https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. American democracy runs on trust, and that trust is cracking. https://phys.org/news/2025-06-cyberattacks-voters-elections-party.html Political science Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:14:05 EDT news670497242 Technology nearly derailed the conclusion of the 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission could not fulfill its promise to transmit election results from the polling units on its result viewing portal (IReV). This led to calls by some political parties for cancelation and fresh elections. The Conversation Africa asked political scientist Abiodun Fatai how Nigeria can improve its election digitization. https://phys.org/news/2023-03-nigeria-election-derailed-technology-biometric.html Political science Fri, 03 Mar 2023 12:38:03 EST news597069481 Estonia was crippled by cyberattacks on government networks during a dispute with Russia in 2007. Today the tiny tech-savvy nation is so certain of its cyber defenses that it is the only country in the world to allow internet voting for the entire electorate, in every election, and thousands have already done so in the European Parliament elections. https://phys.org/news/2019-05-high-tech-estonia-votes-online-european.html Internet Mon, 20 May 2019 12:30:03 EDT news477574192 A US Senate panel approved a bill to boost email privacy protections in a vote Thursday that followed widespread uproar over the FBI probe that toppled CIA director David Petraeus. https://phys.org/news/2012-11-senate-committee-email-privacy-bill.html Internet Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:55:50 EST news273412536 (AP) -- They built a new digital voting system, but the voters didn't come. https://phys.org/news/2009-05-turnout-mars-hawaii-digital-vote.html Hi Tech & Innovation Thu, 28 May 2009 05:32:33 EDT news162707525