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Internet Voting Gets The Oxford Blues

News Advocates of digital democracy say that e-voting -- whether online, by mobile phone or at electronic kiosks in supermarkets and pubs -- will increase democratic participation by making it easier for citizens to make their electoral choice.

[June 25, 2003, 13:21]

E-commerce Minister Proposes Online Voting

News There has been a lot of experience in online voting for private elections, but to use the system for public elections carries a completely different burden of responsibility," said a spokesman at the Electoral Reform Society.

[October 26, 2001, 7:30]

UK's First Online Voters Go To The Polls

News Public participation in the electoral process is perceived to be declining, and e-democracy advocates believe Internet voting could encourage more people to take part in the democratic process. Voters in Sopwell and Verulam, two electoral wards in...

[April 26, 2002, 16:25]

E-voting 'must Be Dropped'

News Restoring public confidence in our electoral system is more important than spending taxpayers' money on 'Big Brother' text-messaging gimmicks. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister shelved plans to support e-voting trials late in 2004, following...

[September 8, 2005, 17:05]

Teacamp

Blog Comment PS surely a matter for the electoral commision, the police and data analysts/hard drive recovery specialists! How do these things happen in a democracy, or is democracy really dying.some heads need banging together, people need to be held to...

[June 22, 2008, 23:19]

Students Defy DMCA To Post Email Online

News Diebold gave at least $195,000 to the Republican Party during a two-year period starting in 2000, and its chief executive, Walden W O'Dell, once pledged to deliver Ohio's electoral votes for President George W Bush.

[November 4, 2003, 8:40]

Vote-swapping Site Aims To Defeat Tories

News The Conversative party has been outraged by the site and called on the Electoral Commission to investigate immediately. However, according to the Electoral Commission the site is perfectly legitimate.

[April 19, 2001, 8:04]

Report Gives Thumbs Down To E-voting

News The group — a non-governmental organisation that deals with information management and privacy issues — was given accredited observer status at the elections by the Electoral Commission. The ORG said that throughout the electoral process...

[June 22, 2007, 9:16]

Vote-selling Site To Come To UK

News A spokesman for the Electoral Reform Society, according to reports, said that in the UK it is a criminal offence to bribe electors or to "seek to give money to influence an election". The company claims to be "bringing capitalism and democracy...

[October 17, 2000, 15:49]

Friday

Blog Time for the Electoral Reform Society, I guess. Aircraft do it, and how much more important is democracy? Friday 2/05/2003 Even in London, we've heard that elections are going on in the world outside the M25.

[May 2, 2003, 14:53]

Cook Reveals Hopes For Internet General Election

News But the Electoral Reform Society has concerns. In response to the e-envoy's push for Internet democracy last October, the non-governmental organisation insisted that Britain is nowhere near ready for the implementation of online voting for public...

[January 7, 2002, 12:17]

Local Elections To Pilot Mobile And Internet Voting

News But the Electoral Reform Society has concerns. In response to the e-envoy's push for Internet democracy last October, the non-governmental organisation insisted that Britain is nowhere near ready for the implementation of online voting for public...

[February 7, 2002, 15:45]

Digital Rights Group: E-voting Fit Only For X Factor

News This comes the day after the government rejected the Electoral Commission's recommendation that it should pull back from testing the technology in elections until a full electoral modernisation framework has been developed.

[November 14, 2007, 14:19]