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  • UK: Government extends e-voting trials

    Local authorities gear up for e-enabled elections The UK government has increased the number of e-voting pilot schemes from six to 17, giving 1.4 million people the option to vote electronically on or before 1 May.

  • UK: London reveals e-voting plans

    London mayor Ken Livingstone is looking to introduce electronic voting across the capital in time for the next Greater London Authority mayoral elections in 2008

    An information notice by the GLA reveals plans for e-voting using the internet, telephone, mobile phone, text messaging, e-voting booths and digital TV. The plans also include electronic counting systems for manual paper votes.

  • UK: New law to promote access to and confidence in the voting system

    New legislation to make the voting system more accessible, secure and efficient and to maximise participation in elections has been given Royal Assent, the Department for Constitutional Affairs announced.

  • UK: Open Rights Group Election Report highlights problems with voting technology used

    Today ORG releases its report into the May 2007 elections in Scotland and England. The result of a huge team effort and planning which began late last year, the report provides a comprehensive look at elections that used e-counting or e-voting technologies.

    As a result of the report’s findings ORG cannot express confidence in the results for the areas we observed. This is not a declaration we take lightly but, despite having had accredited observers on location, having interviewed local authorities and having filed Freedom of Information requests, ORG is still not able to verify if votes were counted accurately and as voters intended.

  • UK: Poll lock-outs 'make case for e-voting'

    Images of voters locked out of polling stations at the 10pm deadline on election day make a strong case for the introduction of electronic voting, according to industry analysts.

    Hundreds of voters in constituencies across the UK were unable to vote as polling stations could not process voters in time, resulting in angry scenes and lock outs.

    Mike Davis, senior analyst at Ovum, said the current voting system was "a 19th centuty process for 21st century population".

  • UK: Positive vote for e-elections

    Turnout levels among young voters could improve significantly in this year's local elections if they have the option to cast their ballot electronically, according to research conducted for the Electoral Commission.

  • UK: Scotland to use e-Counting for its 2007 elections

    The Scottish Executive has given a green light to electronic counting of votes for the 2007 combined elections.

    The decision to use e-counting in Scottish Parliament and local authority elections, to be held on May 3 next year was taken jointly by Scottish Ministers and the Secretary of State for Scotland.

    The move to electronic counting, prompted by the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system for local authority elections, was confirmed following an evaluation and positive feedback from e-counting trials.

  • UK: Swindon launches MyElection website to improve voting turnout

    Swindon Borough Council has launched "My Election Swindon" (www.myelection.co.uk/swindon), an online one-stop shop for information about local elections in Swindon.

    My Election, developed by e-democracy company Delib, aims to help people through all aspects of voting in the Swindon elections. It is intended to make it easy for people to access all the information they need to engage in their local elections.

  • UK: The people's choice

    E-voting pilots have shown that SMS and e-voting are popular with electors, so how soon can we expect to see these alternatives to traditional ballots being widely used?

    Nearly 50% of first-time voters have voted for a Big Brother contestant, but only 40% plan to cast a vote in next month's general election, according to political research firm YouGov. This lack of engagement is certainly not down to a lack of interest: YouGov found that 70% of young people are "very interested" in issues such as taxes, the environment and healthcare. So why can't young voters be persuaded to take part in public elections?

  • UK: Trouble in St. Albans e-voting trial

    It is still too early to say whether e-voting helped increase the number of people taking part in Thursday's local elections in England.

  • UK: Wahl per Fernbedienung

    Neue Wege geht die britische Regierung, um der sinkenden Wahlbeteiligung entgegenzuwirken. Bei Lokalwahlen wurde erstmals die Wahl per Fernbedienung gestestet.

    Möglich macht das die Interaktivität des sich in Großbritannien mit über acht Millionen Abonnenten relativ hoher Akzeptanz erfreuenden Digitalfernsehens. Zuvor mussten sich die Probanden in den Wahlkreisen Kerrier, Shrewsbury & Atcham und Swindon allerdings mit einer PIN-Nummer registrieren. Schließlich wurden keine Wettkönige oder Superstars ermittelt, sondern örtliche Bürgermeister. Mehrfachwahl ist da unerwünscht.

  • UK: WAP way to voting

    The Electoral Commission has given its support to a WAP phone service to promote voting by young people.

    O2 launched the site on its O2 Active portal for WAP (wireless application protocol) phones on 19 April 2005 in anticipation of the general and local elections on 5 May. The Electoral Commission has supported it as part of its strategy to promote involvement in the democratic process.

  • UK:Impact of online voting could make 5.5 million non-voters vote says survey

    Sixty-six percent of British citizens that did not vote in the 2005 election would have been more likely to have voted if online voting was available, according to YouGov research released by Cisco Systems.

    The research confirms the potential impact e-voting will have on citizen involvement in the British democratic process if and when it is introduced. Never mind that the research is sponsored by an IT company - it's a key indicator of a truth which should be taken seriously.

  • URNENGANG IN DEN USA: Clever mogeln mit der Smartcard

    Das Zählen von Wählerstimmen macht US-Behörden nach wie vor Ärger. Computerexperten entdeckten jetzt in der Software elektronischer Wahlsysteme Sicherheitslücken, die offenbar selbst Laien massive Manipulationen erlaubten.

  • US e-votes tainted by mishaps

    Both human error and battery malfunction are being blamed for reported failures in e-voting systems used in California's primary elections.

    More than 7,000 voters in Orange County were given incorrect polling cards by voting assistants unfamiliar with the e-voting systems.

  • US-Behörde will Wahlcomputer ohne externe Kontrollfunktionen verbannen

    Das National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) empfiehlt der US-Regierung, künftig nur noch Wahlmaschinen zertifizieren zu lassen, die Kontrollfunktionen enthalten, die unabhängig von der Geräte-Software arbeiten. Dies könnten Papierausdrucke oder verschlüsselte Prüfsummen sein, heißt es in einem Draft-Paper (PDF-Datei), das in der kommenden Woche dem Technical Guidelines Development Committee der Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) vorgelegt werden soll. Im Mittelpunkt der Kritik stehen insbesondere die sogenannten DRE-Geräte (Direct Record Electronic) – etwa Touchscreen-Wahlcomputer der Hersteller Diebold Election Systems oder ES&S –, die keine Möglichkeit bieten, die Korrektheit der von den Maschinen erfassten Voten nachträglich zu überprüfen.

  • US-Online-Wahlsystem fällt durch den Sicherheitstest

    Eine zehnköpfige Prüfungskommission hat der US-Regierung dringend von der Einführung eines Online-Wahlsystems abgeraten, das derzeit im Rahmen des Projekts Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE) getestet wird.

  • US-Regierung startet Experiment mit Online-Wahlen

    Die US-amerikanische Regierung will mit einem 22 Millionen Dollar teuren Programm die Entwicklung von Wahlen via Internet fördern. Im Rahmen des Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (Serve) sollen bereits im nächsten Jahr ausgewählte Bürger in den US-Staaten South Carolina und Hawaii ihre Stimme bei den Präsidentschaftswahlen online abgeben können. Vor allem amerikanischen Soldaten in allen Teilen der Welt, die bislang nur per Post wählen konnten, soll künftig die Stimmabgabe durch das Internet erleichtert werden, erläutert Polli Brunelli, Direktorin des Federal Voting Assistance Program des Pentagon.

  • US-Wahlcomputer mit vielen Manipulationsmöglichkeiten

    Computerwissenschaftler haben in der Software für Diebold-Wahlterminals zahlreiche Sicherheitsmängel gefunden

    Im Zentrum einer Demokratie steht die Wahl. Sie ist das primäre Mittel, mit dem die Bürger darüber entscheiden, wer ihre Geschicke lenken soll. Wahlen lassen sich manipulieren, Wahlbetrügereien sind bereits oft genug vorgekommen. Und mit dem Übergang zu digitalen Wahlmaschinen scheinen die Manipulationsmöglichkeiten zuzunehmen.

  • US-Wahlcomputer sind höchst unsicher

    Forscher der Johns-Hopkins- und der Rice-Universität haben mehrere schwer wiegende Fehler in einer Version der Software für elektronische Wahlen entdeckt, die die Firma Diebold Election Systems entwickelt hat.
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