In 2014, 42% of the world´s population will conduct elections. From Sweden to New Zealand and from Indonesia to Hawaii, in all corners of the world, people will decide their common future by going to the ballots. Fiji will get
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
Jimmy Carter praises again our electoral solution
“Venezuela probably has the best voting system that I have ever known…” said Jimmy Carter, former US President, and founder of the Carter Center. This quote is part of an interview made by Andres Oppenheimer, aired on June 23, 2013
Venezuela’s Election System Holds Up as a Model for the World
This article is by Eugenio Martinez, who covers elections for Venezuela’s newspaper El Universal and is the host of the weekly TV show El Termómetro. Two weeks ago Venezuelans went to the polls to elect a president to transition their
9 things you should know about the Venezuelan 2013 Presidential Election
1. On April 14th 2013, Venezuela will choose a President for the 2013-2019 term. María Bolívar, Henrique Capriles, Nicolás Maduro, Eusebio Méndez, Julio Mora, Reina Sequera and Fredy Tabarquino are the seven candidates who will take part in the race,