Reported Problems
In the elections on 18. May 2003 there was an electronic voting problem reported where one candidate got 4096 extra votes. The error was only detected because she had more preferential votes that her own list which is impossible in the voting system. The official explanation was The spontaneous creation of a bit at the position 13 in the memory of the computer.
A sourcecode analysis of the DigiVote system in 2004 found several obvious errors.
DigiVote is a trade name owned by German based company Brähler ICS Konferenztecknik AG (also spelt Brahler and Braehler in non German speaking regions) who manufacture battery powered radio audience response voting units for use in meetings and should not be confused with the ballot system used in Belgium.
The voting system is vulnerable to a limited replay attack.
Read more about this topic: Electronic Voting In Belgium
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