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Astronauts To Vote From Space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In this day and age, people engage in their right to vote from all over the world. But this Nov. 4, few ballots will have traveled as far as those cast by two NASA astronauts.
Protect your vote -- avoid election machine errors
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Of all the conceivable problems that could lead to a miscount Election Day, there's one possibility that voters can do something about – avoid making election machine-related errors, says a University of Maryland ...
College students vote smarter than expected
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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College students make strategic choices about where to vote, most prefer absentee ballots, and they are especially likely to vote absentee if their homes are in swing states, according to a new Northwestern University study ...
Early voting option can decrease turnout, research shows
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although states are moving quickly to put in place election procedures that allow for early voting, allowing people to cast ballots ahead of Election Day often results in lower turnout, according to research ...
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Human factors researchers test voting systems for seniors
Dec 27, 2007 |
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Human factors researchers at Florida State University have identified ways to improve electronic voting accuracy among older voters while also shortening waiting time at the polls. The results of their study were published ...
Stem cell ballot initiative goes forward
Jan 20, 2006 |
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A Missouri judge rejected arguments that a stem cell ballot initiative was deceptively worded, allowing the referendum attempt to move forward.
Missouri to vote on stem cell issue
Oct 05, 2006 |
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Politicians across the United States will be watching Missouri voters next month to see how they vote on a referendum supporting stem cell research.
Voters confused by e-voting technologies
Jan 28, 2008 |
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A study led by the University of Maryland suggested that electronic U.S. voting technologies are efficient but too many voters ask for help too often.
Voters respond favorably to touch screen voting equipment
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Voters have more confidence in paperless, touch screen systems to record their votes accurately than they do any other systems, including ones that use paper ballots, a new study says.
Computer scientists deploy first practical, Web-based, secure, verifiable voting system
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Computer scientists affiliated with the Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS), based at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with scientists at the Université ...
Cryptographic voting debuts
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, in Takoma Park, Md., a new cryptographic voting system that could ensure accurate vote counts was used for the first time in a real election. MIT’s Ron Rivest, the Viterbi Professor ...
Female candidates get fewer votes: Study
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Female candidates get fewer votes, according to ANU research released today that analysed the performance of nearly 17,000 candidates who ran for the House of Representatives between 1903 and 2004.
Microsoft to ship IE with Windows 7 in Europe
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Microsoft said it would not separate its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser from versions of Windows 7 shipped to the European Union when the new operating system launches worldwide in October.
More Is Needed than Quota Laws to Increase the Number of Women Legislators
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Although women's representation in national legislatures around the globe has nearly doubled in the last 30 years, the average percentage of women legislators is only 18 percent worldwide. While many countries ...
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