The island of Guernsey (UK) will use electronic voting to elect an honorary mayor. Marc Winn, founder of the Dandelion Project said he wants to see if island-wide electronic voting can work. The winning candidate would have no power, but
New advanced e-voting system selected for Australian state election
The University of Surrey and the Victorian Electoral Commission, in collaboration with the Universities of Melbourne and Luxembourg have developed a new advanced electronic voting system. The system is designed using cryptography to provide ballot secrecy for voters and end-to-end
Advances in biometrics and cryptography will be key for internet voting upgrade
The Cyber Statecraft Initiative -an international organization for internet regulation- recently organized a workshop in the United States to discuss internet voting security. The panel was integrated by experts from the Center for Democracy and Technology of the United States
Electronic voting in Chile is just a matter of time
Voting technology experts believe that Chile has reached the maturity level needed to adopt electronic voting. Electronic voting would lead to a 40 percent savings in resources compared to the estimated expenses of a manual voting system. In addition, it
Electronic voting advances in Central America and the Caribbean
The advance of electronic voting was one of the main topics of the 28th Conference of the Association of Electoral Bodies of Central America and the Caribbean (Tikal Protocol). This event was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, between August
Innovative voting idea proposed by Hindu students
A group of young students at the Gandhi Nagar National Design Institute have developed EasyElect, a concept that allows “the adaptation of the voting booth to be taken to the people rather than the opposite.” EasyElect involves automated voting kiosks