It’s not the voting that’s democracy; it’s the counting.
Tom Stoppard (1937-), a Czech-born British playwright
Much like exit polls, opinion polls are surveys which ask members of the public certain questions relating to politics and elections. However, there are a number of key features which distinguish opinion polls from exit polls. Continue reading
With an Election calendar, simplify the management of your vote and avoid sinking into the quicksand that is organizational chaos! With our tips, you can set up your voting calendar simply, quickly and effectively.
Exit polls are surveys which ask people how they voted directly after leaving the polling station. Since maintaining the secrecy of the ballot is a pillar of democracy, conducting exit polls is the only way to gain insights into how and why people voted in a particular way on election day. Continue reading
Democratic engagement is an issue. We know it and the European Commission knows it. Voter registration, engagement in the political processes and, crucially, voter turnout are problems as old as democracy itself, which unsurprisingly continue to present challenges in the 21st century. The Commission has, however, released a grant for new technologies to have a go at solving it.
On Friday, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of America. In November last year, he won a bitterly fought campaign against Hilary Clinton. America voted for a significant shift in leadership after eight years with Barack Obama at the helm in the White House. Read about the inauguration here!
Our CEO Ralf Müller gave a speech at the Bitkom Academy in Frankfurt am Main about how Blockchain can help with the verification processes of online voting. We have compiled some of the most important and interesting aspects of using Blockchain technology to help improve online voting systems.
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The new information technology… Internet and e-mail… have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.
Peter Drucker (1909-2005), US-american economist
Yesterday all eyes were on Brussels. The EU parliamentary president elections took place in the wake of the collapse of the Grand Coalition in 2016 and the previous president, Martin Schulz, stepping down. Read on for more information from our regular #election news blog. Continue reading
EU citizens go to the polls every five years to elect their representatives in the European Parliament, one of the EU’s two legislative bodies alongside the Council of the European Union (not to be confused with the European Council, which is made up of the heads of state or government of EU member states! Simple, […]
The term “online voting” is often confused with “electronic voting”. Electronic voting is namely the use of voting machines whereas online voting is using the internet at your convenience to vote. Online voting needs to break away from under the shadow of voting machines and highlight its potential. Indeed, online and electronic voting have nothing to do with one another.