1. 7 december 2011 E-voting in Belgium Federal Public Service Home Affairs Elections Unit (www.elections.fgov.be)www.elections.fgov.be

2. 7 december 2011 Introduction 1991 -experiment -2 municipalities 1994 - 1995 -Electronic voting -20% voters 1999 – now: -44% voters -3,4 million voters / 7,6 million -201 on 589 municipalities

3. Equipment 7 december 2011

4. Advantages Use of modern technology for elections counting the votes faster and more reliable decreasing the number of assessors diminishing the costs avoiding inconveniently sized ballot papers (1m² in Brussels) 7 december 2011

5. Control of e-voting Visualization Recounting Publication of source code Independent control Council of Experts 7 december 2011

6. Citizen’s confidence Study of 2003 : confidence, accessibility and user-friendliness  89% +  9% - 7 december 2011

7. Evolution 2005 -Cooperation agreement Federal State - regions 2007 -Belgian universities -Concept 2008 -Debate in the Parliament -New cooperation agreement -Public contract

8. Evolution 2011 -Award for Smartmatic (February) -Experiment on the 27 th of October 2011 7 december 2011

9. Conclusion Afterthought “ Trust can take years to build but be lost in a day.” 7 december 2011

10. Stéphan De Mul: stephan.demul@rrn.fgov.be David Van Kerckhoven: david.vankerckhoven@rrn.fgov.be david.vankerckhoven@rrn.fgov.be Meer info: http://www.elections.fgov.be http://www.experience2011.rrn.fgov.be