[Foundation-l] Election query

[Alison Wheeler]

I didn't want to ask this actually while voting was open in case anyone
got worried, but not that voting has closed I'd like to ask something.

How are our votes actually counted and, more importantly, how can we each
be certain that the votes we made are actually the ones which are being
counted?

I ask this because of the issues raised in the USA about election fraud
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diebold#Security_Concerns etc.) and wondered
whether the same could happen with us, After all, the voting isn't being
carried out on independent servers it is on Wikimedia servers and,
presumably, a lot of people have access to those who could do things
without leaving a trace.

I am *not* meaning imply that anything has been done, but I would very
much like to know what security voters like myself have that our votes
have been correctly recorded and tallied.

Alison Wheeler