Political parties will be able to verify the source codes of the automated voting system and add their security to the 24-hour surveillance of the equipment that is being audited by the Spanish firm Alhambra Eidos, contracted by the Central Electoral Board (JCE).
Miguel Angel Garcia, director of Information Technology (IT) for the JCE, did not accept the proposal that the codes be in the public domain, claiming matters of national security. All the codes are available to the parties at the JCE facilities, he said. Garcia said the Spanish firm’s technicians and forensic experts will work to verify that all the equipment has a single source code. He said the results of the audit will determine if there is time to apply improvements.
Garcia said that the analysis of the software of 370 voting machines will begin on Friday, 10 January 2020 and be ready by the 24th.
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Diario Libre
9 January 2020