The National Electoral Council (CNE) presented the audit program for the presidential elections on July 28 to the technicians of the different political parties.
The vice president of the electoral body, Carlos Quintero, reported that for the elections the comprehensive review of the Automated Voting System with professors and academics from the country will be added.
“In principle they are going to validate that we are using the same software that they audited, but they are also going to validate, verify, that we have taken part of their recommendations,” said Quintero.
“At least 15 technical Audits or Controls are scheduled in the Presidential Schedule” Next Monday, May 29 and until May 3, will be the (2) *Audit of the voting machine software* in which the source codes are reviewed of the program and it is verified that the will of the voter is faithfully recorded, it is after auditing the process of (1) selection of table members, it is the second of the process for the Presidential elections.
After May 6 to 8, (3) *the audit of the electoral registry* will be carried out from the cut made after the Update Day and continue on June 21 with the (4) *audit of the machine configuration file voting* the configuration and integration of the identity authentication system is reviewed.
Between the 25th and 27th, (5) the verification or audit of the ADES electoral data phase one will be carried out, in which the quality of the fingerprints is reviewed and that there is no presence of repeated biometric data, before obtaining the files of the different fingerprint collector “a fundamental part of guaranteeing the precept of one vote, one elector.”
Then they will continue with (6) *the Audit of voting notebooks*, from June 30 to July 2, in the CNE warehouse in Guarenas, in which the physical state, data and location of the voters in the notebooks from each of the voting tables between July 9 and 12 the (7) *Audit of the Totalization Software* this act that serves to verify how the transmitted results and calculations are archived; At the same time, the controls (8) *Voting machine production audit* are carried out, from the 5th to the 18th at the warehouse in Meriches, also in Miranda. Other audits in the programming and protocol presented to the parties are (9) which will begin on July 15 and *the electoral technological infrastructure* which will conclude on July 17.
On July 21, the (10) “pre-dispatch audit” will take place at the Meriches warehouse; in which tables are assembled before deploying the machines according to a sample to simulate a process and check the operation of all the components.
On July 26 (11) *the zeroing audit* of the national totalization centers and the (12) or *Phase one telecommunications audit* will be on the 27th in the telecommunications companies Cantv and Movilnet.
As announced in the electoral schedule, the presidential elections will be held on the 28th, and one day later the (13th) phase two telecommunications audit will conclude.
On August 2, at the Meriches warehouse, (14) *the citizen verification audit phase two* will be carried out and the process concludes with the (15) *ADES electoral data control audit phase two* estimated to take place from the 5th to the 8th of August. Electoral authorities and experts consider that this evaluation and control process is a strength of the system; and that if the presence of electoral observers or companions is present, it contributes to trust and recognition, which is why I repeal! “because the technical teams of the OAS, the European Union and the UN, after evaluating their preliminary reports, can be deployed in this process”
