Electoral Processes Digitalization : Trends and Prospects for Ukraine Based on the European Union Countries Experience

• Authors: Olena Redchyts

Abstracts

EN

The article purpose is to study digitalization of certain phases of Ukraine electoral processes, taking into account the European Union experience. The research design consists in a comparative analysis of electoral processes digitalization and its legislative provision. The article describes the legal field of EU electoral processes. The recommendations of the Council of Europe on e-voting standards are considered. The role of the administrator of the Ukraine State Voter Register is considered. The phases of electoral processes that require gradual digitalization are given. Scientific novelty of the study is to use a comparative approach in studying the electoral law of the EU and Ukraine. The research field is limited to the electoral law of the EU and Ukraine. The practical effects of the study make it possible to identify the advantages and disadvantages of digitalizing the phase of the electoral process. The scientific novelty of the study conducted in this article is to study the digital transformation restrictions at individual stages of electoral processes. The fundamental provisions in Ukrainian legislation on digitalization of electoral processes are determined. The article summarizes that the widespread means of electoral processes digitalization is the formation and updating of the voters registers and conducting their statistics. The author revealed that electoral processes digitalization has a fragmentary character in the EU countries, since the legal field in providing cyber security requires continuous improvement.

Keywords

EN

Election Processes; Standards; Voter Identification; Voter Registry; Voter Statistics; Cybersecurity

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Reality of Politics
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 19
• Pages: 78-90

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Olena Redchyts

• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

• https://orcid.org/0000000314838763

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/rop2022105

Biblioteka Nauki

2030683