I-Vote, Therefore I Am? Internet Voting in Switzerland and Estonia

Lust, Aleksander

doi:10.1353/sais.2018.0006

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“…Consequently, these pioneering policies have significantly improved digital competencies, capabilities, and attitudes among Estonia's residents. Statistics show that today, 79 percent of Estonians are frequent Internet users, more than in any other East European country (Lust, 2018). The share of households with an Internet connection in the country has increased from 37 percent in 2005 to 90 percent in 2020.…”

Section: Institutional Building Of Digital Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, Internet voting in Estonia has also enjoyed persisting political support. In history, three left parties -the Center Party, the People's Union, and its successor, the Conservative People's Party -challenged the legality of online voting in Estonian and European www.JSR.org/hs courts (Lust, 2018). Nonetheless, party-based opposition has gradually waned over time.…”

Section: Public Trust Of Internet Votingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Without robust democratic institutions, Internet voting in countries undergoing regime transitions may turn out largely unreliable and illegitimate. Small changes in the vote shares of parties could lead to significant differences in the distribution of seats in legislatures, leading to lengthy legal and political battles over the outcomes of elections (Lust, 2018). Internet voting may also be manipulated as an arsenal for authoritarian regimes to harass opposition parties, bribe and coerce voters, and miscount votes Freedom House, 2017).…”

Section: Emphasis On Security Risksmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Digitization of Democracy in Practice

Shen,

Kwang

2023

J Stud Res

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In the recent development of electronic government and electronic democracy, Internet votinghas sparked intense academic debates and attracted various experimentations among nation-states. This paper overviews major theoretical discussions over the topic and comparesliterature on the evolution of Internet voting practices in two countries: Estonia and the UnitedStates. We argue that the diffusion and sustainability of the Internet voting system in nationalpolitics is not the sole outcome of technological innovation. Instead, it relies upon acomprehensive institutional building of digital infrastructure that maintains public trust in thedigital transformation and charters the government action in response to security risks.

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Section: Institutional Building Of Digital Infrastructurementioning

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Section: Public Trust Of Internet Votingmentioning

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Kwang

2023

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“…The notion that it has commercial value seems questionable when several free and open source alternatives exist (Silicon Econometrics Pty Ltd 2020; Bowland 2014). (We note in passing that the AAT's decision in Cordover appears to have been based, at least in in part, on a concession by counsel for Cordover that the code might have commercial value: see Cordover and Australian Electoral Commission (Freedom of Information) [2015] AATA 956, paragraph [35]).…”

Section: Should the Source Code For The Senate Count Be Open?mentioning

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Electronic Australian Elections: Verifiability of Accuracy is a Design Goal, which Must be Mandated by Law and Deliberately Designed into Electronic Electoral Processes

Teague

Keyzer

2020

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Electronic voting and counting are increasingly common and have been adopted in a number of Australian jurisdictions. Unfortunately, there is evidence that e-voting systems lack transparency. At present there are reasonable solutions for poll-site e-voting but none for remote paperless Internet voting. Although there are reasonable methods for statistical audits of electronically counted election results, Australian elections do not use them. The authors argue that a purposive approach should be taken to relevant electoral laws to ensure that genuine scrutiny of electronic electoral processes can be undertaken. This would require the source code and the voting data to be made available for testing. The authors recommend a number of legislative reforms to ensure the verifiability of e-voting. These reforms need to be undertaken to ensure that Australian elections are accurate, and consistent with the constitutional requirement of direct choice by electors.

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The (complex) effect of internet voting on turnout: Theoretical and methodological considerations

Stockemer,

Wigginton

2024

Policy & Internet

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The adoption of remote internet voting can be a rather complex reform. In theory and praxis, geographical units can either decide to adopt or not to adopt i‐voting. Those that adopt it can differ in the mode of i‐voting adoption (i.e., internet‐only voting, or also in‐person voting), and the timing of adoption (i.e., some geographical units might adopt it earlier than others). How does the decision to adopt internet voting, the mode of adoption and the timing of adoption influence turnout? Using data spanning the municipal elections in Ontario, Canada from 2000 to 2018, we try to answer these research questions. Generally, we find that allowing internet voting, regardless of the availability of in‐person voting, does not influence turnout over the long term. However, we do find a temporal pattern, in that some of the most participatory municipalities adopted internet voting the earliest. We also detect a novelty effect; a sizable increase in turnout during the first ever election in which internet voting was introduced, which vanished in following elections.

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I-Vote, Therefore I Am? Internet Voting in Switzerland and Estonia

Cited by 6 publications

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The Digitization of Democracy in Practice

The Digitization of Democracy in Practice

Electronic Australian Elections: Verifiability of Accuracy is a Design Goal, which Must be Mandated by Law and Deliberately Designed into Electronic Electoral Processes

The (complex) effect of internet voting on turnout: Theoretical and methodological considerations

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