Voting
Solutions software selected for Fonterra
board of directors and shareholder’s council elections
Oakland, CA--- April 8, 2002--- Voting Solutions, the leading
developer of software for counting preference and choice style elections,
announced that ChoicePlus Pro has been selected to process the Fonterra
Co-operative Group Board of Directors and Shareholder’s Council elections.
Fonterra, based in New Zealand , is one of the world's top ten
dairy companies. The elections will run
from April 30 through May 17. Results will be finalized and appointments made
by 31 May.
ChoicePlus
Pro is the leading software used for tabulating ranked-ballot elections in the
U.S. including STV and Instant Run-Off Voting (IRV). Voting Solutions software
is used for counting elections by businesses, political parties, churches,
universities and non-profits. Additionally, ChoicePlus Pro is used to count
public elections including Cambridge, MA, City Council and School Committee
elections.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd is New Zealand's largest company,
employing approximately 20,000
staff and marketing dairy products in 140 countries around the globe. About one
dollar in every five that New Zealand earns overseas ise earned by Fonterra
Co-operative Group Ltd and about seven percent of the country's GDP.Fonterra is
governed by a board elected by its 13,000 supplying shareholders. . Its
shareholders’ views are represented through a Shareholders’ Council. Please
visit http://www.fonterra.com for more
information.
Voting
Solutions, LLC is a closely held partnership based in Oakland, California. For
more information, contact Voting Solutions by phone at 925-676-1974, or by
e-mail at info@votingsolutions.com. Please visit Voting Solutions' website at http://www.votingsolutions.com for
more information.
Editor
Contact:
Bill
Gram-Reefer
Voting
Solutions
925-676-1974
www.votingsolutions.com