PRESS RELEASE

On October 18, 2005 the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan held briefing on explanation of Sailau computerized information system. Representatives of mass media were introduced the technology of using electronic voting system. Specialists of Republican State Enterprise “ Engineering Technical Center” of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan told the journalists about electronic voting use and introduced equipment used at pooling stations.
Having taken into consideration the use of Sailau CIS at elections to the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan the specialists presented an updated and improved computerized information system. At the presidential elections there will be used not the terminal reading barcodes but voter’s electronic card and electronic touch screen.
The presented technology has been improved based on development of information systems. In particular, this technology allows to carry out voting procedures for the great number of voters using special multi-terminal system on the basis of computer at the polling stations having modem connection to telephone system.
Multi-terminal complex implementing Sailau CIS electronic voting technology does not create big workload on telecommunication network as this system collects information collection only during a day and transmits electronically to the Central Election Commission.