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The topic of voting over the Internet has been discussed at length on this site. It is absolutely true that more and more people are turning to the Internet for so many more of their daily activitie…
Voter turnout is one of the main concerns of every electoral body when it comes to its democratic exercises. As stated in FairVote.org , a high voter turnout is an indicator of a healthy democracy, w…
The increasing implementation of automated voting solutions is nowadays a reality that nations with manual or obsolete electoral systems are evaluating in order to guarantee more transparency and co…
After almost 50 years of military oppression, the people of Burma were finally able to choose the representatives who would fill 45 parliamentary seats. The country’s by-elections were held at the b…
Jennifer McCoy, director of the Carter Center's Americas Program, spoke about Colombia's recent decision to implement e-voting for the Colombian digital magazine Razón Pública . This is what …
Russia’s much anticipated presidential elections took place last Sunday. After a long campaign that included sketches of candidates ’ faces in cappuccinos , Vladimir Putin was elected Prime Minister of Ru…
The primary elections in Venezuela last Sunday were undoubtedly an absolute success for technology at the service of democracy. Venezuela had never seen a democratic exercise of this magnitude: 3 mi…
The processes supporting democracy are no laughing matter. Elections of all sizes have a great deal of importance for the areas they cover, but this doesn't mean that there are not laughable absu…