Academy moves toward e-voting

The Academy of movement Picture Arts and Sciences is a step nearer to a digital voting system, announcing Wednesday it has joined into a contract with Everybody Counts Corporation. to solely create a system for that 85th Oscars.Everybody Counts works with PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Academy's accounting firm of record, whose role in tabulating Academy members' votes will stay unchanged. Within the the coming year, the Academy will to experience a rigorous security and user-acceptance testing process."This is actually the to begin many steps that we'll be taking toward creating a secure and convenient electronic voting system, starting with next year's ballot," stated Academy chief operating officer Ric Robertson. "We are excited to possess found great partners in those who do that best."Picking a Everybody Counts is caused by an 18-month search carried out through the Academy. The organization is worldwide famous for its knowledge of election administration and computer security and it is voting platform is really a world leader within the election industry. Included in its technology and procedures are multiple layers of security which include military-grade file encryption techniques. The business's other clients range from the U . s . States Department of Defense the U . s . Kingdom's Secretary of state for Justice the condition of Nsw, Australia and also the states of Or, Florida, and Washington. Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com