Provincial representatives José Allende and Pablo Mendoza drafted a bill that seeks to introduce electronic voting in the house of representatives through the incorporation of informative tools. Pablo Mendoza, the First Vice President of the House of Representatives, explained to RADIO FRANCA how the idea came about. "Nowadays, the rules of the House of Representatives make ...
"Continue, continue, there is no future for the people of Europe other than in union." These were the words of Jean Monnet, a French political economist and diplomat, considered by many as chief architect of European unity. And on 22 May, around 400 million people from 28 EU member states will continue to choose who’s in charge, ...
India, a frontrunner in the adoption of electronic voting, is busy conducting the largest election ever held. And it is doing so with the help of 1.8 million electronic voting machines (EVMs). Why does India automate? In 1982 India pioneered the use of direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machines to capture voter intent. The sheer size ...
The recent presidential polls in Afghanistan failed to determine a winner when none of the 11 candidates garnered the required minimum 50% votes to win. Â For the United States, though, the exercise was a resounding success. In a statement, President Barack lauded the millions of Afghans who voted, calling the elections a milestone in their aspiration ...
Lithuania's Presidential elections will take place on 11 May 2014. There were initially 12 candidates but only seven received the required 20,000 supporting signatures. According to Wikipedia opinion polls show Dalia Grybauskaitė, the country’s current President, as the favourite. She was elected in Lithuania’s last Presidential[H1] elections, in 2009, where 1,393,278 people voted, a turnout of 51%, slightly ...