Easy to use, large clean screens.

Good in small to mid-sized counties (10,000-140,000)

Proven, mostly stable product.

Old product that hasn’t been updated in 5 years.

Tech support spotty.

Lacks sophistication of larger packages used in large counties.

Many processes still have to be handled manually.

Database is Sybase SQL Anywhere–not well known and old version too.

No batch entry mode.

Duplicate voter check can be customized. (See fig.1)

Search is by Name and Address (See Fig. 2)

Unlimited Custom Fields.

Ability to hide addresses on individual voter records.

Clean Main Voter Screen.

Many voter reports can be generated both fixed and ad hoc.

Voter History for unlimited elections is maintained.

Can be used by street ranges or individual streets.

Precinct splits are allowed.

VR Sweeper module allows bulk changing of streets and segments (see Fig. 4).

Nice reports available in Sweeper module (See Fig. 5).

Sweeper allows a report of affected voters, streets. It also allows you to roll back the transaction if it was done incorrectly.

Fully NVRA compliant.

Tracks changes to voter records (see Fig 6.)

Action Manager is the NVRA correspondence module – limited in function.

Does not create export payroll file.

Tracks date of last class only (not classes and attendees).

Extensive search capabilities (See Fig. 7).

Supports rollover from previous election.

Allows ability to work away from home precinct.

Done as part of the precinct file. Each precinct has a voting location.

Does not allow consolidation per se–you can do this by entering in the same location information in to two or more precinct records.

Can only track supplies, etc. through customized user-defined fields.

If the precinct is in play, then the location associated with that precinct is in play.

Entered in to VR Election module. No tracking other than name/district info.

Races and applicable districts are entered in the VR Election Module.

Ballot style creation is automatic and can be updated as needed.

Limited absentee processing.

Does not allow the mailing of a 2^nd ballot.

No use of bar codes on mailings.

Provisional voters are handled by checking the record, then recording the vote.

No specific module exists for this.

Weak petition module exists.

Line and page entry does not work (but it shows as there).

Does not track non-registered signers.

Signatures are not displayed on the main petition page.

No auto notification when sufficient signatures are approved.

Done through VR Permanent Module. Limited Codes setup.

Only 3 levels of security, including public lookup.

Batch scanning of cards clips signature, but does not capture entire card.

Signatures can be viewed with one click from main voter screen.

Cards and other documents can be scanned and stored, but requires some setup on the part of the vendor. Not widely used.

Images are stored in Btrieve database file (an older method of storage).

Image files often stored on older Optical Media.

No desktop scanning is supported.

No automatic pollbook scanning is available. Only bar manual bar code wand scan.

Some basic parameters can be entered (active voters only, etc.)

Report writer is Crystal Reports (probably version 4 or 5)

18 ad hoc capable reports. (See Fig. 9)

Ad hoc allows criteria based on History, Party, District, Precinct and Status (along with some name filtering, etc.).

None.

Crystal Reports or other ODBC complaint report writer.

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Duplicate Record Filter