Delhi University goes to poll Friday amidst tight security

Delhi University goes to poll Friday amidst tight security:

Fifty-one colleges of both the north and south campuses of Delhi University (DU) will go to polls Friday amidst elaborate security arrangements.

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Over one lakh students are expected to use 875 electronic voting machines to cast their votes. Around 350 vote totalling machines will be used in the polls.

Established in 1922, Delhi University is a premier varsity of India. It has 14 faculties, 86 academic departments and 79 colleges with over 200,000 students from within and outside the country. --->>>

Alumni can cast ballots online for IU trustees - chicagotribune.com

Alumni can cast ballots online for IU trustees - chicagotribune.com

Indiana University can now vote online to elect a new member to the school's board of trustees.

In past years, the university has mailed out paper ballots. School officials say it's cheaper and more environmentally responsible to allow online voting. Last year IU spent $175,000 to send out the ballots. --->>>

UK: Facebook joins in voter registration drive - politics.co.uk

Facebook joins in voter registration drive - politics.co.uk:

The social networking site, which has grown exponentially in the last five years has joined up with the electoral commission to launch a voter registration drive.

With only 11 days to go to the April 20th registration deadline, a new page has been created on Facebook's Democracy UK page from which the millions of UK users can download a personalised voter registration form.

And from Saturday, every user logging onto Facebook will be asked if they are registered to vote, before being directed to the Democracy UK page.

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Electoral fraud mars UBC election

Electoral fraud mars UBC election:

More than five weeks after they voted, UBC's undergraduate students are still waiting for the official results of the Alma Mater Society election after electoral fraud was confirmed in a report released last week.

Bijan Ahmadian was elected president in January, defeating Natalie Swift by 375 votes.

UBC students vote for their student government representatives exclusively online.

In a preliminary report issued by AMS elections administrator Isabel Ferreras, at least 731 out of 6,900 votes cast in the election were identified as fraudulent.

According to Ferreras, the 731 votes were all cast from the same IP address. The ballots came in on the last day of the election at a rate of one vote every 16 seconds.

Ferreras said that if the votes had come in at a slower pace, the fraud would have been more difficult to detect, given that the identical IP address might have been the result of different students voting on the same campus computers.

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University of Massachusetts: Online elections bill passes SGA Senate | The Daily Collegian

Online elections bill passes SGA Senate | The Daily Collegian:

What is now the fourth bill in favor of piloting online elections to reach the University of Massachusetts Student Government Association’s Administrative Affairs committee has now been passed through both committee and on the Senate floor as of Monday and last night, respectively. The bill almost passed unanimously, with one Senator voting in opposition of the bill.

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Student elections to move online | theVARSITY.ca

Student elections to move online | theVARSITY.ca:

Come next year, voting in student elections could be just one click away. U of T hopes to launch a website in the spring to allow student clubs and societies to hold their elections online. Students will be able to see current and upcoming elections they can vote in, as well as past election results.

Campus voting system lacks usability - The Daily Iowan

Campus voting system lacks usability - The Daily Iowan:

"Some students attempted to log on to Votenet — the online service UISG pays to use for voting — on April 13, only to find the system was unavailable. The Student Elections Board was forced to delay the election for a week, but student government will likely still be responsible for the $5,000 Votenet charges for its services."