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article: http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1757654&title=Thinking%20outside%20the%20ballot%20box Thinking outside the ballot box November 06, 2012, 05:00 AM By Michelle Durand Daily Journal Staff Consider it thinking outside the box — the ballot box, that

article: http://www.geekwire.com/2012/microsoft-surface-tested-balloting-device-virginia/ Here’s an interesting milestone for Microsoft Surface: One of the tablets is being tested in Virginia this week as a balloting device for state and national elections there. The test is bei

Microsoft’s Surface tablet is now a voting machine in Virginia. article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57545760-75/microsofts-surface-a-balloting-device-in-one-precinct-in-virginia/ Democracy Live, a company based in Washington, works with several states to offer electronic

LiveBallot.com, a free, nationwide eBalloting tool for voters, is now available to research the candidates and issues that will appear on a voter’s specific ballot. Any voter in the country can now access a wealth of information and make informed decisions before they cast their

There are few aspects of modern life that haven’t been touched by information technology. One of them is the voting process for U.S. overseas military personnel. For the most part, it’s still done by snail mail. A soldier abroad receives a ballot by mail, marks it manually

The 2012 Republican primary‘s first vote was not cast in New Hampshire, as most Americans would assume. An Okaloosa County, Fla., resident living in Thailand got that privilege in December, thanks to a new technology called LiveBallot. LiveBallot, a new platform for accessing ba

The US Department of Defense (DoD) is giving states funds to support the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act. The act builds on existing voting rights for individuals in the military or American citizens living abroad, by ensuring that they are still allowed to vote in

The Florida 2012 Republican Primary is scheduled for Jan. 31, but Florida residents living and working overseas have had access to ballots since December via an online Web portal in the cloud. To date, more than 1,200 Florida residents from 40 counties have used Democracy Live’s LiveB

TechFlash.com: Democracy Live is playing an important role in the presidential primaries in Florida, Virginia and California by making it easier for American military personnel stationed overseas and other citizens living abroad to vote in U.S. elections. Since voting began, more than