The new Secretary of State for Communities of Portugal, José Luis Carneiro, stated that the government wants to modernize consular services and implement e-voting for expatriates. According to Carneiro, this modernization process will lead to an integrated system of consular
Bulgaria’s parliament approved electronic voting
Bulgaria’s parliament has approved last January 21 a resolution on the introduction of electronic voting in elections, with 136 votes in favor and 56 against. The Parliament was required to debate the issue after a referendum on election rules reform,
New Zealand follows Estonia’s steps on i-voting
A trial of online voting will take place in New Zealand next year during the local elections to choose whether they will use online voting alongside postal voting. New Zealand will try to follow Estonia’s example as the only nation
Uganda’s Parliament to implement electronic voting system
Uganda’s Parliament has recently introduced electronic voting for its internal voting processes. Parliament Speaker Mrs. Rebecca Kadaga said that the system would be implemented this month. Before the implementation takes place, all parliament members will receive training. Mrs. Kadaga called
Manabí will be the center of an electronic voting pilot project in Ecuador
According to Ecuador’s National Electoral Council, Manabí will be one of the provinces that introduce electronic voting as a pilot project in the elections scheduled for February 2017. The pilot will also include Guayas, Pichincha, Azuay and Santo Domingo de
Puerto Rico to implement electronic tallying by the 2016 elections
Puerto Rico has set 2016 as the date to implement e-tallying. To achieve such goal, the State Election Commission has begun by outlining the road map that will guide the adoption of this new voting system. The idea is to