Expectations of the failure of electronic screening devices hours after the start of voting in the elections

Expectations of the failure of electronic screening devices hours after the start of voting in the elections

Tuesday 8 May 2018 06:34 pm

Expectations of the failure of electronic screening devices hours after the start of voting in the electionsBaghdad / .. MP of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Majid Shankali, on Tuesday, that the electronic counting and sorting devices have received some problems during their experience by the Electoral Commission, expected to disrupt these devices after the start of the voting process hours.

Shankali told “Iraq News” that “the system of electronic counting and sorting through the simulation tests conducted by the Electoral Commission, which contained some problems, which highlighted the device was unable to read the barcode code on the voter card and sometimes the weakness of the Internet and lack of access Satellite signal “.

“The other issue is that we will operate in a hot atmosphere and the electronic screening equipment is not expected to be suitable for the atmosphere,” he said. “These devices will be idle after an hour, two or three hours from the start of the vote.

“The other problem is that the Commission initially said that the results of the election using electronic counting devices will appear hours after the voting ended. Two days ago, she said the results would be published two or three days after the voting ended,” noting that ” Because it is count and electronic sorting and the result directly will appear on the main screen why the delay allowed to show the results. ”

The MP for the National Alliance Ali al-Badiri predicted, last Thursday, that the percentage of errors in the electronic counting and sorting, which is scheduled to be used in the next election to more than 15 percent, indicating that these errors will invest to drop and the success of some blocks and candidates.

The House of Representatives voted on January 22, 2018, on the law of parliamentary elections and took effect from the date of its approval, while the date of the parliamentary elections on May 12. Finished

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