Consultations on internet voting —
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Academic

Nadja Braun Binder

Dr. iur. Nadja Braun Binder, MBA, works as a Research Fellow at the German Institute for Public Administration Speyer. From 2001-2011, she worked for the Swiss Federal Chancellery: First, as a legal adviser in the Section of Political Rights (the Swiss electoral management body on the national level) and project manager of the Swiss e-voting project and then as head of the Legal Section. Her work experience includes the management of direct democratic processes, lawmaking in the field of political rights, public consultation, government and administration organisation, the preparation of comments on official consultations and co-report procedures with regard to Swiss Federal Council affairs and being the data privacy advisor as well as the public policy officer of the Federal Chancellery. Her scientific research focuses on participation in political decision making (especially through direct democratic procedures), electoral law, governance (especially judicial governance), lawmaking and regulation in general and especially on the EU-level. She studied at the universities of Berne and Helsinki and completed her Doctorate on ballot secrecy in 2005. Recent publications: (together with Kaufmann, Bruno/Büchi, Rolf): Guidebook to Direct Democracy in Switzerland and Beyond, 4th ed., Marburg 2010 (translations into Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Spanish) Direct Democracy in Switzerland, in: Direct Democracy. IDEA Handbook, Stockholm 2008, S. 26-33 E-voting and external voting, in: Voting from Abroad. IDEA Handbook, Stockholm 2007, S. 217-225 more information on: http://www.foev-speyer.de/ueberuns/mitarbeiter/braun%20binder.asp

Thematic Areas of Expertise

Civil Society and Elections
Direct Democracy
Elections and Technology
Elections Security
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Minority and Refugee Voting
Voting from Abroad
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout
Voting Operations
Youth Participation

Contributions to the ACE Network by Nadja Braun Binder