Armed Forces examines electronic voting machine source code

Minister of Defense Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) access source code for electronic voting machines. In a request sent to the agency on Monday, which was classified as “extremely urgent”, the general requested that data availability continue until August 12.

According to the official letter, Nogueira wants to oversee the Calculation System (SA), Voting System (VOTA), SA and VOTA Application Registration System and Collection System (SisTot) to be used in the October elections. Opening the source code makes it possible to examine the programming lines that make the software work.

At the request of the Minister, TSE access to ballot systems available from 1 October 2021One year before the 2022 elections, the opening expectation announced in August last year was one of the measures taken. make the selection process more transparent.

#Elections2022 Armed Forces is reviewing electronic voting machine source codes this Wednesday (3/8). The area will be open to the press between 14:30-15:30: https://t.co/gpi6WuC1Ie ?? pic.twitter.com/PKvmHLv8A3

— TSE (@TSEjusbr) August 3, 2022

The Court also, at the request of the Ministry of Defense, electronic voting machine source code control this Wednesday (3) afternoon at its headquarters in Brasília (DF). The team responsible for the work Armed Forces technicians.

Organizations that have already performed the audit

By TSEVerification of equipment codes has so far been handled by the Controller General of the Union (CGU), the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), the Federal Ministry of the Public (MPF) and the Senate.

The PTB will run the procedure this week, while the Federal Police will have access to the codes until the end of August. On the other hand, PV and PL planned the work but failed to do so.

The audit of the source code of the electronic voting machines, which is carried out by the previously registered auditing institutions, can be carried out by 2 September by appointment, depending on the institution. On this date, the software will be sealed.