Developing a Methodology for Observing Electronic Voting


 

Publication Date: October 2007

Publisher: Emory University. Carter Center

Author(s): Emory University. Carter Center

Research Area: Politics

Keywords: Automated voting; Election observation; Electronic voting

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Abstract:

The increasing use of new electronic voting (e-voting) technologies in elections around the world has been recognized by the international election observation community as one of the paramount challenges facing election observation today. As a whole, international election observation organizations have had relatively little experience observing elections in which e-voting technologies are used. In addition, the inherent lack of transparency of electronic voting technologies discourages easy observation.