Keywords
digital state
electronic voting
young voters
How to Cite
Abstract
The aim of the article is to present the preliminary results of a survey conducted among Lithuanian students on their opinion about i-voting and the possibility of implementing this alternative voting method in Lithuania. The main aim of the research was to answer the following research questions: What is the attitude of young Lithuanians towards voting via the Internet? What threats, benefits and challenges related to the potential implementation of i-voting in Lithuania are perceived by the surveyed group. The research showed that the respondents believe that the greatest barriers to the introduction of i-voting in Lithuania are: the threat of cybercrime, the possibility of violating the principle of secret voting, the lack of political will, the need to change the law; young voters would be willing to vote via the Internet and this could have a positive impact on the turnout among this group of voters; the complexity of the challenges related to implementing i-voting means that there is no chance of its quick introduction.
Funding
The article was prepared under the grant „Specifics of Electronic Voting and Possibilities of its Implementation in General Elections in Lithuania,” funded by the IDUB of the University of Lodz for research for PhD students and participants in PhD schools at the University of Lodz.
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