We seem to trust our electoral system in the UK. So much so that we let people vote simply by giving their name and address at polling centres – as long as it matches the local electoral register. Hardly foolproof, is it? And postal voting is even less secure. Good news, then, that the electoral commission is ...
Egypt will hold a referendum on its amended 2012 constitution over two days on 14 and 15 January, 2014. Voters will be asked if they approve of the draft constitution – complete with all the changes that have been made in the last year. A committee of ten legal experts began to amend the constitution in 2013. ...
It has according to an article on the website belonging to ERR, Estonia’s public broadcasting organisation, called Record broken in final hours of E-voting By 2:30pm on 16 October, 121,104 people had voted online in the country’s municipal elections. That’s 16% of the electorate, surpassing 2011’s figure of 15.4%, and not all the results were in at ...
 The evolution of information technology in recent decades has brought the adoption of electronic voting to the agendas of electoral commissions and governments around the world. South America is no exception. To begin any discussion on voting technology, the first references are Brazil and Venezuela , two countries leading automation in a global scale. Since the ...
For decades, the Autonomous Region in Moslem Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines had been the locus of violence that had claimed thousands of lives and destroyed millions of pesos in properties. A deadly separatist rebellion, unabated warlordism, and a lower than the national average rate of literacy have all conspired to make the region one ...
President Barack Obama lead the way for some important transformation when, during his acceptance speech in November 2012, he stated "we need to fix that", referring to the long lines voters confronted to cast a vote on Election Day. Next month, Minnesota will be implementing some test to see if adding more technology could improve waiting ...
The Supreme Court of India has directed the Election Commission to introduce the option of None of the Above (NOTA) in paper ballots and voting machines to be used in future elections. This measure alters the dynamics of electoral choices voters from the most populous democracy has had since the beginning of democracy. Also, it ...
electronic voting The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) , organizations that work in favor of better management of electoral systems, have shared their five most important benefits when it comes to electronic voting: 1. Security: An electronic voting […]
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