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E-voting is too important to leave to politicians
Talkback Call for voter-verifiable e-voting which can be properly audited and trusted by endorsing our resolution at: http://www.free-project.org/resolution/
[November 7, 2003, 10:22]
E-voting 'must be dropped'
News The Conservative Party has called for the government to drop any idea of e-voting in future elections This followed news that the government is not yet planning for another round of e-voting pilots. In response to a parliamentary question from...
[September 8, 2005, 17:05]
E-voting is too important to leave to politicians
Talkback E-voting is an invitation to electoral fraud.
[November 6, 2003, 21:53]
E-voting harbours 'major security problems'
News Electronic voting systems have major security problems and hackers should make it their mission to find the flaws, an e-voting critic told security researchers on Thursday. Speaking at the Black Hat Security Briefings in Las Vegas, Rebecca Mercuri...
[July 30, 2004, 13:55]
E-voting 'risks fraud'
News Four computer security experts have warned proponents of Internet voting that such systems cannot be secured against fraud. The experts -- three computer science professors and a former IBM researcher -- said on Wednesday that creating an e-voting...
[January 22, 2004, 7:15]
E-voting flawed in London election, say campaigners
News Digital rights campaigners have repeated assertions that the May 2008 London mayoral election results were potentially flawed due to e-voting problems. At a Greater London Authority meeting on Thursday, called to examine issues around e-voting...
[July 18, 2008, 16:24]
E-voting is too important to leave to politicians
Talkback E-voting is an important issue since it extends the possibilities for people to vote. However this is just the tip of the ice-berg in terms of e-democracy. The mission for all politicians is to extend the democratic process and encourage...
[November 20, 2003, 15:22]
E-voting gets technology thumbs-up
News The e-voting trial held in St Albans last week has been hailed as a success, although it doesn't appear that the initiative encouraged many more voters to take part in the local elections. Internet voting - 28.1 percent
[May 3, 2002, 18:04]
E-voting harbours 'major security problems'
Talkback The problems associated with diverted post will be avoided but the issues of the lack of controlled privacy and forced/substituted voting have not been addressed. E-voting in a seated assembled meeting with a secure network is justified.
[October 20, 2004, 15:54]
Digital rights group: E-voting fit only for X Factor
News The Open Rights Group has criticised the government for standing by its plans to continue pilots for electronic voting and counting in England and Wales. The Open Rights Group (ORG), a digital rights advocacy group, issued a statement on Tuesday...
[November 14, 2007, 14:19]
Halt e-voting, says Electoral Commission
News Trials of electronic voting and vote-counting should be halted until the government 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 in local elections...
[August 2, 2007, 13:49]
Florida research raises e-voting questions
News Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley on Friday published a statistical analysis of irregularities in Florida voter behaviour that contends that the voting patterns favoured President Bush to the tune of 130,000 to 260,000 votes.
[November 19, 2004, 8:30]
Hacking fears hit e-voting plans
News The Irish government intends to push on with its e-voting programme despite criticism over costs and security from a parliamentary committee. But a spokesperson for the Department of the Environment, which is responsible for e-voting, said the...
[February 7, 2005, 15:50]
Belated objections may scupper US e-voting
News Some states are raising last-minute security concerns over e-voting technology, as much of the country prepares to switch over from mechanical to electronic ballots in time for the upcoming US presidential election.
[December 8, 2003, 12:05]
Korea mandates e-voting by 2005
News Korea will be the first country in Asia to introduce an electronic voting system for all political elections, starting in 2005. The new voting system will begin on a trial basis from next year, when the government allows local citizens to vote on...
[August 18, 2003, 9:50]
Gov't rules out e-voting for 2009 elections
News As the US gets ready to head to the polls, the UK government is making its own electoral plans — plans that won't involve e-voting. In a written answer to parliament, MP Michael Wills, minister of state for the Ministry of Justice, said there are...
[October 27, 2008, 7:27]
Florida e-voting battle breathes again
News Just 36 days before Election Day, an American appeals court has breathed new life into a lawsuit challenging Florida's use of electronic voting machines that lack paper trails. They argue that it's unconstitutional for 15 Florida counties to have...
[September 28, 2004, 15:55]
Government dismisses call to halt e-voting
News The Electoral Commission's call to pull back from e-voting has been dismissed by the government. The government has rejected the Commission's view that no further e-voting pilots should take place until the government has a comprehensive electoral...
[November 13, 2007, 10:24]
Government drops e-voting trials
News The government has ditched plans for wide-ranging trials of Internet and SMS voting next year that are supposed to pave the way for e-voting technology to be used at the next general election. The e-voting trials were due to kick off in 2006 as...
[September 5, 2005, 10:05]
Report gives thumbs down to e-voting
News The Open Rights Group published a report on Wednesday that includes scathing criticisms of the way e-voting and e-counting proceeded at a number of sites during the local government elections last month.
[June 22, 2007, 9:16]
