Idox Elections of the UK has been selected by the Electoral Commission as the official provider of an Electronic Vote Counting Solution to support elections   during the 2019-2024 period.

"The rollout of Idox’s e-counting technology will help Malta accelerate its counting process – reducing the time it takes to count ballot papers and provide calculations from days to hours and minutes," the commission said. 

Idox’s services will include hardware, security software, training and support. The team will also partner with Scytl – a specialist in developing secure elections management solutions – to ensure transparent and fully auditable results.

The technology will be in place to support Malta’s next round of European Parliament and Local Council elections in 2019, involving the simultaneous election of councillors across 68 Localities and the election of MEPs across 13 Electoral Divisions – both using the Single Transferable Voting (STV) method.

Following a ceremony in Malta to formally confirm the partnership, Andrew Riley, Chief Executive Officer of Idox group said: “With over 120 clients in the UK and across Europe using our electoral services, we are unrivalled in expertise, technology and resource, and are delighted to see Malta become the latest client to benefit from our solutions. We’re leading the way in the delivery of smart, end-to-end electoral software, and look forward to extending this to Malta where we will provide the accuracy and speed required for successful elections in 2019 and beyond.”

Idox has extensively tested its eCount software in the context of the single transferrable vote system STV in Scotland, following the delivery of eCount software to all 32 Scottish councils in the 2012 and 2017 local elections.