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Sequoia Voting Systems

California Elections Code section 19201 specifies that no voting system may be purchased or used in a California election until the Secretary of State approves that system. Additonally, all direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machines used in California must have an accessible voter-verified paper audit trail, pursuant to California Elections Code section 19250.

San Francisco Blended Sequoia Voting System - System 4.0 with System 3.1.012 (Approved)

Sequoia System 4.0 with Ranked Choice Voting (Approved)

Administrative Approval - WinEDS System 4.0 Modification - October 21, 2008
Approval Document - October 14, 2008
Post-Election Manual Tally Regulations
Hearing Agenda | Transcript - September 26, 2008
       Written Public Comment and Testimony (.pdf, 120KB)
       Staff Report (.pdf, 93KB)
       Consultant's Report (.pdf, 183KB)
       Source Code Report (.pdf, 153KB)

Sequoia WinEDS 3.1.012 (Conditional Reapproval following the Top-to-Bottom Review - October 25, 2007)

Administrative Approval - X of Y Utility for November 4, 2008, General Election - October 21, 2008
Administrative Approval - X of Y Utility for June 3, 2008, Statewide Direct Primary Election - May 2, 2008
Administrative Approval - X of Y Utility for February 5, 2008, Presidential Primary Election - January 25, 2008
Withdrawal of Approval/Conditional Reapproval - October 25, 2007 Revision (.pdf, 10,356KB)
Withdrawal of Approval/Conditional Reapproval - October 25, 2007 Redline Version (.pdf, 67KB)
Post-Election Manual Tally Regulations
Letter to Riverside County Clarifying - October 2, 2007 (.pdf, 114KB)
Hearing Agenda | Transcript - July 30, 2007
       Public Notice (.pdf, 58KB)
       Webcast of the Top-to-Bottom Review Public Hearing
       Written Public Comment and Testimony
       Source Code Report  (.pdf, 831KB)
       Red Team Report  (.pdf, 108KB)
       Documentation Review Report  (.pdf, 368KB)
       Accessibility Report  (.pdf, 1.07MB)
       Accessibility Report (HTML)

Sequoia WinEDS 3.1.012 System (Prior Approval - March 20, 2006)

Approval Document - March 20, 2006
Hearing Agenda | Transcript - March 1, 2006
       Staff Report
       Consultant's Report
       Edge I Volume Test Error Reports
       Edge II Volume Test Error Reports
       Insight Volume Test Error Reports
       Insight Plus Volume Test Error Reports
       Proposed Use Procedures

Sequoia EMS/AERO version 3.54.1 (Prior Conditional Approval - April 28, 2005)

Approval Document - April 28, 2005
Hearing Agenda | Transcript - April 21, 2005
       Staff Report: Item 1
       Consultant Report: Item 1
       Procedures: Items 1b
       Procedures: Item 1c
       Procedures: Item 1d

Sequoia WinEDS 3.0.134 AVC Edge with VeriVote (Prior Approval - January 21, 2005)

Sequoia WinEDS 3.0.134 with AVC Edge (Prior Conditional Approval - October 27, 2004)

Sequoia WinEDS 3.0.134 with 400c (Prior Conditional Approval - September 28, 2004)

Approval Document - September 28, 2004
Hearing Agenda - September 9 and 14 & October 5 - Amended September 30, 2004
       Transcript - September 14, 2004
       Staff Report: Items 5a,b
       Consultant Report: Items 5a,b
       Procedures: Item 5a
       Procedures: Item 5b

Sequoia Teamwork 6.0e and 8.1 (Prior Conditional Approval - October 5, 2004)