1997

1997, AIS and BRC merged, with AIS being renamed to Election Systems and Software (ES&S). The Justice Department halted the merger on antitrust grounds, leading to an arrangement where ES&S transferred the Optech line (originally made by BRC) to Sequoia. ES&S still retained its existing Optech contracts.

Not long after, ES&S acquired the Votronic touchscreen. They made cosmetic changes and updated it for ADA compliance, renaming it to the iVotronic.[8]