Electronic Voting

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  • 新しい投票方式•電子投票の可能性と課題
  • Possibilities and Challenges of Japan's New Voting System

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Until now, the voting system in Japan has basically used the voter's handwritten vote. However, in 2001, the “Law on Special Cases for Adopting Electro-Magnetic Record Voting in Local Elections” passed, permitting local governments to have electronic voting for the elections of governors, mayors and council members when the concerned local government enacted such an ordinance; this opened a new door for the voting system in Japan. Between June 2002 and February 2004, electronic voting was used in eleven elections in nine municipalities. In those elections, the time needed to count the votes was shortened tremendously. The candidates' information was given to the voter by speech (sound), so that visually impaired people had a good impression and the system was well received by the citizens in general as well. However, there were challenges such as lawsuits being filed. For the expansion of electronic voting, looking to have the system at national elections eventually, it is important to employ more electronic voting at local elections and to ensure citizens of its reliability.

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  • CRID
    1390001205302579072
  • NII Article ID
    130001554895
  • DOI
    10.14854/jaes1986.20.45
  • ISSN
    18840353
    09123512
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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