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Internet Voting in the March 2007 Parliamentary Elections in Estonia

Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 12:29.
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Date Published: 
01/01/2009
Author(s): 
Alexander H. Trechsel
Guido Schwerdt
Fabian Breuer
R. Michael Alvarez
Thad E. Hall

This study presents and analyzes the results of a survey among the electorate of the Estonian parliamentary elections held on 4 March 2007. The primary focus of the analysis lies on the newly introduced possibility of voting via the Internet in these elections. The application of this pioneering voting channel gave the elections an exclusive character and provoked enormous attention in the political as well as in the scientific community.

Internet Voting in Estonia

Submitted by admin on Fri, 06/20/2008 - 15:25.
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Working Paper No.: 
60
Date Published: 
01/01/2009
Author(s): 
Alexander H. Trechsel
R. Michael Alvarez
Thad E. Hall

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.

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