[LINK] NSW evoting system for next state election

[Jan Whitaker]

Spanish firm wins NSW iVote tender
Sylvia Pennington
Published: March 31, 2014 - 4:42PM

The NSW Electoral Commission has chosen Spanish vendor Scytl to 
provide electronic voting software for the 2015 NSW election, on what 
could be the first occasion the public is allowed to vote via the internet.

The commission introduced an electronic voting system, known as 
iVote, at the 2011 state election, for citizens with vision 
impairment and other disabilities. A draft report from a joint 
parliamentary inquiry into electoral matters due to be tabled in 
Parliament this week calls for access to iVote to be extended to all voters.

Inquiry chairman Liberal MP Gareth Ward says the measure would be an 
Australian first and would make it easier for people to participate 
in the democratic process. Concerns about security and fraud have 
been raised on a number of occasions with electronic elections, 
although a number of other countries have reported few such problems.

A tender for a supplier to develop and implement a new core voting 
system for iVote prior to the 2015 election was advertised last November.

The commission is understood to have selected Scytl from a shortlist 
of three. Its iVote steering committee advised tenderers of the 
selection via email.
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http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/government-it/spanish-firm-wins-nsw-ivote-tender-20140331-zqnyq.html


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