Category Archives: legislation

Switzerland’s new legislation on internet voting

Posted on 12 February 2014 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Established practices, new rules and future perspectives Last Sunday, 9 February 2014, is going to stay in Swiss voting history as the day when voters decided to put an end to the free movement of persons with the European Union … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Expérience cantonale de vote par Internet

Posted on 27 March 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Rapport zurichois La votation fédérale du 3 mars 2013 fût l’occasion pour quelques 152’000 électeurs dans onze cantons de voter par internet. Quelques jours après le Conseil fédéral autorisait 12 cantons à faire du vote par internet lors de la … Continue reading →

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Welcome author Jordi Barrat!

Posted on 20 February 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

I am pleased to announce that Jordi Barrat, professor of constitutional law at the Rovira i Virgili University (Spain) and renowned specialist of e-voting joins electoralpractice. Jordi is the author of several studies on the compliance of e-voting systems with … Continue reading →

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