Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
has entered into an agreement with Everyone Counts Inc. to exclusively
develop an electronic voting system for the 85th Academy Awards®, to be
held in 2013.
Everyone Counts will work with PwC, the Academy's accounting
firm of record, whose role in tabulating Academy members' votes will
remain unchanged. Over the next year, the Academy will undertake a
rigorous security and user-acceptance testing process.
"This is the first of many steps that we'll be taking toward
developing a secure and convenient electronic voting system, beginning
with next year's ballot," said Academy Chief Operating Officer Ric
Robertson. "We're excited to have found great partners in the people who
do this best."
The selection of Everyone Counts is the result of an 18-month
search conducted by the Academy. The company is internationally
recognized for its expertise in election administration and computer
security and its voting platform is a global leader in the election
industry. Built into its technology and processes are multiple layers of
security that include military-grade encryption techniques. The
company's other clients include the United States Department of Defense;
the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice; the state of New South Wales,
Australia; and the states of Oregon, Florida, and Washington.
"We are honored to have earned the trust of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in bringing online voting to the Oscars
starting next year," said Lori Steele, Chairman and CEO of Everyone
Counts Inc. "Our company was founded to set a new standard of security,
accessibility, and transparency in elections. We're proud to be working
with the Academy, an organization that also represents the highest
standards in its field."
"We look forward to working with Everyone Counts for next
year's 85th Academy Awards and beyond," said Brad Oltmanns, balloting
leader, PwC. "We are excited about the new electronic voting system,
which will enable us to conduct the tabulation process with the same
high level of precision, trust and integrity that we have for the past
78 years."
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ABOUT THE ACADEMY
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's
preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than
6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In
addition to the annual Academy Awards—in which the members vote to
select the nominees and winners—the Academy presents a diverse
year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides
financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations
and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion
picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and
Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access
to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other
activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment
industry and people everywhere who love movies.
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ABOUT EVERYONE COUNTS INC.
Everyone Counts, the world's leading provider of state-of-the-art
election administration and voting systems, uniquely combines
world-class expertise in technology, computer security, usability and
election administration. Through this experience and expertise, Everyone
Counts has modernized best-election-practices worldwide since 1997.
Unique in the industry, Everyone Counts' continually innovates to meet
customer needs. Its patent pending innovations are quickly becoming the
industry standard globally and are transforming the $32 billion election
industry. Everyone Counts' SaaS-based election administration tools and
voting platform are helping governments and private membership
organizations to improve their existing processes, systems and services.
Ease of adoption is core to the Everyone Counts voting platform. The
firm's ability to integrate its modern election systems with existing
processes is unmatched worldwide.
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