Election Technology Council

Formed in 2003, the Election Technology Council (ETC) is a trade association consisting of voting system manufacturers in the United States. The current membership of the Council represents the voting system platforms for 90% of the registered voters in the U.S.

Sequoia Voting Systems is a founding member company of the ETC.

The mission of the ETC is to promote the common interests of the election industry manufacturer community. The organization's goal is to support policies that help voters exercise their right to vote and have their votes accurately recorded, verified and counted. Toward that goal, the ETC supports:

• Independent verification of electronic voting;
• Training and deployment of sufficient poll workers and voting equipment to efficiently and accurately serve the electorate;
• Voting procedures and equipment that increase voter participation;
• Long-term stability of voting procedures and the regulatory framework that oversees elections; and
• Transparency among regulatory and certification agencies.

Sequoia's Michelle Shafer is the current Chairperson of the ETC. Ian Piper, Compliance Officer for Premier Election Solutions is the Vice-Chair and Marcus MacNeill, Vice President of Marketing for Hart InterCivic is the Treasurer.

David Beirne serves at the association's Executive Director and the main point of contact for the organization. David can be reached at and 713-896-9292.

Please visit www.electiontech.org to learn more about the ETC and to review the organization's publications and other materials.