On November 8, 2007, the United Nations (UN) began observing September 15 as the International Day of Democracy to celebrate democracy and promote it around the globe. Democracy has been a priority for the UN since 1948, when the Universal Declaration of
Experts will debate about Democracy in Athens
The Athens Democracy Forum, organized by The International New York Times and the United Nations Democracy Fund, will take place in Athens from September 13 to 15. During this event, a group of diplomats, students, executives, politicians, leading thinkers and
Smartmatic modernises elections in Latin America
Over the last decade, Smartmatic has helped millions of voters cast their votes in thousands of elections around the world. In 2015, we contributed to strengthen democracy in Latin America, offering our technology and services to modernise elections in Argentina,
British Internet users back up online voting
According to a recent poll carried out by WebRoots Democracy, over half (56%) of British Internet users supports the inclusion of an online voting option for the upcoming EU referendum. The online poll included 1,543 people in Great Britain, and
E-voting to choose student representatives at Nigerian university
The National Association of Nigerian Students and the alumni of Adeyemi College of Education have congratulated the Student Centre of this institution for adopting an electronic voting system that allowed a clean and peaceful election of the new student representatives.
Alabama residents will be able to vote electronically from abroad
The Alabama Secretary of State, John H. Merrill, has confirmed that during the upcoming municipal elections in Montgomery an e-voting trial will take place. During this voting process, this innovation will be made available to military and civilian voters residing