Kolaja, who is part of the Greens group in Parliament, said he and colleagues refused to cast votes using the app because they objected to the U.S. technology giants terms of service and the companys data policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe right to exercise your mandate cant be dependent on agreeing to the terms of service of a private company,\u201d Kolaja said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe shouldnt create information systems that are dependent on one particular proprietary vendor. Thats not a solution,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Parliaments services are working on a more user-friendly, quicker version of the print-and-scan ballots for committee meetings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The iVote application has been used to cast votes in committee meetings, which often involve long, complex voting procedures. A spokesperson for the European Parliament said \u201cthis temporary solution allows the processing of complex votes involving numerous amendments and compromise amendments \u2026 and secret votes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The application, which was developed in-house by the Parliament, has so far been used in four committees, and \u201cother committees are planning to use it,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
An internal Parliament note<\/a>, obtained by digital rights blog Netzpolitik<\/a>, said the application was \u201cspecifically conceived to handle votes in committees,\u201d but that \u201cin the current circumstances, we simply do not have the time to port it to other platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing logged in to iCloud is a technical necessity to be able to submit ballots via the Apple cloud,\u201d the note said, adding that \u201cjust logging in to vote with iVote does not per se share any data with Apple which was not already shared when creating the Apple ID.\u201d<\/p>\n
For plenary sessions, Parliament chiefs agreed on a voting procedure via email at the start of the lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic. MEPs forced to stay home cast ballots by printing voting sheets, filling them in, signing , scanning and emailing them to the Parliaments secretariat.<\/p>\n
The system \u2014 while incredibly cumbersome \u2014 allowed MEPs to verify their votes to prevent fraud or mistakes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have taken a huge step forward in modern forms of work. We are the only parliament in Europe that has offered its members to vote digitally and ensured that itRead More \u2013 Source<\/a><\/p>\n
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