Editing Premier Election Solutions (section)

==History==
DESI was run by Bob Urosevich, starting in 1976. In 1979, Bob Urosevich founded, and served as the president (through 1992) of, ''American Information Systems'', now known as [[Election Systems & Software|Election Systems & Software, Inc.]] (ES&S), becoming a chief competitor to DESI. Todd Urosevich, Bob's brother, was vice president, aftermarket sales, of [[Election Systems & Software|Election Systems & Software, Inc.]]

In 1995, Bob Urosevich started I-Mark Systems, whose product was a touch screen voting system utilizing a smart card and biometric encryption authorization technology.  Global Election Systems, Inc. (GES) acquired I-Mark in 1997, and on 31 July 2000, Bob Urosevich was promoted from Vice President of Sales and Marketing and New Business Development, to president and chief operating officer.  On January 22, 2002, [[Diebold]] announced the acquisition of GES, then a manufacturer and supplier of [[electronic voting]] terminals and solutions.  The total purchase price, in stock and cash, was $24.7 million. Global Election Systems subsequently changed its name to Diebold Election Systems, Inc.{{Citation needed|date=November 2015}}

===Name change ===
In late 2006, Diebold decided to remove its name from the front of the voting machines in what its spokesperson called "a strategic decision on the part of the corporation".<ref name="gimbel">{{cite web|author=Barney Gimbel, Fortune writer-reporter |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393084/index.htm |title=Rage against the machine: Diebold struggles to bounce back from the controversy surrounding its voting machines (Fortune, 3. November 2006) |publisher=Money.cnn.com |date=November 3, 2006 |access-date=November 22, 2011}}</ref>  In August 2007 Diebold Election Systems changed its name to "Premier Election Solutions" ("PES").<ref name="pr-des-pes"/>

====Acquisition by Election Systems & Software ====
[[Election Systems & Software]] (ES&S) acquired Premier Election Solutions on September 3, 2009. ES&S President and CEO Aldo Tesi said combining the two companies would result in better products and services for customers and voters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omaha.com/article/20090903/MONEY/909039985 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908014523/http://www.omaha.com/article/20090903/MONEY/909039985 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2012 |title=ES&S buys competitor |publisher=Omaha World-Herald (Omaha.com) |access-date=March 9, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

==== Acquisition by Dominion ====
Following the acquisition, the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] and 14 individual states launched investigations into the transaction on [[United States antitrust law|antitrust]] grounds.<ref name="Reuters on Diebold unit sale">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1925508020091219?type=marketsNews|title=U.S. opens probe of Diebold unit sale -report|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=Thomson Reuters|author=Ben Klayman| date=2009-12-19}}</ref>   In March 2010, the Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against ES&S, requiring it to divest voting equipment systems assets it acquired from Premier Election Solutions in order to restore competition.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/March/10-at-235.html | title = Justice Department Requires Key Divestiture in Election Systems & Software/Premier Election Solutions Merger | access-date = 2012-11-09 | author = [[United States Department of Justice]] | date = March 8, 2010}}</ref> The company sold the assets to [[Dominion Voting Systems]].

[[Dominion Voting Systems]] acquired Premier on May 19, 2010.<ref>{{cite news | title = Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. Acquires Premier Election Solutions Assets From ES&S | date = May 20, 2010 | url = http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20100520005593/en | work = [[Business Wire]] | access-date = 2012-11-09 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  "We are extremely pleased to conclude this transaction, which will restore much-needed competition to the American voting systems market and will allow Dominion to expand its capabilities and operational footprint to every corner of the United States," said John Poulos, CEO of Dominion.  The transaction was approved by the Department of Justice and nine state attorneys general.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dominionvoting.com/images/pdfs/DominionAcquiresPremierReleaseFinal4.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-11-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704213440/http://dominionvoting.com/images/pdfs/DominionAcquiresPremierReleaseFinal4.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref>