Who Is Enfranchised by Remote Voting?
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The UK government’s experiments withr remote voting (by post, Internet, telephone and SMS) have focused on increasing turnout at elections. The data so far however show that those already most likely to vote, and those with an incentive to commit electoral fraud, have received the greatest benefit. This has not provided a solid base for the public trust necessary to “e-enable” elections, and has led to calls for universal eligibility for postal voting to be removed.
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