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Re:Software used to count Australian Senate votes is a “trad... by pan69 on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @09:53PM (#8040187)
Isn't that a conflict of interest? I mean, who or what pays for the development of the implementation?
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Re:Software used to count Australian Senate votes is a “trad... by harkyns_castle on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @07:26AM (#8041502)
I'm uneasy about that... presumably they get funded from our taxes. I'd have to guess any profit they make is put back into the pockets^w system, but not responding to FOI's on the basis of a commercial interest strikes me as weird.

Must be some impressive VB coding in any case.

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