According to reports from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, electronic voting will be used for the second time to choose the winners for the 86th edition of the Oscars. The voting takes place via secret ballot. On
Bolivia to introduce e-voting in selected municipalities in 2015
Vilma Velasco, the president of Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Committee, announced to the press that the institution will gradually introduce electronic voting in the country starting in 2015. The initial point will be regional elections, where they plan to install electronic
COMELEC wins international award
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) won the Accessibility Award in this year’s International Electoral Awards recently held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Philippine poll body got the sought-after recognition from the UK-based International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (iCPS) for its
Smartmatic delivers another successful automated election in Venezuela
Smartmatic, the elections company, delivered yet another successful automated project in Venezuela as it deployed the technological voting platform used in last Sunday´s elections. In approximately ten hours 2,792 municipal posts were elected among 16,088 candidates. Some 11.2 million
Queensland sets up electronic voting for handicapped people
Queensland’s government announced to Parliament that it would be introducing a series of electoral reforms with the aim of improving its voting system and offering higher integrity and auditability. One of the innovations will enable visually impaired voters to cast
10 things you should know about the Venezuelan Municipal Elections
1. On December 8th 2013, Venezuela will hold municipal elections. 335 municipal mayors, the Caracas metropolitan mayor, the district mayor for Alto Apure, 1.680 nominal councilmen (elected individually by name), 69 indigenous representatives to the municipal councils (also elected by