ELECTRONIC VOTING TECHNOLOGIES IN RUSSIA
https://doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2019-11-5-11
Abstract
Following the global trend related to the use of digital technologies in the political process, Russia is actively introducing electronic voting technologies. Their application provides a number of advantages in the organization and conduct of elections, but also comes with risks, that require further study. An important positive effect of the introduction of Internet technologies is to increase the awareness of citizens about the elections and their participants, as well as to reduce the financial costs of voting and fast processing of its results. The main risks of the use of electronic voting technologies are associated with threats to reduce the legitimacy of elections and problems of information protection: absolute confidentiality of personal data in the framework of digital election technologies cannot be ensured, which is directly related to the technical features of electronic voting.
Keywords
digital technologies,
electronic voting,
elections,
blockchain,
secrecy of voting,
information protection
Supporting agencies: The article has been prepared on the results of research, carried out at the expense of budgetary funds on the state assignment to the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.
About the Author
O. V. Erokhina
Centre for the Study of the Transformation of Social and Political Relations of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Erokhina Oksana - Research assistant
Russian Federation
Erokhina Oksana - Research assistant
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Erokhina O.V. ELECTRONIC VOTING TECHNOLOGIES IN RUSSIA. Vestnik Universiteta. 2019;(11):5-11. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2019-11-5-11
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