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The How and Why to Internet Voting an Attempt to Explain E-Stonia

Authors : Priit Vinkel, Robert Krimmer

Published in: Electronic Voting

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The introduction of remote electoral methods (also, e.g., postal voting) serves the citizen in providing an easily accessible and comfortable means of voting. In addition, remote voting is also considered a viable alternative for disenfranchised voters whose participation in elections has always been dependent on the methods they are offered – voters living or residing permanently abroad, voters who are living in conditions which make it difficult for them to attend elections for geographical reasons and voters with disabilities. All these voters need to make extra efforts in participating in the democratic process, and in all these cases, the principle of universality (or general elections) prevails over the possible concerns connected with the way of voting.
Still, Estonia is the only country in the world providing remote electronic means to its citizens in all elections countrywide. In this article we try to explain the reasons and modalities how Estonia could retain this service where other countries failed.

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Metadata
Title
The How and Why to Internet Voting an Attempt to Explain E-Stonia
Authors
Priit Vinkel
Robert Krimmer
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Electronic Voting

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-52239-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-52240-1

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52240-1_11

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