{"id":132824,"date":"2024-08-06T07:35:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T04:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/mobile-voting-is-here-and-it-is-transforming-democracy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T07:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T04:35:20","slug":"mobile-voting-is-here-and-it-is-transforming-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/mobile-voting-is-here-and-it-is-transforming-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile voting is here and it is transforming democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132824\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Healthy democracies require active citizen participation. Mobile voting can energise the electorate and create a virtuous cycle of greater voter participation, greater electoral accountability, and better policies and outcomes, Remi Meehan and Bradley Tusk write.<\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s snap legislative elections on 30 June and 7 July attracted global attention, as many observers anxiously feared that the ascendant far-right party, National Rally, would achieve a majority in the French legislature \u2014 an occurrence without precedent in post-World War II France. National Rally (RN) ended up underperforming in polls, and a hastily-formed coalition of leftist parties allied with President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s centrist party to secure a parliamentary majority. Yet despite the less-than-earth-shattering outcome, it was a historic election for another, less publicised reason.<\/p>\n<p>Within just a few weeks, France organised the largest-ever mobile political election. Although online voting was restricted to French citizens living abroad, more than 1.1 million votes were cast entirely online across two rounds of voting, representing 75% of total French votes abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The advantages of mobile voting are clear. Over 90% of Europeans own a smartphone, and mobile voting (sometimes called internet or online voting) offers a significantly easier way to vote. Citizens can exercise their rights from anywhere through their phones instead of travelling to polling stations and waiting in long lines to physically cast their vote. Mobile voting can also be conducted on other electronic devices such as a tablet or laptop. In short, mobile voting dramatically increases voting accessibility. It is often the only realistic voting option for hundreds of thousands of voters, including voters overseas, voters with disabilities, and voters who are otherwise displaced due to schooling or work.<\/p>\n<p>Mobile voting is also extremely popular. In preparation for the snap election, France rapidly set up an extensive network of physical polling booths in 213 cities globally to facilitate in-person voting for its citizens abroad. Yet when given the choice between voting in person and voting online, three-quarters of France\u2019s overseas citizens chose mobile voting. Other EU countries have also implemented mobile voting systems to varying degrees. Estonia, a pioneer in online voting, has provided an online voting option in its national and European elections to all its citizens for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Both Estonia\u2019s recent European vote and France\u2019s legislative elections demonstrate that when given the option, most voters chose mobile voting. Outside of the EU, mobile voting is becoming increasingly prevalent. Nearly two-thirds of US states allow at least military personnel to vote online, a crucial option for those in hard-to-reach locations.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/08\/05\/mobile-voting-is-here-and-it-is-transforming-democracy\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/08\/05\/mobile-voting-is-here-and-it-is-transforming-democracy\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/euroviews-mobile-voting-is-here-and-it-is-transforming-democracy\/\">Mobile voting is here and it is transforming democracy<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,274,15570],"class_list":["post-132824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-eu","tag-mobile-voting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}