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Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 00:44:50 +0000
Subject: CM: EACTFOI-20240509-02 - Acknowledgement
From: Elections ACT <xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx>
To: "'mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx'"
<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>

Dear Tim Wilson-Brown

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF YOUR ACCESS APPLICATION

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of the access application you made under the Freedom of Information Act 2016 (FOI Act) dated 9 May 2024.

This application requested access to:

"...documents held by the Commission relating to the requirements, design, implementation, and security of electronic voting for the 2024 legislative assembly election.
I ask that the documents be supplied to me in electronic form by reply email to this address.
If identical documents were already supplied in 2020 or 2021, there is no need to supply them again. For example, I already have the documents you supplied here:
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.righttoknow.org.au%2Frequest%2Fvote_secrecy_in_2020_election%23incoming-19178&data=05%7C02%7C%7C03cd225fb7f0477baba008dc6fce713b%7Cb46c190803344236b978585ee88e4199%7C0%7C0%7C638508179791241826%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TD9dqpD7PGFX98nX%2FBSYCk3rB9VzKpivGgIIjq6R5ls%3D&reserved=0"

Timeframe

Your application was received by Elections ACT on 9 May 2024. Under the FOI Act, we have 20 working days from this date to process your access application.

As a result, you should expect a decision from us by 7 June 2024. This period may, however, be extended if we need to consult third parties or for other reasons set out in the FOI Act. We will notify you if this is the case.

Charges

You will not be charged unless we advise you that charges are payable in relation to your access application, and you choose to proceed.

Disclosure Log

Please note that section 28 of the FOI Act requires publication of access applications and any information subsequently released on our disclosure log at https://www.elections.act.gov.au/about_us/freedom_of_information.

This means that if you are granted access to the information requested, it will also be made publicly available on our website, unless your access application is for personal information, or information about your business, commercial, financial or professional affairs where the publication of the information would be unreasonable in the circumstances.

Further assistance

If you have any questions in relation to your access application, please contact me on (02) 6205 0033 or xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx


Yours sincerely

Rachel U'Ren


Rachel U'Ren (she/her) | Complaints and Records Manager
Phone: (02) 6205 0033 | Email: xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx
Elections ACT | ACT Government
3 Constitution Ave, Canberra | GPO Box 172 Canberra ACT 2601 www.elections.act.gov.au



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From: T Wilson-Brown <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2024 12:19 PM
To: Elections ACT <xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Security & Design Documents for Electronic Voting (2024)

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Dear ACT Electoral Commission,

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2016, I apply for access to documents held by the Commission relating to the requirements, design, implementation, and security of electronic voting for the 2024 legislative assembly election.

I ask that the documents be supplied to me in electronic form by reply email to this address.

If identical documents were already supplied in 2020 or 2021, there is no need to supply them again. For example, I already have the documents you supplied here:
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.righttoknow.org.au%2Frequest%2Fvote_secrecy_in_2020_election%23incoming-19178&data=05%7C02%7C%7C03cd225fb7f0477baba008dc6fce713b%7Cb46c190803344236b978585ee88e4199%7C0%7C0%7C638508179791241826%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TD9dqpD7PGFX98nX%2FBSYCk3rB9VzKpivGgIIjq6R5ls%3D&reserved=0

Disclosure of the information requested is in the public interest due to:
- the general public interest in maintaining election integrity and confidence in the results of elections;
- the general public interest in maintaining confidence in the security of Australian government information systems in light of increasing domestic and foreign cybersecurity threats; and
- the specific interest of the computer security research community in security vulnerabilities in electronic voting systems, including EVACS, the NSW iVote system, and similar overseas systems, which have been formally studied by academic researchers and covered in technology industry media.

I thank you for your consideration of this request and look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

T Wilson-Brown

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