BMM Australia Pty Ltd
14 September 2007

The content of this document is strictly confidential.  It has been prepared by BMM Australia Pty Ltd (BMM) exclusively for the perusal of Australian Electoral Commission and may not be disclosed to any other party without the prior written approval of Australian Electoral Commission.

Executive Summary

BMM Australia Pty Ltd has been engaged to perform an audit of the remote electronic voting system for overseas Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to be used in the Australian 2007 federal election.
The software solution for providing the remote electronic voting system for overseas ADF personnel is called eLect.
BMM asserts its independence from the supplier of the system and from any political party.
BMM has been asked to ensure that the eLect system meets the following criteria:

• Resistant to malicious tampering by users;
• Resistant to malicious tampering by external parties;
• Free from malicious source code;
• Presents an accurate representation of votes cast in the printed record without gain or loss; and
• Does not allow the association of a voter with the vote cast.

Our findings are as follows:

1. BMM is satisfied that the eLect system implementation includes features that provide the level of security required by the AEC;
2. BMM is satisfied that the eLect system has been tested with due diligence;
3. BMM found no evidence of malicious source code in the eLect system;
4. There were no errors detected in BMM tests for security, accuracy and compliance of the system; and
5. BMM is satisfied that risks identified in this report have been avoided or minimised to a level that would allow the eLect system to comply with AEC requirements regarding security, accuracy and voting functionality.

We certify that the AEC remote electronic voting system for overseas Australian Defence Force personnel complies with the specified criteria.

Anna Fernando
VP – Technical Services