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Testimony to Australian Parliamentary Committee on Assistance & Access Bill

Today I testified telephonically before Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security regarding the proposed Assistance and Access Bill. At the Committee's request, I submitted supplemental comments in advance of the hearing about the interaction between the Bill and … Continue reading

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University of Toronto's LiPaD Project to Digitize Parliamentary Debates

The University of Toronto's UofT News service published an article last week about the LiPaD project at the school.It is a project to digitize and make public Canada’s federal parliamentary debates going back to the beginning of the 20th century: … Continue reading

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Parliamentary Petitions Move Online in Australia and New Zealand

I recently saw a tweet from the Twitter account of the New Zealand Parliament regarding the launch of an electronic petitions system. I’m not sure if the Australian House of Representatives social media people also read that tweet, but the next … Continue reading

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Egypt parliamentary elections experience accusations of violence, corruption and fraud

[JURIST] Controversy surrounded the Egyptian parliamentary elections on Sunday as violence accompanied accusations of corruption, fraud and silencing the opposition. Reports have surfaced [AP report] of vote buying and the ejection of independent vote monitors from polling locations. The ruling … Continue reading

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Afghanistan officials disqualify 21 parliamentary candidates for fraud

[JURIST] The Afghanistan Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) [official website] on Sunday disqualified 21 candidates who had participated in September’s parliamentary elections [IEC backgrounder] for electoral fraud. The ECC disqualified the candidates after finding widespread irregularities [Al Jazeera report] in the … Continue reading

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