iVote - Electronic Voting System - ATM0008-2010

The NSWEC is seeking to implement an electronic voting system for the next State Government Election (SGE) in 2011, for use by electors who are blind, vision impaired, with other disabilities or living in remote areas. 

The NSW Premier announced on 16 March 2010 that the “Electoral Commissioner will investigate Internet voting for visually impaired people of New South Wales improving their democratic right to a secret ballot”.

The Premier’s press release stated that “Nationally, there are 300,000 people who are blind or visually impaired with a third of them living in NSW” and that “Previously, blind and visually impaired people were only able to vote through the assistance of a friend or relative or through a large Braille ballot – which may run up to 67 pages.”

It is intended that the system will enable the members of this group with the ability to cast a secret and unassisted vote from home or another location of their choosing.

It is also intended that they will make use of either their existing telephone or PC and internet connection, along with any assistive technology and devices they usually use in conjunction with these services, to access the “iVote” system.

NSW Regions: Central West, Far West, Hunter, Illawarra, Mid North Coast, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Northern, North Western, Richmond Tweed, South Eastern, Sydney

Open Tenders - An invitation to tender by public advertisement with no restriction placed on who may tender. Tenderers will normally be required to demonstrate in their tender that they have the necessary skills, resources, experience, financial capacity, and in some cases licences, accreditations, etc., to fulfil the tender requirements.