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ES&S, the leading supplier of voting machines in the United States, had an entire room to show off its equipment.  Mac Beeson demonstrates ES&S's Express Vote which combines paper-based voting with touch screen technology.  About 100 counties were using the system in 2016, and other localities made more limited use of it for ADA.  The unit runs about $3,500.  Also on display were scanner/tabulators and a state-of-the art direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machine (that type of equipment has fallen out of favor as election officials seek to ensure a paper trail).
Michael Greenman discusses Dominion Voting Systems' AuditMarkR technology, which stores an image of each ballot and adds a record of how the scanner/tabulator interpreted the markings on the ballot.  This can facilitate ballot review and adjudication.  Dominion is the second largest supplier of voting machines in the United States.  The Canadian firm became a major player in the election market in 2010 when it acquired  some Diebold clients after DOJ blocked Diebold's merger with ES&S; also in 2010 Dominion acquired Sequoia Voting Systems.  Dominion recently hired a chief security officer.
Hart InterCivic is another suppllier of voting machines.
This screen shot from Clear Ballot shows its "vote visualization system."  Election officials can display the votes for a given contest, prioritizing the least confident votes, then click on any one to view the entire ballot.  This can be helpful as they determine voter intent.
Runbeck specializes in ballot printing and election mailing; its Sentio™ Ballot Printing System allows for on-site and on-demand printing.
PCC provides voter registration ("used in 15 states to manage the records of nearly 54 million registerd voters"), election night reporting, and election management.
St. Louis based KNOW iNK's Poll PadsR are electronic poll books that are designed to make it easier for voters to check in.  ES&S, Tenex Software Solutions and VOTEC Corporation, companies offering similar products, also exhibited.
Several companies displayed mobile voting systems.  Votem is based on blockchain distributed ledger technology.  Voatz, a Boston-based company using blockchain technology, also had a booth.
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