On September 24th, the Stanford Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), together with The Atlantic Council, will host Toomas Ilves, President of Estonia for a debate on election technology. In a debate moderated by Francis Fukuyama (@FukuyamaFrancis),
Mark Malloch-Brown: It’s time to modernise the UK voting system
The Huffington Post UK published an op-ed authored by our Chairman Mark Malloch-Brown. In the piece, he writes about the recent general elections in the UK, stressing the need to modernise voting processes, and points at technology as the perfect
Australia’s University of New England supports internet voting
The University of New England (UNE) launched Mobile Voting, a public awareness campaign to analyze the possibility of implementing a successful mobile internet voting platform for Australian elections. UNE PhD student Phillip Zada, who is behind the campaign, said that internet
Digital experts recommend online voting for UK elections
In a recent report, a group of digital experts from the Labour Party recommended the implementation of an internet-based voting system for future elections in the UK. The report points out that the adoption of this voting system could potentially
The government promotes the use of electronic voting in the election of student representatives in Bogota, Colombia
This year, about 50,000 students from public schools and colleges in Bogotá used electronic voting to elect their representatives. It is an innovative mechanism that incorporates Technology of Information and Communication (TICS) facilities in the practice of democracy at school
Electronic voting comes to Namibia
Namibia will make history at the end of 2014 when it becomes the first African country to hold presidential and general elections using electronic voting machines. Namibia is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the African Union, and the