Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Would e-voting encourage more people to vote?

In many countries the electoral process is marked by the absence of a significant number of voters which makes the results less democratics because they do not represent the opinion of all the inhabitants of the country. However, many countries, including England, have adopted an electoral process that they think it would encourage people to vote and make elections more democratic. A recent study shows that e-voting encourages people to vote because they do not have to move in order for them to vote. In addition, it takes less time to vote because they can simply send a text-message or online vote and go on with their daily business. The Diaspora also benefits from that because they can send their votes online without having to fly to their country in order to vote. In England, e-voting is one of the voting options that British citizens enjoy.

Source: BBC News

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