7 december 2011 E-voting in Belgium Federal Public Service Home Affairs Elections Unit (
7 december 2011 Introduction experiment -2 municipalities Electronic voting -20% voters 1999 – now: -44% voters -3,4 million voters / 7,6 million -201 on 589 municipalities
Equipment 7 december 2011
Advantages Use of modern technology for elections counting the votes faster and more reliable decreasing the number of assessors diminishing the costs avoiding inconveniently sized ballot papers (1m² in Brussels) 7 december 2011
Control of e-voting Visualization Recounting Publication of source code Independent control Council of Experts 7 december 2011
Citizen’s confidence Study of 2003 : confidence, accessibility and user-friendliness 89% + 9% - 7 december 2011
Evolution Cooperation agreement Federal State - regions Belgian universities -Concept Debate in the Parliament -New cooperation agreement -Public contract
Evolution Award for Smartmatic (February) -Experiment on the 27 th of October december 2011
Conclusion Afterthought “ Trust can take years to build but be lost in a day.” 7 december 2011
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