Electronic voting in Belgium

The other system, still in use in 2004, is based on a magnetic card and an electronic ballot marking device with a light pen.

In 1994 (European and local elections) the electronic voting experiment was extended to around 22% of the Belgian population.

However, due to lobbying from groups like PourEva and increasing doubt about the system, new tests were done and more controls were added.

Optical reading of eVoting is Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail and guarantees the possibility of a human recount.

The extra control introduced is the creation of an expert committee to monitor the electronic election process.

[1] One likely explanation for the error was a single-event upset caused by a cosmic ray, which the voting system did not protect against.

[7] Note that DigiVote is a trade name owned by German-based company Brähler ICS Konferenztecknik AG (also spelt Brahler and Braehler in non German speaking regions) [8] which manufactures battery powered radio audience response voting units for use in meetings and should not be confused with the ballot system used in Belgium.