Voter impersonation has been an ever-present threat to election integrity for centuries. Fortunately, recent developments in biometric technology are yielding positive results when it comes to authenticating voters efficiently. In 2009 Brazil began a slow process of implementing biometric capturing devices in polling stations; And during its last elections –October 2014- it managed to authenticate some ...
In 2015, United Arab Emirates (UAB) will conduct its third Federal National Council (FNC) election since this legislative body was formed in 1971. Previous elections –held in 2006 and 2011- represented an important first step towards Emirati democracy. The FNC is the federal authority of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) formed to represent the general Emirati people. ...
The VI Ibero -American Conference for Electoral Justice entitled: "The role of Electoral Justice as a guarantee of democratic probity", was held this year in Cancun, Mexico on the 27th, 28th and 29th of August. The conference was organized by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), The Electoral Court of the Ministry ...
Minority shareholders could take part in making important company decisions soon, according to market experts. The recent defeat of Tata Motors' resolution to approve a salary increase for its senior executive and the convenience of electronic voting could lead to greater investor participation in the future. Electronic voting means that shareholders do not need to be present ...
 The Republic of Romania is scheduled to hold the first round of its presidential elections this November. The country uses a two-round presidential elections model, the first of such round is slated to be held on November 2. In case a candidate obtains more than 50% of the votes in this first round of voting, he ...
E-voting experiments end in Norway amid security fears. Or at least, that’s how the BBC reported events last Friday (27 June, 2014). However Norway’s Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation was quick to counter the statements made by the news organization. The BBC said that the trials (during elections in 2011 and 2013) ended because of people’s fears ...