How was the eSlate system chosen?
Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir began researching new systems in early 1999. As a first step, Ms. DeBeauvoir created an election equipment task force comprised of citizens versed in elections and technology. Together, they spent the next two years reviewing new voting systems, developing critical elements of the county’s Request for Proposals, critiquing submitted proposals, interviewing potential vendors, testing equipment, and ultimately choosing the system that best fit the needs of Travis County voters. As a result of their work, the county determined that the eSlate system is both the best system and the best value for Travis County voters. Read the Travis County Elections Study Group Report. ( This file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print. The reader can be downloaded free from Adobe.
