Until 8:30 p.m. Sunday, May 21, singular logic be able to give one confident assessment of the election results. “The prerequisite is that the number of results that will come through the CPT (secure transmission system) is sufficient from all regions,” explains Mr. Dimitris Bakakos, general manager of SingularLogic. Now the countdown to the election is underway, and there are still employees in the company’s offices, although it is well past noon. Mr. Dimitris Bakakos and Mr. Ilias Giannitsiosproject manager, explain the process and path of the data, which this time will move faster than ever through the configured system.

“When we can make a safe assessment, we will make a decision this evening. There may not even be a need for evaluation, because very soon we will already have a very high concentration of results. However, as a last resort, we may need to make an assessment later, in relation to a small party that is on the verge of passing or not entering parliament by a few votes,” explains Mr. Bakakos. As for them preferences crosses After 22:00 we are supposed to have a stream of candidate cross results, and shortly after midnight it will be in full swing as the crosses will be counted a second time and the results will be sent separately via SRT. However, it should be clarified that in the future, judicial representatives will send out the results of their constituency also by traditional telegram.

This year for the first time judicial representatives countries will have the SRT device, which they will receive along with the rest of the election materials from the municipalities. Activation of the device is performed only by a court representative with special security codes, while entering results into the CPT device is extremely simple through a special and very easy to use application supported by the device. The application has the ability to cover results not only in favor of combinations, but also in favor of candidates (cross-matching). According to Mr. Bakakos, this transmission, which is carried out directly through the polling stations by the judicial representative himself, updates the database of the Ministry of the Interior. This process provides significant advantages, such as speed of integration, automated control of results when entering elements individually. constituency, but also a fully controlled process with the help of passwords and security technologies. SRT devices interact exclusively with a closed system of results transmission and are not capable of performing any other functions. They must also be returned to the competent court of first instance, along with the rest of the electoral materials and record book.

After the combination votes have been counted and before the preference crosses count begins, judicial representatives must send to the Ministry of the Interior the results (number of registered, number of voters, number of invalid ballots, number of blanks and number of valid ballots received by each party or individual candidate).

In a few seconds, the result that leaves the polling station through the SRT devices will be transmitted to the MIA system.

“After a few seconds – the time required is almost zero – the result of the election that leaves the polling station, enters the system of the Ministry of the Interior, and from there will be distributed to those connected to it. The result will be integrated into a single whole without any other interference,” describes Mr. Giannitsios. This data will be posted on the official election page of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (ekloges.ypes.gr) and will be available for viewing by any citizen of the world. In previous election contests, it was recorded that more than 5 million people per second simultaneously requested information from the system both inside and outside of Greece.

Next Sunday, May 21, a few minutes after 19:00, when the polls are closed, 200 people who will be in the Ministry of the Interior and another 300 people who will travel all over Greece will stand up to vote. continue the process of collecting and transmitting the results of parliamentary elections with the necessary security and speed. At the same time, another 60 people will form the so-called reference service, a center to which electoral divisions can apply through the STO to resolve any issues.

Bags from abroad

Three times during the electoral process at certain times (at 10:00, 13:00 and 16:00) the court representatives will send the number of voters up to that time to their polling station in the Ministry of the Interior via SRT devices. Thus, the voting process and the turnout of citizens will be recorded. However, for voters abroad, the process will be different: “Sending the results will be done by the classic telegram method. Bags from all over the world will travel and arrive at the Court of Appeal, maybe even on Monday, if we are talking about Australia, for example,” says Dimitris Bakakos.