Debate: safeguarding democracy during pandemics. Social distancing, postal, or internet voting—the good, the bad or the ugly?
Citation:
Krimmer, R., Dueñas-Cid, D. & Krivonosova, I. (2020). “Debate: safeguarding democracy during pandemics. Social distancing, postal, or internet voting—the good, the bad or the ugly?”. In
Public Money & Management, Published online: 22 May 2020. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved May 26, 2020 from https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2020.1766222
Work data:
ISSN: 0954-0962Type of work: Article (academic)
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e-Democracy | Government and Public AdministrationTags:
internet voting, e-votingAbstract:
During 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 by postal voting, or internet voting.
