Risks and Benefits of i-Voting in Public Opinion: Evidence from Poland

• Authors: Izabela Kapsa , Magdalena Musiał-Karg

Abstracts

EN

Apart from benefits, internet voting security is most frequently discussed by opponents and supporters of this form of electoral participation. Although this voting method is not available in Poland, the debate on the implementation of i-voting appears in each election. The COVID-19 pandemic showed a great need to implement additional remote voting methods in the elections, and increasingly more countries are considering the introduction of i-vote in the future. Although there is no plan for the nearest future in Poland, citizens' opinions suggest that this voting procedure would meet many of its users. The paper's main aim is to analyse Poles' opinions about the risks and benefits of internet voting. The results of our own studies are based on a survey among Poles regarding their views on internet voting. The main goal is to verify if Poles more often highlight the benefits than risks of i-voting, and if the opinions about risks and benefits of i-voting differ depending on respondents’ sex, age, education and domicile.

Keywords

EN

i-voting; opinions of Poles; risks of i-voting; benefits of i-voting

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 1(51)
• Pages: 163-180

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Izabela Kapsa

• Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego (Poland)

• https://orcid.org/0000000323423682

author

Magdalena Musiał-Karg

• Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland)

• https://orcid.org/0000000260891381

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ppsy202215

Biblioteka Nauki

2056713