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An investigation reveals e-voting software used by numerous large-scale organisations isn’t as anonymous or secure as claimed.
The government’s alleged targeting of opposition figures, as well as a new system allowing anonymous donations to political parties, is believed to have given the BJP a huge edge.
There are many uses for digital systems that are not centrally controlled and that allow large numbers of people to participate securely, even if they don’t all know and trust each other.
Americans can look to Estonia for lessons on how online voting systems can improve election integrity.
Amid discussion of how best to conduct and tally a hotly contested election that is potentially subject to nefarious meddling, three experts explain the basics.
International observation will not insulate controversial polls – such as Tanzania’s in October – from malpractices, but will make them less likely and allow them to be exposed.
To boost inclusivity among its ranks, the House of Commons needs parliamentary reform of its voting procedures to allow electronic online voting, or e-voting, for its members.
Democrats may soon propose letting members of Congress vote by proxy during the pandemic. A legal scholar says the language the Founders used 233 years ago could allow voting remotely.
Explaining the equipment and the process by which hundreds of millions of ballots are collected and counted in India.
Online voting glitches in Ontario’s recent municipal elections show that Canada needs to develop voluntary standards on online voting.
Ensuring the integrity of democratic elections from hackers and electronic tampering, and boosting public confidence in democracy, isn’t very difficult, nor expensive.
Russian government agents allegedly penetrated US state and county election databases. Scholars of election security offer insight and recommendations about what to do now.
Researchers reveal the ways the US election system is under threat – only one of which has anything to do with Russia.
Have you ever struggled to understand exactly what to do inside a voting booth?
African democracies are embracing electronic voting far more confidently than the West.
Election results almost always come with conspiracy theories attached, but India’s latest round of recriminations goes deeper than usual.
While voter fraud - despite recent allegations - is rare, how do we ensure the ballots we cast are counted accurately? If so, how? Our experts offer background and insight.
The issues of foreign donations and electronic voting will be examined by a wide-ranging parliamentary inquiry.
It’s true that sophisticated hackers may be able to tilt the presidential election. But the more likely threat to democracy comes from sore losers who sow doubt about voting integrity.
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