Carlos Arango, a representative of a Mexican immigrant organization in Chicago, told the Consultive Council of Mexicans Abroad (CCIME) that they need to simplify the process of voter accreditation. He also recommended that they implement e-voting to ensure political rights
COMELEC wins international award
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) won the Accessibility Award in this year’s International Electoral Awards recently held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Philippine poll body got the sought-after recognition from the UK-based International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (iCPS) for its
Costa Rica launches program for electronic voting abroad
The pilot program that the Electoral Authority (TSE) plans to launch will be used in 31 countries that have more than 50 people registered to vote. This marks the first time that an electronic voting system will be used in
Smartmatic delivers another successful automated election in Venezuela
Smartmatic, the elections company, delivered yet another successful automated project in Venezuela as it deployed the technological voting platform used in last Sunday´s elections. In approximately ten hours 2,792 municipal posts were elected among 16,088 candidates. Some 11.2 million
Panamanian society of engineers and architects to use evoting again
A year ago, there was a post about how the SPIA used an electronic voting system to elect its board of directors for 2013-2014. The results from using this technology were so positive that the society plans to use it
Queensland sets up electronic voting for handicapped people
Queensland’s government announced to Parliament that it would be introducing a series of electoral reforms with the aim of improving its voting system and offering higher integrity and auditability. One of the innovations will enable visually impaired voters to cast