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Tripped at the Finishing Line: The Åland Islands Internet Voting Project
PublikacjaThe Åland Islands spent years preparing an internet voting system, to be implemented for the first time in October 2019 for Parliamentary Elections. Despite this, the project was canceled the evening before the expected release date. In this paper, we explore the causes of this failure using a two-pronged approach including Information System failure perspectives and the approach to e-voting Mirabilis, focusing on organizational...
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David Duenas Cid dr hab.
OsobyHe is an Associate Professor at Kozminski University and the director of the Pub-Tech (Public Sector Data-Driven Technologies) Research Center. Previously, he served as an H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Widening Fellow at Gdansk University of Technology, as a Researcher at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies of the University of Tartu, as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance...
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Bidirectional voting and continous voting concepts as possible use of Internet in democratic voting process
PublikacjaDemocracies need elections for choosing their authorities and governments.This process has many factors that shape today's procedures. However, the Internet is a medium that may change possibilities and elections. The main issue is concern on how changes may influence the whole democratic process. this paper shows two possible ideas - that of bidirectional voting and continous voting., and considers possible reasons for introducing...
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New methodology for calculating cost-efficiency of different ways of voting: is internet voting cheaper?
PublikacjaNew ways of voting in elections are being sought by electoral administrations worldwide who want to reverse declining voter turnouts without increasing electoral budgets. This paper presents a novel approach to cost accounting for multi-channel elections based on local elections in Estonia. By doing so, it addresses an important gap in the academic literature in this field. The authors confirm that internet voting was most cost-efficient...
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A theoretical framework for understanding trust and distrust in internet voting
PublikacjaEach and every case of success and failure in the implementation of internet voting is permeated by a common element: the concept of trust. Several researchers highlighted the relevance of creating trust for the successful implementation of technology [15] and, in particular, of internet voting [13]. But the concept itself is complex and challenging to define, for one fundamental reason: it is a concept of everyday social use...
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To i-vote or not to i-vote: Drivers and barriers to the implementation of internet voting
PublikacjaThis paper investigates the drivers and barriers of internet voting and the implications of a global pandemic for the development of the respective technology. In contrast to the expected uptake in the early 2000s of internet voting, the technology is still rather seldomly used in election systems around the world. The paper at hand explores the different forces that drive or impede internet voting adoption from a political, social,...
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Analyzing Preconditions to Introduce Internet Voting in Portugal: Insights from the Estonian Model
PublikacjaInternet voting has been trialed or introduced for several countries, including Norway, Portugal, United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland as an additional voting channel to increase voter turnout and, also to modernize the electoral process. However, only Estonia has successful introduced internet voting, deploying e-enabled elections in general governmental levels. This paper aims to provide an exploratory study on the Estonian...
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Safeguarding democracy during pandemics. Social distancing, postal, or internet voting—the good, the bad, or the ugly?
PublikacjaDuring a pandemic, many countries and organizations must decide whether to postpone upcoming elections or to hold them (Krimmer et al., 2020a). If the decision is made to hold the election, three main scenarios come to mind: continue using the existing system but include measures to ensure the health of participants; or look for alternatives among remote voting channels which could ensure social distancing is guaranteed either...
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Stanisław Barański mgr inż.
OsobyStanisław Barański received BSc in 2019 and MSc in 2020 in informatics at Gdańsk University of Technology. Currently, he is a PhD candidate at the Department of Computer Architecture, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdansk University of Technology. His research interests include blockchains and cryptography, especially the issue of blockchain-based internet voting and mitigation of content poisoning...
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Technology and democracy: the who and how in decision-making. The cases of Estonia and Catalonia
PublikacjaThis paper focuses on the use of technology to improve democracy, comparing the cases of Estonia and Catalonia. Both examples are closely related in their use of technology to further democratize the decision-making processes but have opposite starting points. Estonia’s internet voting system is an offshoot of the comprehensive e-governance system developed by the Estonian government. It is meant to make it more convenient for...
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Attitudes to tree removal on private properties in two Polish cities.
Dane BadawczeLarge cities are increasingly faced with declining urban tree cover and related problems, such as increased urban heat islands and flash floods. Reducing these phenomena increasingly has to rely on trees located on private property. However, to effectively engage private landowners on these issues, more attention must be paid to understanding their...
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Trust and Distrust in e-Democracy
PublikacjaIn the digital government research literature, the concept of trust is typically used as a precondition for the adoption of digital technology in the public sector or an outcome of a roadmap leading up to such adoption. The concept plays a central role in many decisions linked to the planning, adoption and management of the public sector technology. In contrast, the concept of distrust is almost neglected in such literature but,...
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Trust and Distrust in e-Democracy
PublikacjaIn the digital government research literature, the concept of trust is typically used as a precondition for the adoption of digital technology in the public sector or an outcome of a roadmap leading up to such adoption. The concept plays a central role in many decisions linked to the planning, adoption and management of the public sector technology. In contrast, the concept of...