E-voting experiment in Norway
18
Sep
Norway held parliamentary elections this week and had the opportunity to 
hold its second pilot project for e-voting (electronic voting online).
The pilot follows the previous evaluation, which was done during the local elections in 2011.
According to statistics released by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, the ministry responsible for running elections in Norway, participation and voting rights has increased significantly compared to 2011.
In this year’s election, 28 percent of all voters voted municipalities trial via the Internet, up from 16 percent in the 2011 pilot.
To prove both the reliability and transparency of the pilot project, the source code of the e-voting system this year was placed in the public domain, allowing citizens to download and study.
Electronic voting mechanism used a public key (encryption) for delivery.
Also the Italian province of Salento held this year its e-voting experiment, and evaluation has been published in various media
The repercussion also led prof. Marco Mancarella, as head of international research project “Salento eVoting“, the constituency of North America, invited by Mr. Fuchsia Nissoli to report on electronic voting under the “Seminar on Reforms District abroad,” organized by House of Representatives, on July 4th, 2013, moderated by Dr. John Lattanzio of the Association of “Dialogues”.
