Know Ink LLC

City-funded organization

Know Ink LLC, known publicly as KNOWiNK, is an election technology company that makes electronic poll books and related voting equipment, headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. It holds two active NYC Board of Elections contracts, "Software Equipment & training for electronic poll books." ($21,571,710) and "Hardware/software - Poll Printers" ($1,250,000), plus three expired contracts covering earlier poll book, poll printer, and early voting equipment work dating to 2019. Per Checkbook NYC, 100% of the contract value the company has been awarded by the city ($100,917,166 across 5 contracts since 2019) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid.

Industry (per city contracts)
Professional Services
City contracts (active)
$22,821,710 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$100,917,166 · 5 since 2019, incl. expired
Paid to date
$73,710,674
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $100,917,166 · 5 contracts
Based in
Louis, MO (out of state)

Holds contracts at

City contracts

Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).

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