German Cardoso, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay and a representative of the city of Maldonado, recently visited the Spanish Congress to learn about electronic voting. It is important to point out that the Uruguayan parliament is the only one in South America that has not yet implemented this voting system. Parliamentary elections are still carried out using the “freehand†mechanism. It ...
The VI Ibero -American Conference for Electoral Justice entitled: "The role of Electoral Justice as a guarantee of democratic probity", was held this year in Cancun, Mexico on the 27th, 28th and 29th of August. The conference was organized by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), The Electoral Court of the Ministry ...
In a trend that is being observed in most democracies around the world, the United Kingdom is also struggling with increasing voter apathy.  A study has found out that while voter turnout peaked in 1950 when 82% of the electorate voted, it has since been in steep decline. By 1983, participation had dived to 72%, and ...
The success of internet voting in Estonia, as well as successful experiences in Switzerland , the US, Canada and several other countries are a good indicator that the electorate is warming up to the idea of utilizing online technology to cast their votes remotely. One of the biggest impetus for the adoption of this voting technology seems to ...
The Union of Comoros will hold its presidential elections  on November 16.  Interestingly, not every registered voter in the country will have a say on who their next leader will be. The reason is that the elections laws of this small archipelago of only 773,000 people state that the presidency should rotate every four years among ...