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ESME

Typical examples of ESMEs are systems that send automated marketing messages to mobile users, voting systems that process SMS votes (Pop Idol, Big Brother), etc.

Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem

The Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem, named after Allan Gibbard and Mark Satterthwaite, is a result about the deterministic voting systems that choose a single winner using only the preferences of the voters, where each voter ranks all candidates in order of preference.


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Aktiv Demokrati

Since their voting system will only be accessible through terminals on a network, such as the internet, telephone, and ATMs, they are working on making sure that everyone can get access to such terminals and the knowledge of how to use them at a reasonable cost.

Electronic voting in Ireland

On 23 April 2009, Minister for the Environment John Gormley announced that the electronic voting system was to be scrapped, by an as yet undetermined method, due to cost and the public's dissatisfaction with the current system.

End-to-end auditable voting systems

The ThreeBallot voting protocol, invented by Ron Rivest, was designed to provide some of the benefits of a cryptographic voting system without using cryptography.

Preferential voting

Instant-runoff voting, referred to as "preferential voting" in Australia, is one type of ranked voting system.

Runoff voting

Exhaustive ballot, a reiterative voting system whereby rounds of voting continue (with or without elimination) until one candidate achieves a majority, also called repeated balloting

Two-round system, a voting system used to elect a single winner, whereby only two candidates from the first round continue to the second round

Victorian Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly presently consists of 88 members, each elected in single-member electoral districts, more commonly known as electorates or seats, using preferential voting, which is the same voting system used for the federal lower house, the Australian House of Representatives.

Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

The Help America Vote Act instructed Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to develop voluntary voting system guidelines—a set of specifications and requirements against which voting systems can be tested to determine if the systems provide all of the basic functionality, accessibility and security capabilities required of these systems.