The director of Peru’s National Election Commission, Mariano Cucho, has told the media that electronic voting will be used in ten of the capital city’s districts in the October 2014 municipal and regional elections. He added that manual voting would
E-voting is necessary to get young people to vote
The president of the local government at New Zealand, Lawrence Yule, has expressed his view that e-voting is necessary in order to get young people involved in elections. Since the system has been in the works, there has been a
Uruguay deputies to use electronic voting
On October 8, the president of Uruguay’s House of Representatives, German Cardoso, showcased the new e-voting system that will be used in the country’s House of Representatives. The project, which has a budget of $370,546, will be implemented soon in
Dominican Republic tries e-voting
The first e-voting test was carried out by the Dominican Republic’s Central Electoral Commission (JCE) last September 26. Authorities are planning to use the system during the elections that are set to take place at the Santo Domingo Autonomous University
Australian minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks out about the need to adopt e-voting
On September 10, Australia’s communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, spoke with Australian news channel, ABC 24. He indicated that one of the new government’s priorities should be the quick adoption of technology to make the government more effective, better serve the
Peruvian Border Integration Council elections to use e-voting
Nearly 100 mayors from Peru’s border areas are going to elect the members of the National Council for the Development of Borders and Border Integration (Conadif) using e-voting technology. This group will be made up of six mayors (three provincial