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As many governments turn to new methods of voting, doubts have grown about their reliability and freedom from manipulation.
Here is a selection of links on the topic.

General

• A Brief Illustrated History of Voting, Douglas W Jones
• Accuracy, Integrity, and Security in Computerized Vote-Tallying, by Roy G. Saltman
• Report on the Compatibility of Remote Voting and Electronic Voting with the Standards of the Council of Europe, Venice Commission
• Countries with e-voting projects
• Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on human rights and the rule of law in the Information Society, CoE 
• Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?
• Electronic Voting Bibliography, by Anne-Marie Oostveen
• Electronic Voting Bibliography, by Rachel Greenstadt
• Electronic Voting and Democracy
• Electronic Voting Hot List has extensive links
• Electronic Voting Machines, CPSR
• Electronic Voting - Overview and Issues
• Electronic voting unreliable without receipt, expert says
• e-voting
• E-Voting.at
• E-Voting.CC
• E-voting links, CoE
• Experience of Electronic Voting Overseas, K Benoit, TCD
• Free and Fair Elections, Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Guiding Principles of Elections and Technology, ACE
• Election Observation Handbook, ODIHR
• Jason Kitcat on e-voting
• Paper v. Electronic Voting Records - An Assessment, by Michael Ian Shamos
• Schneier on Security, The Problem with Electronic Voting Machines
• Scientists question electronic voting, by Henry Norr
• Security Criteria for Electronic Voting, by Peter G. Neumann
• The Theory and Implementation of an Electronic Voting System, by Damgård, Groth, & Salomonsen
• Unfit for Use in ANY Democracy by Rady Ananda
• Voting and Elections, extensive course material by Douglas W. Jones, Iowa
• Voting Technology, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• Voting Technology Research Center, UConn
• Where's the Paper Trail for Each Ballot Cast?

Argentina

• Dgelec

Australia

• Electronic Voting and Electronic Counting of Votes, AEC
• Electronic Voting and Counting, ACT Electoral Commission
• Evolution not Revolutuion Electronic Voting Status Report, AEC
• Victoria puts blind faith in electronic voting

Austria

• Test at Austrian Federal President Election

Belgium

• OSCE Report on New Voting Technologies 
• PourEVA, Pour une Ethique du Vote Automatisé (Vote Electronique)
• Simulation of electronic voting

Brazil

• Electronic Voting Systems: Is Brazil ahead of its time?
• How Brazil has put an 'e' in vote

Canada

• Evaluation Report of New Methods of Voting

Costa Rica

• The recent experience of electronic voting in Latin America

Denmark

• eParticipation, eVoting and eDemocracy in Denmark
• Liberal Party view on teledemocracy

Ecuador

• Ecuador Official Denies Election Fraud

Estonia

• Estonian capital city to hold Internet elections in 2005
• Estonian e-voting system presentation
• E-voting in Estonia for parliamentary elections

Finland

• Electronic voting

France

• Electronic voting for the election of members of the Assembly (AFE)
• Internet voting in France under question
• Electronic Voting - Away with the ballot box
• What is the future of electronic vote in France 

Gambia

• Voting with marbles in the Gambia

Germany

• German Court Rules E-Voting Unconstitutional
• New Generation of Voting Machines in Germany 
• No e-voting in Germany

India

• Electronic Voting machines FAQ, Election Commission
• The Electronic Voting Machine - An Electronic Marvel
• India Gets Out the E-Vote
• World's biggest election goes electronic

Ireland

• Commission on Electronic Voting Report, Dec 2004
• E-voting machines successfully hacked
• Electronic Voting official website
• Irish Citizens for Trustworthy Evoting

Italy

• Italy to run pilot electronic vote count during 2004 European elections

Japan

• Ruling highlights electronic vote problems

Kazakstan

• Guidelines for electronic voting
• Voting by Numbers

Korea (South)

• Online Voting to Be Introduced in 2005

Lithuania

• The Lithuanian Concept of Voting via Internet for Elections and Referenda (ppt)

Mexico

• The Brooks Blog: Election Fraud in Mexico - Bush at it again...

Netherlands

• Campaign against voting machines, and in English
• Dutch ban voting computers over eavesdropping fear
• Dutch Hackers Convince Netherlands to Dump Electronic Voting
• E-voting software becomes open source
• Flaws found in European voting machines
• Jason Kitcat writings on e-voting

Paraguay

• The Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral has a 'Voto Electronico' section

Philippines

• Modernization of the electoral process

Portugal

A Methodology for Auditing e-Voting Processes and Systems used at the Elections for the Portuguese Parliament

Russia

• Russia Studying Indian Elections Technique
• Statement by the CPRF to President Putin

South Africa

• Bits of the South African Election, CPSR

Spain

• Legal and Social Issues in Electronic Voting, Catalan election 2003 

Switzerland

• E-Voting, Geneva
• Vote électronique
• Rapport sur les projets pilotes en matière de vote électronique 

United Arab Emirates

• United Arab Emirates adopts electronic voting

United Kingdom

• As the world pulls back from e-voting, the UK opts for more pilots
• A collection of links relating to the 2005 General Election
• UK Electoral Pilots Prospectus, May 2007
• e-Voting in the UK
• Local Government Elections 3 May 2007- Details of pilot initiatives 
• E-counting the 2008 London elections
• Election Law Channel, part of LibDem Voice
• Election law loophole exposes postal votes to danger of fraud, The Times, 01/05/2010
• Electoral Reform Society
• Electronic Voting, Open Rights group
• Implementing electronic voting in the UK
• Late surge in Tower Hamlets postal votes prompts police fraud probe, The Times, 1/5/2010
• Prepare for election fraud, Alistair Graham
• Purity of Elections in the UK: Causes for Concern, Stuart Wilkes-Heeg
• Report on election 'fraud' dismissed as a whitewash
• Scottish Elections Review. Electoral Commission report on the administration of both the Scottish parliamentary and local government elections held on 3 May 2007

United States

• Accurate, a Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable, and Transparent Elections. See also Aviel D. Rubin's page
• Binomial Analysis of Clinton vs. Obama Contest in New Hampshire, 2008
• Black Box Voting
• California Internet Voting Task Force
• Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
• CBS Report on 2000 election being mis-called
• CAPC: Research on Voting Technology and Ballot Design
• Coalition for Visible Ballots
• Computer Security Expert Bruce O'Dell: Testimony to NH Legislature
• Citizens For Legitimate Government's Evidence of the 2004 Coup d'Etat
• Critical Security Issues with Diebold TSx, unredacted version
• Democracy for New Hampshire
• Did Your Vote Get Counted?, Forbes
• Maryland Machine Risk Assessment
• Maryland Security Action Plan
• U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
• Election Law blog
• Election Mathematics
• Election Reform and Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Analysis of Security Issues CRS Report for Congress
• Elections and Exit Polling
• Electronic voting: democracy in peril, Maryland
• Electronic Voting & Fair Vote Counts: 15 Expert Reports, by Rady Ananda
  • 2007 Technology Tests of Computerized Voting Systems, a supplement to the above, by Rady Ananda
• Electronic Voting Machines
• E-voting, EFF
• E-voting links
• Federal Efforts to Improve Security and Reliability of Electronic Voting Systems Are Under Way, but Key Activities Need to Be Completed, GAO Report Sept 2005
• Florida Division of Elections: Elections Fraud
• The Gun is Smoking: 2004 Ohio Precinct-level Exit Poll Data Show Virtually Irrefutable Evidence of Vote Miscount by Baiman & Dopp
• Hands-on Elections, An Informational Handbook for Running Real Elections, Using Real Paper Ballots, Counted by Real People. Lessons from New Hampshire
• How They Stole the Mid-Term Election, by Greg Palast 2006
• LEO, a usability testing kit for local election officials
• Most electronic voting isn't secure, CIA expert says
• National Ballot Integrity Project
• New Hampshire 2008, Bruce O'Dell
• North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting
• No Paper Trail Left Behind: the Theft of the 2004 Presidential Election, by Dennis Loo
• Open Voting Consortium
• Procedural Security in Electronic Voting 
• Rigged Elections
• Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine, by Feldman, Halderman, and Felten
• Swing States and Electronic Voting Machines
• Top 10 Ways to Stop Voter Fraud
• Texas Safe Voting
• UN report links organized crime with election fraud
• Verified Voting Foundation
• Verifiedvoting.org
• VoComp, is a conference and university voting systems competition that fosters innovation and student involvement in the technology of democracy
• Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail Legislation & Information, from electionline.org
• Voting Expert: Widespread Election Fraud Again
• Voting and Usability Project, UPA
• Voting Fraud, Equal Justice Foundation
• Voting machine maker faces federal hearings
• Vote Miscounts or Exit Poll Error?, by Kathy Dopp
• Voters For None Of The Above
• VotersUnite!
• Voting Machines, Seed of Truth links
• Voting Privacy
• Voluntary Voting System Guidelines, 2005
• Voting Technology, The California Voter Foundation
• Without free elections we are not free
• Why Paper Ballots Are Not Good Enough by Michael Richardson
• You touch it, you voted for it

Venezuela

• Detecting Voter Fraud in an Electronic Voting Context: An Analysis of the Unlimited Reelection Vote in Venezuela
• Electronic Vote Distrusted in Venezuela

Companies and groups conducting elections or offering systems or equipment

Last Modified: 16 Feb 11 © Richard Kimber