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e-voting systems
Swiss abroad push for electronic voting
Switzerland is consistently ranked as one of the most desirable places to live in the world, with cities like Zurich and Geneva topping many international lists. Switzerland is one of the richest co…
Students vote via cellphone and laptop in Namibia school elections
The traditional paper and pencil elections, which has been used all over the world to elect presidents, parliaments, or student councils are slowly changing. One of the more notable examples of late h…
What forms of E-voting are used today?
The term "electronic voting" or "e-voting" for short can actually refer to many different types of technologies. We have discussed many facets of e-voting over the course of the l…
The implementation of e-voting in Israel: the need for openness in the process of election automation
Israel, a country known for its fast and continuous development of technology, had the chance to implement e-voting as early as 2008. However, in spite of general approval from the political class, …
How Internet Voting challenged the Oscars
As we mentioned on an earlier post , this year’s Academy Awards have been used lately as a cautionary tale against the implementation of Internet voting in precinct voting. So what’s the story of thi…
Philippines gears up for 2013 e-voting
When e-voting made its big debut in the Philippines in 2010, most Filipino voters were guardedly optimistic. Although majority was rooting for the new system, the country’s long tradition of elector…
Technology makes it possible to vote from space
Last November 6th, Sunita Williams cast her ballot for the US presidential elections, just like millions of other Americans did. There is a small detail about this apparently mundane fact, though: s…
