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Union County commissioners approve $73,801 renewal for Hart Intercivic voting system support
Summary
The Board of Commissioners approved a $73,801 renewal for software license and maintenance of the county's Hart Intercivic Verity voting equipment after a presentation by elections officials describing security, testing and chain-of-custody procedures.
Union County commissioners on Jan. 6 approved a $73,801 renewal for the software license and maintenance contract for the county's Hart Intercivic Verity voting system.
Elections Director Kristen Jochen and Deputy Director Philip Henson told the board the county switched from ES&S equipment to Hart Intercivic after state certification and local testing, and that the current vote was for annual software support rather than new hardware. "The hand to eye sample audit is required after each election," Jochen said, describing post-election manual checks required by the State Board of Elections. Henson described technical safeguards: "No. No part of our system touches any…
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