Transcript Information Communication Technology use in Mongolian Elections

Information Communication
Technology use in Mongolian Elections
Presenter: Tamir Zorigt
System Security Engineer
General Election Commission of Mongolia
Outline
• Brief introduction about Mongolia
• Reasons to use Automated Election System /AES/ in Mongolia
• The system requirements for AES selection
• About AES of Mongolia and its use in elections
• Lessons Learned
Part I
Brief Introduction about
Mongolia
Brief information about Mongolia
Area:
1.5 mln. sq. km
Population
3 million.
Political system: Parliament (76 seats)
Administration:
Capital city (Ulaanbaatar)
21 aimags (province): an aimag is the first-level administrative subdivision.
340 soums (subprovince): soum is the second level administrative subdivision
of Mongolia.
The capital city Ulaanbaatar is divided in 9 districts
Part II Reasons to use
Automated Election
System in Mongolia
What was the reasons to use AES in Mongolia
Previously, the election organization
related procedures such as voter
registration, voting , vote counting was
conducted almost by traditional based
method (manual & paper based) which
have been somehow depended on
human operation.
What was the reasons to use AES in Mongolia
The riot broke out on July 1st 2008
which was sparked by
allegations of fraud surrounding
the Parliamentary election held 3
days earlier.
Consequently 5 people were killed
and about more than 700 people
were arrested by police.
Part III The system requirements
for AES selection
The system requirements for voter registration system
• Online registered voters’ list
• voter registration system based on fingerprint
The system requirements for voting machine
• Able to conduct more than 1 elections simultaneously
• Secure ballot paper
• Backup Battery
• Off-line environment
• Offline report printing
• Make copy of ballot’s image files
• Result file transmission
How many options are introduced?
Miru Systems (South Korea)
Voter identification System
Touch-Screen Voting System
Election Systems & Software (USA)
Optical Scan Paper Ballot Systems
Dominion Voting Systems (CAN)
Image Cast Precinct (ICP)
Part IV About AES of Mongolia
and its use in elections
Parts of Automated Election System of Mongolia
1. Candidate registration system
2. Voter registration system
3. Election management system
A. Election event designer
B. Voting machine
C.Result tabulation system
An overview of Automated Election System procedures
Pre Election
Election day
Post Election
Candidates’ registration
Voter’s registration
Result tabulation and Live Screening
Ballot paper designing,
voting machine
configuration
Vote casting and counting
Manual recounting up to 50% of the
polling stations
(by random selection, according
to the Election Law)
Testing & Certification
Report Printing and Result
Transmission to Central
Server
Election final result posting online
Ballot Image burning on
CD by the request from
observers
Part 1 Candidate registration system
Pre Election
Candidates’ registration
• Its works in Virtual Private Network environment (from
election district committees to central server)
• District committee staff sends candidate information
through web based application to our central server
• After finish candidate registration, they print sample
ballot paper from our CRS for proofreading purpose
• At the end they send stamped and signed sample
ballot paper image to GEC
An overview of Automated Election System procedures
Pre Election
Election day
Post Election
Candidates’ registration
Voter’s registration
Result tabulation and Live Screening
Ballot paper designing,
voting machine
configuration
Vote casting and counting
Manual recounting up to 50% of the
polling stations
(by random selection, according
to the Election Law)
Testing & Certification
Report Printing and Result
Transmission to Central
Server
Election final result posting online
Ballot Image burning on
CD by the request from
observers
Part 3.A. Election event designer of EMS
Pre Election
• It works in offline environment
• It imports election related data from spreadsheet which
exported from CRS
Ballot paper designing,
voting machine
configuration
• It makes design of ballot paper
• It does voting machine related configuration such as
• Central server IP address
• Opening and closing passwords for polling station
managers
• Programming of magnetic key for poll worker
An overview of Automated Election System procedures
Pre Election
Election day
Post Election
Candidates’ registration
Voter’s registration
Result tabulation and Live Screening
Ballot paper designing,
voting machine
configuration
Vote casting and counting
Manual recounting up to 50% of the
polling stations
(by random selection, according
to the Election Law)
Testing & Certification
Report Printing and Result
Transmission to Central
Server
Election final result posting online
Ballot Image burning on
CD by the request from
observers
An overview of Automated Election System procedures
Pre Election
• Technical test
• Logic Accuracy test
• Tests with parties and civil society organization
• “Certification working group” tests
Testing & Certification
• Data transmission test from each polling station
An overview of Automated Election System procedures
Pre Election
Election day
Post Election
Candidates’ registration
Voter’s registration
Result tabulation and Live Screening
Ballot paper designing,
voting machine
configuration
Vote casting and counting
Manual recounting up to 50% of the
polling stations
(by random selection, according
to the Election Law)
Testing & Certification
Report Printing and Result
Transmission to Central
Server
Election final result posting online
Ballot Image burning on
CD by the request from
observers
Part 2 Voter registration system
Election day
• Civil Registration Office prepares
voters’ list
Voter’s registration
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• It works in offline environment
• Primary method is fingerprint based
registration (system shows voter’s
picture on the screen for observers)
• Secondary method is national ID card
based registration for emergency
(system gives additional signal and
shows voter’s picture on the screen
for observers)
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Part 2 Voter registration system
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Register voter by fingerprint and
electronic ID card
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Provide a receipt to the voter that
authorizes the voter to receive a ballot
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Produce and Display statistical reports
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Print these reports every hour
An overview of Automated Election System procedures
Pre Election
Election day
Post Election
Candidates’ registration
Voter’s registration
Result tabulation and Live Screening
Ballot paper designing,
voting machine
configuration
Vote casting and counting
Manual recounting up to 50% of the
polling stations
(by random selection, according
to the Election Law)
Testing & Certification
Report Printing and Result
Transmission to Central
Server
Election final result posting online
Ballot Image burning on
CD by the request from
observers
Part 3b voting machine
Election day
• It works in offline environment
• It has 2 different password for opening
and closing of polling (polling station manager
keeps it)
• It has magnetic key (poll worker keeps it)
• It has 2 memory card which sealed from
working group of certification ( it saves
ballot paper image file, vote count,
system log and configuration)
• It encrypts special data before save on
cards
• Every voting machine has unique ballot
paper
• It has preconfigured modem for result file
transmission purpose which connects
only to the protected network
Vote casting and counting
Report Printing and Result
Transmission to Central
Server
Part 3b voting machine
ZERO report
RESULT report
Part 3.B. voting machine
• Scan and identify ballot
• Count vote and save images in
memory
• Consolidate voting results
• Transmit voting result to central
server
Transmission of voting result
Only ONE central server
State total precincts 1896
Data transmitted by 5
different GSM, CDMA
and Satellite network
An overview of Automated Election System procedures
Pre Election
Election day
Post Election
Candidates’ registration
Voter’s registration
Result tabulation and Live Screening
Ballot paper designing,
voting machine
configuration
Vote casting and counting
Manual recounting up to 50% of the
polling stations
(by random selection, according
to the Election Law)
Testing & Certification
Report Printing and Result
Transmission to Central
Server
Election final result posting online
Ballot Image burning on
CD by the request from
observers
An overview of Automated Election System procedures
Election day
Provides copied image files to party observers.
- All scanned ballots formed in image.
- Bottom part of image file shows how ballot
scanned on ICP
Ballot Image burning on
CD by the request from
observers
An overview of Automated Election System procedures
Pre Election
Election day
Post Election
Candidates’ registration
Voter’s registration
Result tabulation and Live Screening
Ballot paper designing,
voting machine
configuration
Vote casting and counting
Manual recounting up to 50% of the
polling stations
(by random selection, according
to the Election Law)
Testing & Certification
Report Printing and Result
Transmission to Central
Server
Election final result posting online
Ballot Image burning on
CD by the request from
observers
Part 3.C. report tabulation system
Post Election
Result tabulation and Live Screening
Manual recounting up to 50% of the
polling stations
(by random selection, according
to the Election Law)
How many proofs left after use AES in Mongolian elections
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Voter registration database on registration computer
Voter registration on paper
Ballot papers
Ballot image files (already provided to observers)
Printed result tapes (already provided to observers)
Manual recounting results of up to 50% of polling stations
Encrypted result files on central server
Tabulated result of election on central server (broadcasted live on TVs)
What is advantages of AES of Mongolia
• Fast Results
• Security
• Control and Reports
• Efficient Operations
Difficulties faced while using AES
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300 out of 1998 polling stations are resided in a destination without mobile network:
- About 100 places were used satellite network which is costly because of the renting and installation fee.
Moreover, the installation takes long time.
- Rest of the polling stations were moved to another places where the mobile network is available
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Current ballot paper is much more expensive than the traditional ones /price before 6-12 cents, current 618-640 cents/
- In some cases it requires reprint the ballot paper, where misspelling of the names and needs to exclude the
candidate’s name from the ballot paper in relation with the violation of related law and regulation*
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The destination of the each polling station in countryside is far...
- The voting machine delivery always have been under the risk of damage of the equipment due to the bad road
condition in the countryside
- In some cases, polling staff and police officers were not able to vote due to the deployment away from their
registered polling stations
Part V
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
Creation of electronic voter registration system (online, offline)
Mobile network coverage to be broadened (instead of using satellite network)
Selection of voting machine
Ballot paper based voting system (OMR and OCR)
SMS voting system
E-Voting system
Commercial or Open source
Public monitoring on the procedures of AES as open & transparent as it
possible
Less manual work on voting and counting procedures
Less disputes from any stakeholders on organization of elections
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