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
Children in Ecuador test out electronic voting
On Friday, November 22, approximately 467 Ecuadoran children at the Francisco José de Caldas Teaching Unit participated in a student government election for next year. The election took place using an in-person electronic voting system that was customized to enable
Jersey looks into implementing e-voting
Politicians from the British island of Jersey recently voted in favor of conducting a viability study regarding electronic voting. The investigation would be designed to facilitate the voting process in the country’s public elections. Some of the topics to be
E-voting used in Miraflores (Peru) to elect local councils
In Peru, residents from the Miraflores district voted via manual voting as well as through electronic voting in 14 voting centers. In total, they chose 17 local council presidents for the period of 2013-14. These elections were supervised by the
Five technologies that changed elections
We would like to share an excerpt from an article published on analitica.com that highlights five technological advances that transformed the democratic processes of many countries, turning voting into a flexible and transparent process that every citizen can take part
Electronic voting to take place in ten districts in Lima, Peru
The director of Peru’s National Election Commission, Mariano Cucho, has told the media that electronic voting will be used in ten of the capital city’s districts in the October 2014 municipal and regional elections. He added that manual voting would