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Homeless / Underprivelleged? How does moving things online work for those in poor economic conditions since they might not have online access (no smart phone,

• dottedmag 4y ago
  They can go to the local council / municipality and get the help there (either computers they can use for free, or from the clerks who can help them).
• giantg2 4y ago
  I think this just adds the option and doesn't eliminate the in-person version.
  • skeletal88 4y ago
    Correct. There are still physical offices where people can go to do their stuff, with clerks sitting behind desks, etc. Nobody is left out, doing stuff online is just an option 99% people use.
• Avamander 4y ago
  There's basically always the option to use a library or its WiFi. In the case of voting, one can just do it in person.
• andrewia 4y ago
  In addition to public computers and physical offices, smartphones are owned by a large portion of homeless people (especially if younger) because they're quite affordable. It looks like a basic Estonian phone plan, plus financing for a budget smartphone, is only 20 EUR/month. Estonia has no free phone plan (like the "obamaphone" program in the US), but low income people can submit 200 EUR of expenses per year for essentials.
• andix 4y ago
  You can still go to the office and do it in person. It also comes with the benefit, that a lot of public offices can also provide you with different services they couldn't do previously. Before you needed to go to town A and get a document, add it to the paperwork and file at town B. Now town B can fetch the document in your name from town A, or town A can file the document in your name at town B.