Recently, a Seminar entitled “Experiences of electronic voting in Mexico and the World” was held at the Federal Electoral Institute in Mexico City. In the closing ceremony, the elections counselor María Macarita Elizondo Gasperín, talked about the feasibility of electronic
National Democratic Party asks for electronic voting in Ghana
The National Democratic Party (NDP) of Ghana manifested its support to the proposal of the Electoral Commission (EC) to adopt electronic voting in the 2016 parliamentary and presidential elections. According to the NDP, this would greatly contribute to maintain peace
The Scottish National Party pushes for electronic voting in parliament
The Scottish National Party (SNP), which is the third largest party in the UK House of Commons, made an urgent call for the implementation of electronic voting. SNP Deputy Hannah Bartell said that the “time wasted managing the request would
Pennsylvania runs successful new online voter registration
Since Pennsylvania introduced online voter registration five months ago, more than 31.000 people have used the service. From the end of August, until December 7, nearly 51.000 people have registered to vote and 19.560 updated their personal data using the state’s
10 facts about the 2015 Venezuelan Parliamentary Elections
On December 6, 2015 Venezuela will hold elections to elect by popular vote the 167 deputies of its National Assembly for a period of 5 years. 164 deputies will be elected for the country’s federal entities and circuits, out of
The history of election technology
Throughout history, and as technology has evolved, election commissions around the world have integrated technology-based solutions to strengthen citizen participation through more reliable, transparent and secure voting. The first voting machine, which had a mechanical lever, was patented in 1892