If e-voting is currently being used, what type(s) of technology used?
Japan
According to the Electromagnetic Recording Voting Act, e-voting is defined as a means of voting that uses a device. The current procedures for such an electronic
voting method in Japan are as follows.
・First, an elector goes to a designated polling station on an election day.
・The elector is required to bring an admission ticket to his/her polling station, which s/he has received in mail in advance.
・When the elector hands the admission ticket to the reception at the polling station, a staff person checks identification by comparing the name of the elector with the register of electors.
・When the personal identification was confirmed, a voting card is issued from a voting card issuing device by the staff, which is handed to the elector.
・The elector stands in front of a voting device and inserts the voting card; this initiates the device.
・The elector selects a candidate of his/her choice from a list of candidates shown in the touch-panel screen by touching the appropriate name using his/her finger or a touch pen (if not voting for any candidate, the elector touches a display that says, “Complete without Voting”; this will allow the elector to complete his/her vote
without choosing any candidate).
・The elector confirms the selected candidate.
・The voting result is recorded in an electromagnetic recording medium inside the electronic voting device.
・The elector removes the voting card from the voting device.
・The voting process is now complete; the elector returns the voting card at the exit, and leaves the polling station. [...]
