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Government inaction costs votes of 1.1M young people in referendum
New research illustrates the link between low youth turnout in elections and the UK’s outdated voting system.
Smartmatic shares experiences with election experts in Washington DC
Smartmatic’s Chairman introduced the 2016 U.S. Election Program and Seventh Global Elections Organization (GEO-7) Conference organized by IFES.
New Study: 2016 Voters and Poll Workers See Improved Technology as Key to Restoring Trust in U.S. Voting System
New data shows that 8 in 10 voters believe upgrades to the nation’s voting technology will strengthen and build trust in elections.
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[FindBiometrics] Interview: Smartmatic’s Robert Cook
Although electronic voting is still seen by some as a thing of the future, there are experts in the field with decade’s worth of experience under their belt.
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[The Huffington Post UK] Britain’s Outdated Voting System Risks Leaving Millions Voiceless in the EU Referendum
Participation in UK elections has been on a downward trend for decades. In this year’s London Mayoral election turnout didn’t even reach 50%.
Election experts meet to discuss the future of election technology
The discussion was centered around the report “Democracy Rebooted: the Future of Technology in Elections” by Conny B. McCormack.
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[FindBiometrics] Smartmatic Backs Obama’s Call for e-Voting
Last week, US President Barack Obama called leaders of the tech industry to develop Internet voting technology to foster participation.
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[The Huffington Post UK] “Answering the Call to Improve America’s Voting Experience”
During his final State of the Union address on January 12, and speaking before Congress, guests and the American people, President Barack Obama called for making voting easier for all Americans.
Lord Malloch-Brown will meet with influential leaders to discuss global inequality
Malloch-Brown’s participation will take place on January 31 at Wellesley College’s Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs.
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[The Huffington Post UK] If we are going to engage young people in our country’s democratic dialogue we need to modernise our voting system, not just our voting laws
Lord Mark Malloch-Brown recently published an editorial in The Huffington Post UK about the need to modernise the voting system in UK.