Electronic voting system, in different countries

Electronic Voting in Europe Technology, Law, Politics …

Countries worldwide are carrying growing interest in e-voting. The paper gives a brief overview on recent developments. The countries are joined in their interest by industry and international organisations. All three groups of actors-and individual actors within each group-have different and sometimes diverging reasons for their interest, and thus different goals. The paper focuses on remote / i[nternet]-voting. Member states of the Council of Europe (CoE) are in their final phase of standard-setting on e-voting. The paper provides a preview on a possible CoE recommendation. As the number of e-voting tests is growing, so are the lessons learnt. The paper contains a list of suggestions on ways how best to introduce (remote) e-voting. 1 Growing attention to e-voting E-Voting has been attracting considerable attention during the last years. This fact is based on the one hand upon interest and attention devoted to e-government, edemocracy, e-governance, etc. On the other hand, interest in e-voting is founded in problems with domestic election systems, e.g. lacking flexibility with respect to timeframes and physical accessibility of polling stations, which progressively prevent citizens to cast their vote at these places. Interest in e-voting exists in various quarters: government, parliaments, electorate, academia and industry-with each having sometimes conflicting interests. They can differ with respect, e.g., to speed, individual leadership, safety, user friendliness, etc.

Using electronic voting systems is divisive as some countries used such systems and others did not. Electronic voting (e-voting) is relatively a new concept based on its application that aims at reducing errors and improving the convenience and integrity of election process. This paper tried to explore the factors that influence the adoption of such systems in a university environment. The study utilized a sample of 302 bachelor degree students in a public Jordanian university and in relation to students' council election process. Results indicated that students were keen on the concepts of trust and usefulness of e-voting when adopting such systems. The study supported the findings of TAM in the area of technology acceptance. Conclusions are at the end of this paper.

Finding the answer to the question of the role of electronic voting in a modern country constitutes an important part of researches into electronic democracy. The recent dynamic development of information and communication technologies (ICT) and mass media have been leading to noticeable changes in functioning of contemporary countries and societies. ICT is beginning to play a greater and greater role and filter down to almost every field of contemporary human life -including politics. Electronic voting represents one of the more and more popular forms of so called e-democracy, and is an interesting research subject in the context of mechanisms for implementing this form of participation in elections, its legitimization, specific technological solutions for e-voting and their effectiveness as well as unintended consequences. The main subject of this text is the use of electronic voting (e-voting) as one of the forms of electronic democracy. The article attempts to answer the following research questions: First, what is the impact of ICT on the political processes -particularly on the voting procedures? Secondly, what is the essence of electronic voting and what are its main features? Finally, what are the e-voting experiences in the European countries?

This article presents a comprehensive overview of electronic voting systems, their historical evolution, and categorization into four types: punch card, optical scanning, direct recording electronic (DRE), and remote Internet voting. It highlights the significance of an efficient e-voting system that upholds essential characteristics such as transparency, cyber-security, accuracy, speed, privacy, accessibility, objectivity, costeffectiveness, and sustainability in the context of elections. The article asserts that e-voting is a fundamental and contemporary process in democratic societies that has revolutionized the traditional voting mechanism. Furthermore, it underscores the advantages of e-voting, including saving time, cost, and effort and increasing access to remote areas. The article emphasizes the crucial importance of ensuring transparency, accuracy, and security in electronic voting systems to maintain trust and integrity in the electoral process.

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Electronicgovernmentinitiativesplayacentralroleinopeningdoorsforpotentialvoterstoparticipate in the political process by using electronic voting systems. Electronic voting is attracting more attentionbygovernmentsaroundtheworld,wheremanycountrieshaveexploitede-votingsystemsas analternativetotraditionalvotingintheirnationalelections.Citizensdifferintheirattitudetowards usinge-voting.Thisstudyextendedthetechnologyacceptancemodeltopredicttheintentionsto usee-voting.Thispaperexploredtheintentionsofcitizenstousee-votingsystemsbyconducting anempiricalresearch.Toaccomplishthemainobjectivesofthispaper,320surveyswerecollected fromJordaniancitizens.Thefindingsindicateasignificantinfluenceofperceivedusefulnessand perceivedeaseofuseandsecurity.Trustfailedtopredictintentionstousee-votingsystems.

The main consequence of a wider application of the new technologies in public life is a change of the functioning of a modern democracy. The rapid development of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) and forming of the new form of democracy – electronic democracy – gave a new prospect for the development of democratic dialogue and made it possible for millions of citizens to participate in public debate and decision-making (through electronic voting). The main purpose of this text is to answer the question about the extent to which e-democracy and the use of e-voting in politics may change contemporary political life. And whether this is a revolution, or just improving, modernizing the realm of politics?

Elections and voting are fundamental to any consensus-based society. They are one of the most critical functions of democracy. There are a number of voting systems adopted all over the world with each of them having its peculiar problems. The manual voting system still appears prominent among the developed and developing nations, but with considerations being given to an electronic alternative with a view to showing most of the short comings. Furthermore, with the increased interest and attention on e-government, e-democracy and e-governance, e-voting initiatives have gained more significance. Thus, many countries are piloting with various e-voting models and systems in order to enable voting from anywhere; also, international organisations are developing standards and recommendations in this area. This paper details a review of the underlying concepts of e-voting and discusses some of the salient issues on the subject. Also, a review of common e-voting models, existing elections schemes and explanation of the usual terminologies associated with e-voting were presented.

Despite the lack of legal basis, electronic voting has been present in the public discourse in Poland for over ten years. This can be seen in particular before parliamentary, presidential, local or European elections. Then, political parties, while trying to raise their election capital, declare their willingness to implement innovative methods of voting (e.g. i-voting) in elections to make the election process more convenient for those entitled to vote. Parties assume that this can mobilize the part of the electorate which typically does not utilize their universal suffrage. The main objective of this article is to analyze and explain to what degree (and to what extent) political preferences may affect the choice made by voters, provided it is possible to have electronic voting as a method of their participation in elections. We ask the question: if the voters' opinion on evoting correlates with the opinions of the political parties for which they are voting. While looking for the answer to this question, the authors have assumed that there is a relationship between the political variable such as the preference and opinions on the use of modern forms of voting. To verify this diagnosis, we make a statistical analysis of the data coming from a survey implemented between March and May 2018 in Poland. Research findings lead to a general conclusion that political preferences are a statistically significant predicator for voters' attitudes towards the introduction and use of voting over the Internet.

International Journal of Computer Applications, 2013

Voting is a fundamental decision making instrument in any consensus-based society and democracy depends on the proper administration of popular elections. In any election, there exists a set of requirements among which voters should receive assurance that their intent was correctly captured and that all eligible votes were correctly tallied. On the other hand, the election system as a whole should ensure that voter coercion is unlikely. These conflicting requirements present a significant challenge: how can voters receive enough assurance to trust the election result, but not so much that they can prove to a potential coercer how they voted.