Publication: Casting Votes over the Internet
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2013
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The Harvard International Relations Council, Inc.
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Urs Gasser & Alexander H. Trechsel, Casting Votes over the Internet, Harv. Int'l Rev., Spring 2013, at 53.
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The article examines the role of the Internet in facilitating voting in Switzerland. It notes that Internet voting was first implemented in 2003 as a pilot project for the municipal referendum of the Anièeres commune in Geneva. Observers attribute the success of Internet voting in Geneva to several factors including easier authentication through a centralized electronic registry, the establishment of a legal framework that allowed collaboration with the municipality, and the proven track-record of remote voting practice among its citizens.
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