Our History
Proud and time-tested tradition of excellenceWith over 100 years of legislative process and technology staff experience, International Roll-Call® Corporation has developed a proud and time-tested tradition of excellence. We have provided specialized solutions to over 70 state legislative chambers, a number of city and county governments, and national parliaments.
1922
First System Demonstrated to the U.S. Congress
Our founder, Marshall Thompson, demonstrated the first electromechanical voting system to the U.S. Congress in 1922. Years later he formed International Roll-Call® after innovating the voting process with a series of patents.
1923
First electromechanical voting system installed in the Virginia House of Delegates
1936
Marshall Thompson forms International Roll-Call® Corporation from American Signal Corporation
1988
The first Personal Computer (PC) voting systems are developed and installed, including system control using integrated circuits
1998
LawMaker™ Legislative Management application developed and installed
2004
IRC forms strategic alliance with Daktronics
2012
IRC develops flagship xmLegislator.NET™ Voting Software product
2016
Development of VSCU-1000 system control
2020
Sustained Growth
Presently, IRC technology solutions for voting, voting displays, and/or management of the legislative process is present in over 70 of the state legislative chambers.
Presently, IRC has two former Clerks, which includes the President of IRC, and a former Deputy Clerk on staff, and collectively the company has the benefit of almost a century of direct legislative process knowledge and experience.