Votes at the Local Government elections in May 2012 will be counted electronically.
Given the complexity of the vote transfer mechanisms involved with this form of STV, manual counting a STV election is complex and time-consuming compared to a traditional first past the post election. E-counting automates the process of counting and applying the formula at the various stages, taking hours to determine a result rather than days.
In October 2010, following a procurement exercise, the contract to deliver the e-counting solution was awarded to Logica and their partner OPT2VOTE.