[liberationtech] E-Voting

[Andres]

Hi Zack,

Estonia has been using e-voting since 2005 (and since 2007 for government elections). You can identify using the national id card (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_ID_card <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_ID_card>) or mobile-id (https://eid.eesti.ee/index.php/A_Short_Introduction_to_eID <https://eid.eesti.ee/index.php/A_Short_Introduction_to_eID>).

Transparency is certainly improved. You can check and change your vote after casting it. Estonian government even provides an iOS and Android mobile application for this. Most of the criticism comes down to voter devices potentially being phished and infected and multi-platform access aims to combat that.

IDABC country report gives a quick overview: http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/servlets/Doc7bd5.pdf?id=32323 <http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/servlets/Doc7bd5.pdf?id=32323>

The challenges are certainly real but so is the potential.

Andres

> On 14 Nov 2016, at 15:57, Zacharia Gichiriri <zacharia.gichiriri at strathmore.edu> wrote:
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> Hi, 
> 
> Are there any countries that have implemented a form of mobile voting? Is there any research on the potential, challenges and applicability of mobile voting? 
> Considering the explosive growth of mobile phones across Africa, would the use of mobile phones for elections (citizens voting through mobile phones) improve election outcomes and transparency? 
> 
> Best,
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> Zack. 
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