"The High Mass of Democracy" -Why Germany Remains Aloof to the Idea of Electronic Voting

Publication type:
Journal article
Metadata:
Autoren
  • Jasmin Fitzpatrick
  • Paula Joest
Autoren-URL
https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000994964000001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
DOI
10.3389/fpos.2022.876476
eISSN
2673-3145
Externe Identifier
  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: H3JN6
Zeitschrift
FRONTIERS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
Schlüsselwörter
  • electronic voting
  • Germany
  • democracy
  • electoral integrity
  • electoral reform
Artikelnummer
ARTN 876476
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2022
Status
Published
Titel
"The High Mass of Democracy" -Why Germany Remains Aloof to the Idea of Electronic Voting
Sub types
  • Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
4

Data source: Web of Science (Lite)

Other metadata sources:
Abstract
<jats:p>Despite the increase in citizens' use of absentee voting and examples from other countries, so far Germany remains aloof to the idea of introducing electronic voting as another form of convenience voting to its political elections. Apart from intra-party elections, no changes in the direction of electronic voting are considered in the current debate about an electoral reform. What are the reasons for the German aloofness toward electronic voting? In this article, we focus on party positions and institutional, as well as legal considerations, to provide a comprehensive answer to this question. From a normative point of view, the question of electronic voting is inextricably linked to the concept of electoral integrity, as the latter is pivotal to determine a democratic mode to select trusted representatives. Therefore, this paper first discusses the opportunities and risks for electoral integrity associated with electronic voting. Based on these considerations, we then explore reasons for the hesitancy of German legislators. To this end, we conducted expert interviews with German MPs and considered open-source documents related to the German debate about electronic voting. Our paper contributes to research on party positions on electronic voting, by relating the topic to questions about electoral integrity and considering political parties' reasoning, as well as legal and institutional constraints in the German context. We find that the main reasons provided by party representatives circle around concerns about transparency, security, accuracy, and the value of the voting act itself.</jats:p>
Autoren
  • Jasmin Fitzpatrick
  • Paula Jöst
DOI
10.3389/fpos.2022.876476
eISSN
2673-3145
Zeitschrift
Frontiers in Political Science
Online publication date
2022
Status
Published online
Herausgeber
Frontiers Media SA
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.876476
Datum der Datenerfassung
2022
Titel
“The High Mass of Democracy” —Why Germany Remains Aloof to the Idea of Electronic Voting
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
4

Data source: Crossref

Author's licence
CC-BY
Autoren
  • Jasmin Fitzpatrick
  • Paula Jöst
Hosting institution
Universitätsbibliothek Mainz
Sammlungen
  • DFG-491381577-G
Resource version
Published version
DOI
10.3389/fpos.2022.876476
Funding acknowledgements
  • Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491381577
File(s) embargoed
false
Open access
true
ISSN
2673-3145
Zeitschrift
Frontiers in political science
Schlüsselwörter
  • 320 Politik
  • 320 Political science
Sprache
eng
Open access status
Open Access
Paginierung
876476
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2022
Public URL
https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/8236
Herausgeber
Frontiers Media
Datum der Datenerfassung
2022
Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
2022
Zugang
Public
Titel
“The High Mass of democracy” : why Germany remains aloof to the idea of electronic voting
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
4

Files

the_high_mass_of_democracy_wh-20221103083606674.pdf the_high_mass_of_democracy_wh-20221103083612646.ZIP

Data source: OPENSCIENCE.UB

Beziehungen:
Property of

Tools