About the House September 2006, pages 47-49 Voters for life (by Georgie Oakeshott) Reports on a survey of young Australians about democratic processes and their level of interest in politics.
Australasian Science October 2004, pages 14-18 The perils of electronic voting (by Stephen Luntz) This article examines the electronic alternatives to voting with paper and pen.
New Scientist 28 April 2010, pages 28-31 Electoral dysfunction (by Ian Stewart) Evaluates different democratic voting systems.
12 April 2008, page 30-33 Why first-past-the-post voting is fundamentally flawed (by Phil McKenna)
21 July 2007, page 25 California court voids electronic vote Reports on a court ruling which voided the results from electronic votes.
30 June 2007, page 25 Electronic polling gets vote of no confidence Reports on the problems linked with e-voting machines.
21 October 2006, page 30-31 E-voting you can trust (by Celeste Biever) Looks at the difficulties of e-voting.
22 June 2005 US e-voting proponents say no to paper trails (by Celeste Biever) Reports on a debate in the US Senate over whether electronic ballots should be backed by paper copies.
4 November 2004 Success claimed for US e-voting machines (by Celeste Biever) Reports on the e-voting systems used in the US presidential election.
28 October 2004 US boosts e-voting software security (by Celeste Biever) Looks at an encryption method to provide e-voting software with a tamper-proof 'fingerprint'.
16 October 2004 The great American e-voting experiment (by Eugenie Samuel Reich and Celeste Biever) Summarises some of the problems faced when counting votes.
Scientific American December 2006, pages 12-13 Voting with the heart (by Charles Choi) Suggests that people make emotional decisions when voting.
October 2004, pages 60-65 Fixing the vote (by Ted Selker) Looks at electronic voting systems used in the United States.
March 2004, pages 64-69 The fairest vote of all (by Partha Dasgupta and Erick Maskin) Describes a voting system that gives the best reflection of the electorate's views.
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