Can we count on your vote?
Further Reading
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.
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.
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.
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.
Page updated May 2010.