Clear Ballot Group, Inc.

What Clear Ballot Group, Inc. does

Clear Ballot Group, Inc. is a Boston/Nashua-headquartered GovTech company that designs, certifies, and deploys election technology systems for U.S. county, state, municipal, and tribal election administrators. Founded in 2009 and operating with 51-100 employees, the company sells its ClearVote platform into jurisdictions across 14 states serving more than 40 million voters. Its product suite spans the full election workflow: ClearDesign for browser-based ballot creation, ClearAccess and ClearMark for accessible ballot marking, ClearCast Go as a precinct tabulator, ClearCount as a central count tabulation system integrated with Fujitsu/ibml/Ricoh commercial scanners, VerifyNow and VerifyNow Pro for independent results verification and audits, PrintNow for on-demand thermal ballot printing, and the newer Nexus modular system. The technology stack runs on closed, isolated wired networks (no internet, WiFi, or Bluetooth), uses proprietary Vote Visualization computer vision to analyze voter marks, and adheres to Universal Ballot Integrity principles - full-face human-readable paper ballots with no barcode or QR-code encoding of votes.

The company is a registered U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) manufacturer; ClearVote has held federal certification through multiple versions (1.4, 1.5, 2.0, 2.2, 2.5) and is state-certified in Colorado, Virginia, New York, Ohio, and others, with VVSG 2.0 compliance positioned as a near-term catalyst. Business model combines one-time system sales (hardware + software) to counties and states, recurring software licensing, professional services for election-day support, and a growing Election as a Service managed offering. Quantified customer outcomes include a 25%-to-1% ballot duplication reduction at King County WA, a 94% reduction in ballot review time at Multnomah County OR, and a 50% operational cost reduction at Jackson County OR. The company raised over $18 million in 2017 and has continued organic growth through state-by-state certification, new product launches, and expansion of recurring-revenue services.

Name

Clear Ballot Group, Inc.

Legal name

Clear Ballot Group, Inc.

Website

https://clearballot.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Clear Ballot Group provides EAC-certified ClearVote election technology to U.S. counties, states, and tribal nations - covering ballot design, in-person voting, vote-by-mail, tabulation, and post-election audits - serving more than 40 million voters across 14 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Election Technology and Voting Systems

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Electoral Support & Election Observation (BPADAGAA)

Keywords

• Election technology
• Voting systems
• Post-election audits
• Ballot tabulation
• Accessible voting

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Voting System Sales: Sale of complete ClearVote voting systems including hardware (tabulators, ballot marking devices, scanners) and software (ClearDesign, ClearCount). Government procurement contracts with counties and states.
2. Software Licensing and Certification: Browser-based election management software licensed to election jurisdictions. Products certified by EAC and state authorities in multiple states.
3. Professional Services: Implementation, training, on-site technical support during pre-election, election day, and post-election activities. Customer success and support services.
4. Post-Election Audit Services: Results verification and audit services using VerifyNow and VerifyNow Pro systems. Can be delivered as service or hardware/software purchase.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Clear Ballot sells the ClearVote line of election technology systems to government election officials, combining EAC VVSG-certified browser-based election management software (ballot design, tabulation, verification) with commercial off-the-shelf hardware such as precinct tabulators, accessible ballot marking devices, high-speed scanners, and thermal ballot printers. Its VerifyNow product line independently tabulates other vendors' ballots for post-election auditing, and Elections-as-a-Service delivers managed election operations.

Product overview

Clear Ballot Group, Inc. offers ClearVote, a comprehensive EAC-certified voting system that is a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core ClearVote system includes ClearDesign (ballot creation), ClearAccess and ClearMark (accessible ballot marking devices), ClearCast Go (precinct tabulator), ClearCount (central count tabulation), VerifyNow and VerifyNow Pro (post-election audit/verification), PrintNow (on-demand ballot printing), and Nexus (next-generation hybrid BMD/tabulator). Additional offerings include Ranked Choice Voting capability, Election as a Service managed services, and Clear Ballot Academy training platform. The system emphasizes full-face paper ballots, Vote Visualization technology, and browser-based software that scales to jurisdictions of all sizes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ClearVote: The ClearVote voting system is EAC certified and includes products for ballot creation, voting, tabulation, and verification.
• ClearDesign
• ClearAccess
• ClearMark
• ClearCast Go
• ClearCount
• VerifyNow
• VerifyNow Pro
• PrintNow
• Clear Ballot Academy
• Nexus

Products and services

• ClearVote EAC-certified end-to-end voting system for county and state election officials that bundles ballot creation, accessible ballot marking, precinct tabulation, central count, and results verification into a browser-based platform on closed air-gapped networks.
• ClearVote Nexus Next-generation voting system designed to VVSG 2.0 that functions as a standalone precinct tabulator or combined BMD-plus-tabulator with on-board thermal ballot printing for jurisdictions needing modern, modular hardware.
• VerifyNow Standalone independent results verification solution that tabulates other vendors' ballots using Vote Visualization technology and built-in ballot inventory tools, enabling transparent audits and canvassing without replacing the primary voting system.
• VerifyNow Pro Complete post-election results verification package including hardware (scanners), capable of tabulating other voting systems' ballots quickly with built-in ballot inventory for counties that own their audit infrastructure.
• Election as a Service Managed end-to-end election service in which Clear Ballot operates ClearVote equipment and processes (ballot design, printing, scanning, tabulation, verification) on behalf of smaller jurisdictions that lack in-house resources.

Quantifiable outcome

• Duplication rate reduced from 25% to 1% at King County, Washington
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability2 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Perkins School for the BlindcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClear Ballot partnered with the renowned Perkins School for the Blind to develop their paper ballot system, embracing user-centered design and increased accessibility. The collaboration focuses on ensuring voters with disabilities can cast ballots privately and independently. ClearMark usability was tested at Perkins School.
• FujitsucoreTechnology or IntegrationClearCount is integrated with Fujitsu commercial scanners. Harney County, Oregon uses Fujitsu fi-7180 scanners as part of their Clear Ballot solution.
• ibmlcoreTechnology or IntegrationClearCount is integrated with ibml commercial scanners for high-speed ballot scanning and tabulation.
• RICOHcoreTechnology or IntegrationClearCount is integrated with RICOH commercial scanners for ballot tabulation.
• U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)coreOthersClear Ballot is a registered manufacturer with the EAC. The ClearVote suite is certified by the EAC in full compliance with VVSG. Products undergo testing by independent Voting System Test Laboratories (VSTLs).

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Election Systems & Software (ES&S): ES&S is the largest US voting systems vendor, offering tabulators, ballot marking devices, and election management software to counties and states. It is the most direct competitor to ClearVote, with the same EAC-certified, state-by-state sales motion.
• Hart InterCivic: Hart InterCivic is an EAC-certified voting system vendor offering Verity — a suite of ballot marking, tabulation, and audit products. It competes head-to-head with ClearVote for state and county contracts in similar verticals.
• Dominion Voting Systems: Dominion provides Democracy Suite — a full voting system including BMDs, tabulators, and EMS — sold to US counties and states. It is a direct peer in product category, customer base, and EAC/state certification sales motion, though its scale and political exposure have been different.
• KNOWiNK: KNOWiNK is a leading provider of electronic pollbook software used by counties for voter check-in on election day. It is a direct peer in the election technology vendor space serving similar county and state customers and integrates with print-on-demand ballot systems.
• Runbeck Election Services: Runbeck provides vote-by-mail ballot printing, insertion, and election logistics services to counties and states. It is a direct peer in the vote-by-mail segment where Clear Ballot's ClearDesign, PrintNow, and ClearCount compete for the same county customers.
• Tenex Software Solutions: Tenex provides election management software (EMS) and ballot layout tools used by county election offices. It competes with ClearDesign in the ballot creation and election management workflow within the same county customer base.
• Tenex Software Solutions: Note: already listed above as Tenex Software Solutions. Use only if no other peer fits.

Emerging players

• Democracy Live: Democracy Live provides accessible electronic ballot delivery (ballot marking, remote ballot marking) for military and overseas voters, competing in adjacent election tech segments. It is a partial-overlap peer serving the same government election official customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/clearballot
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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors7 records

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M&A

Investments

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