Progressive and Inclusive Technology Policy
By Sam Campbell. In March 2015 the state of New South Wales, known locally as NSW, in Australia held the largest (well – at the time anyway!) binding government Internet delivered election … Continue reading The NSW iVote project – Internet based voting in Australia
By Alex Wiltshire. A decision regarding any military action in Syria should be undertaken with close consultation with the electorate, and an online constituent vote could be the perfect solution. … Continue reading Constituents should be able to vote online on issues like Syria airstrikes
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’
By Areeq Chowdhury. There seems to be an inconsistency in the Government’s stance relating to the use of online voting in trade union strike ballots. The Government has, so far, … Continue reading Online voting: One rule for political parties, another rule for trade unions?
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
Len McCluskey, leader of the UK’s largest trade union, Unite, has written to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to introduce online voting for trade union strike ballots. In a … Continue reading Unite leader urges PM to introduce online voting for trade union strike ballots
Zac Goldsmith, MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston, has been elected as the Conservative Party’s candidate for London Mayor in 2016 in an online ballot. Goldsmith beat his rivals … Continue reading Zac Goldsmith wins online vote to be the Conservatives’ London Mayoral candidate
The new Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has been elected in the largest online voting election in UK history after 422,871 voters took part in the process. Figures released by Electoral … Continue reading 81% voted online in the Labour leadership election
According to the latest figures released by the UK Labour Party, more than 600,000 people will be eligible to vote in the Party’s leadership election. Voting ballots are to be … Continue reading Labour leadership vote is set to be the largest online voting election in UK history
United States President, Barack Obama, has revealed in a recent interview with tech business magazine ‘Fast Company’ that he believes online voting should ‘absolutely’ be a priority. In the context of … Continue reading Obama: Online voting ‘should absolutely be a priority’
The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown that in 2015, the proportion of adults in Great Britain that use the internet on a daily … Continue reading ONS data shows that daily internet usage has doubled in the past decade
More than half (56%) of the British public who are online support the inclusion of an online voting option in the upcoming EU referendum, a new YouGov poll commissioned by … Continue reading WebRoots Democracy/YouGov poll shows majority want online voting implemented in the EU referendum
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