In a trend that is being observed in most democracies around the world, the United Kingdom is also struggling with increasing voter apathy.  A study has found out that while voter turnout peaked in 1950 when 82% of the electorate voted, it has since been in steep decline. By 1983, participation had dived to 72%, and ...
The success of internet voting in Estonia, as well as successful experiences in Switzerland , the US, Canada and several other countries are a good indicator that the electorate is warming up to the idea of utilizing online technology to cast their votes remotely. One of the biggest impetus for the adoption of this voting technology seems to ...
The Union of Comoros will hold its presidential elections  on November 16.  Interestingly, not every registered voter in the country will have a say on who their next leader will be. The reason is that the elections laws of this small archipelago of only 773,000 people state that the presidency should rotate every four years among ...
England’s University College London (EUC) is bringing e-voting to the classroom. The system to be implemented is very easy to use. Teachers will ask simple choice question that students answer anonymously by pressing the buttons on a phone. Results can be displayed using bar graphs on a screen. Authorities from the EUC are expecting teachers to use ...
As early as 1999, in the midst of the dot-com bubble, Bill Clinton sent a memorandum directing the National Science Foundation to study the potential of Internet voting: “The Director of the National Science Foundation, working with appropriate Federal agencies, shall conduct a 1-year study examining the feasibility of online voting.†It was a promising future ...
India's Ministry of Corporate Affairs has gathered a group of experts to examine and review the new legislation ruling the use of electronic voting in corporate governance. The team will discuss the methodology that businesses and shareholders can implement to facilitate the effective use of electronic voting for decision-making. According to official sources, the working group began ...
14 years ago, in the wake of the 2000 general elections, Americans had to wait 37 days to learn who their leader was. The closest presidential election in US history was the fourth time that a president declared winner by the Electoral College system (G. W. Bush 271, A. Gore 266) had not won the ...
Switzerland has been experimenting with Internet voting for many years. In 2000, the Swiss confederate government invited interested cantons to participate in the development of their own remote electronic voting system with federal support. The long-term goal was to allow Swiss citizens to opt for an electronic voting system alongside voting by mail or in person ...