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Internet voting gets the Oxford blues
News And it was this view that carried the day, with those present voting narrowly against the motion that "This House has confidence in voting via the Internet". Kitcat said that Internet voting was more expensive than traditional methods and was...
[June 25, 2003, 13:21]
Internet voting gets stamp of approval
News The only US presidential contest in 2004 to use Internet voting was completed without a hitch, the Michigan Democratic Party said on Monday. Michigan's experiment comes as Internet voting is drawing both interest and criticism.
[February 10, 2004, 10:30]
Local elections to pilot mobile and Internet voting
News Parts of Crewe and Nantwich, St Albans and Swindon will be piloting Internet voting from home, local libraries and council-run information kiosks. In response to the e-envoy's push for Internet democracy last October, the non-governmental...
[February 7, 2002, 15:45]
US abandons Internet voting
Talkback The scraping of internet voting is a big surprise. If those wishing to participate in it signed up through normal mail providing their registration form, party indicator, signature, social security number, and photo id, perhaps with a few extra...
[July 21, 2004, 15:41]
US abandons Internet voting
News The US Department of Defense on Thursday backed off plans for a large-scale test of a voting system designed to let Americans who are overseas cast ballots in the coming election over the Internet. The decision follows a January report by four...
[February 6, 2004, 8:55]
Could Internet voting have saved the day?
News The uncertainty and controversy surrounding the US presidential election has prompted some UK pundits to suggest a move towards Internet voting. Ritchie believes that simplicity and efficiency of Internet voting would not only make the electoral...
[November 9, 2000, 13:17]
Internet voting gets stamp of approval
Talkback morons.how do they know it went without a hitch? if the system was hacked, they would have no idea and the wrong person would get elected.
[February 10, 2004, 14:59]
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. In response to the e-envoy's push for Internet democracy last October, the non-governmental organisation insisted that...
[January 7, 2002, 12:17]
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]
Electoral Commission hopes for email voting next year
News The chairman of the Electoral Commission revealed on Sunday that Internet voting could be a reality for local council elections next May. I would be disappointed if voting by email or on the Internet was not an option by next year's local...
[April 30, 2001, 15:41]
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 trials were scheduled to include: Internet...
[September 5, 2005, 10:05]
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]
Government to push e-voting
News Schemes that allow voting via the Internet, by mobile phone, digital TV, at a touch-screen kiosk or by post will all be welcomed, local government minister Nick Raynsford has indicated. The UK government is calling on councils to conduct electronic...
[October 7, 2002, 14:36]
E-commerce minister proposes online voting
News His speech, at the Democracy in the Information Age conference, marked a dramatic change in mood towards e-voting -- earlier this year the Home Office had rejected the permanent introduction of Internet voting in Britain.
[October 26, 2001, 7:30]
Government 'has no timetable' for e-voting
News The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister had been planning trials of SMS and Internet voting this year with a view to the technology being used in the next general election but cancelled a tender inviting IT suppliers to bid for the projects after...
[February 15, 2006, 13:55]
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. An e-voting trial being held this weekend will let...
[April 26, 2002, 16:25]
E-voting 'must be dropped'
News Remote electronic voting is even more vulnerable than all postal voting; not only are the Internet and text messaging insecure, but PIN numbers must still be sent by post to voters, and there is no way of confidently identifying that an electronic...
[September 8, 2005, 17:05]
Digital rights group slams e-voting
News Although no equivalent of the US' Diebold machines — which have been the subject of several security problems — will be used, methods to be tested include electronic scanning to count ballots and electronic voting using the internet and/or telephone.
[January 31, 2007, 12:15]
US blocks overseas ISPs from voting site
News The US Department of Defense, which runs the Federal Voting Assistance Program, confirmed on Tuesday that "certain Internet service providers" were being blocked from accessing www.fvap.gov. The site, www.fvap.gov, is the online home of the Federal...
[September 21, 2004, 17:25]
Brave New Ballot review
Reviews Rubin's public involvement in e-voting began in July 2003, when a phone call from fellow computer scientist and e-voting expert David Dill alerted him to the fact that a copy of the source code for e-voting machines from the leading manufacturer...
[February 2, 2007, 11:54]
