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Electronic roll crashing on Election Day could have been avoided

12/11/2025Diah Kusuma

A sign points the way to a voting booth during the Hamilton West by-election. (November 2022)

Photo: RNZ / Anneke Smith

The Electoral Commission has found a crash of its eRoll on Election Day was “ultimately avoidable”.

The electronic version of the electoral roll went down shortly after 10am on election day 14 October, and was not fixed until just before 2pm.

While it only affected those casting special voters, many voting centers were already under strain with massive queues, and this caused further delays and confusion.

How the eRoll works

The eRoll is a mobile app developed exclusively for the Electoral Commission and was developed and maintained by IT company Catalyst.

On election day staff primarily used it to search the live electoral rolls for voters who did not have their EasyVote card with them.

“It is an electronic option to do what can also be done by looking up the hard copy rolls in the voting place for electors enrolled by writ day and looking up the index to places and streets to work out which electorate a person lives in.”

What happened on Election Day

Documents released in an OIA to RNZ showed at 9:59am on election day four connections failed – although it was later suggested these were not related to the

Electronic filing program in development for New Brunswick’s court system

27/10/2025Diah Kusuma

The New Brunswick justice system could be in line for a digital upgrade that would allow people to file information to courts electronically and retrieve important information online.

Argyri Panezi and a team of researchers at the University of New Brunswick are developing a project that would apply changes to the Court of Appeal, the Court of King’s Bench and the Provincial Court.

“We just need to make sure that this is done in a systematic, careful, way and really fits the needs of the communities that the courts are serving,” said Panezi, who is the Canada Research Chair in Digital Information Law at UNB Law.

The project started at the beginning of 2023. There was a summit in August, where Panezi met with interested parties from the courts, law associations and legal aid institutions to discuss the changes.

There will be another summit in 2024.

“It’s not a quick fix,” she said. “It’s not a quick process because we need to make sure that we implement changes and we propose and then implement changes in the right place.

“We don’t just throw technology to problems. We need to rethink about the whole system when we’re talking about modernization and

St. John Neumann baseball goes high-tech to electronically send pitch calls to the mound

14/08/2024Diah Kusuma

St. John Neumann catchers Gavin Lind and Daniel Mayor have their shared pregame routine.

They go over scouting reports, talk strategy, and warm up. This season the routine got an addition ― making sure their earpieces are charged and ready to go.

Starting this season, the National Federation of State High School Associations allows catchers to wear an earpiece in their helmets to receive pitch calls from a coach using a walkie-talkie or clip-on microphone. Communication is only one way, from the dugout to the catcher, and coaches can only talk before a pitch is thrown and after the play on the field is over. The technology has been used at the college level since 2018 and was fully adopted by the NCAA for the 2021-22 season.

Neumann Celtics catcher Daniel Mayor (6) sets up his electronic communication device prior to a game against the Riverdale Raiders at St. Louis. John Neumann High School in Naples on Monday, March 11, 2024.

“It’s the best thing for us honestly, because whenever (Neumann head coach Charlie) Maurer needs to tell us he sees something on the bases or sees something with a hitter, he can be in the game with us,” Mayor said. “Telling us what he sees, or don’t do this, or don’t be late on your block. It helps us stay in the game and gives us that edge on other teams so we’re