Nearly 90% of the world’s countries has set the minimum voting age at 18. However, according to some analysts “momentum is building around the world to lower the voting age to 16 years. Some nations have already made the shift, with voting in national or local elections occurring at age 16 in Austria, Germany, Norway, ...
Mexican voters headed to the polls on Sunday June 7th to vote for 500 seats in the lower house of Congress (Chamber of Deputies), nine of 31 governorships, 641 federal deputies in 17 federal entities, 993 mayor offices in 16 states, and 16 borough heads for the Federal District. Here we present some interesting facts about ...
On June 7, Turkish citizens went to the polls to elect their 24th Grand National Assembly (or Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi). The chosen members of Turkey’s unicameral parliamentary body will be in office for the next years. Last year, on August 10, Turkey held its first ever popular presidential election, in which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...
Election authorities from Spain successfully tested a new system to improve election administration during the recent municipal Spanish elections held on May 24. In 22 municipalities (900 polling tables) authorities deployed the MAE project. MAE, which stands for Electronically Managed Polling places (Mesas Administradas Electrónicamente, in Spanish), comprises the use of laptop computers, paired with electronic ID card readers, SD ...
The UK general election might be over but the debate on electoral technology remains relevant. Here are 7 good reasons to keep discussing the role technology could play in UK elections. 1. Successful online voter registration. For these elections, the electorate was able to register online, which according to the numbers appears to have helped boost signups. ...
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and Democracy International (DI) recently published a white paper titled “Election Audits: International Principles that Protect Election Integrityâ€, which provides guidance to election commissions on how to conduct successful post-election audits in developing democracies and post-conflict environments. The investigation, authored by S. Darnolf, K. Ellena, E. Lippolis, E. Shein and C. ...