Elections, elections: buy a vote for 50 euros in Bulgaria - the European magazine ~ Cafebabel

Elections, elections: buy a vote for 50 euros in Bulgaria - the European magazine ~ Cafebabel:

That's how much a vote can be worth in some areas of Bulgaria. Shortly after the country’s entry into the EU, in the 2007 national election, the problem was so prevalent in local elections that Brussels became alarmed.

How it works

Cutthroat businessmen can ‘make’ employees vote for them either by promising them a raise or threatening them with demotion. Individuals not directly on the payroll can be bought fairly easily from anywhere between five to fifty euros, depending on the wealth level of the local population, says Vanya Kashukeeva-Nusheva, programme coordinator for Transparency International in Sofia. These can then prove their vote by taking a mobile phone picture of their filled-in ballot. Or, the vote-buyer may provide the individual with a filled-in ballot, in exchange for an empty ballot to be brought back on election day and eventual payment.

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2 ballots cost woman $1,000 plus probation - The Columbus Dispatch

The Columbus Dispatch : 2 ballots cost woman $1,000 plus probation:

A Gahanna woman pleaded guilty yesterday to voter fraud after casting ballots twice in November's election, once under her own name and once under her daughter's.

Scytl on the Advisory Board of a project for the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission

SCYTL. Secure Electronic Voting (e-voting). News.: Scytl on the Advisory Board of a project for the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission

Scytl has been invited to join the Advisory Board of a leading voting security research project for the U. S. Elections Assistance Commission (EAC). The objective of the project is to develop a risk assessment framework to evaluate voting systems security in the United States. This project is led by Prof. Alec Yasinsac from the University of South Alabama and its Advisory Board is formed by voting experts, academia and election officials from across the United States.

France awards a contract to Scytl to offer Internet voting to its overseas citizens

SCYTL. Secure Electronic Voting (e-voting). News.: France awards a contract to Scytl to offer Internet voting to its overseas citizens

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has selected Scytl, in partnership with Atos Origin, to offer a secure Internet voting platform to the French citizens living overseas. 310,000 French voters residing in Africa and America will be able to cast votes over the Internet to elect their representatives to the Assemblée des Français de l’Etranger (AFE) from May 20 to June 4, 2009. Poll-site voting will be held on June 7, 2009. The AFE will directly elect 12 Senators who will represent the French living overseas. This is a high-profile project in France in which Scytl has been selected because of the security, reliability, auditability and trust. The Internet voting platform will be available 24/7 to cover the jet lag between the continents. In a second phase of the project, the platform will be used by over 1 million French voters living overseas.

Scytl participates in the first Internet voting election for a U.S. public sector entity

SCYTL. Secure Electronic Voting (e-voting). News.: Scytl participates in the first Internet voting election for a U.S. public sector entity

Scytl’s Internet voting solution Pnyx has been successfully used to execute elections for the Board of Supervisors of the King Conservation District (KCD) in the State of Washington. During the election over 1,200,000 voters were able to cast their ballots over the internet, in a secure and user-friendly manner, from voting kiosks distributed across the County. The turnout of the election significantly increased compared to the previous year and voter feedback was extremely positive. This project was carried out in cooperation with Election Trust and was the first public sector entity election to use Internet voting kiosks in the U.S.

Overseas voting bill clears first hurdle | Montgomery Advertiser

Overseas voting bill clears first hurdle | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Montgomery Advertiser:

A bill to expand voting options for military and overseas voters made it through its first legislative committee Wednesday with no major changes.

The bill is championed by Secretary of State Beth Chapman and the Military and Overseas Voting Task Force that she chairs.

The bill, HB711, would establish five methods of requesting ballots -- mail, e-mail, fax, secure transmission (kiosks) and commercial carriers. Ballots could be returned in four ways -- mail, fax, secure electronic transmission and commercial carriers.

House panel OKs some overseas Internet voting - WZTV FOX 17/Nashville

WZTV FOX 17/Nashville: House panel OKs some overseas Internet voting
March 25, 2009 15:28 EDT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- An Alabama House Committee has approved a bill that would allow some Alabama residents overseas to cast their ballots over secure Internet connections.

The bill also allows Secretary of State Beth Chapman to test such a system in the 2010 state elections. Chapman said the system would first be tested at sites overseas where there is a large U.S. military presence like Heidelberg, Germany or Okinawa, Japan.