Sunday, October 8, 2023 – 12:26 AM
Emirates, 7 October / WAM / Officials for the 2023 Federal National Council elections confirmed that voting procedures were easy for everyone and that the digital transformation witnessed by the United Arab Emirates led to the use of modern voting systems, whether electronic voting or remote voting via approved applications.
In statements to the Emirates News Agency, WAM, they indicated the keenness of the people of the country to participate in this important forum in the country’s journey.
His Excellency Major General Al Zari Al Shamsi, Commander-in-Chief of Sharjah Police, confirmed that the procedures adopted by the UAE government in the 2023 Federal National Council elections were smooth and easy for everyone, starting with receiving the public, verifying the Emirati identity, and entering the places designated for voting. He praised the work teams that performed their national duty. To the fullest.
His Excellency Dr. Mansour bin Nassar, member of the National Elections Committee, representative of the private sector, praised the large turnout of voters, pointing out the turnout of a large number of voters at the electoral center in the Abu Dhabi Energy Center despite the introduction of a remote voting system through the applications and websites of the National Elections Committee and the “Share for the Emirates” application. “, expecting to achieve the target level of voter numbers due to their significant turnout in this session.
He praised the efforts made by the National Elections Committee in preparing for this session for years, as the committee works to organize the next session of elections immediately after the completion of the previous session. He also praised the remarkable success of this session, which reflects the efforts of all those responsible for it.
In the context of the security of the systems used in electoral centers, His Excellency Mohammed Al Kuwaiti, Chairman of the Cybersecurity Council of the UAE Government, confirmed that the systems comply with cybersecurity standards in accordance with the best international policies and standards, as the “I-voting” and “E-Voting” systems were used, which represent voting. Through electronic devices in the centers and remote voting through websites and the smart application, explaining the modern technologies that have been worked on such as networking, encryption, network exploitation and recognition using several systems such as recognition through identity and facial fingerprint.
He pointed to the qualitative addition formed by hybrid voting to digital transformation, as this mechanism is added to the UAE’s leadership in the field of digital transformation, stressing the importance of the role of cybersecurity in following up on all systems to ensure that they are secured and not tampered with, as well as securing them from cybercrimes, noting the importance of spreading awareness about cybersecurity. Security is everyone’s responsibility.
Dr. Abdul Rahman Khalifa Al-Shaer, Director of the Electoral Center at the Sharjah Chess Club, explained that the first two days of early voting for the 2023 Federal National Council elections witnessed a large turnout among those registered on the electoral lists, and the third day witnessed a remarkable interaction from the side of remote voting until the last day.. He pointed out that thanks to the ease of procedures, the voting process took only a minute and a half.
For her part, Fatima Ahmed Al Balushi, Director of the Ajman Electoral Center, said that the center witnessed a distinguished turnout of voters to participate in the elections, which witnessed facilities for all attendees from the moment of their arrival until the voting process was completed.
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2023-10-07 20:27:35
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