Diebold Election Systems has been selected by 20 of those counties to serve more than 1.4 million voters. Potential revenue could be in the range of $10 million to $20 million in 2004, depending upon the number of counties that participate.
"We have been working closely with counties to plan for the deployment of electronic voting for the November 2004 general election," said Mark G. Radke, director of marketing for Diebold. "The confirmed distribution of the HAVA funding by the Controlling Board will help those counties continue that progress, providing more accurate and accessible technology for their voters."
Radke noted that no security problems were reported during the March Super Tuesday Primary Election. Together, Georgia, Maryland and California utilized more than 55,600 voting units -- which includes the Diebold TSX machines that the California Secretary of State recently banned from California.
Ohio counties that are eligible for the funds and have preliminarily selected the company's systems include Brown, Butler, Carroll, Columbiana, Crawford, Fairfield, Gallia, Harrison, Henry, Huron, Jackson, Logan, Lorain, Lucas, Medina, Mercer, Morgan, Richland, Trumbull and Tuscarawas.
