E-Voting: Why is UK not as smart as the Philippines?

E-Voting: Why is UK not as smart as the Philippines?

As the world continues to gravitate towards greater technology adoption in all realms of daily life, the kind of question posed in this article by Edie Lush is becoming more frequent and more relevant. What is keeping some European nations from adopting voting technology? By comparing the positive impact that technology has had on Philippine elections ...

Is it time to introduce electronic voting for UK elections?

Is it time to introduce electronic voting for UK elections?

In our blog, we’ve asked ourselves this very same question in previous posts when addressing the UK and the many other nations in which Internet use is so pervasive that casting a ballot online could soon be a reality. But this time around, the question is being asked by former UK Government Minister and SGO Chairman Lord Mark Malloch-Brown in ...

10 essential facts about the runoff Uruguayan elections

10 essential facts about the runoff Uruguayan elections

On November 30, Uruguayans will head back to the polls to elect a successor to Jose “Pepe” Mujica. During the first round, Tabare Vazquez, candidate for the Broad Front, received 1,134,187 votes (47,8%) while Luis A. Lacalle, representing the National Party, received 732,601. A total of 2,620,791 registered voters are expected at the precincts. In the first round, ...

The 2014 elections in numbers

The 2014 elections in numbers

This year, approximately 1.5 billion people have elected their representatives in 96 elections held in five continents. That’s the equivalent of 21% of the world population. Asia, a continent with 4.427 billion people, saw some 800 million people casting a ballot. India (553 million voters) and Indonesia (134 million voters) accounted for almost half of the ...

The rising power of women in Bolivian politics

The rising power of women in Bolivian politics

The results of the most recent Bolivian national elections, held on October 12, undoubtedly represent a milestone in the long-standing worldwide struggle for gender equality. As a result of the election, 48% of the representatives to Bolivia’s National Assembly, officially named Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional de Bolivia, will be women -16 in the 36 member Senate and ...