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 e-voting protocol to ensure integrity in large scale elections
To date, verifiability of electronic voting systems has been greatly improved and new protocols have been used successfully in many electoral processes. In this regard, a research group from the Newcastle University (USENIX Journal of Election Technology and Systems, Volume
Mobile platform developed for Internet voting
Recently, a multidisciplinary group of Mexican researchers coming from different universities have developed a voting system suitable for mobile devices with Android Operating System (López García et al. Rev.Fac.Ing. Univ. Antioquia, 2014, 72: 9-19). The system is composed of three
Edmonton should consider Internet voting in 2017
Edmonton should allow Internet voting so residents can cast ballots online in the next municipal election, according to Councilman Andrew Knack. A presentation to a 17-member citizen jury unanimously backed the proposal. The citizen jury heard evidence from witnesses, including
Switzerland updates internet voting system
About 70% of Swiss expatriates will be able to cast their ballots online for the parliamentary elections in October 2015. The Organization of the Swiss Abroad hopes that every registered Swiss living abroad will be able to vote electronically in
Successful stories: Estonia and Internet voting
Historically, electoral commissions around the world have seen absentee voting as an alternative to make voting more accessible and convenient. For this reason, many countries allow their citizens to vote via mail, either inside their territory or from abroad. However,