Category Archives: e-election

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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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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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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Internet Voting

Posted on 13 January 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Evaluating the past, preparing the future Internet voting continues to be the driving force in electoral practice digitization. Since May 2006 when the federal Government (federal Council) published its second report on internet voting recommending its gradual introduction, trials with … Continue reading →

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Identification

Posted on 13 January 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Got your SuissID? Internet-based platforms allowing for C2G (citizen to government) transactions, such as internet voting or other services proposed by online governmental portals, must be able to correctly identify the citizen who tries to conclude the transaction. That’s the … Continue reading →

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Transparency

Posted on 13 January 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

Better understanding the system Transparency is becoming an increasingly important issue for the public and the electoral authorities. Recent federal and cantonal laws on transparency of the activities of the administrations, as well as a certain degree of suspition towards … Continue reading →

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Standardization

Posted on 13 January 2013 by Ardita Driza Maurer

A data standard for Swiss political rights Digital handling of information requires standardized data. This is particularly necessary if data from different sources are to be collated, compared, merged and so on. In a Confederation of States like Switzerland where … 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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