the issue was simply that the dutch guy who wrote the code would not make it available for audit purposes, hence leaving the door open for for massive electoral fraud with e-voting.
The hassle and cost the last time with electronic voting means that they won't touch it again for a long time.
Thats one of the questions which should have been asked day one. It should have been in the tender specification. Some civil servant was in charge of that and cost the state millions. We'll never know their name.the issue was simply that the dutch guy who wrote the code would not make it available for audit purposes, hence leaving the door open for for massive electoral fraud with e-voting.
We don't know if it was a civil servant who was in charge of the voting machine debacle. Obviously, somebody is responsible and should be brought to account. The subsequent storing of the voting machines was a disgrace also. You'll probably see that a vested interest party bod was responsible for the whole debacle and has long been absolved of any blame.Thats one of the questions which should have been asked day one. It should have been in the tender specification. Some civil servant was in charge of that and cost the state millions. We'll never know their name.
Fair point. Someone was in charge though, at a implementation level. Someone wrote a spec. I very much doubt that was the minister but that was where the whole thing went astray.We don't know if it was a civil servant who was in charge of the voting machine debacle. Obviously, somebody is responsible and should be brought to account. The subsequent storing of the voting machines was a disgrace also. You'll probably see that a vested interest party bod was responsible for the whole debacle and has long been absolved of any blame.
Fair point. Someone was in charge though, at a implementation level. Someone wrote a spec. I very much doubt that was the minister but that was where the whole thing went astray.
Take the Listowal recount at the moment, can anyone truthfully say that not one single ballot paper has been interfered with in the 14 months since the local election. ? Of course they can't (and BTW, I'm not suggesting anything has happened).
The only difference in 14 months is 2 votes.
the issue was simply that the dutch guy who wrote the code would not make it available for audit purposes, hence leaving the door open for for massive electoral fraud with e-voting.
We don't know if it was a civil servant who was in charge of the voting machine debacle. Obviously, somebody is responsible and should be brought to account. The subsequent storing of the voting machines was a disgrace also. You'll probably see that a vested interest party bod was responsible for the whole debacle and has long been absolved of any blame.
The Dept of Environment were in charge of this and the civil servants in there were responsible for the incompetent implementation of a Govt policy. Ultimately the Minister at the time should take responsibility, after all, Ministers are fast enough to take responsibility for anything a Govt Dept or quango does right so they should take responsibility for fiasco's as well. I can dream .......
It still annoys me though that a pencil and paper was deemed to be more secure and provide a better audit trail. Take the Listowal recount at the moment, can anyone truthfully say that not one single ballot paper has been interfered with in the 14 months since the local election. ? Of course they can't (and BTW, I'm not suggesting anything has happened).
WHich Minister do you want to hold responsible? Noel Dempsey who was there when the project started out, with no clear business case and no cost benefit? Or Martin Cullen, who pushed it through to implementation and spent €4m on PR with FF's former general secretary? Or Dick Roche, who managed the warehousing project which threw good money after bad?
Believe it or not Software is validated every day of the week. It's a major headache for Quality Managers and keeps many businesses using paper based quality records but it is done regularly and successfully. Major drug and medical device companies control their entire manufacturing and distribution processes using integrated software systems such as SAP. But I'm sure you know all that.That was one of many, many issues. Even if he had published his source, how can you verify that the published source is the version running on the machines? And how do you verify the source code for the MS Access database on which the count system was based? And the source code for the Windows machines on which the count system ran? How does any individual have confidence that their choice of vote is what was actually recorded in the database?
I'm sure she'll be delighted to get your support!!!the woman with the short blond hair came across very well,
ThanksI'm sure she'll be delighted to get your support!!!