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Sociopolitical Aspects of Electronic Voting

Explore the development, implementation, advantages, and disadvantages of e-voting. Learn about abandoned projects, success stories, and research findings on this innovative voting method.

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Sociopolitical Aspects of Electronic Voting

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  1. Vanja Malidžan Singidunum University, Belgrade Sociopolitical Aspects of Electronic Voting

  2. Introduction • Development of ICT • Implementation of ICT in voting procedures

  3. Definition of E-Voting • Usage of some electronic means in some or all voting procedures • Types of E-Voting: • Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) • Internet Voting

  4. Aspects of E-Voting

  5. E-Voting Advantages... • easier and more accessible • appealing to young people • greater secrecy • no geographical and time constraints • universal verifiability • no ‘point of no return’ • faster tallying • less invalid ballots • less expensive

  6. ...and Disadvantages • technophobia • importance of elections for local community • loss of the civic ritual • digital divide • frauds, bribery and coercion • hacker created problems

  7. Abandoned E-Voting Projects • Netherlands • privacy problems • Germany • electronic machines contradicts the public nature of elections • Ireland • cost and the public's dissatisfaction

  8. Success Stories • Estonia • internet voting since 2005 • five election cycles • Norway • pilot projects in 2011 • more than 50.000 online votes • Switzerland • tests in Geneva and Zurich cantons since 1998

  9. Selected Findingsfrom Existing Researches (1) * surveys carried out in Spain, Mexico and Argentina

  10. Selected Findingsfrom Existing Researches (2) Opinions about usability of the remote voting system (Oostveen, 2007)* * surveys carried out in France, England, Italy and Finland

  11. Selected Findingsfrom Existing Researches (3) • Internet voting does not automatically increase turnout • 70% of online voters were 45 and older • digital divide • NO in terms of education and gender • YES in terms of age and ICT competence Elections Canada survey data (Goodman et al., 2010)

  12. Selected Findingsfrom Existing Researches (4) • Trust in political system • Switzerland, Gerlach and Gasser, 2009 • Young voters constantly at 10% • Voters above 55 at 18% • Estonia, National Election Commission

  13. Conclusions • Politics (still) rely on interpersonal relations => can not be (easily) be transferred to cyberspace • Trust in political system is precondition for trust in electronic voting system • E-voting can attract all age groups of voters

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