Computer Supported Central Voter Roll Project

Computer Supported Central Voter Roll Project

Content 1. Main Objective 2. History 3. Infrastructure of SEÇSİS Software, Hardware, Security, Network 4. Components of SEÇSİS SEÇSİS Application System SEÇSİS Portal System SEÇSİS Ballot Box Results Sharing System Integration 2

Main Objective Transferring the identity and address information of the voters to computer environment on the basis of Turkish Republic Identification Number Saving the voter roll securely in an accurate, update, consistent manner and in centralized structure as a whole in computer environment and using it in the elections, Carrying out the elections in a rapid, healthy, economic and transparent manner, Transferring the election results from districts to the center rapidly and securely, Providing the opportunity of identity, address and polling data examination via Internet to voters and the opportunity of monitoring the election results via internet to the political parties, press and public, 3

History The Data Entry System Feasibility Report prepared by Hacettepe University (1986) System Analysis and Design Report (1987) Purchasing 45 tipped PERTEC brand data input system (1987) Pilot implementation at the districts of Çankaya, Bala and Şereflikoçhisar(1988) SEÇSİS Project Feasibility Report by the University of Hacettepe and adoption of the report by the Supreme Election Board (SEB) (1989) Data entry of seven provinces to off-line system (1990) 4

History The number of off-line provinces was 11 (1991) Purchasing off-line running 110-tipped Unisys A-16 mainframe computer system (1992) Starting to use SEÇSİS application software based on voter ID by transferring the data to A-16(1992) Purchasing Sun Fire 6800 computer system (2001) Development of the new application by the adoption of distributed database, and the pilot implementation of project (2001) The number of off-line provinces was 35 (421 districts, 26 million voters) (2004) 5

History Transition to the central database structure with a web-based application (2005) Public tender of SEÇSİS new software and hardware (2005) Beginning of processing the Turkish Republic ID number to the data of voters(2006) The dissemination tender throughout Turkey by using UYAP network infrastructure and Trial General Parliamentary Elections (2006) Updating voter roll by announcing the lists throughout Turkey (2006) Holding the 23rd term parliamentary elections based on voter id registry (2007) Referendum for the Amendment to the Constitution (October 21, 2007) Amendment to the law (law No.5749 ), the integration with MERNIS Identity Sharing System (KPS) and Address Registration System (ACS), and purchasing additional hardware and development of software (2008) 6

History Forming voter roll based on Turkish Republic Identification Number and transition to permanent update (Aralık 2008) Removing finger painting process during elections(law No.5749, 2008 ) First General Elections with voter roll based on Turkish Republic Identification Number(General Election of Local Administrations on March 29, 2009) Referendum to Amend the Constitution(September 12, 2010) Amendment to the law (law No.5980,2010), starting to synchronous sharing of the ballot box-scaled election results with the headquarters of political parties (2010) Testing Ballot Box Results Sharing System (SSPS) with the political parties and putting it into use (2011) 24 th Term Parliamentary Elections (June 12, 2011) 7

Infrastructure Software Unix, Sun Solaris, Linux, Windows 2003-2008 Oracle 10g, Oracle AS JBoss Java Hardware Sun (Oracle) IBM HP Dell Cisco CheckPoint F5 Security Firewalls Anti-virus software E-mail, anti-virus and spam filtering applications IpsecVPN (Virtual Private Network) IPS (Intrusion Detection and Prevention System) Load balancing Access control SSL Physical security (face recognition, tourniquet passage) Network Fiber optic Metro Ethernet UYAP network infrastructure (ME, G.SHDSL, P2PADSL, 3G, Satellite) ADSL 8

Components of SEÇSİS SEÇSİS Application System SEÇSİS Portal System, SEÇSİS Ballot Box Results Sharing System (SSPS), Integration 9

Components of SEÇSİS SEÇSİS Application System Main Modules Voter Operations Ballot Box Operations Election Operations Dwelling Unit Operations Management Operations Trackback Operations The Reporting Operations Bulk Transfering Operations MERNIS KPS, AKS, web services Help E-Mail 10

Components of SEÇSİS SEÇSİS Portal System Decisions, Circular, Announcements and News regarding the Supreme Election Board Domestic Voter and Ballot Box Query Overseas Voter Query Election Results Ongoing Elections Obtaining On-line Information 11

Components of SEÇSİS SEÇSİS Ballot Box Results Sharing System (SSPS) Monitoring and recording the election results entered by the districts synchronously with the headquarters of political parties from the day of election until the finalization of election results. 12

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