If e-voting is currently being used, what type(s) of technology used?

OSCE/ODIHR EOM reportfor 2007 elections:

“In? 2004,?Kazakhstan? introduced? electronic?voting? (e-voting)? as?a? voting? option. The ‘Sailau’? e-voting?system? was? used?during? the? 2004?parliamentary? elections? and,?in? a modified? form,?in? the? 2005?presidential? election.? In the?2007? elections,? e-voting?was? used in 1,512 pollingstations, covering approximately 33 per cent of the total electorate. Voters could? choose?to? cast? their?vote? electronically,? or ?by?paper? ballot,? in?these? locations.? Most political parties expressed a lack ofconfidence regarding e-voting in Kazakhstan.

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The? e-voting?system? is? similar?to? that? initially?accepted? by? a?government? commission? in 2004,?although? some? changes?were? made? in?advance? of? the?2005? election,? such?as? the introduction of a newvoter interface and changes? at componentlevel. The system features a touch screen voting terminal which records voteson a ballot card. Votes are downloaded from the ballot card to a personalcomputer that is also used to identify voters and transmit turnout? data?to? the? CEC?during? election? day.?Without? having? been?provided? with? detailed information regarding the internaldata structures? of the voter' sballot-card, OSCE/ODIHR EOM? experts? were?unable? to? determine?if? the? Sailau?system? ensures? the?right? to? a?secret ballot.

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The? core?of? the? system?is? built? around?an? Oracle? database?distributed? over? the?central server, and computers at each e-voting polling place. Theintegrity of the election results is protected?by? a? device?called? the? P-Card?(PiCard),? also? known?as? the? CryptoKey?2003. Various? private companies? have?been? involved? in?developing? the? Sailau?system? and? in? itscertification. Most documents regarding the Sailau system refer to publicstandards.”