Source software of voice machines temporarily yet secret
The ministry of Interior Affairs will love the source software voice computers temporarily yet in private. This has announced assistant secretary Bijleveld in a debate with the Second Chamber. The voice machines came in opspraak by the Second Chamber elections of November last year, after pale that it holes sat in the protection of the software.
A majority of the Second Chamber finds that the ministry the software of the voice machines so fast possible public must make. They think that these walk the trusting of the citizen in electronic votes can repair. Bijleveld want to wait for however rather firstly the conclusions of the commission short neck-Altes. She examines on this moment how the voice trial safelyer can be made. The commission will publish her results in October.
The state secretary says source closed that the ministry from now on self the software for the machines will test. The results of that test will become made then public. Formerly was the ministry dependent on software product green valley. This commit was as some on the height of the source code and tested beside it all voice machines.
Especially Wijnand Duivendak of green links do not want to wait for rather the judgement of the commission short neck-Altes. He pushes at on open source software in the voice cupboard, so that everybody check can whether everything works belong to. “This country becomes still through us governed and through commissions”, he joined not decide the assistant secretary closed about her postponed.
The debate comes shorten after a devastating report with the name “voice machines, a verweesd file” about the course of affairs around the last Second Chamber elections. The author of this report, the commission Hermans, concludes that the ministry of Interior Affairs on a number of important points has geblunderd.
Not only appeared there of everything to be wrong at the voice machine protection, also could by failing technique no longer be checked which vote had been brought out. The Second Chamber want that control, a so-called paper trail, As fast possible at the existing system add. Bijleveld takes about the conclusions from the negative report for the largest part, but will yet even watches with introduction of such paper trail.
The Second parliamentary Parties are indeed satisfied about the speed, with which the new assistant secretaries of Interior Affairs at the blow is gone, but do not want to wait on the results of the commission short neck-Altes. They are fearful that the lapmiddelen of Bijleveld finally in vain will be, especially as the commission advises a law change by leading. This will the next elections round that bring can of the European Parliament in 2009, in it closely. Bijleveld has promised that these elections if necessary with help of 'the red pencil' will take place.
Wijvertrouwenstemcomputersniet. nl, the organization that in first authority to outside brought that the voice computers not to trust be, has the getreuzel of Interior Affairs not waited for. They have court available made on their website the source software of voice computer producer of green valley. Green valley has shorten taken meanwhile a lawsuit legal action against the action group and demands that the software immediate offline goes.