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(Remote) e-voting in the Netherlands. Leontine Loeber Constitutional Affairs and Legislation Susanne Caarls Public Sector Innovation and Information Policy Department. E-voting in the Netherlands. Elections for the Lower House on the 22th November
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(Remote) e-voting in the Netherlands • Leontine Loeber • Constitutional Affairs and Legislation • Susanne Caarls • Public Sector Innovation and Information Policy Department
E-voting in the Netherlands • Elections for the Lower House on the 22th November • Intented use of Sdu and Nedap machines in most municipalities • 10 municipalities: paper ballots • Sdu machines could not be used
E-voting in the media • Fokke and Sukke find it very useful: • The best part is: you don’t only know what somebody voted, but you can also hear the travel reports
What happened and why now? • Elections in March: first use of e-voting in Amsterdam • Protest group: www.wijvertrouwenstemcomputersniet.nl (we don’t trust voting computers) • Main complaints: computers not safe from hacking and computers can be tapped (invasion of secrecy of the vote)
Why withdrawal of approval Sdu? • Claim that computers could be tapped • Investigation by Dutch General Information and Security Service • Results: claims are true • Minister has to guarantee secrecy of vote
Future? • Elections in March, still uncertain if e-voting will be used • Independent committee will advise on the use of e-voting in the Netherlands in the future • Probably debate with the new elected Lower House • Also on use of internet voting
Internet voting • First experiment • European Parliament elections • 1 June - 10 June 2004 • Dutch voters abroad • Experiment Act • Telephone voting: 480 votes • Internet voting: 4.871votes • Total: 5.351 votes
Experiment 2006 • Rijnland Internet Election System • Winner of the UN Public Service Award • for “Improving transparency, accountability, and • responsiveness in the Public Service”. • Voter can check if his vote cast has been counted
Future internet voting • Evaluation • Make internet voting a basic facility
Thank you • Leontine Loeber • Susanne Caarls