Category Archives: legislation

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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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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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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Security in Elections

Posted on 22 June 2018 by Ardita Driza Maurer

All countries in the Council of Europe region use some kind of digital technology in elections. They may use digital solutions for purposes such as voter registration, the administration of voters’ list, vote tallying, the transmission of results, voting in … Continue reading →

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Update of the Council of Europe Recommendation on legal, operational and technical standards for e-voting – A Legal Perspective

Posted on 28 February 2016 by Ardita Driza Maurer

The Council of Europe 2004 Recommendation on e-voting (Rec(2004)11) is a soft law instrument containing legal, operational and technical standards for e-voting. An ad-hoc Committee of Experts on E-voting (CAHVE) started work on its update in 2015. This paper focuses … Continue reading →

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VoteID 2015

Posted on 6 September 2015 by Richard Hill

A short report by Richard Hill* The 2015 VoteID conference took place from 2-4 September 2015 in Bern, Switzerland. The conference featured presentations of peer-reviewed papers covering a variety of inter-disciplinary topics related to e-voting, such as a legal challenge … Continue reading →

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OSCE/ODIHR to assess the Swiss legal framework for Internet voting

Posted on 11 August 2015 by Ardita Driza Maurer

On 13 July OSCE/ODIHR published a Needs Assessement Mission report (NAM) on the upcoming Swiss federal elections of 18 October 2015 (National Council Elections). The report recommends the deployment of an Election Expert Team to specifically assess the legal framework … Continue reading →

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New Book: E-Voting Case Law

Posted on 29 January 2015 by Ardita Driza Maurer

I dedicated quite some time last year to coordinating and writing a book on e-voting. Co-edited by Jordi Barrat and myself, “E-Voting Case Law: A Comparative Analysis” is a collective book on e-voting legislation and case law in thirteen countries … Continue reading →

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EVOTE2014

Posted on 2 November 2014 by Ardita Driza Maurer

The 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting EVOTE2014 was held on 28–31 October 2014 in Lochau/Bregenz, Austria. The conference – which celebrates its tenth anniversary – is one of the leading international events for e-voting. It was attended by experts … Continue reading →

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