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This is a high-risk pilot using many technologies simultaneously managed by ES&S, a company with a poor reputation.

[edit] Summary of Pilot

South Bucks council will pilot remote Internet and telephone voting, during the week before polling day and on polling day itself. South Bucks council will also use electronic scanning technology to count ballot papers for its elections, specifically using commercially available scanning hardware. Providing remote Internet and telephone voting will build on the evidence available from pilot schemes undertaken in 2003. The South Bucks pilot scheme will enable us to undertake a detailed assessment of a number of key factors, including patterns of usage and take-up, accessibility, security and confidence in electronic voting. South Bucks has identified a demand among its electorate for more flexible and accessible voting methods, particularly among a significant proportion of its electorate which commutes daily into London.

The use of electronic counting will provide further evidence about the benefits of automating the counting process, and in particular will assess the feasibility of using standard commercial hardware to provide a cost effective alternative to manual counting at a small-scale or local level. (from a DCA document)

[edit] Contacts

The email address of every councillor in South Bucks District Council

Freedom of Information requests.

All Freedom of Information requests should be sent in the first instance to the relevant section. However if you are unsure of where to direct your request, please email: foi@southbucks.gov.uk