Experdev Inc.

Experdev Inc. Experdev a Canadian based international Purchasing Agent with 40 yrs experience in the sector.

Provides custom services to clients in developing economies and emerging democracies.

I’ve received many questions about previous post Preprinted Ballots, predominantly the following “If the ballot is prepr...
05/08/2026

I’ve received many questions about previous post Preprinted Ballots, predominantly the following “If the ballot is preprinted why does a commission need to print their own ballot at a later date, please explain.”

We preprint ballot sheets not final ballots, sheets are produced in such a way printing of the candidates is done locally by EMB just prior to the election, on blank space specifically for printing of candidates, political party, and checkbox on a desk top printer at commission headquarters.

Preprinting sheets begins when a commission provides custom size of the final ballot to be used on polling day. Note there are some limitations to the maximum size of the final ballot, pending local printer capacity. Sheets are first produced on bulk custom paper mill rolls. Paper is custom-made and can take 8 weeks to produce approx. 2-4m sheets. Security features are incorporated into the paper and roll are then delivered to our printing facilities.

Paper rolls are set up for customized preprinting of static impressions, such as full cover sheet micro printing and any text. The first printing is roll-to-roll after which sheets/rolls are then returned through the press to apply the variable printing, sequential numbering of each ballot. Clients want guaranties of no repeat numbers, 1M ordered means only 1m will be delivered, no less not more!

Printing done along with perforations rolls are now run through a device where paper is cut into large sheets, i.e. 2 or 4 sheets each, and then sent to a guillotine for precise shearing, i.e. an A4-A3 or custom final ballot size. See picture.

Perforations consist of one along the left edge, full vertical length of the sheet. Across the top of the sheet a perforation runs from the vertical perforation on the left to the right-hand side of the sheet approx. 4cm height. This is the receipt. Printing completed sheets are now wrapped, i.e., reams of 500 or 1,000 sheets packaged into cartons with content labels for identification by ballot sheet numbers enclosed in each carton, then palletized wrapped in plastic and ready for loading into sea in containers 20’ or 40’ pending order.

Ready for shipping ballot sheets “DO NOT” require shipment by air, no panic or urgency to meet a fast-approaching polling date! Sea transit is about +-30-45 days to any destination worldwide and when received they are stored in a secure warehouse.

A Commission can now open their ballot sheets, run them through their local printer with no risk of errors avoiding any outside expensive reprints. Sheets are now “Ballot Papers”! stacked in bundles of 50-100 and stapled on the left side to form a booklet. On polling day ballot is torn out and top portion removed ballot handed to the voter. The booklet stub remains with numbers, and the receipt also with same number is kept as back up. The ballot has no number linking it to receipt or stub. Into the ballot box it goes.

Any more questions feel free to ask, [email protected]

Experdev Inc. preprinted secure Ballot papers, possibly the easiest and most cost-effective method to print ballots for ...
04/18/2026

Experdev Inc. preprinted secure Ballot papers, possibly the easiest and most cost-effective method to print ballots for countries with under 4 million registered voters. A most innovative tested & proven solution developed by us and providing commissions the ability to print their own ballots locally. And, to do so just prior to the election, avoiding last minute candidate changes! No more overseas errors requiring costly reprints and outrageous transport costs.

Preprinted ballot sheets are produced with security features, in both the paper and the printing, custom perforations for ease of producing, also locally, ballot booklets, sequential numbering, no missed numbers…list of pros goes on and on!

Enhance and develop local capacity building of personnel, there is no need to go "overseas" again for costly offshore work by foreign entities.

Below, Gordon Sinclair, CEO of Experdev Inc. overseeing production of 2.3 million secure ballot papers. Find out how your commission can bring home the job of printing your own ballots locally, for further info get in touch [email protected]

10/31/2025

In touch with Kingston daily and specific needs are beginning to surface from our office there. Your support is appreciated. Thank you for your donation.
GS

Dear Gordon, "We desperately need and have an urgent requirement for heavy duty tarpaulins. Large enough to cover small houses and small classrooms. Made from materials similar to that used for the tents you have supplies us with in the past. Urgent means you will have to ship by air, expensive but necessary. Good luck with your campaign." Sincerely GB Dir.

10/31/2025

Hello, I am Gordon Sinclair from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and I have been involved … Gordon SInclair needs your support for Post Melissa storm relief fund

Congratulations to Jamaica EMB Electoral Management Body, the ECJ for holding a very successful free and fair election 3...
09/09/2025

Congratulations to Jamaica EMB Electoral Management Body, the ECJ for holding a very successful free and fair election 3 September. Observation missions were pleased with the work of the commission and the level of integrity and transparency, you can see the report from the CARICOM mission on our site https://experdev.com/news-%26-events

PRINT YOUR OWN BALLOTSIf you are an electoral commission happy with paying the high cost and exorbitant price to print b...
08/07/2025

PRINT YOUR OWN BALLOTS

If you are an electoral commission happy with paying the high cost and exorbitant price to print ballots this is NOT for you.

However, if you are an Electoral Commission/EMB with a small # of reregistered voters, +- 2million, interested in saving valuable financial resources, looking to avoid high costs of expensive international printers, costly airfreight, and seek to bring home and control the process of printing ballots on home turf while developing local capacity and skills...this is for YOU.

With a high volume printer, shown in picture, you can do just that. Knock of 2m ballots in about a week or so, just days before the polls open and assure that no costly mistakes require last minute reprints! You will want to learn more if you want to save more. For those taking the first step, we'll give you the first printer for FREE. Interested, learn more at [email protected]

In the beginning…well around early mid 90s newly emerging democracies were popping up all over the place. Many in Africa...
07/14/2025

In the beginning…well around early mid 90s newly emerging democracies were popping up all over the place. Many in Africa, the Caribbean and in other good governance hot spots around the world. The business of ballots began to blossom! It was a busy time for new electoral enterprises. A few countries were already experienced in the ways of the vote, others new to the game. And entrepreneurs & organizations rushed in to supply the growing number of material needs! At first there was a variety of items, some similar to school supplies coming from all directions. Then someone organized and consolidated materials in bulk. An interesting mix of goods along with services to deliver them, some to particularly challenging destinations! Then, some of the folks I worked with decided to look at putting all the items in a box. It was kind of a picnic basket for polling stations. The Idea caught on, and like Bertha my big beautiful blue ballot box, everyone jumped on the polling station kit wagon. Experts came out of the woodwork. I played a leading role in the development of this process. But then every Tom, Dick, n’ Harry is on to it. So, it was time to keep thinking innovatively.

A mobile kit…why not a mobile station. The mobile station was coming to life. Big Bertha had a bigger baby blue brother. The Mobile Polling Station. A polling station KIT but the polling place itself was the KIT.

Many countries used the shade of the village, town, or community palaver tree. It worked for a while, but the weather did not always agree.

The big blue polling kit is a tent, in this case a 4X4m easy to erect structure with windows and doors, tables and chairs with appropriate signage for directions. We can include up to two ballot boxes and voting booths. All for about $400.00. All packed into a 20 - or 40 - foot container.

A host of other essential items can easily be added to further customize the kit to make this a highly functioning polling station out in the wild in a matter of hours. Also, we have a suggested list of other camp materials that make the station a functional place to vote.

For those commissions facing polling places in the rain get in touch with us at [email protected] and I will get you and your electorate in and out of the rain.

Want to learn more about camping/governance/elections send me a Whatsapp text or email!!!

Yes, we have no ‘Big Beautiful Bills nor Bananas’ but at Exeprdev Inc we do have Big Bertha, she’s one Big Beautiful Blu...
07/07/2025

Yes, we have no ‘Big Beautiful Bills nor Bananas’ but at Exeprdev Inc we do have Big Bertha, she’s one Big Beautiful Blue Ballot Box! She’s the great grand-mother of all +100-liter ballot boxes, of what is now the world's standard format. The photos are of the very first prototype produced as a sample for the UN in the agency’s logo colour. But Bertha never knew polling services, she's been baking outside in the sunshine and snow for about 10 years in my back yard. Admittedly cruel and harsh treatment, undemocratic really. But what a testament to the quality of the best made tub style ballot box. She’’s done just about everything possible in the garden except hold ballots. Loves gardening, recycling and a cold beer from time to time. Want to learn how much she charges to handle ballot papers, get in touch [email protected] Clear boxes in Burkina Faso and Albania, her grandchildren work'n the elections.

Indelible ink markers are a cost-effective way to show a voter has voted, a person has received a package, a person, mot...
06/27/2025

Indelible ink markers are a cost-effective way to show a voter has voted, a person has received a package, a person, mother & child has been vaccinated, avoid duplications. Trusted supplier for on time production and delivery for any program, large or small? FYI production, supply and deliver 250k units 14% SN/3ml/ ten days. Ready for shipment anywhere in Africa. For budget purposes, under half$ per pen. For more info details on specs, handling and delivery by sea or by air, call, text or message this page.

02/17/2025

4 Nations Series, welcome to the pregame booing and fighting show. Personally, I prefer watching the best players play. On that note as a person who lives in the east and falls asleep when watching games from my hometown YVR, and AB & MB, best treat of this series for migrant easterner is the chance to see McDavid play, wow, unquestionably world’s best, magical speed n' hands. Oh, back to the post. If our American cousins, family, friends and NEIGHBOURS choose to boo, as we have booed, too, I guess it is in fact their god given constitutional right and prerogative, their birthright so to speak, their 15 minutes! However, when the show ends and the jubilation and joy of booing dies down and calm returns for the drop the gloves show, it is absolutely incumbent upon all American fans…no, rather, all American fans and citizens alike to ask themselves the question, “WHY, WHY ARE WE BOOING AT THE CANADIANS, WHY AM I BOOING AT THEIR SONG, I JUST DON’T KNOW?” Pregame announcement, “please leave all arms n’ guns at the sheriff’s office at the entrance.

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