According to a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice (New York University School of Law), authored by Lawrence Norden and Christopher Famighetti, the United States’ election technology is facing a new challenge. Fifteen years after HAVA financed the acquisition of election technology “the majority of systems in use today are either perilously close ...
“How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election†is the title of an article written by Robert Epstein and published by Politico in August. According to Epstein, Senior Research Psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, “Google has amassed far more power to control elections than any company in history has ever had.†Epstein’s assertion ...
Next Sunday, September 6, Guatemalans will head to the polls to elect the President and Vice President, Congress (158 deputies), Central American Parliament (20 deputies), and Mayors and councils for its Municipalities (338). Authorities will be elected for a four-year term. A two round system is used for the election of the President. If no candidate receives ...
As Canada prepares for its 42nd federal election, some advocacy groups are rising concerns over the possible disenfranchisement of voters resulting from the recent changes in election legislation. The Fair Election Act (Bill C-23) Earlier this year, Parliament passed a bill with multiple amendments to the Canada Elections Act. While the law known as The Fair Election Act is meant ...
1. Scope of the elections. One of the major challenges Haiti will be facing this year is having to put nearly all of its elected officials to the test. To schedule such ambitious electoral processes implies enormous political, social and economic efforts from the Haitian government, its international supporters and the general public. According to UN reports, ...
Last Sunday, July 5th, two cities from the province of Cordoba used a fully-verifiable electronic voting system to capture and process votes, marking the debut of verifiable electronic voting in Argentina. Thanks to the advanced technology deployed, authorities were able to release results only 45 minutes after voting ended. La Falda and Marcos Juarez used 104 ...