Legislative and political change

[vteague]

I think the most urgent legislative change anywhere in Aus is to mandate a rigorous statistical audit of the the digitised Senate preferences against the paper ballots. Likewise for the state upper houses that are counted electronically.

What is the most important tech-related legislative change you’d like to see?

[Tim-desousa]

I would like to see clear minimum mandatory requirements for automated decision making in government; these need to be enforceable. Also a requirement to conduct algorithmic impact assessments or similar. This is especially relevant as the government announces its intention to continue with automated debt recovery activities.

[teor2345]

mandate a rigorous statistical audit of the the digitised Senate preferences against the paper ballots. Likewise for the state upper houses that are counted electronically.

Is there an up-to-date list of the jurisdictions that use electronic voting and electronic vote counting?

I think the ACT is the furthest along this path - 70% of their votes were electronic in 2020, and all their counting is electronic. (The ACT only has a single House of Parliament, but it has multi-member electorates, so the counting is like an upper house count.)

Source:
https://www.elections.act.gov.au/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/1671672/Election-Statistics-2020-election.xlsx
https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/electronic_voting_and_counting/faq