philip lelyveld The world of entertainment technology

14Mar/23Off

For the first time, a country pulled off a mostly online national election [Estonia]

A little over 50% of the votes in Estonia's parliamentary elections over the weekend were cast online — marking what appears to be the first mostly online nationwide election in the world.

Estonia has been a pioneer in "i-voting," first offering it as an option in 2005. The number of citizens taking advantage of internet voting has crept up since then.

Still, the Baltic state remains a global outlier when it comes to online voting. ...

Despite Estonia's success with internet voting, it could be hard for other countries to implement it on a large scale, according to Steve Kremer of the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation. ...

See the full story here: https://www.semafor.com/article/03/06/2023/estonia-holds-first-mostly-online-national-election?mc_cid=9cca5880ef&mc_eid=UNIQID

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