Progressive and Inclusive Technology Policy
To the incoming Prime Minister, The UK has just finished taking part in its biggest democratic exercise for a generation. Overall voter turnout may have reached 72% but not amongst … Continue reading Open letter: Youth organisations unite behind call for online voting
By Nathalie Hulbert. Young people are being wrongfully underrepresented, and for no good reason. With the EU referendum fast approaching, it would appear that the younger and older generation are becoming increasingly … Continue reading It’s not what we decide on Thursday that’s worrying me. It’s how.
By Joe Carton. It’s Thursday, 23rd June 2016. 7:00am. Two weeks into the European Championships and four days before the start of Wimbledon. The alarm on your phone rattles the … Continue reading What referendum? How the credibility of British politics pivots on a developing democracy
WebRoots Democracy’s 2nd anniversary event will be taking place on Wednesday 25th May 2016 at Google’s Campus London in Shoreditch. It is entitled: “Back to our WebRoots: How can #onlinevoting … Continue reading WebRoots Democracy’s 2nd anniversary event
By Mike Summers. For a country which seeks to lead the world in terms of technological innovation and has spent billions of dollars in modernising their election process, it seems … Continue reading Online voting: The future of voting? Observations from Salt Lake City
The UK Government is to commission an independent review into the use of online voting for trade union strike ballots following a recent vote in the House of Commons on … Continue reading UK Government to hold independent review on online strike ballots
Last week, voters in Utah in the USA took part in ‘one of the largest internet voting experiences’ in US election history as part of the Republican Presidential Caucus, which … Continue reading Online voting experience ‘praised’ in Republican Presidential Caucus
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
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