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Electronic Voting

2. In what year do you think your country will first allow electronic voting from home for a political referendum (local or national)?

3. In what year do you think your country will first allow electronic voting from home for a governmental election (local or national)?

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Respondents were asked when their home country would first allow electronic voting from home for both a political referendum and an election. They could select any year up to 2050, "After 2050," "Never," or "Already has." For each of the two questions one person answered "After 2050," five answered "Never" and one failed to respond; these responses are not counted in the graphs above.

The Americans believe they will see electronic democracy a little sooner than those in the UK. A sizeable proportion believe the first electronic referendums will take place in 2002 or sooner (35% overall, 31% of UK respondents, 43% USA). This seems entirely possible given that trials have already taken place in some US states and 61% expect it to happen by 2005 (62% UK, 64% USA).

Elections are understandably further off, with only one fifth expecting them by 2002. Nearly half expect them by 2006 (44% overall, 44% UK, 50% USA) and 71% by 2010.

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