Voting Online investigates the effects of cyber elections by looking at how adoption of online voting affects attitudes towards democracy, who uses and who benefits from the voting mode, the extent to which candidates support it, and what factors election administrators consider when deciding to adopt it. The authors provide important lessons for all interested in the health of democratic societies.
Authors
Scott Pruysers, R. Michael McGregor, Nicole Goodman, Helen A. Hayes, Zachary Spicer
- Published in
- Montreal, CA
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- VOTING ONLINE 2
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Contents 6
- Tables and Figures 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- 1 Studying Online Voting in Ontario Local Elections 14
- 2 The Rise of Online Voting in Ontario 46
- 3 The Effects of Online Voting 61
- 4 Who Votes Online? Perception versus Reality 83
- 5 Candidates and Online Voting 98
- 6 What Do Administrators Think? 120
- 7 Conclusion 142
- Epilogue 162
- Appendices 166
- Notes 188
- References 198
- Index 224
