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OOXML clears ISO voting
Blog Comment Finland change is vote from Abstention to Yes without voting http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php? Polish NB Chairwoman has changed the voting rules for the email ballot to "If you don't vote, it is counted as a YES", and she has threatened to sue...
[March 30, 2008, 16:39]
OOXML clears ISO voting
Blog Comment Finland change is vote from Abstention to Yes without voting http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php? Polish NB Chairwoman has changed the voting rules for the email ballot to "If you don't vote, it is counted as a YES", and she has threatened to sue...
[March 30, 2008, 16:52]
E-voting 'must be dropped'
Talkback What, and there is no fraud in the current system ? Get real. If it means more people will be bothered to vote then it can only be good as we will get a better representation. Then we really will deserve the government we vote in.
[September 9, 2005, 12:06]
Investigation launched into e-voting machines
Talkback Oh how I wish American news media would cover stories like this. Living in Amnerica I seem to get a filtered version of the news and am forced to go to foriegn new outlest to get the scoop. Thanks for investigating us!
[June 1, 2004, 23:34]
More e-voting woes strike the US
Talkback We hear time and time again about yet more failures, but never any information about how and why so that others can make informed choices and avoid the problems. The same suppliers may be associated with repeated problems, but prospective customers...
[October 19, 2004, 13:42]
Mannesmann voting on Vodafone takeover offer
News Mannesmann, Germany's second-largest telephone operator, is to vote Thursday on a takeover bid by Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD), the world's largest mobile phone service provider, according to reports from Dow Jones Newswires and Bloomberg.
[February 3, 2000, 15:28]
Anti-patent campaigner calls for EU recount
News A change in the voting weights of EU members means that the EU Council members which supported controversial changes to the EU Software Patents directive no longer have a majority vote, prompting some campaigners to call for a recount.
[November 2, 2004, 15:49]
iVote
Downloads iVote is an easy-to-use application that simplifies computer voting. With this program, go from old-fashoned paper ballots to digital, flawless computer voting. It has the ability to store the results of the election on a network volume, making...
[June 17, 2002, 8:00]
Malaysians enrol text messages for democracy
News Malaysians will soon be able to use text messages to verify voting information and book intercity bus tickets, according to official news agency Bernama. Mobile phone users in Malaysia can use SMS to verify their voting information, such as the...
[September 2, 2003, 10:20]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog What a day for voting. Not only has that lovely Blair chap failed to persuade his people that suspects should be locked up for quarter of a year while the plod peer through their computers - and if anyone can tell me exactly what technical...
[November 11, 2005, 17:30]
Crackers suspected of rigging Big Brother vote
News The Big Brother Web team suspect crackers may have unleashed a mailbomb on the voting section of the site, in order to rig the vote for unpopular housemate Paul. It requires the writing of a script, that will continuously post information to the...
[July 3, 2001, 17:07]
Clarification
Talkback I'm an advocate of remote e-voting. My angle was that it's not entirely fair to attack remote e-voting on the grounds of vote selling / coercion whilst advocating postal votes. Hi again David, We've got our wires crossed.
[February 1, 2007, 14:24]
Government seeks views on e-democracy
News The UK government has launched a public consultation into e-democracy that could result in the widespread implementation of voting via the Internet or by mobile phone. This document lays out the government's proposed e-democracy strategy, and is...
[July 16, 2002, 16:13]
Online elections get a step closer
News A key standard for online voting is to be released later this month, according to the director of technology strategy in the e-envoy's office, Anwar Choudhury. The release of the XML election schema, which will provide a consistent way for data...
[March 12, 2002, 14:40]
Yes, but...
Talkback What about people who can't get to the voting booth due to disability, or being out of the country that week, or any other number of good reasons? Is there any way to make voting more inclusive without some risk of manipulation?
[February 1, 2007, 14:09]
Cook reveals hopes for Internet general election
News Internet voting could be a reality for the next general election, the leader of the House of Commons revealed at the weekend. Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, Robin Cook unveiled his plans for Britain to become one of the first countries...
[January 7, 2002, 12:17]
UK's first online voters go to the polls
News An e-voting trial being held this weekend will let people cast their votes online for next month's local elections. The UK local elections are scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May, but voting in these two wards has been brought forward.
[April 26, 2002, 16:25]
UK may make last-minute U-turn on OOXML
News The British Standards Institution could change sides, days before voting closes, and register a vote in favour of Microsoft's Office Open XML becoming an International Organization for Standardization standard — having previously voted against.
[March 27, 2008, 16:51]
Hungary abstains from OOXML vote
News Hungary has abstained from voting on the use of Microsoft's controversial Office Open XML format, following alleged irregularities in the country's voting process. According to Tomka Gergely, an IBM employee and member of the MSZT, the GKM...
[September 4, 2007, 15:14]
US votes 'no' on Sun's ISO Java bid
News The US is only one of 27 countries voting on the International Standards Organisation's process. ISO makes its decision based on a consensus of all the voting countries. At the end of the first round of voting last spring, approximately two-thirds...
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