Mariano Cucho Espinoza, Chief of the National Office of Electoral Processes of Peru (ONPE by its acronym in Spanish), stated that he will promote the use of electronic voting for the next elections. According to Espinoza, electronic voting offers security
Electronic voting proven worthy in Europe and Latin America
During last October, elections took place in Venezuela, Brazil and Belgium: three countries from two different continents, which used electronic voting in their elections. These three electoral processes proved to gather the conditions which have defined electronic voting as the
Dean of the Malaga Bar Association will be elected through telematic voting
The modernization of voting systems keeps gaining ground throughout the world. A new example of this could be found at the Malaga Bar Association (Spain), where telematic elections will be held next October 26. In this historical day for Malaga,
Venezuela leads the way in electoral best practices worldwide
Last Sunday, October 7th, Venezuelans elected Hugo Chávez to remain leading the nation for the next presidential term, 2013-2019. Smartmatic deployed an all-encompassing electoral solution that included hardware, software and managed services, distributing 39,018 voting machines -among 13,810 polling centers-, each of which
The trouble with manual audits
Manual audits have become an integral part of every automated election worldwide. Voters and stakeholders demand them from election commissions as a safety measure against possible machine errors. To many, the presence of manual audits imbues elections with an extra
Some Electronic Voting Trends in Latin America
The website analitica.com published a research paper highlighting some of the electronic voting trends happening in Latin America. This year, several countries of the region have opted to conduct pilot tests in view of the possible automation of their own