The Bolivar Institute polling center has been chosen to implement electronic voting for the May 4 Panamanian elections. The polling center will host 5,800 voters, who will have the option of voting either manually or electronically at one of its
2014: A big year for elections worldwide
The Economist has published a chart containing all the major national elections that will take place in 2014. According to the English publication, approximately 40 national elections will take place in 2014, representing 42% of the world’s population. It is
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
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
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
Children in Ecuador test out electronic voting
On Friday, November 22, approximately 467 Ecuadoran children at the Francisco José de Caldas Teaching Unit participated in a student government election for next year. The election took place using an in-person electronic voting system that was customized to enable