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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Jasper Lindell

ACT elections at risk of foreign interference, corruption: experts

Early voting at the 2020 ACT election, using electronic voting machines at Pilgrim House. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

Elections in the ACT are at risk of foreign interference and corruption because they heavily rely on an electronic system which cannot verify votes have been accurately recorded, three experts say.

The use of voting systems that do not have a "human readable paper trail" should be banned, the trio has told a parliamentary inquiry.

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