Image courtesy of  Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos.net According to an article in Australia’s Business Spectator, Australia’s Department of Communications has told a parliamentary group, The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, that ‘it was inevitable Australia would embrace online voting’ A spokesperson from the department told the committee how electors could one day vote on their own devices ...
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 ...
Absentee voting is performed by someone unable to attend the polling location to which they’ve been allocated. Increasing access to it is seen as one way to increase voter turnout. Though some countries insist on people giving a valid reason, such as illness, disability or being abroad at the time, why they can’t vote in ...
Voting is a fundamental right for every citizen, regardless of race, gender, beliefs, or physical or mental ability. That’s why on 3 May, 2008, the United Nations´ treaty Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities became effective. This treaty, which by now has 158 signatories and 143 parties, defines disability as including “those who have long-term physical, ...
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 ...
Turkey is set to hold its presidential elections this August, the first round on August 10 followed quickly by the second round on August 24. The transcontinental republic sitting on Western Asia and Southeastern Europe  has an estimated 50 million registered voters. Vying for the country’s top posts are Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Justice and Development Party), ...
Scotland has looked carefully at its electoral system to see how it could be improved. Its government published a consultation document in April. Called ‘Scotland’s Electoral Future – Delivering improvements in participation and administration’, it examines how the country can encourage wider participation in elections – and improve the quality of its democracy. The suggestions range from ...
In three weeks, Indonesians will be selecting a new leader to replace President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Around 71% of the close to 200 million registered voters are expected to troop to polling precincts to vote. Elected by an absolute majority vote, the President serves a 5-year term for a maximum of 2 terms. The July 9 ...