NEWS & EVENTS
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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS

OPT2VOTE Launches New Office In Scotland - March 2010

OPT2VOTE was delighted to launch its new offices at 10 York Place, Edinburgh on Thursday 11th March 2010, reinforcing its commitment to its Scottish customer base. The agenda for the afternoon included a presentation on OPT2VOTE's product suite and future development plans in Scotland.

Managing postal votes for the next Parliamentary Election

OPT2VOTE has been running a series of regional seminars on the topic of "Managing postal votes for the next Parliamentary Election."

These seminars give election officials and managers the opportunity to help plan their election and speak to experienced representatives from OPT2VOTE.

For further details or to enquire about arranging a seminar in your region please contact Claire Fawl on 02871 371111 or via email cfawl@opt2vote.com

             Attendees from the seminar held in Edinburgh on 5th November 2009.

Quality Re-accreditations

OPT2VOTE was recently reassessed by the British Standards Institute (BSI) was re-accredited for both ISO:9001:2008 Quality Management System and ISO 27001 Information Security Management System reporting no non-conformances.

OPT2VOTE deliver in 2009 European and Local Elections

The June 2009 European and Local elections is one of the most successful years to date for OPT2VOTE. Print services including poll cards, ballot books and postal packs were delivered to fifty Local Authorities throughout England and Scotland. OPT2VOTE’s well established Postal Vote Management Solution (PVMS) continues to go from strength to strength and was successfully deployed to numerous sites in Scotland and in England. The customer feedback received speaks for itself:

“Excellent. Best year ever – PVMS improves every year!” (Linda Hinton, City of Bradford Council)

“I would like to thank the OPT2VOTE team for the efficient and professional service we received. The equipment was delivered and installed promptly with no problems, and the pre-requisites we were issued with in advance were essential in ensuring that expectations were managed and that we had the key infrastructure in place. In particular, thefacility for candidates and agents to view the adjudication procedure was very well received andenhanced thetransparency of our proceedings.” (Emily Metcalf, Ipswich Borough Council)

“Easyprint was easy to use and the alert system ensured that we were doing what needed to be done quickly.” (Shona Cameron, Angus Council)

“We would like to thank OPT2VOTE for the excellent, professional and well managed service given to Warwick District Council by their team at the combined Euro and County elections held on 4 June 2009. Just to complicate matters we also had two by elections, but the EasyPrint website for proofing ballot papers and postal voting documents proved invaluable and by having the Gold Service for PVMS and PI Remote, the OPT2VOTE team took away the stress which the new postal voting system has introduced. We look forward to working with them all again in the future.” (Gillian Friar, Warwick District Council)