2006

William R. Singer filed a Qui Tam Complaint against Hart Intercivic Inc., 7/13/2006

This is an action by qui tam Relator William Singer, on behalf of the United States, against Defendant Hart InterCivic, Inc. (“Hart”) to recover penalties and damages arising from false statements Hart made regarding the accuracy, testing, reliability, and security of its voting system, in an effort to secure federal monies allocated to the states pursuant Case 1:06-cv-01363-LTB to the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (“HAVA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 15301 et seq. Mr. Singer worked as a computer technician for Hart from 2001 through early 2004 (at times as Hart’s only computer technician nationwide).

In July 2004, Mr. Singer wrote the Secretaries of State for the States of Texas and Ohio, to alert them to Hart’s misconduct. He received no substantive response. Mr. Singer provided discrete bits of information to the press in hopes of attracting attention to Hart’s misconduct. Having “accomplished nothing” in Mr. Singer’s words, he decided to seek legal redress