Is e-voting currently used in any elections with EMB participation?
Japan
Elections inJapan
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10.Computerized Balloting
Considering the development of informationsociety, computerized balloting system was established by the exemption law ofthe Election Law in December 2001. This system enables voters to use theelectromagnetic votes recording devices in balloting in the election of thelocal authorities under the local ordinance. Computerized balloting isavailable in the election of assembly members and heads of local authorities.The results such as quick ballot counting and reducing invalid votes areexpected through this system. The electromagnetic votes recording device inthis system is the one which can record which candidate he/she has voted. Inaddition, to secure fairness of the election, the device must meet therequirements such as the one that a voter can’t ballot more than 2 votes, thatsecret voting must not be infringed and that voting data recorded on theelectromagnetic votes recording medium must be protected.
Source:http://www.parliament.am/library/Electoral%20law/chaponia.pdf
Experience of Electronic Voting Overseas
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4.8 Japan
A pilot scheme was carried out in themunicipality of Kawaguchi in 1999. There were 362,743 people on the electoralroll, distributed into 78 polling stations, of which eleven (with a total of54,953 potential voters) took part in the electronic voting trial. Votingoccurred using a touch- screen system, with voter identity verified using a magneticstrip card system. Reports suggest the system worked satisfactorily and thatthe verdict of the electorate was positive.
Another pilot was used in June 2002, inthe western Japanese city of Niimi. More than 15,000 people from 43 pollingstations voted using a touch-screen system. Officials reported that theelectronic voting went smoothly except for an initial machine trouble thatdelayed the issuing of voting cards for some 15 people.
Source:http://www.umic.pt/images/stories/publicacoes1/Appendix%202J.pdf
E-voting inJapan: 2002-2009
1 Status ofE-Voting in Japan
In 2002, the first electronic voting (e-voting)was put into practice in Japan. Since then, ten local governments conductedtotal of twenty cases of e-voting. In Japan, after “e-Japan Strategy,” whichaims to build an electronic government was published in January, 2001, manyefforts toward an electronic government and electronic democracy have beenattempted. E-voting can be considered within this trend.
Source: http://rc10.ipsa.org/public/e-voting-in-japan.pdf
