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The government has been looking for ways to entice voters, especially younger ones, to
participate in elections.
Recent years have seen voter numbers drop, amid increasing feelings of disenchantment with
politics among young voters.
Councils across the country will trial a variety of polling methods, aimed at improving
participation in elections.
They will test systems using the internet, touch-tone telephones, text messages, electronic voting
at polling stations and digital TV.
"The pilots demonstrate councils' commitment to exploiting new technology to find innovative
ways for people to participate in local democracy," said Sir Jeremy Beecham, chairman of the
Local Government Association.
Voters will receive a special pack detailing the available options, and will be given personal ID
numbers to prevent them registering multiple votes.
Details of which suppliers have been chosen to develop the e-voting framework are expected in
the coming weeks.
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E-voting developers dismiss criticism
By Dinah Greek [21-10-2002]
Academic's accusations dismissed as outdated
Retrieved Oct 24, 2003 from: http://www.pcw.co.uk/News/1136146
Organisations working on electronic voting technology have dismissed criticisms that it is unsafe
and fundamentally flawed.
Fears were raised after Rebecca Mercuri, an assistant professor at Bryn Mawr College in
Pennsylvania, told Cabinet Office officials earlier this month that e-voting systems are
dangerous.
She claimed that the systems fail to provide the necessary accountability, offer poorer reliability
and provide greater opportunity for fraud than traditional methods.
Mercuri, who has also addressed the American Congress about potential security problems, said
last week that people could not rely on the security of e-voting.
She also pointed out at two seminars organised this month in the UK by independent think tank,
the Foundation for Information Policy Research, that websites set up for internet voting could be
"spoofed" and were vulnerable to sabotage.However, Julia Glidden, managing director of
Election.com, a voting software and services company, vehemently denied the accusations.