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4. 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.

5. 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

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7. 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

8. 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

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14. 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

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