Pro v&v, an American auditing firm, presented the results of a compliance audit that included two stages.
CEC distributes information about this.
“The meeting took place today at the Central Election Commission. The chairman and leaders of Central Election Commission received direct information from the company representatives about the main findings of audit. The audit confirmed that electronic voting machines are functioning properly.
We remind you that pro v&v, a company based in America, is one of only two companies with the necessary accreditation from the relevant institutions. He has many years’ experience in the USA, and is not only licensed to test the voting system but also issues licenses for vendor companies.
According to Giorgi Kaandarishvili the report presented by this company answers all myths and misinformation that exist about technology.
Jack Coby, Director of Pro V & V, noted that “the project had three phases. One involved a code review. We were asked to go through each module and see how the voter list was placed in each machine. We went from one module to another, from inserting the USB to loading the voter list.
Each verification machine only contains the list of voters it must process during the election. It does not have the entire country‘s voter list. Instead, it is precinct specific and only has access the voter list for that precinct.
According to the Compliance Audit Report:
After initial code revision and configuration review, it was determined that the voter list on the CEC server is in accordance with those loaded in the device.
The list of voters can only contain one voter at a time.
The list of voters that is printed by the verification machine is the exact list recorded in the verification device;
It is technically impossible to change or modify a voter’s choice.
The printout (receipt), which is generated by the machine, contains only the data generated.
Today, the CEC meeting was also attended by representatives of “Smartmatik”. In collaboration with this company, the Georgian election administration implemented technologies into the voting process. The company selected by the procurement agency was the winner of the tender. It has experience in modernizing elections across more than 30 countries,” says the information.
According to their own information as of today, this company is responsible for one of the largest Electoral Districts in the USA, several provinces of Canada and Belgium, Estonian, Argentina, Australia. Albania, Bulgaria, Armenia etc. Support for technology.
“I personally observed the entire day the voting process at the polling station, including the opening and closing processes. I would like to highlight that the members of polling stations were very well trained and knew how to react in case of interruptions and unexpected events. All this was made possible by technology, as expected.
After the meeting, Frans Gunnink said, “Of course, there were a few small errors. These are perfectly understandable, and shouldn’t cause any doubts about the functionality” of the technology.
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