[LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

Kim Holburn kim at holburn.net
Fri Oct 16 12:44:24 AEDT 2020


Apparently it runs this software:

http://www.softimp.com.au/index.html

Seems to be an app that runs on various platforms.

The system requirements are somewhat alarming:

http://www.softimp.com.au/sodis/spa_requirements.html

>   * Windows
>       o Windows XP (32-bit)
>       o Windows Vista (32-bit)
>       o Windows 7 (32-bit)
>   * Mac
>      o
>
>       o Mac OS X 10.5 PowerPC
>       o Mac OS X 10.6 Intel 32-bit
>       o Mac OS X 10.6 Intel 64-bit
>       o With Mac OS X 10.6, you must install the update "Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1" or later
>       o Mac OS X 10.7 (Special Installation Instruction Required <http://www.softimp.com.au/sodis/faq.html#MacInstallationFAQ>)
>   * Linux
>       o Fedora Core 3 (32-bit)
>       o Fedora 12 (32-bit)
>       o Ubuntu 9.10 (32-bit)
>       o Debian 5.04 (32-bit)
>


On 2020/10/16 12:24 pm, Kim Holburn wrote:
> I just voted in the ACT elections and they had electronic voting machines.  I declined, because I don't consider e-voting safe but 
> I can't find much information on the machines or how it's done. There doesn't appear to be a paper trail.
>
> Anyone know what OS they're running?
>
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