The Central Electoral Board (JCE) disputes the arguments for rejecting their proposed automated voting system presented by Delia Ferreira, chair of Transparency International. The president of the JCE, Julio Cesar Castaños Guzmán says that the proposed automated voting system is different from electronic voting. Ferreira had stated that only four countries in the world have implemented electronic voting – Brazil, Venezuela, Congo and India due to the high risk of the system being hacked and voter privacy violated.
On Thursday, 21 February 2019, the JCE called a press conference to address the two main concerns raised by Ferreira. The director of Informatics of the JCE Miguel Ángel García and deputy director of Informatics Johnny Rivera shared details of the proposal that has been presented to delegates of the political parties. They explained the JCE is aware of the objections to electronic voting and that is why the proposed automated voting system includes a mechanism whereby traceability is broken to preserve voter privacy. He also said that voters will receive a physical voucher that they will deposit in a box making the process auditable.
Participating in the meeting with the press were JCE judges Roberto Saladín, Rosario Graciano de los Santos, Henry Mejía Oviedo, and director of elections, Mario Núñez.
Guillermo Moreno, of AlPais, a minority political party, says that the use of the automated voting system for the 6 October 2019 primaries will make it possible to test the system in time for the February and May general elections.
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25 February 2019