Canadian company the Conservatives used to count leadership vote leads election tech industry on both sides of the border

The Conservative Party praises Dominion Voting for its software, but an election expert is raising security concerns and has condemned the party's choice to destroy the paper ballots.

Conservative Party executive director Dustin Van Vugt and Leadership Election Organizing Committee chair Dan Nowlan announce the results of the party's leadership race at the Toronto Congress Centre on May 27. Mr. Nowlan gave Canadian company Dominion Voting Systems, whose vote-tabulating technology the party used, a shout-out before announcing the final results.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 21, 2017

In the seconds before the Conservative Party declared Andrew Scheer its new leader with a slim majority after a marathon 13 rounds and what would later emerge as a vote-counting controversy, election organizers offered gratitude for the company that tabulated the score...

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