"I’m disappointed in ES&S. In their zeal to sell their product, they put us in a very difficult position. They have not been forthright and candid with us, and that needs to change," Board Chairman Damon Costar, a Democrat who joined with the two Republican members to approve mostly software changes 3-2. Other alterations were approved 4-1.
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Circosta also said some election equipment critics used this "as an opportunity to push their particular voting system and cast dispersion on others.”
Republican board member seamstress in tucson Ken Raymond said ES&S “should be concerned about how they’re viewed and perceived by the people of North Carolina and they should be concerned about the confidence of this board.”
ES&S spokeswoman Katina Granger didn't "directly address these critiques in a news release: “ES&S looks forward to serving the voters of North Carolina with secure, accurate elections equipment.”
Most of the state population that votes in person fills out paper ballots by hand that get counted by scanners. They can continue to use those optical scan systems, also produced by ES&S, in 2020.
Stella Anderson, a Democratic board member, voted against approving the upgrades and said the 20 counties — the largest being Mecklenburg, located in and around Charlotte — could simply use optical scan machines for now.
“Our back is not up against the wall, and we need to stop letting a vendor put us in a situation where we circumvent normal processes in the certification of voting systems,”
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