Tuesday, November 15, 2005

UK firm to test Irish e-voting system

I missed this when it was published in April in the Irish Times. The Irish Commission on Electronic Voting has commissioned QinetiQ, which was the national defence laboratory of the UK Ministry of Defence prior to being privatised, to review the country's electronic voting system.

The UK government continue to hold a 56% share of the company. The remainder of the shares are owned by company employees and the Carlyle Group. Why choose a company whose major shareholder is a foreign, albeit friendly, government to audit your voting system? It would be fascinating to review the decision processes involved. I wonder how many Irish consultancy companies bid for the contract?

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