Global Arena Holding Subsidiary,
Global Election Services, Details Voter Registration System for
Mail Ballots and In-person Voting
NEW YORK, NY -- April 2, 2020 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire
-- Global Arena
Holding, Inc. (the “Company”) (OTC
PINK: GAHC), in response to a number of shareholder
inquiries about mail ballots and how the process works, is pleased
to discuss the proprietary Registration Process that GAHC
subsidiary, Global Election Services, Inc. (GES), employed in the
North Dakota Democratic-NPL Presidential Primary. In our next
update, we will discuss our proprietary Tabulation Software System
Process.
The GES senior management team has four decades of experience in
administering successful elections. Each election process is
tailored to fit the individual client’s needs while complying with
the US Department of Labor Election Standards, which organized
labor unions are required to uphold. GES works individually with
each client to develop an election plan executing each step from
nominations to the actual election and results reporting. GES
designs all voting materials and works with a mutually agreed upon
printer/mail house to ensure each piece in the ballot package meets
the specific requirements of our proprietary Registration and
Tabulation Software Systems.
This successful process was most recently demonstrated when GES
administered the Democratic Presidential Primary for the entire
state of North Dakota. The election was a hybrid, wherein residents
could mail in their ballot or vote in person on primary day at one
of 14 locations set up and supervised by GES throughout the
State.
The GES team set up a dedicated call center available to all
residents of North Dakota and organized the fulfillment of over
3,000 ballot requests.
John S. Matthews, the Chairman of GAHC/GES stated, “The key to
Election Registration Software is determining voter eligibility.
This relies on the voter database. Simply put; is an individual
eligible or not eligible to vote? In all GES elections, any
eligibility determination must be backed up with facts, and GES
goes the extra mile to ensure anyone who wants to vote, can vote,
once we legally confirm their eligibility." North Dakota does not
have voter registration, so the voter database had 600,000+ names
of individuals who previously voted in the state.
GES teams, led by President Kathryn Weisbeck, began their
preparations by: creating a secure encrypted server and uploading
the list of 600,000+ potential voters to coordinate registration at
14 voting locations throughout the state; loading and testing our
proprietary software onto 52 laptop computers to be used by
volunteers; developing an election manual for our 17 Supervisors to
refer to for the specifics of this election event as well as the
detailed application of the GES proprietary Registration Software
that was specifically tailored for this election.
GES then coordinated the delivery of 46 Ballot Boxes, 52
laptops, 52 digital signature pads, 14 routers and 9 high-speed
optical scanners to the designated locations.
Two days prior to the In-Person voting day, the 2,000+ returned
mail ballots were retrieved from the US Post Office by GES and all
envelopes were registered in the system. Voters who sent in a
ballot were flagged in the 600,000+ voter list. The software with
the Voter List was tested on 52 individual laptop computers with
real-time lookup and voter sign-in, allowing potential voters to go
to any location across the state. The list was encrypted and stored
on a secure server that all locations had access to while the polls
were open, and registrations were updated in real-time.
The morning of the election GES trained hundreds of volunteers,
in some cases just prior to polls opening in the morning and as
they came in for shifts throughout the day. Many of the volunteers
had little or no technology experience and have obviously never
used GES software before. The volunteers learned very quickly and
became proficient with minimal instruction in a very short amount
of time.
The GES Registration System flags any potential voter as
‘Already Registered’ if they had previously cast a vote either by
mail or at another location. In this case, a warning box would pop
up on the computer screen and our volunteer registrar would let the
voter know their mail ballot had already been counted or they had
voted elsewhere and they would not be able to vote again. If they
cast a vote at another location, their signature, time and voting
location would be by their name as a reference. This functioned
flawlessly, and no individual was able to vote twice.
John S. Matthews stated, “It is important to understand that on
election day, GES Registration with real-time lookup has been
designed to be operated by individuals who are volunteering, many
with little or no background in election software, who we train and
immediately put to work registering voters under GES supervision.
We are extremely pleased that our proprietary Registration systems
were easily understood, and very user friendly.”
This software system is something GES took great care in
developing to ensure that only eligible voters receive a ballot, no
one votes twice, and we keep track of who voted, never knowing how
they vote. And, most importantly, all voter information is kept
secure. We call it KYV – Know Your Voter. Our software system
is unique in that we can implement it on a basic laptop that meets
GES specifications and the Wi-Fi is disabled. Our ease of use and
scalability will be even more valuable as more elections move to a
paper ballot process in these uncertain times.
GAHC will continue normal operations as GES’ mail ballot and
online tabulation systems do not require crowds of individuals for
in-person voting. The Board and all the employees of GAHC and GES
wish all of our clients, shareholders, and fellow Americans good
health and safety as we work together during these trying
times.
For more information on these and other developments, you're
encouraged to visit our website at: http://GlobalArenaHolding.com where
you can also access all our SEC filings, as we continue to pursue a
more effective Investor Relations initiative.
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