Gutenberg Open Science: “The High Mass of democracy” : why Germany remains aloof to the idea of electronic voting

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8221

Full metadata record

DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Fitzpatrick, Jasmin	-
dc.contributor.author	Jöst, Paula	-
dc.date.accessioned	2022-11-07T11:27:40Z	-
dc.date.available	2022-11-07T11:27:40Z	-
dc.date.issued	2022	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/8236	-
dc.description.abstract	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.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491381577	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	320 Politik	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	320 Political science	en_GB
dc.title	“The High Mass of democracy” : why Germany remains aloof to the idea of electronic voting	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8221	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport	de
jgu.organisation.number	7910	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Frontiers in political science	de
jgu.journal.volume	4	de
jgu.pages.alternative	876476	de
jgu.publisher.year	2022	-
jgu.publisher.name	Frontiers Media	de
jgu.publisher.place	Lausanne	de
jgu.publisher.issn	2673-3145	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	320	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.3389/fpos.2022.876476	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
Appears in collections:	DFG-491381577-G

Files in This Item:

	File	Description	Size	Format
	the_high_mass_of_democracy_wh-20221103083606674.pdf		656.07 kB	Adobe PDF	View/Open
	the_high_mass_of_democracy_wh-20221103083612646.ZIP		163.04 kB	ZIP	View/Open

Show simple item record