Central America

1,168 machines will be used for on-site electronic voting

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December 8 |

The company Indra, contracted by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) to design the system for the on-site electronic voting abroad, will distribute 1,168 machines to 81 voting centers in 29 countries where Salvadorans are eligible to vote, detailed in an interview with “Diario El Salvador” the magistrate Guillermo Wellman.

He explained that four magistrates of the TSE recently traveled to Spain to know the advances in the design of the electronic voting system, both for the presential and remote modality by internet, and assured that the preparations are almost ready for the Salvadorans to exercise their right.

“As a matter of time we had to go to Spain because we also wanted to see how was the issue of face-to-face voting and how they were packing the machines. There are 1,168 machines that are going to be sent to 29 countries, there are 81 electronic voting centers,” he said.
He added that during the visit “we saw how is the case of the computerized voting, which is what has been done in many parts of the world, and we are already prepared, now we just need to check the software and go to the simulation to see how it works”.

Magistrate Wellman assured that the in-person electronic voting logistics will have a strong security system and that the company Indra has taken care of “even the smallest detail that carries the election process, both remote and in-person”.
“Nothing is perfect until the last, but we are trying to make things go well,” he added.

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According to the official, the system is quite complete and secure, in that sense, he added that voters will go through biometric recognition tests to access the ballot, they will also receive a QR code that will enable them to vote and finally they will receive a proof of participation in the polls, which will have an electronic record.

“We are going to have three machines here [in El Salvador] for face-to-face [electronic] voting, so that those who are interested and want to do so can see. The citizens will also be informed about this process”, he informed.

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