Gender quotas refer to the fixed share (number or percentage) kept for women in elective office. The aim is achieving at least 30-40% of women participation in legislative public service. Gender quotas can refer to those used for reserved seats
Although Internet voting can be an impassioned and controversial subject, most people would agree that it is a very convenient method to cast a ballot.
New Information and Communications technologies are showing great potential to redefine our democracies.
The reasons to deploy electronic voting systems vary substantially from country to country. Low public trust in elections and electoral authorities in most Latin American countries is another of the reasons mentioned for the growing adoption of election technology.
In a previous post, some reasons for a growing deployment of election technology services in Latin America were mentioned.
There is no doubt that technology itself can have a hugely positive impact in developing democracies.