The UNDP has launched the Global Programme for Electoral Cycle Support (GPECS), a program to sensitize and train indigenous communicators and journalists in electoral cycle dynamics and on new information technologies so that participants can share their knowledge within their own indigenous communities. GPECS, is a three-year global initiative to help developing countries improve their electoral ...
As the 2015 Estonian Riigikogu (Parliament) elections draw closer, voters across the globe will begin looking up to those citizens who seem to have one foot in the future, and are already enjoying the convenience of casting a ballot remotely from their computers or their mobiles. Since 2005, Estonia has successfully carried 7 national elections giving ...
Voter impersonation has been an ever-present threat to election integrity for centuries. Fortunately, recent developments in biometric technology are yielding positive results when it comes to authenticating voters efficiently. In 2009 Brazil began a slow process of implementing biometric capturing devices in polling stations; And during its last elections –October 2014- it managed to authenticate some ...
While no date has been set for elections yet, the Central Elections Commission of Israel has been preparing for weeks for the possibility of early elections. And one of the ideas it has been considering is the implementation of electronic voting, at least to some extent. Authorities believe that electronic voting could help streamline things, said Attorney Orly Ades, ...
In 2015, United Arab Emirates (UAB) will conduct its third Federal National Council (FNC) election since this legislative body was formed in 1971. Previous elections –held in 2006 and 2011- represented an important first step towards Emirati democracy. The FNC is the federal authority of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) formed to represent the general Emirati people. ...