Does the country use open source software in electoral processes?
South Africa
Answer
Open source systems have been considered, but are not in use
Source
IEC 2009 Elections report, p. 35: Seminar on electronic voting and counting technologies
Some key lessons from the cross-national experience include
the following:
Critical success factors to allow for the independent certification and audit of technology (should an election management body decide to test e-voting) include transparency (open-source software), inclusivity (stakeholder buy-in) and trust.
http://www.elections.org.za/content/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=1287
