Following President Obama’s “we have to fix that†comment on the US voting system, during his acceptance speech 2012, a Presidential Commission on Electoral Administration (PCEA) began a series of public hearings with State and local election officials, academic experts, and organizations and associations involved with voting and/or election administration. During the first public meeting of ...
Indians are taking democratic participation to a new level as the world’s largest election arrives to the second of its five weeks. Voting began on April 7 and will run through May 12. If the participation rate experienced in the first four phases of the election continues, India could see a record high turnout of 68.29%. Considering ...
Yesterday, April 7, India began the largest elections ever held. On this first day of voting, 7.5 million eligible voters headed to the polls in six voting districts of two states  - five in Assam and one in Tripura. An initial 73 – 83 % turnout has been reported. That is a great start when compared to the ...
The most populated democracy in the world is about to embark on the largest election ever held. India´s election of the 16th Lok Sabha – the lower house of the Parliament – will be an electoral marathon running for five weeks (from 7 April until 12 May), and serving 814 million voters. Organizing an election for a ...
Slovakia is gearing up for a presidential run-off election to elect a successor to President Ivan Gasparovic who is currently concluding his second term in office. Prime Minister Robert Fico will be facing challenger Andrej Kiska on March 29, only two weeks after both politicians obtained the most votes out of the 15 contending candidates (28% ...
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 ...