[LINK] Victoria the first to cast e-vote in a state election

[Tom Worthington]

At 09:52 AM 11/14/2006, brd at iimetro.com.au wrote:
>Victoria the first to cast e-vote in a state election  ...
>http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1353237299;fp;16;fpid;1
>
>Electronic votes are set to be cast in the state of Victoria today, 
>marking a first for Australia in any state election. ...

I voted electronically in the 2001 and 2004 ACT elections 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/links/20011022.html>. The ACT system is used 
to count all the paper votes, not just the ones from electronic 
polling stations. As a result it is probably much larger system than 
the Victorian trial. So to describe the Victorian trial as a first is 
misleading.

For more on the Victorian system and the Australian Electoral 
Commission (AEC) trial of electronic voting for the vision impaired 
and military personnel, 
see:<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2006/10/electronic-voting-in-australia-for.html>.



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