Australian Capital Territory
Approval of a Computer Program
for Electronic Voting and the 
Scrutiny of Votes for an Election
and a Casual Vacancy 2002
Notifiable instrument NI 2002—174
made under the
Electoral Act 1992, s 118A (1) (Approval of computer program for 
electronic voting and vote counting)

1.	I approve EVACS to allow electronic voting, to perform steps in the scrutiny of votes in an election and to perform steps in the scrutiny of votes to fill a casual vacancy.

2.	In clause 1:

EVACS means the computer program used by the ACT Electoral Commission for electronic voting and vote counting in an election.  A certified copy of the program is held on 5 CD ROMS (entitled RELCON_ 3.3, DEO Client, PP Server, Voting Client 4.10 and Demo Booth) and one Zip Disk (entitled Pre-Poll Setup Backup) certified by the Commissioner and kept at the office of the ACT Electoral Commissioner, Plaza Level, Allara House, 48-56 Allara Street, Canberra.

3.	CD ROM EVACS_RELCON_3.3 incorporating the casual vacancy module replaces EVACS_RELCON_3_0, approved on 5 November 2001.
Phillip Green
Electoral Commissioner
5 June 2002