Anoto to Deliver Technology for E-voting System for Hamburg Elections
One of Anoto’s German partners, Diagramm Halbach, has won a European public tender for delivering an e-voting system solution based on Anoto digital pen and paper technology to the City of Hamburg for the elections in 2008.
In the initial phase Anoto is working in close cooperation with Diagramm Halbach to complete the necessary approval and certification processes. After completion of this process the project will be rolled out in full during late 2007. The potential for the project is 12 000 pens.
The project started with a pilot study that was conducted during the elections in Hamburg in September 2005 where trial elections were made in two separate election rooms where digital pen and paper were used. The result was very positive and exceeded the expectations of the authorities.
“E-voting is an emerging trend and for Anoto this is an extremely interesting and potentially very big market. We know that the voting authorities are facing problems with counting the voting results, complex voting slip procedure as well as having to wait for the results. This is where the benefits of Anoto’s technology come into play. The immediate data transfer gives quick voting results while still allowing paper-trail and manual counting of the votes for control purposes. Also, using a pen and paper is uncomplicated and comes natural to the voters,” says Anders Norling, CEO of Anoto Group AB
For more information:
Anders Norling
CEO
Anoto Group AB
+46-733 45 14 98
Anoto Group AB
is the inventor of and world leader in the Digital Pen and Paper technology allowing quick and reliable transmission of handwritten text from paper to digital media. Anoto works with a global network of partners focusing on user-friendly forms solutions for efficient capture, transmission and storing of data for a variety of business segments including healthcare, banking and finance, transportation and logistics, government and education. The Anoto Group has around 90 employees, offices in Lund (head office), Boston and Tokyo. Major shareholders are Norden Technology A/S, Logitech International S/A, Robur and DNB. The Anoto share is traded on the Nordic Mid Cap list of the Stockholm Stock Exchange under the ticker ANOT. For more information: www.anoto.com
Diagramm Halbach
Diagramm Halbach is one of Europe's largest printers for special papers and applications. The product range covers health care and pharma, industry, finance, public transport and event. Strong focus is made on man-machine interaction based on paper with digital pen and paper and RFID being the most important ones.
Diagramm Halbach is Anoto partner since many years and combines both printing and application development inhouse, having thus control over the complete length of a digital pen and paper application. The Halbach Group was founded in 1832 and has approx. 320 employees on 4 sites. For more information visit: www.halbach.com; www.dotvote.de
