Argentinan electoral authorities from the Salta province made good use of the celebration of Student Day. As students attended a music festival at the Plaza España, they had the chance to stop by an electoral stand set up by the
Iqaluit (Canada) will implement automated vote counting
During the next local elections of October 15th, for the first time in the north of Canada the votes cast by Iqaluit citizens will be counted with electronic machines. One of the main advantages of this system is that it
Carter: “The electoral system in Venezuela is the best in the world”
Last week, during the Annual Conversations held at the Carter Center, former US President Jimmy Carter said that “the voting system in Venezuela is the best in the world”. Carter commended Smartmatic’s e-voting technology for allowing an easy verification of
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
Production of voting machines audited in Venezuela
The Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE), the highest electoral authority in the South American country, along with representatives of the political parties will conduct yet another audit to the voting platform to be used during the presidential elections on October