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https://thefederalist.com/2024/10/25/pennsylvanias-technology-glitch-thursday-warns-flawed-voter-system-is-overdue-for-replacement/

EXCERPT:

The Pennsylvania Department of State signed a $10 million contract on Dec. 28, 2020, with BPro, a South Dakota company, to create the SUREVote system to replace the SURE System. Less than two months later, BPro went public with the news that it had been acquired by a company named KNOWiNK, and the contract that was to run until December 2024 was taken over by the new company. (KNOWiNK is the maker of electronic poll books many voters sign when voting.)

While waiting for the replacement to be built, complaints about SURE continued.

The Pennsylvania House prepared a May 2021 report that reviewed election laws and concluded, “The SURE System is unable to meet the demands of the mail-in voting system and the needs of counties.”

That report detailed problems with SURE, discovered in hearings with county election workers.

Joseph Kantz, chairman of Snyder County Commissioners and Board of Elections, told the committee about lost time “when the SURE system is down.” It takes a long time to reboot, “causing the processing of thousands of ballots to be delayed.”

“Kantz also explained the problems he faces when it comes to alternate addresses being pulled by the SURE system,” the report said. “When the system pulls an alternate address to send a mail-in ballot, this causes the ballot to be sent to the wrong address.”

At that time, county election workers said they were eager to get started with an improved system.

But the Department of State abruptly canceled that contract in December 2023, saying the work was behind schedule, and it did not believe the company would meet the standards in the contract. By then, the state had paid $3.6 million to BPro and KNOWiNK, but had nothing to show for it.

There was not enough time to undergo the bidding process, choose a new contractor, and build a new system, so, nearly five years after DePasquale blew the whistle on the faulty SURE system, Pennsylvania is still using it in the 2024 election.  

The Department of State did not respond to questions for this story.