Progressive and Inclusive Technology Policy
By Kasimir Rantzau. Democracy entails the diversity of society – it provides the privilege for all that are eligible to vote. It is the foundation for a free society. However, … Continue reading The local elections and language discrimination
By Areeq Chowdhury. The Cambridge Analytica debacle appears to be the straw that will break the camel’s back. The idea of data being unwittingly taken from users for the purpose … Continue reading With great power comes great regulation
In response to a letter coordinated by WebRoots Democracy, the Scottish Government Minister for Parliamentary Business, Joe Fitzpatrick MSP, reaffirmed their commitment to undertaking pilots of electronic voting. Our letter, … Continue reading Scottish Government: E-voting pilots will go ahead
More than 30 leading academics and charity bosses have written to the Scottish Government urging them to undertake pilots of online voting for elections. The letter comes as the Scottish … Continue reading Academics and charity bosses write to Scottish Government to back pilots of online voting
UPDATE (26/03/2018): Sierra Leone’s Government have denied this story with TechCrunch reporting that Agora merely observed the vote and stored some of the results. Full story here. On the 7th … Continue reading Updated: Sierra Leone undertake world’s first “blockchain-based” Presidential election
Online voting will ‘inject a new lease of life’ into democracy argues SNP MSP, Ruth Maguire, during a debate in the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government is consulting on the … Continue reading MSP: Online voting will ‘inject a new lease of life’ into Scotland’s democracy
By Tess Woolfenden. This year marks 100 years since Parliament passed the Representation of the People Act – the act that extended the vote to women in Britain for the … Continue reading Intersectional Suffrage: A focus on the women that didn’t get the vote in 1918
By Areeq Chowdhury. What if we could get rid of politicians and simply vote on everything ourselves? Why limit ourselves to referenda on independence movements, and not have referenda on … Continue reading The fate of digital democracy is linked to the fate of online voting
MPs spent an estimated 14,000 minutes standing in division lobbies during the 2010 – 2015 Parliament, according to analysis by WebRoots Democracy. This equates to almost an entire month, based … Continue reading £3.5m spent towards 14,000 minutes of MPs standing in division lobbies
The Welsh Government has announced plans to pilot remote online voting in elections. The decision follows a broad public consultation undertaken by the Government and was announced alongside a raft … Continue reading Welsh Government announce plans to pilot online voting for elections
In a written submission to WebRoots Democracy, the Russian Embassy have denied accusations of trying to meddle with the UK’s referendum on EU membership, describing the claims as ‘outright insulting’. … Continue reading Russian Embassy: Brexit is of ‘no great importance’ and accusations of meddling are ‘outright insulting’
Following the vote on the European Union Withdrawal Bill, a number of MPs have called for the UK to introduce electronic voting in Parliament with the Green Party Co-Leader, Caroline … Continue reading MPs clamour for electronic voting in the House of Commons
