Saturday, March 5, 2011
Record numbers cast e-votes in Estonian election (AFP)
A record number of Estonians cast Internet ballots in the Baltic state's general election, still the only parliamentary poll in the world with an online option, data showed Thursday.
Figures from the Estonian electoral commission showed that 140,846 people -- over 15 percent of the electorate in the nation of 1.3 million -- had voted online. --->>>
Thursday, February 10, 2011
e-Petitions: the good and the bad - The Guardian
e-Petitions: the good and the bad
Efforts to get the best out of e-petitions depend more on the broader processes than the technology, writes Mark Say --->>>
Councils miss e-petitions requirement - Guardian
Councils miss e-petitions requirement
Local authorities in England are failing to meet a mandatory requirement to provide an e-petitions facility on their websites --->>>
Monday, January 31, 2011
Voting problems dog Corporate Canada
Voting problems dog Corporate Canada
... Why can’t Corporate Canada count votes?“We need to blow up the system and rebuild it from scratch,” says Wayne Kozun, senior vice-president of public equity investing at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, one of Canada’s largest institutional investors. --->>>
Electoral commission expands NSW e-voting project
Electoral commission expands NSW e-voting project
The NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) has drastically expanded the reach of its e-voting project, iVote, which is now predicted to exceed initial expectations of 15,000 users on polling day, 26 March.
The project, first slated in June last year, will now allow blind, vision-impaired and disabled voters, as well as those living in remote areas and those out of the state on the day, to cast a secret and unassisted vote from home or in other locations using an interactive voice recognition by phone or through the internet. --->>>
Friday, January 28, 2011
Gujarat: Poll panel to give e-voting second shot - Times of India
The State Election Commission (SEC) aims to make e-voting a big success in the elections to newly-formed Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) slated in April-end. --->>>