Gabriel Katz, Caltech, R. Michael Alvarez, Caltech
Ernesto Calvo, University of Houston
Marcelo Escolar, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Julia Pomares, London School of Economics
Abstract: Using data from an e-voting experiment conducted in the 2005 Congressional Election in Argentina, we estimate the effect of different e-voting technologies on the likelihood that citizens cast their vote for different parties for the National Congress and the Legislature of Buenos Aires.
Ricardo Llamosa, Universidad Industrial de Santander
Hugo E. Martinez, Universidad Industrial de Santander
Abstract. Electronic voting could increase citizens' electoral participation and trust in countries characterized by fragile democratic institutions and public discredit of the political system such as those in Latin America. This paper examines attitudes towards e-voting among participants in a large scale pilot project conducted in Colombia in 2007,
focusing on the perceived reliability and usability of di erent automated voting technologies. Using a multivariate probit model, we determine the e ect of socio-demographic, geographic and technical factors on users'
This article examines the role that poll workers play in the perceptions that voters have about the overall quality of elections and democracy more generally. Although the 2000 election opened up a wideranging examination of the electoral process in the United States, there has been little consideration given to the role of administration and management in the electoral process and in confidence in election outcomes (cf. Hall 2003; Alvarez and Hall 2006).
R. Michael Alvarez, Caltech Ernesto Calvo, University of Houston
Marcelo Escolar, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Julia Pomares, London School of Economics
Abstract:
Using data from an e-voting experiment conducted in the 2005 Congressional Election in Argentina, we estimate the effect of different e-voting technologies on the likelihood that citizens cast their vote for different parties for
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This article examines the role that poll workers play in the perceptions that voters have about the overall quality of elections and democracy more generally. Although the 2000 election opened up a wideranging examination of the electoral process in the United States, there has been little consideration given to the role of administration and management in the electoral process and in confidence in election outcomes (cf. Hall 2003; Alvarez and Hall 2006).
