What’s the significance of the Electoral Commission cyber-attack?
Large volumes of electoral register data held by the Electoral Commission have been illegally accessed. What are the consequences? … Read the full post »
Read my posts about electronic voting and find out why online voting in public elections is such a risky and usually unwise innovation.
Large volumes of electoral register data held by the Electoral Commission have been illegally accessed. What are the consequences? … Read the full post »
Tom Scott nicely summarises the powerful arguments against electronic voting for public elections, and given his own expertise also makes the point that the problems with electronic voting look worse the more you really know about how computers and security really work. … Read the full post »
The turnout effect of e-voting – perhaps the key measure of interest to political reformers – appears to be marginal. … Read the full post »
The former head of MI6 has warned against adopting electronic voting systems owing to fears about international cyber warfare. … Read the full post »
There’s been an excellent innovation by the HQ team in how the Liberal Democrat federal committee elections are being carried out. … Read the full post »
The New Zealand Government has pulled the pin on a trial of online voting in this year’s local body elections, saying it could not guarantee the security of the system in time. … Read the full post »
The Elections Department has decided it will not offer overseas Singaporeans the option to cast their ballots online. … Read the full post »
Here’s my response to the consultation over the proposed new set of rules for Liberal Democrat party committee elections. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire 74 came out last week, featuring the newly updated biography of Charles Kennedy, Christmas book suggestions, the role of social events in political organising, a prize draw and more. … Read the full post »
Emails with online voting links have been landing in London Lib Dem members’ inboxes over the last day. … Read the full post »