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Part 5 – Accuracy and Secrecy of the System
5.5 Conclusion
As noted above and in Part 4, the Commission’s main concerns in relation to the chosen system relate to the testing of the complete system, and to the associated administrative procedures, that would be deployed simultaneously for county council and European Parliament elections, a referendum, and in some cases also a town council election, in June 2004.
This has the direct consequence that the Commission is not in a position to satisfy itself as to the accuracy of the chosen system, given the very high standards that must be applied to the testing of a vote recording and counting system, especially one that is effectively self-auditing.
The Commission thus relies, in reaching its overall conclusion in Part 6 regarding the proposed use of the chosen system in the June elections, on the situation in relation to testing, rather than on any particular finding about accuracy and secrecy.
Nonetheless, the issues noted above in relation to accuracy and secrecy are clearly matters of concern that those responsible for specifying, testing and deploying the system will want to address.
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