Voters in the constituent country of Sint Maarten are set to elect fifteen members of the unicameral Parliament on August 29. The small territory on the Caribbean, which is a semi-autonomous entity in the Kingdom of Netherlands, has  13,708 registered voters out of the roughly 37,000 population. The Sint Maarten Parliament is primarily tasked with the function ...
The electoral commission of Peru, called the Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales (ONPE), recently approved the legal framework necessary to begin implementing e-voting for binding national elections. In a document published in a national newspaper -El Peruano-, the ONPE established the criteria to regulate how the technology will be implemented. Having achieved such remarkable milestone, authorities will ...
While on a trip to Chicago, senator Juan Carlos Romero Hicks made some interesting declarations about the possibility of voting for Mexicans living abroad: "In 2018, Mexicans living abroad will be able to choose their president from a computer, a consulate or by mail." He also indicated that the electoral reform that was recently approved by ...
Incumbent president Juan Manuel Santos will be facing Oscar Iván Zuluaga, Marta LucÃa RamÃrez, Clara López and Enrique Peñaloza on May 25 as Colombians elect a president for the 2014-2018 term. Given the results of the most recent opinion polls, the absolute majority vote system Colombia uses will most likely force Santos and Zuluaga to a ...
2014 will be a busy year for electoral authorities in Colombia as citizens participate in at least two national elections: parliamentary on 9 March and Presidential on 25 May. Since Colombia has a two-round system and 50% of the votes is required to become President in the first round, it’s highly likely voters will head back ...
As campaign officially ends today, the stage is set for Ecuadorians to head to the polls this coming Sunday for the 2014 sectional elections. Ecuador’s voter roll currently has 11,682,314 registered voters. They will be choosing: 23 Prefects 23 Vice prefects 221 Mayors 867 Urban council seats 438 Rural council seats 4.079 Members of Parish Boards An estimated 137 million dollars will be ...