How Much Does an e-Vote Cost? Cost Comparison per Vote in Multichannel Elections in Estonia

Robert Krimmer; David Duenas Cid; Iuliia Krivonosova; Priit Vinkel; Arne Koitmae

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00419-4_8

How Much Does an e-Vote Cost? Cost Comparison per Vote in Multichannel Elections in Estonia

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We are presenting the results of the CoDE project in this paper, where we investigate the costs per vote of different voting channels in Estonian Local Elections (2017). The elections analyzed involve different processes for casting a vote: Early Voting at County Centers, Advance Voting at County Centers, Advance Voting at Ordinary Voting District Committees, Electronic Voting, Election Day Voting, and Home Voting. Our analysis shows how the administrative costs per e-vote (an electronic vote) are half the price of the second cheapest option (Election Day Voting), representing the most cost-efficient way of organizing elections, given the conditions of this Case Study. Otherwise, different forms of convenience voting have much higher costs, giving us subjects for further discussion on how to organize multichannel elections.

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Robert Krimmer dr
David Duenas Cid dr hab.
- Tallinn University of Technolog
Iuliia Krivonosova
Priit Vinkel
Arne Koitmae

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publikacja w wydawnictwie zbiorowym recenzowanym (także w materiałach konferencyjnych)

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English

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2018

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Krimmer R., Duenas Cid D., Krivonosova I., Vinkel P., Koitmae A.: How Much Does an e-Vote Cost? Cost Comparison per Vote in Multichannel Elections in Estonia// / : , 2018,

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10.1007/978-3-030-00419-4_8

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Estonian Personal Research Grant "Internet Voting as Additional Channel for Legally Binding Elections: Challenges to Voting Processes Re-engineering" (2017−2020)

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