The governmental crisis that broke out in Italy the summer of 2022 led to resignation government M. Draghi and subsequent dissolution Parliament. article examines results Italy's early parliamentary elections held on September 25, (including a comparison with 2018 elections) analyzes positions leading political parties represented Italian parliament from 2022. author summarizes Draghi, identify...

Remote electronic voting systems are more and more used not so much for parliamentary elections, but nevertheless for elections on lower levels as in associations and at universities. In order to have a basis for the evaluation and certification, in Germany a Common Criteria Protection Profile [PP08] is developed, which defines basic requirements for remote electronic voting systems. This Prote...

T he parliamentary elections in Afghanistan were the final event of the internationally-sponsored Bonn Accords of December 2001. During the past four years, Afghanistan has made significant progress toward democracy while reconstructing the country’s political, social, and security institutions. These include adopting an enlightened constitution (January 2004), holding a successful presidential...

We show how to use automated computation of election margins to assess the number of votes that would need to change in order to alter a parliamentary outcome for single-member preferential electorates. In the context of increasing automation of Australian electoral processes, and accusations of deliberate interference in elections in Europe and the USA, this work forms the basis of a rigorous ...

The new Constitution of the Republic of Armenia was adopted by referendum held on July 5, 1995. This represented a historic event for both the people and the state of Armenia. Whereas the adoption of the Constitution and the parliamentary elections were indicative of the thrust to adopt democratic processes, they also laid the foundation of the state system in Armenia by establishing the consti...

Abstract The 2020 Dáil elections have often been described as the end of an era—for first time ever, Sinn Féin won most votes over previously dominant Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Being post-Eurozone crisis post-Brexit elections, they make for interesting case study to understand relevance EU in Irish electoral arena. This chapter analyzes politicization politics media, determinants party choice ...

The paper is a short survey of recent developments in the area of word maps evaluated on groups and algebras. It is aimed to pose questions relevant to Kac–Moody theory.

The words “legislature” and “parliament” are often used interchangeably. The distinction between them, however, can be used to structure the analysis of legislatures and/or parliaments in a comparative context. Legislatures legislate; they pass laws. The notion of a “legislature” is thus located firmly in the classical view of a separation of powers between legislature, executive and judiciary....

After the trials of remote internet voting for local elections in 2011 and parliamentary elections in 2013, a number of local referendums has renewed interest in internet voting in Norway. The voting scheme used in Norway is not quantum-safe and it has limited voter verifiability. In this case study, we consider how we can use fully homomorphic encryption to construct a quantum-safe voting sche...