Council of Europe Ad hoc Committee of Experts on Legal, Operational and Technical Standards for e-voting (CAHVE)

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04 November 2015 09:27:27

Council of Europe Ad hoc Committee of Experts on Legal, Operational and Technical Standards for e-voting (CAHVE) within the Council of Europe - update of Recommendation Rec(2004)11

The Ad hoc Committee of Experts on Legal, Operational and Technical Standards for e-voting (CAHVE) was set up by the Committee of Ministers in the Council of Europe. Under the direct authority of the Committee of Ministers the Ad Hoc Committee was requested to prepare a draft Recommendation updating Recommendation Rec(2004)11 in the light of recent technical and legal developments on e-enabled elections in the Council of Europe member States. The Committee is made up of government representatives from their election management bodies with direct experience or specialised knowledge on e-voting. Malta is represented by the Chief Electoral Commissioner and a representative from the Electoral Office's IT Section.

In April 2015, the Council of Europe Secretariat appointed Ms. Ardita Driza-Maurer, expert on political rights and new voting technologies who had been previously engaged in the biennial review meetings of Rec(2004)11, as the leading expert and tasked her with the drafting of a roadmap for the update of the Recommendation. The update was pursued in two phases. In the first phase, the CAHVE was asked to decide on issues of scope and the format of the updated Recommendation. In the second phase, once a decision is reached on these aspects, the ad hoc Committee will proceed with the actual update.

A plenary meeting was held between the 27th and 28th October 2015 in Strasbourg at the Council of Europe, Agora Building in which 48 members attended. The meeting’s agenda included the election of the Chair & Vice-Chair,  a presentation by the Secretariat of the Terms of Reference of the CAHVE, the updating of the Recommendation Rec(2004)11 and the adoption of the abridged meeting report. At the end of the two day meeting an ABRIDGED REPORT OF THE MEETING was presented to the members present which was unanimously approved. Ardita Driza Maurer was given the task to proceed to the second phase of this initiative.

 

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4th November, 2015