[LINK] E-voting tech trials ditched by [UK] government

[Jan Whitaker]

At 06:35 PM 5/09/2005, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:

>The ODPM said: "This notice has been cancelled as the government has
>decided not to invite applications to conduct electronic electoral
>modernisation pilots in 2006. All organisations that submitted an
>expression of interest in the tender have been notified of the
>cancellation."

This quote is interesting. It doesn't say they aren't going ahead with a 
trial. It says they aren't going to invite applications. That could mean 
they are going to conduct them through other means. I don't know about UK 
pollie-speak, so I may just be hearing through AU pollie-speak.

Jan



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