News tagged with voting system

Questions linger in US on high-tech voting

A series of problems with electronic voting machines has raised fresh questions about election technology as newer computerized systems gain ground for the 2012 US election.

Technology / Other

created Mar 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Oscars to introduce electronic voting

Oscars organizers said Wednesday they would introduce electronic voting to select Hollywood's top films and stars from next year, in the latest reform of the elite awards show system.

Technology / Other

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is smartphone technology the future of US elections?

With more and more Americans upgrading to smartphones, and as smartphone capabilities continue to improve, even the U.S. government is considering innovative ways to harness this advancing technology. Human factors/ergonomics ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Alternative Vote could lock out extremist candidates, says UK researcher

(PhysOrg.com) -- Moving to an Alternative Vote (AV) electoral system could lock extremist candidates out of office and ensue that the least popular politician has the least chance of winning according to an analysis by University ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Australia's political system needs overhaul: researcher

Australia's political system needs a major overhaul if it is to re-engage the public and produce effective government in the 21st century, according to Professor Dean Jaensch.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

As e-voting comes of age, security fears mount

New technologies allowing voters to cast ballots via the Internet or other electronic means are catching on in the United States and elsewhere, even as fears mount about security of the systems.

Technology / Other

created Oct 24, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Scientists design a more efficient democratic voting system

Spanish researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a relatively simple democratic voting system which improves the efficiency of the usual common plurality voting system, and that protects minorities ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 31, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1

New technology will make election voting more efficient

Did you stay up all night to hear your local result during the recent election? Time-consuming manual vote-counts and ballot boxes could soon be consigned to the history books, thanks to innovative new secure voting technology.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

India's electronic voting machines are vulnerable to attack (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic voting machines in India, the world's largest democracy, are vulnerable to fraud, according to a collaborative study involving a University of Michigan computer scientist.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Connect 2 Congress Lets You Track Your Senator, One Vote at a Time

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most of us know who the President is, but fewer can name their U.S. Senators or Representatives. Even fewer can name how their congressional representatives voted on specific bills. And if you ask most people ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Cryptographic voting debuts

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, in Takoma Park, Md., a new cryptographic voting system that could ensure accurate vote counts was used for the first time in a real election. MIT’s Ron Rivest, the Viterbi Professor ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Low turnout mars Hawaii's digital vote

(AP) -- They built a new digital voting system, but the voters didn't come.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Computer scientists deploy first practical, Web-based, secure, verifiable voting system

Computer scientists affiliated with the Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS), based at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with scientists at the Université ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (30) | comments 12