Thursday, June 10, 2010

Online Voting a Success in West Virginia - WVNS-TV - WVNSTV.com

Online Voting a Success in West Virginia - WVNS-TV - WVNSTV.com

Secretary of State’s office releases election numbers from the online pilot program.

Eighty-two percent of the overseas and military voters that requested an online ballot voted in this past election. That is compared to a 40 percent return on regular mail in absentee ballots and a 23 percent turn out of early and polling place voters. --->>>

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Online voting pilot program sees high participation rate

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

eGov monitor - A Policy Dialogue Platform | Promoting Better Governance

eGov monitor - A Policy Dialogue Platform | Promoting Better Governance

Britain needs electoral reform but what is the best alternative? Phil McCarvill from ippr lays out why the Additional Member System is most suited to the UK context. --->>>

India: E-voting gets govt nod for civic polls - Ahmedabad - City - The Times of India

E-voting gets govt nod for civic polls - Ahmedabad - City - The Times of India

The Gujarat government on Monday issued a notification, allowing the State Election Commission (SEC) to go ahead with its plan for online or e-voting during the municipal corporation elections in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar. --->>>

Friday, June 4, 2010

Voter Turnout, Surprise Results Linked to Twitter - The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea

Voter Turnout, Surprise Results Linked to Twitter

Korea was buzzing with Twitter messages saying, "I just voted" on Wednesday, many accompanied by pictures of young voters at the polling booths.

Some experts see a link between the micro-blogging service and the highest voter turnout in 15 years. Twitter brought young Koreans, specially those in their 20s, who have traditionally shown little interest in voting, to the polls, they claim. Turnout among voters in that age group was low on Wednesday morning but rose in the afternoon, boosting overall turnout to some 54 percent and bringing unexpected victories for opposition or independent candidates. --->>>

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

San Diego Woman Is CEO Of Electronic Voting System | sandiego.com | Business

sandiego.com | Business | San Diego Woman Is CEO Of Electronic Voting System

Welcome to the future, the future as Lori Steele, founder and CEO of Everyone Counts, envisions it.

Everyone Counts is a small San Diego company with a big idea—changing elections worldwide so they are more secure and, as a result, ensuring that democratically elected leaders are legitimately elected. Everyone Counts has a secure electronic voting system that works online or over the phone. --->>>