Harrisburg, PA - December 2009: Acclaim Systems, Inc has been selected by the PA Department of State (DOS) to provide complete Life Cycle Development in the development, implementation and on-going maintenance and support of the State's Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors (SURE) system. In addition, Acclaim will provide Tier Two/Tier Three Support and a Operations Support Center.  The SURE Election System Manager is the registration system used to administer 8 million Pennsylvania voters across 67 counties in support of the election process. The system handles election setup, voter application processing, precinct management, poll book generation, absentee balloting, reporting and correspondence generation. These applications support the voter registration process within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In addition to the maintenance, support and enhancements of the existing SURE applications, Acclaim Systems will provide a development team to continue converting the Elections and Campaign Finance System into the SURE portals and develop online voter registration and absentee voting functionality.
Acclaim will carry out all phases of the System Development Life Cycle.  Acclaim is also responsible for managing all aspects of the Tier Two/Three Support Center, Operations Support Center, Knowledge Base and Project Administration. Project is for 3 years with 2 additional 1 year extensions.