POSTED SEPTEMBER 15 2005

Electoral Commission recommends continued use of eVACS^®

The ACT Electoral Commission in its review of Electronic Voting and Counting at the 2004 election recommends continued use of Software Improvements eVACS^®.

Specifically the Commission has recommended:

• electronic counting using eVACS^® continue to be standard practice at ACT elections, and
• electronic voting using eVACS^® be offered again at the 2008 election.

The Commission has also recommended two improvements to electronic voting:

• having the volume of the spoken instructions adjustable for voters in noisy environments, and
• using different fonts* for party names and candidates for ease of reading by voters.

The full report is available as the 2004 Review at http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/electronicvoting.html

* Current font arrangements reflect arrangements for paper ballots.

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