the next time" says town clerk Kathleen Gilchrist.
There were those in Huntsville who worried about hacking, but Gilchrist says the town chose a system
operated by Halifax-based Intelivote Systems Inc, which had been previously tested for vulnerability in
Vaughan, Ont.
"They hired a company to see whether they could . . . break into the system and they couldn't."
The vote in Huntsville went off with only a minor hitch — one that didn't involve a security breach. The system was overloaded in the last hour of voting by candidates and their workers, who were monitoring activity. As a result, some voters were blocked and the voting deadline had to be extended by an hour to accommodate everyone.
Intelivote has also handled political party leadership races such as the British Columbia Liberal vote last February and company president Dean Smith says while no system is perfect, they use encrypted data, security audits and other measures to prevent hacking.
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