Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2025
Ohio security-vulnerability response
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose ordered an unspecified number of county election boards to replace electronic pollbooks with paper pollbooks after an unspecified security vulnerability was identified in a KnowInk pollbook. At least 10 county boards were reported to have made the switch.
2020
Pollbook failures during primary and general elections
Problems involving KnowInk electronic pollbooks were reported during the 2020 presidential primary elections in Georgia and Los Angeles County and during the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, Ohio, and Texas. In several jurisdictions, faulty or malfunctioning equipment led to lengthy voter waits.
2019
Electronic-pollbook problems in Georgia and Philadelphia
KnowInk pollbooks were associated with operational problems during Georgia local elections and a Philadelphia test election. The incidents contributed to concerns about the reliability of electronic pollbooks in live or near-live election settings.