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London elections get electronic vote-counting system

...of the vote-counting machine, the authority added.In the past, the Electoral Commission has opposed the GLA's plans to use such machines in... Read more

28 September, 2010 by Kable

Election coverage 'insufficient' on council sites

...this information from 'official' sources, including national sites like Directgov and the Electoral Commission, and local government websites. The report highlights difficulties with the 'customer... Read more

9 June, 2010 by Kable

Electoral Commission attacks election e-counting

The Electoral Commission has expressed concerns over the electronic counting of votes in London... Read more

4 August, 2008 by Kable

Digital rights group: E-voting fit only for X Factor

...England and Wales. This comes the day after the government rejected the Electoral Commission's recommendation that it should pull back from testing the technology... Read more

14 November, 2007 by Kable

Government dismisses call to halt e-voting

The Electoral Commission's call to pull back from e-voting has been dismissed... Read more

13 November, 2007 by Kable

UK gets its own official Pirate Party

...has become an official political party. The party was registered by the Electoral Commission on Tuesday, the party's leader Andrew Robinson told ZDNet UK... Read more

13 August, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Halt e-voting, says Electoral Commission

...can come up with a good reason for using the technology, the Electoral Commission has said. E-voting has been undergoing a series of trials... Read more

2 August, 2007 by David Meyer

Electoral Commission hopes for email voting next year

The chairman of the Electoral Commission revealed on Sunday that Internet voting could be a reality for... Read more

30 April, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

MPs will not drop Web sites during general election

...is dissolved, as MPs technically become parliamentary candidates during this period. The Electoral Commission has however confirmed that due to the government's recent take... Read more

25 April, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

"False dawn" for tech in 2005 general election

IT didn't play an integral role in party campaigns, says Electoral Commission... The 2005 general election was another "false dawn" for the use... Read more

20 December, 2005 by Andy McCue

Pirate Party makes waves in Australia

...to achieve official registered party status in the eyes of the Australian Electoral Commission. It is also holding elections next week on Wednesday night at... Read more

29 September, 2009 by Suzanne Tindal

Microsoft pushes for single global patent system

...Microsoft's patents. The UK Pirate Party, which was registered by the electoral commission last month, is also opposed to the current patent system — especially... Read more

2 September, 2009 by Andrew Donoghue

Gov't rules out e-voting for 2009 elections

...Systems used both inappropriate hardware and software, and were insufficiently secured." The Electoral Commission has also advised the government to put e-voting pilots on... Read more

27 October, 2008 by Jo Best

Report gives thumbs down to e-voting

...privacy issues — was given accredited observer status at the elections by the Electoral Commission. It placed observers at sites in England and Scotland to record... Read more

22 June, 2007 by Kable

Capita boss quits amid Labour loans furore

...knowledge of party treasurer Jack Dromey. The secret loans did not break Electoral Commission guidelines because they were given at commercial rates and Aldridge said... Read more

23 March, 2006 by Andy McCue

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