Re: [ga] Watch Dog Committee

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

Hello Kristy,

Kristy McKee wrote on 30.11.01, 12:44:42:
> Alexander, or other WatchDog,
>
> Please clarify the process for us:  two people from the watchdog committee
> re-record votes for each election to ensure votes are counted
> correctly.  
The checking is done by all members of the watchdog
committee; two is only the minimum number according
to the voting rules the GA adopted.

> By correctly you mean according to the voting rules? And a
> check is performed against the message headers to ensure accuracy for a
> check against the voting roster?
Yes: The committee members get copies of the vote messages
and can do their own independent tabulation to check it
against the Secretariat tabulation of votes and can
compare it with the public voting registry list. The
message headers are not the main check since every voter
gets a personal code so that he or she can check
whether the vote was recorded correctly, since all 
personal codes and their vote are published in the
full record voting reports on the DNSO website. Your
vote is only recorded if you send it with a valid
personal code (which you automatically do if you
follow the voting instructions).
Additionally, there are sometimes ballots where voters 
have not paid enough attention to the voting instructions 
and which, even though the intention of the voter is 
abundantly clear and the personal code is included,
may slip through the eyes of an automated counting
mechanism. Independent counting helps with this, too.
(You find such cases also documented in the full record 
voting reports.) 
I hope that answers your question!

Best regards,
/// Alexander
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