow panel members Linda Lamone (State Election Director, Maryland USA), Alan Winchcombe (Association of Electoral Administrators UK), Paul DeGregorio (Chair of the US Electoral Assistance Commission EAC), and a TBA member of the Department for Constitutional Affairs (UK) to discuss the topic, "Should we be voting in our pyjamas?". The panel will commence on Day two of the Hungary symposium, July 27 at 2pm.
In Baltimore Lori will join Alan Winchcombe (UK), Linda Lamone (USA), Roger Alan Stone (CEO of Advocacy Inc USA) to discuss "Election Modernization: Looking ahead to 2008". The panel will commence at 2.45pm. Click here to find out how you can attend.
July 12-15, 2006
The National Association of Credit Unions hold their Annual Conference & Exhibition later this month in Toronto. Katie Jensen and Lori Steele from Everyone Counts will be there to talk to delegates and visitors about the ways in which Everyone Counts is able to support and streamline Credit Union processes. If you're heading along to the conference make sure that you drop by and say hello, we are always happy to talk to people about eDemocracy! Read more about the conference.
March 2006
Everyone Counts has moved their official headquarters to San Diego, California. Everyone Counts now offers service 24 hours a day from three continents. The move is the latest step in the continued growth of the company, who now have offices or agents in Australia, Canada, Argentina, London and the USA
February 2006
The Everyone Counts board of Directors has welcomed two new members this month. Robert Bingham, Founder of Simplenet and Bill Strauss, CEO of Provide Commerce will be adding their considerable years of experience and support to the Board of Directors.
SimpleNet, a premier provider of Web hosting, domain management, email, and data center services, and Everyone Counts Inc., the leading provider of transparent Internet voting systems, today announced a partnership to provide the infrastructure for the upcoming U.S. National Student/Parent Mock Election.
On the 28th of October, millions of North American students, teachers and parents will be involved in the "National Student/Parent Mock Election". This unique program offers both parents and teachers the chance to learn about the USA election process and participate in a fully-fledged mock campaign and national election. The program has been running successfully since 1980 and this year will be supported and run with e3 online election software packagee Lect . Everyone Counts is excited and pleased to be involved in this fantastic educational initiative.
Lori comes to Everyone Counts as a CEO from her own successful business in investment management. Lori has organised the first part of our Everyone Counts US operation : a high-volume hosting partnership with SimpleNet.com in San Diego. Keep an eye on CNN for Lori, as she will attend the televised counting event for National Mock Election on the night of 28 Oct, at the New Jersey Electoral Board, 8PM EST. Lori is our key US contact and will oversee Everyone Counts activities in the states and territories as well a programme for developing nations.
After the success of the on-line election for Student Trustees in March, Cornell chose to again use EveryoneCounts for their recent Fall 2004 New Student Election. In partnership with John Bodin of ElectionTrust, Everyone Counts provided the on-line support for the 2 day election which gathered a strong 37% turnout.
Director of Everyone Counts, Craig Burton will be in Europe and the UK from September 15 to October 1st. During this time he will be attending the 5th International Forum on e-Democracy, run by issy.com, being held at Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris. In the United Kingdom Mr Burton will be meeting with election officials and will be available for meetings and discussion with interested parties.
US & Aussie Firms Team For The Future of ‘Absentee’ Balloting
Given today’s pre-election hullabaloo over the integrity of electronic poll-site voting machines the hundreds of US election officials who descended on San Antonio this week for their annual trade conference (see IACREOT) were not expecting to preview Internet Voting technology – but ‘point & click’ balloting was there for a test drive.
In collaboration with Popularis.org, Everyone Counts recently provided the technical support for the United Kingdom Labor Party's National Executive Committee Election in June. This was the first time that the state of the art 'Voice over Internet Protocol' (VoIP) technology was used along with Internet voting.
After 18 months of development the new e3 Interface will be rolled out in May. The new look e3 is easier to use, has more features and streamlines existing procedures. Everyone Counts Director, Craig Burton, is extremely proud of the new Interface and welcomes the greater access and functionality that it will supply to Everyone Counts partners and clients. “This is a superior election making tool, the e3 interface allows the average ERO to create complex and professional projects easily”.
Everyone Counts has become an industry partner with two student software engineering projects at the University Of Melbourne. The aim of the projects is to create advanced tools for on-line voting and data processing. The combination of Everyone Counts experience and the creativity and application of the students is expected to yield great results. Although both projects are in their infancy they show promise, exploring alternative networking and voter geographic information.