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Does the CVK have fictitious employees? Most likely, at least one.

The Central Election Commission (CVK) employs at least one fictitious female employee who was formally hired so that her husband could avoid paying child support at a faster-increasing rate – this conclusion can quite reasonably be drawn from the information received by the Inc. editorial office and from attempts to verify this information. Early on the morning of March 26, after the current affairs broadcast “Kas notiek Latvijā?” (“What’s Happening in Latvia?”), in one of the messaging apps I […]

Procedural actions are being carried out involving the state secretary of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Balševics, Liopa and the entrepreneur Ceruss

In connection with the development and operation of IT systems in the 2025 municipal elections, law enforcement authorities this evening are carrying out procedural actions at the Ministry of Environmental Protection state secretary Edvīns Balševics, according to information available to Inc. Procedural actions are also being carried out at the former head of the State Regional Development Agency (VRAA), Jorens Liopa, as well as the businessman, owner of Corporate Solutions group, Aigars Ceruss. Asked what the businessman has to do with […]

In the VDAA competition for the development of an election platform, Emergn and RIX Technologies have been invited to participate

In the State Digital Development Agency’s (VDAA) tender for the development or adaptation of an election platform for the Saeima elections, the companies AS Emergn and AS RIX Technologies have applied to participate in the restricted procedure, according to information in the Electronic Procurement System (EIS). In a restricted tender, anyone interested may apply, but the contracting authority itself chooses which companies to invite to submit bids. Information on the VDAA website shows that, according to the agency’s estimates […]

Campaign optimization experts; how to campaign correctly at a time when one election has already ended, but there is still time until the next one

My personal opinion about IShowSpeed’s visit to Latvia. About how to campaign correctly at a time when one election has already ended, but the campaign period for the next one has not yet begun. The first wave of outrage on social networks has passed, so we can calmly watch the 33‑minute shortened video on YouTube and analyze it step by step. As we already heard from “Panorāma”, Latvia paid the social media star for this visit […]

Schrödinger’s registry; the Prosecutor’s Office claims that the system by which the elections are ensured does not exist

At the end of 2020, the company “SOAAR” developed the Electronic Online Voter Register (ETVR system), which was used to conduct the 2021 municipal elections and the 2022 Saeima elections. The Prosecutor’s Office has thrown the evidence into the trash and claims that the ETVR does not exist. The 14th Saeima elections had concluded, the votes had been counted, and the new Saeima convened for its first session on the first of November 2022. Exactly one week later, with the Internal Security […]

The impossible audit – the State Data Inspectorate has announced a procurement to carry out an audit of the IT platforms used to support the 2025 municipal elections

The State Digital Development Agency (VDAA) on June 26 announced a procurement to carry out an audit of the IT platforms used to support the 2025 municipal elections. Interestingly, the agency apparently expects that someone will carry out such an audit in a single working day. The procurement documents indicate that the contract performance period is theoretically 15 days, however, given the overall scope of work and the requirements set for the bidders, as […]

In the 14th Saeima elections, the SAB deemed the use of Latvia.lv unsafe

Already in the previous Saeima elections, the Constitution Protection Bureau (SAB) deemed the portal Latvija.lv, created by the State Digital Development Agency (VDAA), to be insecure and requested that it not be used in the elections, according to information available to Inc. In its restricted-access (IP) document, SAB urgently asked the organizers of the election process to assess the technical possibilities of not using the unified authentication mechanism of the http://www.latvija.lv portal in the Electronic Online Voter Register and in the Election Management Systems. […]