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, ...
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 hugely successful delivery of the recent Independence referendum demonstrated that Scotland is leading the way in terms of democratic engagement and effective election administration. With almost 85% of the electorate turning out to vote, an unprecedented proportion in recent decades, the referendum put Scottish democracy firmly on the map, not just in the UK, ...
Campaigners for online voting are optimistic about the possibility of i-voting making its much awaited grand debut in the UK very soon. The Digital Democracy Commission has recommended that the government should run online voting pilots in the next parliament with a view to all electors having the choice of voting online at the 2020 general ...