But Bruno Kaufmann, president of IRI-E, says e-voting is not a means to speed up the democratic process.
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The country has since adopted e-voting, an e-health system and introduced the ability to sign documents using an electronic signature.
While he could not actually take apart any e-voting systems, McDermott reviewed tests and literature available on several electronic voting systems.
In case the Brits were still wondering if we Americans finally had our act together in regard to e-voting, this should add yet another nail in the coffin.
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"These evaluations point to instances where e-counting and e-voting have worked well, and where electors choose to vote remotely by internet or telephone they often had favourable responses to these innovations, " he said.
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Estonia's been keen on the idea of voting via the internet since 2001 and became the first country in the world to hold legit general elections when they implemented the remote e-voting process locally in 2005.
While the U.S. mid-term elections are going full steam ahead with a myriad of maybe-reliable and not-so-reliable electronic voting systems in place, Quebec is pulling back from its adventures in e-voting, after the province's chief electoral officer Marcel Blanchet delivered a harsh report on the 2005 municipal elections.
Organizers of the Madison rally will be collecting e-mail addresses and pressing students to sign voting pledge cards that will be mailed back to them just before Election Day.
In the battleground province of Punjab, which contributes more than half of national parliament seats, it seemed in the initial hours of voting that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party of former cricket star Imran Khan was having a strong showing, interviews with voters indicated.
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Online, Obama's Web site lists early voting locations, while Gov. Mitch Daniels, the state's Republican incumbent, is e-mailing a video link that shows how easy it is to vote early.
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