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No e-voting in Azerbaijan and Macedonia
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After the major problems with the e-voting system tested in Western Europe, some Eastern European countries has expressed their reservation in implementing such as system. The Central Election Commission from Azerbaijan considered that e-voting is not required in the 2009 referendum or in the 2009 local elections […]
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Finnish e-voting fiasco: votes lost
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A fully electronic voting system was piloted in the Finnish municipal elections on 26 October 2008. EDRi-member Electronic Frontier Finland (EFFi) had criticised the pilot program for years, recently releasing a report on its deficiencies. Today, the Ministry of Justice revealed that due to a usability issue, […]
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Effi's e-voting 'shadow report'
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Electronic Frontier Finland’s (Effi’s) ‘shadow report’ on the Finnish e-voting pilot has been translated into English and is available now on Electronic Frontier Finland web pages. The original Finnish version was published on 19 June 2008. The English version has been updated to include commentary on the […]
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Finnish e-voting system must not stay a trade secret
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A member of Electronic Frontier Finland (Effi), a Finnish association for promoting digital rights and member of EDRi, has recently sent a request of information to the Finnish Ministry of Justice regarding their planned e-voting system. The system will be piloted in the municipal elections during October […]
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Electronic voting machines eliminated in the Netherlands
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) All Nedap/Groenendaal voting machines were decertified on 1 October 2007 by District Court of Alkmaar in the Netherland, following the ‘Voting with confidence’ advice issued on 27 September by Korthals Altes Committee (created with the purpose to verify the validity of the systems), and the announcement of […]
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Enough Internet voting trials says the UK Electoral Commission
On 2 August 2007, the Electoral Commission, independent body set up by the UK Parliament, recommended in its evaluation on the pilot schemes used in May 2007 elections to end electronic voting trials until the establishment of a strategy by the UK Government to modernise the electoral system and make it more secure. The Electoral […]
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Failure of the Scottish e-counting system
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) (Article corrected on 10 May 2007) The electronic counting system used in the Scottish Parliamentary Elections on 3 May 2007 experienced problems as experts had warned and the Scotland Office announced an urgent investigation on the “serious technical failures” having delayed the announcement of results in several […]
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E-voting in France – after the first round of presidential elections
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first round of the presidential elections in France, where e-voting systems have been used in 82 localities as a pilot test, showed many queues, some equipement shutdowns and dropouts of some towns (Amiens, St Malo, Le Perreux, Ifs). Some political parties have called the e-voting a […]
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E-voting in Estonia for parliamentary elections
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Estonia is the first nation in the world that will allow voting via the Internet during its elections for the Parliament (Riigikogu). The voting will take place on 4 March 2007, but the electronic vote will be cast from 26 February at 9 AM until 28 February […]
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The ORG and FIPR week of e-voting events
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Last week there were three e-voting events hosted in London by EDRI members, the Open Rights Group (ORG) and the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR). On 6 February guests saw a screening of the documentary film “Hacking Democracy” which reveals in detail the failings of e-voting […]
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European e-voting machines cracked by Dutch group
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The voting computers used to cast 90% of the votes in Netherlands were cracked by a Dutch Group called “Wij vertrouwen stemcomputers niet” (We do not trust voting computers). In a live public show on 4 October 2006 on the Dutch television channel Nederland 1, the group […]
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Internet voting in France under question
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) France has tried to implement an Internet voting system that should have allowed French citizens living abroad to vote during the presidential elections in 2007. However, the system has been criticized and has not been proven to be reliable. The French living abroad are represented by the […]
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