Ironically, ES&S own Operator's Manual warns that normal operating conditions require a temperature range of 60-100 Fahrenheit and non-condensing humidity of less than 95%. Even so, the touchscreen component was shipped to the Philippines where it was stored and later assembled both in hot and humid conditions without air conditioning. (Lost Votes in Florida's 2006 Election)
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ES&S, Bergquist, and Pivot International:
ES&S touchscreens were assembled in a Pivot International sweatshop in Manila, in humid conditions sans air conditioning. The Berquist Company manufactured the actual touchscreen component that Pivot International installed in the ES&S voting machines.
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The Bergquist Company vs. Hartford Casualty in the United States District Court, District of Minnesota. Court File No. 05CV2594 JNE/SRN, 11/08/2005.
Page, 4. Item 13.
Berquist continued to receive information into the fall of 2003 that many of the touchscreens that had been installed in voting machines were defective and were failing to hold calibration shortly after having been calibrated. Ultimately, Berquest determined that dielectric ink (Acheson ML 25265) which had caused the sudden "out-of-calibration problems had been used in 22,610 touchscreens sold by Pivot and incorporated into voting machines, and thus every screen had failed and required replacement.
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It should be noted that Sarasota County, Florida replaced all their ES&S touchscreens between 10/2003 and 1/2004. Pivot International supervised the installation. The reason given for the replacement was a faulty manufacturing process that caused the machines to fail. (Sarasota's Vanished Votes: An Investigation into the Cause of Uncounted Votes in the 2006 Congressional District 13 Race in Sarasota County, Florida, Susan Pynchon and Kitty Garber)
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ES&S, Bergquist, Pivot International . . . There are no clean hands here.
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