A total of eighty-five seats in the Maldivian parliament are set to be decided when voters head to the polling precincts on March 22. This is only the second such elections in the Maldives after 2009 when the country held its first-ever multi-party polls to elect representatives to its unicameral legislature known as the People’s Majilis ...
A recent forum on biometric voter authentication drew a sizeable crowd of election stakeholders in Pakistan. The event, organized by London-based elections company Smartmatic,  gathered Members of the Parliament, representatives from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP),  political parties,  international granting agencies, non-government organizations, and the media. British Deputy High Commissioner, John Tucknott greeted the ECP’s progress ...
By all indications, automated elections seems to be fast gaining momentum in the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Recently, the Himalayan country had brought together stakeholders to a forum to discuss “Voting Technologies as Key Component of Transparent Elections.†The well-attended event was organized by the International Center for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) and was headlined by ...
For decades, the Autonomous Region in Moslem Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines had been the locus of violence that had claimed thousands of lives and destroyed millions of pesos in properties. A deadly separatist rebellion, unabated warlordism, and a lower than the national average rate of literacy have all conspired to make the region one ...
The Supreme Court of India has directed the Election Commission to introduce the option of None of the Above (NOTA) in paper ballots and voting machines to be used in future elections. This measure alters the dynamics of electoral choices voters from the most populous democracy has had since the beginning of democracy. Also, it ...