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Usually online voting supporters say that it would increase voter turnout. It seems that it hasn't happen in Estonia: 64.2% in 2015 and 63.7% in 2019 [1][2]. A

Usually online voting supporters say that it would increase voter turnout. It seems that it hasn't happen in Estonia: 64.2% in 2015 and 63.7% in 2019 [1][2]. Also, I am a bit worried that online voting might give young tech-savvy people an advantage over old and poor people who don't have access to computers or mobile phones. Has there been studies about demographies in these elections? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Estonian_parliamentary_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Estonian_parliamentary_el... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Estonian_parliamentary_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Estonian_parliamentary_el...

sccxy 8y ago
Online voting statistics are available here: https://www.valimised.ee/en/archive/statistics-about-internet-voting-estonia https://www.valimised.ee/en/archive/statistics-about-interne... Same smart card is used every online service in Estonia. 96% taxes are done online. So online voting is not something new for older people. It is just like every other online service.
TulliusCicero 8y ago
Currently older people vote in much larger numbers than younger people, so I don't see how that's a major concern. Clearly the current setup advantages the elderly in practice.