by Ernesto Parisca | Jul 2, 2014 | Asia, E-voting, Elections, General interest

In three weeks, Indonesians will be selecting a new leader to replace President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Around 71% of the close to 200 million registered voters are expected to troop to polling precincts to vote.
Elected by an absolute majority vote, the President serves a 5-year term for a maximum of 2 terms. The July 9 ...
by Ernesto Parisca | Jun 30, 2014 | E-voting, In the news
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E-voting experiments end in Norway amid security fears. Or at least, that’s how the BBC reported events last Friday (27 June, 2014).
However Norway’s Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation was quick to counter the statements made by the news organization.
The BBC said that the trials (during elections in 2011 and 2013) ended because of people’s fears ...
by Ernesto Parisca | Jun 30, 2014 | Africa, E-voting, Elections

Namibian authorities are considering implementing electronic voting for the country's presidential and National Assembly elections to be held later this year.
To contribute to a successful adoption process, researchers at Namibia's Biometric Research Laboratory (BRL) have published an article with the criteria they deem necessary to efficiently select the most appropriate electronic voting system.
According to the ...
by Ernesto Parisca | Jun 25, 2014 | Africa

Photo: Reuters
1.5 million registered voters
10,087 overseas registered voters
1,734 candidates are vying for seats in the new parliament, the House of Representatives. It will replace the General National Congress, which has been plagued by problems since the election two years ago.
1,601 polling stations
200 parliamentary seats are up for grabs
32 seats reserved for women
How does the electoral ...
by Ernesto Parisca | Jun 25, 2014 | E-voting, Elections

Smartmatic, world leader in electronic voting, and Cybernetica, the Estonian R&D lab that built the original Internet voting system used in Estonia, recently announced the creation of a centre to further develop remote online voting.
This multidisciplinary centre of research and development is focused on improving Internet voting by approaching it from a wide assortment of ...