election systems & software (es&s) is an omaha, nebraska-based company that manufactures and sells voting machine equipment and services. the company's offerings include vote tabulators, direct-recording electronic (dre) machines, voter registration and election management systems, ballot-marking devices, electronic poll books, ballot on demand printing services, and absentee voting-by-mail services. right|thumb|150x150px|election systems & software logo es&s is a subsidiary of mccarthy group, llc. in 2014, es&s was the largest manufacturer of voting machines in the united states, claiming customers in 4,500 localities in 42 states and two u.s. territories. as of 2014, the company had more than 450 employees, more than 200 of whom are located in omaha. in 2014, es&s claimed that "in the past decade alone," it had installed more than 260,000 voting systems, more than 15,000 electronic poll books, provided services to more than 75,000 elections. the company has installed statewide voting systems in alabama, arkansas, georgia, idaho, iowa, maine, maryland, minnesota, mississippi, montana, nebraska, new mexico, north carolina, north dakota, rhode island, south carolina, south dakota, and west virginia. es&s claims a u.s. market share of more than 60 percent in customer voting system installations. the company maintains 10 facilities in the united states, two field offices in canada (pickering, ontario; and vancouver, british columbia) and a warehouse in jackson, mississippi. ==history== election systems & software was incorporated in august 1979 as american information systems inc. (ais). the company acquired the election services division of business records corporation and was incorporated as election systems & software, inc. in december 1997. es&s was one of the top four providers of voting equipment used in the november 2004 election. the other three were diebold election systems, sequoia voting systems and hart intercivic. in september 2009, es&s acquired the assets of premier election solutions and premier-canada. in october 2011, premier was merged into the es&s company, and es&s changed its form of legal entity from a c-corporation to a delaware limited liability company. ===certification of voting systems=== in may 2013, the election assistance commission certified es&s' evs 5.0 election management system  as meeting the commission's 2005 voluntary voting 
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