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creators_name: Alvarez, R. Michael
creators_name: Katz, Gabriel
creators_name: Pomares, Julia
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creators_id: g.katz@imtlucca.it
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title: The Impact of New Technologies on Voter Confidence in Latin America: Evidence from E-voting Experiments in Argentina and Colombia
ispublished: pub
subjects: JL
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: none
keywords: e-voting; Latin America; voter confidence; trust in elections; Argentina; Colombia 
abstract: We analyze trust in electronic voting in Latin America using data from two field experiments conducted in Argentina and Colombia. We find that voters generally exhibit high levels of confidence in e-voting, although this depends on individual characteristics such as age and education as well as on the particular type of technology used. We contrast our findings with those from industrialized democracies and show that conclusions derived from American and European e-voting experiences cannot be directly extrapolated to the Latin American context. Overall, our results suggest that e-voting could provide an attractive alternative to traditional voting procedures in the region. 
date: 2011-06
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Information Technology & Politics
volume: 8
number: 2
publisher: Taylor & Francis
pagerange: 199-217
id_number: 10.1080/19331681.2011.559739
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1933-1681
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2011.559739
citation:   Alvarez, R. Michael and Katz, Gabriel and Pomares, Julia  The Impact of New Technologies on Voter Confidence in Latin America: Evidence from E-voting Experiments in Argentina and Colombia.  Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 8 (2).  pp. 199-217.  ISSN 1933-1681      (2011)