Category Archives: legislation

International regulation of e-voting

Posted on 19 February 2013 by Jordi Barrat

The Council of Europe’s Recomendation Rec2004(11): a brief recapitulation The Recommendation Rec(2004)11 of the Council of Europe on legal, operational and technical standards on e-voting already has almost a decade of life. Its broad scope encompasses both internet voting procedures and … Continue reading →

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Integrity investigation

Posted on 17 February 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Election forensics A recently published virtual issue on election fraud and electoral integrity [Ines Levin and Michael Alvarez Publishers] assembles recent research on the use of mathematical methods to detect fraud in elections. The papers are made available for free … Continue reading →

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Legislation

Posted on 13 January 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Striking a balance between prohibition and liberalization of internet voting Nothing summarizes better the contradictory feelings towards introducing internet voting than developments in Canton Vaud. A few years ago a motion signed by cantonal MPs from almost all political parties … Continue reading →

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Echoes from 2011

Posted on 13 January 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

OSCE/ODIHR Assessment of the 2011 Federal Elections On January 30, 2012 the OSCE/ODIHR, published its election assessment mission report on the federal elections that took place on October 23, 2011. The report highlighted the vitality of the Swiss democracy and … Continue reading →

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A LOOK INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL OF 2013

Posted on 13 January 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

When launching this blog one of the big questions I was faced to was – where to start? Which event do I want to highlight as THE number one post? Electronic information processing is increasingly present in the Swiss electoral … Continue reading →

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