Uruguay’s House of Representatives will launch a new electronic voting system to modernize and improve their obsolete voting systems. In addition to e-voting, this new system incorporates a digital fingerprint reader to validate the identity of the Representative when entering
Students at Malawi’s school of medicine use remote electronic voting to elect their representatives
Students at Malawi’s school of medicine elected new faces during the election of their COMSU union representatives. Voting was automated thanks to the university’s remote electronic voting system, which enabled the students to vote remotely via the Internet. Felix Kaminyoghe won
Pakistani students call for electronic voting in hopes of fair elections
During an advisory meeting at the Agriculture University of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, students supported the idea of changing the country´s current manual voting system in favor of an electronic one in order to eliminate voter fraud. Moreover, they demanded to include
More than 4,000 Costa Ricans tested electronic voting
On February 2, Costa Ricans chose their president and representatives. At the same time, around 4,000 Costa Ricans participated in an electronic voting simulation carried out by the country’s Supreme Election Committee. Authorities stated that the electronic voting simulation did
Latin American electronic voting in 2014
Several Latin American countries will hold elections this year, which will give voting technology a chance to take center stage and demonstrate its many benefits as well as its effectiveness. Electronic voting is becoming more and more prevalent in Latin
Electronic voting is widely accepted among the Peruvian population
Peru’s progress in the implementation of electronic voting systems throughout the country has been so great that the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) managed to hold 12 elections with in-person electronic voting during 2013. Some 2,193 voters have expressed