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Belgian election blog (updated) | 45 comments (45 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Belgian election blog. (4.00 / 6)

In my polling station, the local school, they couln't find the key's this morning. It took them almost an hour to have the station open and ready.
This was sowhat the worst incident in Belgium.
There were some problems with computers (40% of the votes is with computers) but everything could be solved very quickly.

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)

by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Sun Jun 10th, 2007 at 09:34:44 AM EST

Re: Belgian election blog. (none / 1)

Can you describe the computer systems? Do they allow an audit? Do they leave a paper trail?

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 10th, 2007 at 10:13:12 AM EST
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Re: Belgian election blog. (4.00 / 2)

I do not have personal experience with the system.
But, there is no paper trail and I think a real audit is impossible. This is not in accordance with EU prescriptions and is reason why a lot of international observers are here.
But so far nobody is complaining here in Belgium.

flandersnews.be - OSCE monitors Belgian poll

The OSCE, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, has sent a team of monitors to observe Belgium's federal elections. The ten man delegation includes members from Albania, Kazakhstan, Italy and Spain.

Lubomir Kopaj told the VRT that the focus of attention would be on voting by computer.

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)

by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Sun Jun 10th, 2007 at 10:25:12 AM EST
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