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In order to broaden the coverage of our news service we started to experiment with an automated newsfeed provided by Meltwaternews in the year 2009  (www.meltwaternews.com). We hope that this service helps the specialists and interested laypeople to stay on top of developments in the field on a global scale

 

No one won NY-23 [Updated 11/23 5:20PM]

2009-11-24 - Free Republic - United States

It is time to issue a federal subpoena to find out exactly how officials corrected the vote. Why, you may ask? Because, as we learned yesterday, at least some of the certified electronic voting machines in the NY-23 congressional special election were discovered to be running malicious code (a...

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Brazil E-Voting Machines Not Hacked... But Van Eck Phreaking Allowed Hacker To Record Votes

2009-11-24 - Cell Phone News2.0 - United States

Last week, we noted that an attempt to let hackers crack e-voting machines in Brazil failed, but Slashdot points out that someone did use some Van Eck phreaking to figure out who people voted...

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Voting News: NY-23 election questions

2009-11-24 - Scoop - New Zealand

Voting News: NY-23 election questions, Benton AR flirts with election disaster, E-vote secrecy hack NY-23 election questions, Benton AR flirts with election disaster, E-vote secrecy hack Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:18 PM PST NY-23 E-Vote Failures Merit Full Hand-Count in Response, An update to the reports of...

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MPs call for parliamentary petitions to go online

2009-11-24 - Mashget - United States

Nov 23rd, 2009 - Reuters Related topics: Parliament Mps Petitions Electronic Petition House Of Commons Reform Committee Downing Street Commons Debate Related content: LONDON (Reuters) - The ancient right to petition parliament could enter the online age after MPs seeking to boost democracy in the...

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Let backbenchers have more say, MPs demand

2009-11-24 - Guardian Unlimited - G2 - 

Committee urges quick vote on Commons reform Call for public to suggest debates via e...

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E-petitions plan must be accelerated

2009-11-24 - Publicservice.co.uk - 

Gordon Brown's recently created House of Commons Reform Committee has called for discussions on e-petitions to be restarted as soon as possible. As part of its report on reforming how the House of Commons operates, the committee said e-petitions need to be given a "greater significance" in the.

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MPs: Let backbenchers have more say

2009-11-24 - Silobreaker - United States

Committee urges quick vote on Commons reform Call for public to suggest debates via e-petitions 'Achievable' but radical change to rebuild parliament's independence from the executive, including a new body of elected backbenchers responsible for...

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e-Democracy

2009-11-24 -   - Greece

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IIEC explores electronic voting

2009-11-24 - KBC - Kenya

The Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) hopes to implement an electronic voter registration system for the 2012 general elections to curb cases of double registration, vote rigging, ballot box exchange and...

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Australia seeks to make online petitions count

2009-11-23 - dompost.co.nz - New Zealand

Politicians are tweeting, blogging and poking, but most remain out of reach when it comes to receiving petitions over the internet. But all that will change if the Australian Government accepts a recommendation from a parliamentary committee that the House of Representatives should treat electronic...

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Voting will go paperless

2009-11-23 - Silobreaker - United States

Tags: Central Depository Service (India) Ltd (CDSL) CDSL Ventures Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Central Depository Service (India) Ltd (CDSL) created history when it launched the e-voting system, which will permit companies to upload resolutions on...

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Brad Friedman: NY-23 and the E-Voting 'Virus'

2009-11-23 - Scoop - New Zealand

NY-23 and the E-Voting 'Virus'by Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog RECENT ALLEGATIONS FROM THE RIGHT OF MALWARE ON VOTING MACHINES IN NEW YORK'S NOVEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION MAY BE OVERBLOWN, BUT THE LONG-OVERDUE GENERAL CONCERNS ARE RIGHT ON...

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Making e-petitions count

2009-11-23 - Silobreaker - United States

Politicians are tweeting, blogging and poking, but most remain out of reach when it comes to receiving petitions over the internet. But all that will change if the Australian Government accepts a recommendation from a parliamentary committee that the House of...

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Naidu refuses to pick Rosaiah's gauntlet

2009-11-23 - The Siasat Daily - India

Hyderabad, November 23: Refusing to accept the challenge thrown by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah, Telugu Desam Party President N Chandrababu Naidu today reiterated his doubts over non-tamperability of the Electronic Voting Machines(EVMS).

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NY-23 E-Vote Failures Merit Full Hand-Count

2009-11-23 - Scoop - New Zealand

NY-23 E-Vote Failures Merit Full Hand-Count in Response by Brad Friedman, BradBlog.com An update to the reports of an e-voting 'virus', and other failures, in New York's recent Special Election for the...

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MPs demand urgent talks on e-petitions system

2009-11-23 - Silobreaker - United States

Parliamentary reporter, Computing , Monday 23 November 2009 at 15:19:00 ePetitions scheme back on the agenda MPs are demanding "urgent" talks to establish a Parliamentary e-petitions system that would give ordinary voters a voice on the issues that...

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BNNRC at IGF 2009 Sharam El Sheikh, Egypt

2009-11-23 - C-News - India

Deputy Head of the delegation H.E. Dr. Akram H. Chowdhury, MP Chairperson, Centre for e-parliament Studies and Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee for Ministry Food and Disaster and...

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Regierungsratswahl für E-Voting zu komplex

2009-11-23 - Top Online - Switzerland

Mit der Regierungsratswahl stösst das E-Voting an seine Grenzen. Wer im Kanton Zürich via Internet einen Kandidaten für die Nachfolge von Rita Fuhrer wählen möchte, hat nur eine beschränkte...

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Elektronisch Abstimmen mit zweitpopulärsten Browser nicht möglich

2009-11-23 - Tagesanzeiger - Switzerland

Nur ein Internetbrowser ist weiter verbreitet als der Firefox. Doch wer im Kanton Zürich per E-Voting abstimmen will, muss auf einen anderen Browser ausweichen. Es ist nicht die erste E-Voting...

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Stimmabgabe über «Firefox»-Browser nicht möglich

2009-11-23 - NZZ Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Switzerland

(sda) Im Kanton Zürich ist derzeit eine Stimmabgabe online über die neue Version des Browsers 'Firefox' nicht möglich. Stimmberechtigte, die per E-Voting abstimmen oder wählen wollen, müssen auf einen andern Browser...

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