Campaign trail: computer counting, armed drones and 13 million voters Election

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Source: www.dutchnews.nl

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/02/campaign-trail-armed-drones-and-13-million-voters/

Campaign trail: computer counting, armed drones and 13 million voters
Election
February 15, 2017

snip...Counting computers Computers will be used to do the final vote counting after the March 15 general election, home affairs minister Ronald Plasterk told MPs on Wednesday. Plasterk had said computers would not be used after broadcaster RTL showed the counting software could be easily hacked. Main polling stations will, however, be allowed to use spread sheets to reach the final vote tallies per district as long as the computer are not linked to the internet, Plasterk said. ...snip

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I wonder why Plasterk went back on his word to hand count the ballots?