
(OCS) OpenElect® Central Suite
Leading innovation in the Election industry
Unisyn OpenElect® Central Suite (OCS) is a Linux-based suite of software applications that works together to define and configure an election:
Complete Control over Your Election Process
- The product suite provides maximum flexibility and customization while guiding the user through every step of the process
- User friendly graphical interface, with familiar interface conventions
- Consistent screen formats that make them easy to learn and easy to use
- Compiles and tabulates vote results
- Provides reports by precinct, by district, by county and statewide
The Unisyn OpenElect Central Suite (OCS) works in conjunction with our 2005 VVSG
Certified Linux-platform digital scan products:
Ballot Layout Manager (BLM)
- Creates, checks, translates and produces ballot styles needed by CollageOCS350x232a jurisdiction for an election
- Creates and stores precinct and district information in a database
- Camera-ready artwork is generated for all ballots
- Supports multiple languages
- Supports Ranked Choice Voting (RCV)
Election Manager (EM)
- Converts the Unisyn election definition file to a Unisyn-specific encrypted XML format
- Allows the jurisdiction to add voting device specific options
- Flexibility to check contests for undervotes, whether to allow or disallow certain features and other options
- Creates and manages Supervisor and Maintenance Technician logins and passwords
- Produces a CD containing encrypted compressed files that are loaded onto the voting devices
- CD is also used by post-election OVS components for election day vote processing

Election Server (ES)
- Sets the correct system time on the voting devices
- Uses the Election CD created by the Election Manager component to download new election data (via a closed and secure network) to OVO and OVI voting devices
Certification

Tabulator Client (TC)
- Following an election, transport media (Flash memory) from each poll location are delivered to a central count location, uploaded and converted to a database format that the jurisdiction can use for Unofficial and Official Canvass Reporting
- Retrieves, decrypts and transfers the vote files from the transport media to the Tabulator
- Resides on the same PC as the Tabulator or on a PC that communicates with the Tabulator
Transparent Source Code that Supports Accountability
- Reviewed by EAC-accredited Laboratory
- Lab Reports are made public as part of our transparent process
- Software code is disclosed as part of a procedure process with a jurisdiction
Tabulator
- Unisyn’s Tabulator receives and validates uploaded voting data and provides a status of uploaded files
- Provides Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) functionality
- Uses the Tabulator database to store results from all precincts
Tabulator Reports (TR)
- Accesses data from the Tabulator Database to generate the necessary Unofficial and Official reports
- As precinct results are uploaded, the vote tabulator generates and updates a number of reports including:
- Consolidated Election Report, summarized by precinct
- Voter Turnout report and other reports such as providing election results to the media
- The vote files maintain both an administrative audit trail and a voter audit trail that provide capability to retrieve ballot images
Our Voting Products
-
Quick ViewAdd to cart
-
Quick ViewAdd to cart
-
Quick ViewAdd to cart
-
Quick ViewAdd to cart
-
Quick ViewAdd to cart
-
Quick ViewAdd to cart
-
Quick ViewAdd to cart
-
Quick ViewAdd to cart
-
Quick ViewAdd to cart
-
Quick ViewAdd to cart
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people. We have that dynamic group of peoples

Kimberlee Shoup Erney
Managing Partner

Matt Erney
Managing Partner

Howard Erney
Director of Elections

Mason Brown
ESO Service Technician