Date of Event: Wednesday, 16th February 2022
Time of Event: 14:00–16:00 GMT/UK time
Place of Event: Webinar
In the first virtual roundtable of the Electoral Stakeholders’ Network four-part series on ‘Elections in the 2030s’, this webinar will discuss innovations in field of electoral technology, outlining what technologies electoral management bodies could have at their disposal in the next decade. The session will also focus on challenges: those which may stop innovations being readily available, those that new technologies could address, and those that new technology could create.
High profile elections over the last few years have raised questions over the use of technology in the democratic process, but at the same time electoral management bodies (EMBs) face pressure to improve efficiency, communication, delivery and cost efficiency in their electoral processes – all of which technology could provide the answer.
Technology and elections though haven’t always gone hand in hand. While the world of technology has dramatically changed over the last two decades, it has been said that there has been little progress in the use of electoral technology in many countries since the change of the century. It is perhaps undeniable that technological innovation in the election industry lags far behind other sectors such as banking and e-government. Understanding what these blocks are on innovation and how this can be addressed will also be a key questions of this roundtable.
The roundtable will feature presentations from chairs of EMBs, leading academics as well demonstrations of innovative technologies by industry specialists.
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