> At 10:27 PM 21/07/2016, Chris Maltby wrote:
> >The other audit capability is the (incomplete) counts of senate
> >first preferences by group that was conducted manually in polling
> >booths on election night. This data is available for statistical
> >comparison with the booth-by-booth final vote
At 10:27 PM 21/07/2016, Chris Maltby wrote:
>The other audit capability is the (incomplete) counts of senate
>first preferences by group that was conducted manually in polling
>booths on election night. This data is available for statistical
>comparison with the booth-by-booth final vote data and t
The key (as David says) is auditability of the process.
The new system of counting is effectively fully electronic, but
scrutineers can watch the data entry process of a clerk which will
be compared with a successful OCR of the scan. The scrutineer can
also request and be shown the physical paper
On 2016-07-20 12:45 Brendan wrote:
> To properly scrutinise it you'd also need to verify the operation of the/each
> machine - what software was, in fact, loaded onto it, what did that software
> do. Has the machine been compromised etc. Seems to me that vote stuffing
> would be easier on a ma
On 07/20/2016 12:24 PM, Sam Silvester wrote:
On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Brendan
wrote:
On 07/20/2016 11:54 AM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
AEC faces backlash over vote counting ‘black box’
George Lekakis
http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/election-2016/2016/07/19/aec-backlash-vote-coun
On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Brendan
wrote:
> On 07/20/2016 11:54 AM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>
>> AEC faces backlash over vote counting ‘black box’
>> George Lekakis
>>
>> http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/election-2016/2016/07/19/aec-backlash-vote-counting/
>>
>
> However, computer expe
On 07/20/2016 11:54 AM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
AEC faces backlash over vote counting ‘black box’
George Lekakis
http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/election-2016/2016/07/19/aec-backlash-vote-counting/
However, computer experts claim that the digital counting process cannot
be fully observed
AEC faces backlash over vote counting ‘black box’
George Lekakis
http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/election-2016/2016/07/19/aec-backlash-vote-counting/
Computer experts are warning that close-run battles for Senate seats
might end up being decided in the courts, amid concern that the
Australian Elect
