The Voting News Weekly: TVN Weekly September 12-18 2011
- Egypt Announces Election Date
In an ongoing series, Princeton computer scientist Andrew Appel details how New Jersey election officials failed to improve voting system security. The Election Assistance Commission released a survey on Internet voting. The re-vote for Cherokee Nation chief will proceed despite legal challenges related to the voting rights of descendants of freed slaves. Denmark elected their first female prime minister and the Hill compared the Danish electoral process to that of the United States. The Centre for Open ICT Policy Analysis has noted, with grave a concern, similarities between Ghana’s impending e-voting system and that of the Uganda. Local councils continue to lobby for online voting in British Columbia. A referendum on same-day registration will be on the Maine ballot this November and the decision of Mahoning county Ohio to move to a paper ballot voting system reflects changes in the nationwide market for voting systems.