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THE REQUIREMENTS

• Over 100 000 voting stations in 297 Municipal Districts in a big country with 25 million registered voters.

• Ballots are being counted and audited manually.

• Once a batch has been counted the result slip is signed off by an auditor and becomes a critical document of evidence of the election result.

• The IEC did not want to publish a result unless this source document is securely backed up.

IEC Issue Public Open Tender

• 430 Scanners to scan result slips after signoff. Counting only commence once voting stations has closed at 21H00 on election date.

• Scanners with a speed of 40ppm required in 297 districts in urban and rural areas

• Scan software to scan, barcode index, validate and transmit images and meta data to the central result centre in Pretoria.

• Reputable supplier with skills for rapid roll out.

• Customizable software that can later be utilized for other business processes within the IEC

TENDER AWARDED !!! FEBRUARY 2009

Solution Provider

Products

AV220C2 Plus A4 Duplex Ultrasonic Scanner

THE CHALLENGES

• Very little time between award of tender and election date 6 weeks

• Impossible to install on site at 297 locations in such a big country

• Bandwidth constraints in remote areas

• Skill level of operators

• Security of data transmission

• Risk of equipment failure

HOW DID WE MANAGED TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES

• IRISPowerscan™’s Flexibility : Created and tested predefined projects

• Created a new master CD with pre tested project and scanner drivers

• One touch scan operation

• Standardize a windows installation on 1000 pc’s through cloning

• Shipped CD’s to each location

• Install and test via our call centre and remote desktop

• On Election day call centre support – remote desktop

• Fantastic support from I.R.I.S. SA throughout

• Election results finalized within 48 hours with no failure of I.R.I.S. and Avision technology

Local Municipality (over 220 across the country)

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Hand capturing ofresults from the

slip into the IEC Results System

One-Click Scanningof the results slips

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IEC HeadquartersPretoria

· Recognize both barcodes· Output header file with metadata · Encrypt images· Create scan report for operators· Post image and header to the

Microsoft Message Queue

Via Microsoft Message Queue

· Auditors compare captured results with image

· No result could be released without corresponding image

· Results were only released if captured result matches the image

IEC Headquarters

How to face your major challenge: Do more with less, while reducing your carbon footprint

• Reducing auditing cost for election by employing I.R.I.S. Technology.

• Reduction of paper volumes due to I.R.I.S. Technology.

• No more hardcopy storage

THANK YOU