Internet Voting in Estonia
Several countries have conducted Internet voting trials in binding public elections over the past decade, including Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These trials have been conducted at the local and regional levels of government, targeting specific populations of voters. Howev...
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| author | Trechsel, Alexander H. Alvarez, R. Michael Hall, Thad E. |
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| description | Several countries have conducted Internet voting trials in binding public elections over the past decade, including Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These trials have been conducted at the local and regional levels of government, targeting specific populations of voters. However, Estonia—a former Soviet republic and now a full member of the European Union—has advanced the farthest in deploying Internet voting. Since 2000, Estonia has conducted two national elections in which all voters could use Internet voting. The first election, in October 2005, was for local offices and the second election, in March 2007, was a national parliamentary election. In this article, we discuss the context for the Estonian experience in deploying Internet voting. We focus on how the Estonians have systematically addressed the legal and technical considerations required to make Internet voting a functioning voting platform, as well as the political and cultural framework that promoted this innovation. Using data from our own qualitative and quantitative studies of the Estonian experience, we consider who voted over the Internet in these elections, and the political implications of the voting platform. Finally, we consider the lessons that other countries can learn from the Estonian experience. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/965972019-04-11T13:52:18Z Internet Voting in Estonia Trechsel, Alexander H. Alvarez, R. Michael Hall, Thad E. Internet voting Estonia Voter participation Survey Several countries have conducted Internet voting trials in binding public elections over the past decade, including Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These trials have been conducted at the local and regional levels of government, targeting specific populations of voters. However, Estonia—a former Soviet republic and now a full member of the European Union—has advanced the farthest in deploying Internet voting. Since 2000, Estonia has conducted two national elections in which all voters could use Internet voting. The first election, in October 2005, was for local offices and the second election, in March 2007, was a national parliamentary election. In this article, we discuss the context for the Estonian experience in deploying Internet voting. We focus on how the Estonians have systematically addressed the legal and technical considerations required to make Internet voting a functioning voting platform, as well as the political and cultural framework that promoted this innovation. Using data from our own qualitative and quantitative studies of the Estonian experience, we consider who voted over the Internet in these elections, and the political implications of the voting platform. Finally, we consider the lessons that other countries can learn from the Estonian experience. 2015-04-15T12:29:55Z 2015-04-15T12:29:55Z 2008-01 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96597 en_US VTP Working Paper Series;60 application/pdf Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project |
| spellingShingle | Internet voting Estonia Voter participation Survey Trechsel, Alexander H. Alvarez, R. Michael Hall, Thad E. Internet Voting in Estonia |
| title | Internet Voting in Estonia |
| title_full | Internet Voting in Estonia |
| title_fullStr | Internet Voting in Estonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Internet Voting in Estonia |
| title_short | Internet Voting in Estonia |
| title_sort | internet voting in estonia |
| topic | Internet voting Estonia Voter participation Survey |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96597 |
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