Author Archives: Ardita Driza Maurer

Risk assessment and feasibility study on alternative forms of voting in post-war elections in Ukraine, with a focus on internet voting

Posted on 18 February 2025 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Together with Véronique Cortier, Oksana Kulyk, Armin Rabitsch, Volodymyr Venher, and the contribution of Olivier Pereira we prepared this risk assessment and feasibility study. Many thanks to Régis Dandoy for the information he provided on Ecuador. The Russian Federation’s war … Continue reading →

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Regulating the use of ICT in elections: The contribution of the Council of Europe

Posted on 18 February 2025 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Contribution by A. Driza Maurer published in Cuadernos de Derecho Electoral, Número 2 (2024) / 239-254

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Council of Europe Guidelines on the Use of ICT in Electoral Processes

Posted on 18 February 2025 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Together with Melanie Volkamer and Robert Krimmer we published this paper on the 2022 Guidelines on the use of ICT in electoral processes which the Council of Europe. The paper describes the development process and the considered input. It also … Continue reading →

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The future of voting

Posted on 29 March 2022 by Ardita Driza Maurer

The Institute of European Democrats (IED), a Brussels-based independent Research Institute, has published the outcome of an external research project titled “The Future of democracy in the European Context”.  It features four papers which look at very different aspects of … Continue reading →

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Use of innovative technologies in the electoral process in Armenia

Posted on 11 October 2021 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Together with Justin Nettmann and Rafik Grigoryan we presented this paper to the 2021 E-Vote-ID Conference. We were honoured to receive the Best Paper Award in the Elections and Practical Experiences track. The paper was prepared with permission from UNDP … Continue reading →

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Contribution à la consultation concernant la révision partielle de l’ODP et la révision totale de l’OVotE

Posted on 19 August 2021 by Ardita Driza Maurer

La consultation concernant la révision partielle de l’ordonnance sur les droits politiques (ODP) et la révision totale de l’Ordonnance de la Chancellerie fédérale sur le vote électronique (OVotE) vient de se terminer. L’invitation à contribuer était étendue aux milieux de … Continue reading →

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Interview

Posted on 14 July 2021 by Ardita Driza Maurer

A few weeks ago I talked to electis.io about i-voting development in Switzerland. Thanks to Gilles and Franck for the interesting questions. Here is the link to the interview on YouTube

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Digital technologies in elections

Posted on 31 May 2020 by Ardita Driza Maurer

New Council of Europe publication Digital solutions are already used in elections and increasingly discussed. Their security, i.e. compliance with constitutional principles even in the presence of attacks or system failures, has attracted attention in the recent years as it … Continue reading →

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E-voting in Switzerland

Posted on 29 April 2020 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Master students in Public and Nonprofit Management at the Luzern University of Applied Sciences and Arts organized a podium discussion on the topic “E-voting in Switzerland”. Initially due to take place on 21 April, the event was cancelled because of … Continue reading →

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2019 developments in Swiss internet voting

Posted on 30 October 2019 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Since our last post, internet voting in Switzerland has gone through some important developments. A draft federal law was put into consultation and an innovative transparency exercise took place at the beginning of 2019 : the publication of the source … Continue reading →

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