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Voting Advice Applications and Electronic Voting. Prof. Dr. Andreas Ladner. VAAs (Voting Advice Applications). Election – Democracy UK – 280k. CH: www.smartvote.ch. Policy domains. Questionnaire. “Advice or recommendation”. Matching list (Candidates or parties). Additional information.
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Voting Advice Applications and Electronic Voting Prof. Dr. Andreas Ladner
Use of smartvote • In the course of the 2011 elections of the Swiss national parliament Swiss voters had - after 2003 and 2007 - for the third time the possibility to seek voting advice on a VAA . • The providers estimate that about 437’000 voters took this exercise seriously. This amounts to about 8.5 per cent of the electorate and a bit more than 17.6 per cent of the citizens taking part in the elections. • The corresponding figures for the previous elections are 91‘815 or 4.2 per cent of the voters in 2003 and 350‘000 or 14.7 per cent of the voters in 2007
E-voting Pre-Voting Sphere Voting Sphere Post-Voting Sphere • Campaign and decision making • The act of voting • Analysis, control
Elections for the National Council 2007 • 3089 candidates • 311 lists
The Swiss voting system: (party) lists with “Kumulieren” and “Panaschieren”
The tunnel! Le vote électronique Smartvote
The last meter • Smartvote gives us the possibility to select electronically • E-Voting gives us the possibility to vote electronically => There is (are) only one (a few) click(s) from the selection to the vote!
Additional tools: • Smartmonitor (roll call votes) • Smartinfo (for initiatives and referendums)
Conclusions The more demanding an electoral (political) system is, the more helpful are such e-tools. If e-tools matter, they are also used. E-tools have to be simple and user-friendly.
