With regard to electronic voting technologies, the American auditing company Pro V&V has submitted to the Election Administration the results of the third phase of the compliance audit.

The meeting was held today at the Central Election Commission (CEC), where CEC Chairperson Giorgi Kalandarishvili personally received information from the company’s representatives regarding the key findings of the audit. As he noted, the results of all three phases of the audit demonstrate that the electronic voting technologies operate effectively and are in full compliance with international best practices and standards.

“A concluding meeting was held with the compliance auditors from the American company Pro V&V, during which the third-phase report concerning the technological equipment was submitted to the Election Administration. It is noteworthy that the reports from all three phases indicate that the technological equipment, as well as the related business processes, are fully consistent with Georgian legislation and international best practices. In fact, comprehensive answers have been provided to virtually all questions that had arisen within the public domain. I am pleased that our second collaboration has been successfully implemented with such a reputable auditing company, which is one of only two of its kind operating on the U.S. market. This, in turn, provides a clear response to all the manipulations and speculations that had existed regarding this matter”, - said the Chairperson of the CEC following the conclusion of the meeting.

In turn, Pro V&V Director Jack Cobb, while presenting the audit results, once again confirmed that the electronic voting technologies are functioning properly. “At this stage, we have completed all three phases of the audit. During the first phase, we verified the database to ensure that there were no additional voters included in the system, as well as no individuals possessing more than one identification document. In the second phase, we conducted monitoring of the configuration process for each device, including the voter verification devices, ballot scanners, and tablets. The second phase, of course, was conducted prior to the elections. The third phase consisted of fieldwork, during which we visited 23 precinct polling stations and carried out process identification. Based on this identification, we needed to ensure that the electronic technologies possessed the exact configuration recorded during the first two phases. Today, at the meeting held at the Central Election Commission, we reviewed the results of all 3 phases of the audit.”

It is noteworthy that the compliance audit was conducted in three phases. The results of the first two phases of the compliance audit were submitted to the Election Administration prior to the elections. As a result of the source code review and configuration audit, it was determined that:

The Central Election Commission successfully carried out the procedures for configuring the devices required for the elections, utilizing methodologies previously employed during pilot projects and nationwide elections;

---The CEC successfully implemented a program for monitoring the quality of the configuration process;
---The preparatory processes, procedures, and verifications necessary for conducting the elections were appropriate, and the personnel were well-trained;
---No voter identification numbers were duplicated in the voter list, and each voter was included only once;
---The voter lists on the CEC servers are consistent with the lists uploaded to the devices;
---Minor modifications were made to the source code of the verification devices, and none of these changes violate election legislation or negatively affect the integrity, reliability, or security of the election system.

The successful completion of the compliance audit represents a significant milestone for the Election Administration, which places particular emphasis on transparency and security in the process of implementing modern technologies. It is noteworthy that this process is not merely a technical inspection, but also a clear demonstration of accountability to the public, aimed at affirming that the elections are conducted transparently and that the Election Administration operates in accordance with the principles of professionalism and the strengthening of public trust.

It is also noteworthy that the American auditing company Pro V&V is one of only two companies in the United States holding the relevant authorization. The company has extensive experience working with electoral bodies both in the U.S. and internationally, and it is itself responsible for issuing licenses to manufacturer vendors operating in the U.S. market.