Dear Gambia-L members! I remember some of your posting on the idea of eVoting of Gambians worldwide. Today I came accros an article on eDemocracy which I post here for those who might be interested. In Arizona eVoting has thus been tested for the first time. This means: It is possible! But is it feasable? There is still one more year to go. Maybe Gambia-L can initiate such a project which certainly needs to mobilize IT-experts, volunteers, financial support, official support and...... Greetings Angelika Some examples from US Desktop Demokracy: America's Interactive Town Hall 160,563 electronic signatures on 3,061 petitions http://www.e-thepeople.com/affiliates/national/ Arizona Democratic Party Selected election.com to Hold World's First Legally-Binding Public Election Over the Internet http://www.election.com/political/arizona/index.htm Resource site from IBM http://www.ieg.ibm.com/ Survey and articles: Article in the Economist SURVEY GOVERNMENT AND THE INTERNET Digital democracy http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/20000624/index_survey.html "Eight Imperatives for Leaders in a Networked World: Guidelines for the 2000 Election & Beyond," Harvard Policy Group (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) http://www.ieg.ibm.com/dd/eightImperative.pdf "The Virtual Ballot Box: A Survey on Digital Democracy in Europe" (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) http://www.ieg.ibm.com/survey/ddreport.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------