Category Archives: e-voting

Voting and technology in 2013, a retrospective

Posted on 18 January 2014 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Time line of major developments in Switzerland and beyond For a start, I wish you, dear reader, a happy and successful year! This first 2014 post will look back into 2013 which was exceptionally rich in developments related to political … Continue reading →

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How to observe e-enabled elections?

Posted on 22 November 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

OSCE/ODIHR Handbook for the Observation of New Voting Technologies How to observe an election process in which information and communication technologies (ICT) are used? This is the question at the heart of the recently published OSCE/ODIHR “Handbook for the Observation … Continue reading →

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Casting votes on the Internet

Posted on 1 October 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Switzerland & the Future of Elections The spring 2013 issue of the Harvard International Review features an article on the Swiss internet voting experience, by Alexander H. Trechsel and Urs Gasser. Published before the latest developments of last Summer (Report … Continue reading →

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Client-side viruses and internet voting

Posted on 23 September 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

A shocking truth? Twelve cantons implemented internet voting at yesterday’s federal vote. According to the federal Chancellery 22 586 voters did actually vote via internet out of the 158 500 authorized ones. Two cantons, Geneva and Neuchâtel, authorized both (a fraction of) … Continue reading →

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“Internet voting and federalism: the Swiss case” in RGDPC

Posted on 12 September 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

New paper The Spanish General Review of Compared Public Law (Revista general de derecho publico comparado or RGDPC) dedicates a special issue to the juridical dimension of e-voting, “El voto electrónico y sus dimensiones jurídicas: entre la ingenua complacencia y … Continue reading →

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Has internet voting increased participation?

Posted on 6 June 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Evaluating the impact of internet voting The regular use of internet voting in the past ten years in canton Geneva (Switzerland) offers an interesting basis to evaluate the impact of this voting channel on electoral participation. This is also the … Continue reading →

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Quid novi Juris?

Posted on 18 May 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Swiss Internet Voting Legislation and Jurisprudence – actual state One of the most significant novelties announced to take place in 2013 is already there: a proposed modification of section 6a of the federal ordinance on political rights regulating internet voting … Continue reading →

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Talking about transparency?

Posted on 11 May 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Publication of Audit Reports of Geneva Internet Voting System Switzerland. For the first time audit reports of an internet voting system are made entirely available online. The Geneva internet voting system was submitted to three tests in 2012: intrusion test, … Continue reading →

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Exercise your voting rights

Posted on 2 May 2013 by Jordi Barrat

May 1st: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Electronic Voting, be it on electronic machines used in polling stations or be it distant Internet voting from a personal computer, is often considered to be a useful tool … Continue reading →

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Cantonal elections

Posted on 14 April 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Counting of (internet) voting results postponed Canton Neuchâtel had quite a special election today. For the first time in Switzerland a general election of a cantonal parliament was held with internet voting as a third voting channel. Internet voting is … Continue reading →

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