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E-Voting in Windows Operating System
E-voting client application functions with the following Windows operating systems: Before starting the e-voting process, please check that the latest security updates (Windows Update) have been installed. We recommend using the newer versions of the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser (starting with IE 5.0) for e-voting. Go to the e-voting front page, keep your ID-card and PINs handy and click Hääleta siin (Vote here). Users of Windows Vista must start the browser from the command prompt Run as administrator in order to install the voter application. After the initial set up, users with lower rights can run the system.
Setting up the web browser
Personal identification Insert the ID-card into the card reader. Click Hääleta siin (Vote here)! on the e-voting opening page. The following dialogue window will be displayed on a new page:
The dialogue window will display your name and personal identification code. Click OK to continue. If the dialogue window is empty as shown below, data could not be read from your ID-card.
In this case please check that the card has been inserted into the reader correctly. Then click Cancel and reload the page by clicking Ctrl+R or Refresh. If many ID-cards have been registered in the computer, their data is shown. Choose the ID-card which is currently in the reader and click OK.
It may take a moment to identify you, so please be patient. The system checks whether you have already voted. The system also downloads the party and candidate list of your voting district. You are then asked to enter the PIN1 of your ID-card.
Enter the number and click OK. If you entered the wrong code, the following notice is displayed:
In this case click OK, which will reopen the dialogue window with your name and personal identification code (cf. above). Voting If you entered the correct PIN-code, you will reach the next page:
Clicking Edasi (Forward) will load the actual voting application into the web browser. The size of the EXE version of the application is 2.5 MB; in case of ActiveX opening in browser - 3.0 MB. The downloading speed of the application depends on your Internet connection. Please be patient. The following announcement may appear when opening page: ”An ActiveX control on this page might be unsafe to interact with other parts of the page. Do you want to allow this interaction?” (Yes, No). Click Yes to continue voting. If starting up of ActiveX components is not allowed, the following notification appears:
You have to decide whether to set the web browser to use ActiveX or download the EXE version of
the voter application. In the first case, the e-voting takes place in the web browser, in the second
case the programme valijarakendus.exe is downloaded. In order to vote electronically, the downloaded
program must be started despite the following warning. Click Run.
The voter application starts in a few seconds and PIN1 is asked again.
The application has now been started in the web browser or as a separate program.
After you have read the introductory text and clicking Otsustama (Decide), the
program displays the candidates participating at the election.
After you have selected a candidate, you must confirm your choice on the next page. If you are sure that you want to vote for the chosen party or candidate, click Hääletan (Voting).
The system encrypts your choice, which must now be signed. You are therefore asked to type
in the PIN2 of your ID-card.
This concludes e-voting and you are asked to close the window. This ensures that the connection
to the voting centre has indeed been cut. You may also remove your ID-card from the reader.
Repeat voting
Annulment of a vote
If an error occurs
If your computer or a technical error does not allow you to vote electronically, you can vote in a polling place following the normal procedure. |
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