[ILUG] [OT] Electronic election count

[Padraig Brady]

John A. Kinsella wrote:
> Hi.
> It's not all that OT IMHO.
> 
> Dept of Enviro web site says:
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> Firstly, the voting machine has been in use successfully for many years in
> Holland and in Germany without any problems.  It has a good track record.
> Notwithstanding that fact, the machine was tested by two international
> test institutes in Holland and Germany. In addition, a number of returning
> officers and the Department of the Environment and Local Government have
> carried out functional tests to ensure that it works properly.
> 
> In relation to the system software, an architectural and code review was
> carried out by an independent company.  In addition, a number of returning
> officers, the Department of the Environment and Local Government and the
> Electoral Reform Society in the UK have tested the functionality of the
> software to ensure that it implements the count rules properly.
> =========8<=========8<=========8<=========8<=========8<
> 
> I must say I'd like to know who that ind company was!
> And is the source code available?...
> Looks like no-one here in Ireland checked the system.. Might we have been
> provided with a "custom" version?..

I think it was an English company that provided the HW & SW.
The government also used an English company (based in Manchester I
think)(the same one?) to do the HW & SW & call centre for the
provisional driving test exam.

Padraig.