Sentences with phrase «of electronic voting for»

In the year ahead, the Council will be introducing a number of service innovations for licensees, including a system of online licence renewal applications that will make the renewal process faster and simpler for licensees and managing brokers, and a province - wide system of electronic voting for Council member positions.

Not exact matches

Hopefully tomorrow's national vote will go smoothly, with little speculation of electronic tampering or a high - profile cyber strike — but that doesn't mean we should not begin preparing for what is likely inevitable.

Ronaldo, among the final nominees for the fourth successive year, finished ahead of FC Bayern München's Arjen Robben and Manuel Neuer in a live vote by a panel of 54 journalists who had to select, via an electronic system, their favourite from a three - man shortlist announced a fortnight ago.

The shopping list which has been dusted off includes fixed term parliaments, proportional representation, electronic voting, term limits for MPs, open primaries to select MPs, a written constitution, a smaller House of Commons, House of Lords reform and reducing the power of the whips.

«Due to serious concerns over the rollout of new electronic voting machines in several counties within the district, the local financial burden of holding a special election so close to the regular election cycle, as well as the possible disenfranchisement of overseas military voters who would not be able to participate, I will call for a Special Election to be held on November 2, 2010.»

In addition, the Mayor called for legislation to permit «no - excuse» absentee voting and the use of electronic poll books, and to consolidate federal and state primaries on the same day; Kavanagh co-sponsors each of these bills.

Row of electronic voting machines - an odd exhibit for a London office (unless you happen to make them) pic.twitter.com / c3DGRNLlXE

Its executive director, Dick Dadey, said in a statement that accompanied the attorney general's notice, «We are thrilled that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued an advisory opinion stating what Citizens Union has long held — that current state law permits the use of an electronic handwritten signature for the purposes of registering to vote.»

Expanding early voting, simplifying the ballot & modernizing the registration process including electronic poll books are some of the ways we can accomplish this goal, and I want to thank the Vote Better NY coalition for presenting their vision here today.»

The GOP - controlled state Senate voted unanimously to approve new restrictions on the indoor use of electronic cigarettes, clearing the way for the rules to become law.

«There is an amendment to the Electoral Act that President Jonathan signed a few days before he left office which legitimize the use of the card reader and other electronic systems for voting.

Ideas proposed by others include reducing the voting age to 16 and introducing electronic voting, increased state funding of parties aligned to a cap in donations and spending, gender quotas for parliamentarians and a comprehensive register of lobbyists.

ALBANY — The GOP - controlled state Senate voted unanimously Monday to approve new restrictions on the indoor use of electronic cigarettes, clearing the way for the rules to become law.

Why didn't people talk about the move by the National Assembly to give an enabling law for the use of electronic voting system?

Speaking during his citizens» engagement tour of some local government areas in the state, Prof. Ezeon explained that the said voting machines were designed by the Nigeria Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and demonstrated to the National Assembly members for adoption for elections, adding that the federal government was yet to adopt the electronic voting procedure for elections.

During the interaction, the citizens asked questions on the efficiency of the card reader, security of ad - hoc personnel, training, electronic voting machines, printing of the Permanent Voter Cards and the Commission's readiness for the 2019 General elections.

For many trade unionists, the government's refusal to allow them to use electronic voting shows that the talk of higher turnouts for strike ballots is just empty rhetorFor many trade unionists, the government's refusal to allow them to use electronic voting shows that the talk of higher turnouts for strike ballots is just empty rhetorfor strike ballots is just empty rhetoric.

Secretary Handel's 2006 Basics white paper concluded: «Procedures must be established for audits of elections to verify that the electronic vote totals are accurate»

But Rovero is gearing up for the 2018 legislative session that will likely include controversial votes on electronic highway tolls and spending in the second year of the two - year, $ 41.3 billion state budget.

The issue, according to Altschuler's camp, appeared tied to the use of the new electronic voting machines, which are being used throughout the state for the first time and which have been criticized for problems both in the September primary and in the general election.

He said: «Election Management Bodies in our sub-regions and beyond have deployed technology in one way or another to improve on the processes, administration and outcome of elections, ranging from training and capacity - building for electoral officials, promotion of inclusivity in the electoral process (youths, women, PWDs, IDPs and out - of - country / diaspora voters), the biometric registration of voters, delineation of electoral constituencies, geo - referencing of existing as well as the creation of new polling units, establishment of robust electronic databases, accreditation of voters during elections, actual voting and the speedy and more accurate collation / transmission of results.

The county, which has used mechanical lever machines for generations, has chosen optical scanners over electronic touch - screen voting machines, which have been the subject of controversy because they keep no physical record of votes.

«The government has been making encouraging noises on electronic sheep tagging for some time yet twice they voted in the Council of Ministers to impose this scheme on our farmers.

«At the federal level, I will recommend it as well because with the card reader and the electronic voting machine, the era of rigging elections is almost over and I think that is when people will have confidence in the process and will come out en masse to vote for their leaders.

«We are ready for the elections, we have also secured and tested the electronic voting machines and we have been holding series of meeting with critical stakeholders like you across the 23 local governments in the state.

Six scientific societies now use approval voting for their elections, most notably the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, whose 350,000 members outnumber the eligible voters in Wyoming.

Until the demand for electronic voting machines swelled in the wake of the 2000 presidential election, the concerns of computer scientists were largely hypothetical.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science voiced support for a paper ballot system and accompanying legal framework to protect against potential interference, errors and breakdowns of electronic voting systems, in a series of statements released March 9.

By ruling of the presiding officer, or on motion of any Council member supported by at least one - third of the Council members present and voting, any matter on the agenda that has not yet come to vote, with the exceptions of a proposed amendment to the Constitution or a motion to recall an elective member of the Board, may be submitted to the entire Council membership for a mail ballot, or by electronic means, and shall require for its approval a favorable vote of a majority of the Council members, except that a resolution shall require for its adoption a favorable vote of two - thirds of those members.

In addition, the Committee shall annually present to members of the Council for election by mail ballot, or by electronic means, at least two nominations for each position to be filled on the Committee on Council Affairs by vote of the Council.

(v) A motion to recall an elective member of the Board shall require for its submission to the Members of the Association for mail ballot, or by electronic means, an affirmative vote of three - fourths of the members present.

If at least three - fourths of the Council members in attendance at the meeting so vote, a proposal to recall shall be submitted, within thirty days of the meeting, to the Members of the Association for mail ballot, or by electronic means.

A proposed amendment shall be submitted to the Members of the Association for mail ballot or by electronic means at the time of the next annual general election following the Council meeting at which it was presented if (a) a majority of the Council so votes or (b) it bears the signatures of one thousand or more Members of the Association.

With an advance that one cryptography expert called a «masterpiece,» University of Texas at Austin computer scientists have developed a new method for producing truly random numbers, a breakthrough that could be used to encrypt data, make electronic voting more secure, conduct statistically significant polls and more accurately simulate complex systems such as Earth's climate.

Although hardly a ringing endorsement for e-voting technology, the GAO's findings contradicted those of researchers at Dartmouth College and the University of California, Los Angeles, who, after conducting a separate study (released in September) found that the «exceptionally high... undervote rate» in the Florida's 13th District race «was almost certainly caused by» a poorly designed and confusing electronic ballot displayed on the voting machine's touch screen.

Even if the machines are high quality (and none of the current ones on the market have proven to be that), the inability to manually recount, to audit, and to prevent rigging and the potential for widespread, wholesale fraud are deal breakers for purely electronic voting.

The Weber County elections office provided electronic voting machines for the students to use in an attempt to draw the youngest demographic of voters to the polls in November.

Kobo came in fourth place with 66 votes and the company offers around 1.3 million electronic books for the Kobo line of e-readers and supported applications.

To conduct a mail or electronic ballot, at least 15 days will be given for tabulation of the votes from members eligible to vote.

Let's just get some perspective here: Electronic Arts, with their reputation for pulling the legs off of spiders and human children and thrice voted the worst company in the known universe, provide dedicated multiplayer servers for their games across all platforms.

Electronic Arts, with their reputation for pulling the legs off of spiders and human children and thrice voted the worst company in the known universe, provide dedicated multiplayer servers for their games across all platforms

Looking for a solution, Lash stumbled upon s. 52 (b)(iii) of the Condo Act, which states that votes can be «indicated by telephonic or electronic means, if the bylaws so permit.»

Some of her best known decisions include the resolution of the Ralph Nader for President nomination papers, the implementation of electronic voting machines in every county in Pennsylvania, and the finding that limousine drivers are independent contractors.

Khuong took almost 63 per cent of the more than 10,000 ballots cast for president in the barreau's first electronic vote.

For its holiday greeting this year, the EFF produced the Twelve Days of EFF, a music video that cleverly highlights some of its accomplishments during the past year, from helping to ensure the integrity of electronic voting to busting bad software patents.

Through interactive electronic voting at the individual conferences on a set of core questions, the series has gathered data aimed at improving systems for the resolution of commercial disputes in the 21st century — spanning court processes, arbitration and ADR.

The only things you list that are actually worse for electronic voting than they are for paper balloting are the problem of risk allocation (there are fewer points of failure between the voter and the count in paper ballots, and they are less easily manipulated), and the problem of secret balloting (which is only worse for internet - based voting).

The Electronic Frontier Foundation called the FOSTA vote, «a dark day for the Internet,» adding, «As lobbyists and members of Congress applaud themselves for enacting a law tackling the problem of trafficking, let's be clear: Congress just made trafficking victims less safe, not more.»

One of the subsidiaries of the company, the National Settlement Depositary (NRD), has already started work on a pilot project developing a blockchain - based system for electronic voting.

The fee adjustments will assist the Council to implement a number of service improvements for licensees, including online licence renewal applications, electronic voting, and expanded information and education services.