Archive for the 'Ballot' Category

IBM Australia faces strike action

Friday, August 15th, 2008

A section of under 100 employees who work in the “Flightdeck” at Baulkam Hills, Australia want a collective agreement granting them better pay and work conditions. IBM’s Australian operation is facing the possibility of strike action among its workforce after a secret ballot opened yesterday for employees in a…
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The Democratic Party’s dangerous experiment

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Computer scientists David Dill and Barbara Simons caution that the risks of Internet voting may outweigh any perceived benefits. As most of us now understand, paperless electronic voting is a really bad idea. But there is a still worse idea: voting over the Internet. Voters may…
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0 comments | Ballot, Democratic Party, David Dill and Barbara Simons, Politics & government, Internet |