An external audit of the “glitch” that occurred in the Fijian Elections Office Results App during the counting of votes in the 2022 General Election is in progress to determine “if there was any 3rd party interference”.
This is according to a joint report by the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Supervisor of Elections on last year’s general election tabled in Parliament last week.
The report stated that on December 14, 2022, the elections office encountered a glitch in the release of the results process.
“In its preliminary findings, it has been identified that it was a human error rather than a system error,” the report states.
“When it returned after several hours, there appeared to be inconsistent results.
“Following this anomaly with the FEO Result App, the EC received complaints from a number of individuals via the EC complaints portal.”
The report stated the wrong set of data was wrongly transferred manually from the RMIS (Result Management Information System) database to the FEO Results App.
It added that the elections office was aware of the public interest in the “glitch” incident.
“At the time of releasing this report, it is currently facilitating an external audit of the RMIS and Results App to determine the actual cause of it and if there was any 3rd party interference, a thorough report into this incident will be published at a later date upon conclusion of the external audit.”
