Minister of Local Government and Regional Development

11 municipalities to try out e-voting in 2011

[27.01.2010]

The government has decided that voters in Bodø, Bremanger, Drammen, Hammerfest, Mandal, Radøy, Re, Tynset, Vefsn, Ålesund and a district in Oslo can take part in an electronic voting trial for the municipal and county council elections in 2011.

ErgoGroup to develop e-voting solution

[04.12.2009]

ErgoGroup was nominated today as the supplier and developer of a central election administration computer system with a solution for electronic voting. The contract will be signed on 15 December.

OSCE releases election observers’ report

[30.11.2009]

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) submitted its report Friday on its observation of the Norwegian parliamentary elections on 14 September. “Input from foreign election observers is important. We need ongoing debate about our democratic system,” says Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Liv Signe Navarsete.

Environmental action plan for the housing and building sector

[01.12.2009]

Building for the future, the Governments new environmental action plan for the housing and building sector was launched in September. The plan is now available in English.

OSCE to observe Norwegian elections

[04.08.2009]

All parties with which the OSCE met during their visit to Norway in June this year express strong confidence in the administrative conduct of the elections. The OSCE’s report from their visit has now been published. They wish to send a group of observers to Norway to observe the run-up to the election and the actual conduct of the election on election day.

The E-vote 2011-project

Electronic voting

[07.02.2007]

The Ministry established in August 2008 a project where the objective is to implement trials with electronic voting at municipal elections in 2011 in selected municipalities.