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The UK Government has been defeated in the House of Lords by 320 votes to 181 on an amendment to the Trade Union Bill to allow for a review of … Continue reading Government defeated in the House of Lords on online strike ballots
US President, Barack Obama, has repeated his calls for the technology industry to develop systems of secure online voting to be used in elections across America. In his speech at the … Continue reading Obama: US Government working towards ‘safe, secure, and smart systems’ of online voting
The UK Government agrees that ‘online voting may be an obvious development’ and is keeping it ‘under close review’ according to the Minister for Constitutional Reform, John Penrose MP. The … Continue reading UK Government responds to Secure Voting report: Online voting being kept ‘under close review’
Multinational technology giant, Google, has submitted a patent to the United States Patent and Trademark Office outlining a concept for an online voting system built into its website. The system … Continue reading Google patent signals consensus towards online voting amongst major tech companies
The Electoral Reform Society in Wales (ERS Cymru) has announced that they are backing calls for online voting trials in the run up to the Welsh Assembly elections this year. … Continue reading Welsh Electoral Reform Society backs calls for online voting trials
Leanne Wood AM, leader of Plaid Cymru has promised to introduce online voting for Welsh Assembly elections if her party wins power in this year’s elections. Speaking at an event … Continue reading Plaid Cymru pledge to introduce online voting in Wales
Online voting can be made sufficiently secure and should be introduced for the 2020 UK General Election, according to a new report âSecure Votingâ launched today. The report, backed by … Continue reading REPORT: Online voting can be secured and should be an option in the 2020 UK General Election
The former Head of the UK Civil Service, crossbench Peer, and President of the Local Government Association, Lord Kerslake has suggested that online balloting is more secure than postal ballots in … Continue reading Lord Kerslake: Online voting is ‘more secure than postal’
The majority of the British public say that the use of electronic balloting to vote for industrial action is appropriate, according to a poll commissioned from YouGov and published by … Continue reading TUC/YouGov poll: Majority of British public support online strike ballots
The third largest party in the UK House of Commons, the Scottish National Party (SNP) has made fresh calls for electronic voting to be introduced in Parliament. Currently the 650 … Continue reading Scottish National Party calls for electronic voting in Parliament
The European Parliament has voted to adopt a set of reforms to the 1976 EU Electoral Act by 315 votes to 254. The reforms include the need for member states … Continue reading European Parliament: EU citizens living abroad ‘must be able to vote online’
The UK Government has not ruled out introducing online voting for elections, according to the Constitutional Reform Minister, John Penrose MP. In an interview with the Local Government Chronicle, Mr … Continue reading UK Government ‘has not ruled out’ introducing online voting
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