TY  - CHAP
ID  - eprints85
EP  - 91
N2  - Electronic voting could increase citizens? electoral participation and trust in countries characterized by fragile democratic institutions and public discredit of the political system such as those in Latin America. This paper examines attitudes towards e-voting among participants in a large scale pilot project conducted in Colombia in 2007, focusing on the perceived reliability and usability of different automated voting technologies. Using a multivariate probit model, we determine the effect of socio-demographic, geographic and technical factors on users? evaluations of electronic voting vis a vis the traditional paper ballot system. Our results show that users find e-voting not only easier than the current voting system, but also substantially more reliable. While voters? opinions on usability are driven by technical issues, their trust in the new technologies is strongly affected by individual characteristics. We conclude that e-voting entails a promising opportunity to empower voters and increase confidence in elections in Colombia. 
SN  - 0302-9743
T2  - E-Voting and Identity
PB  - Springer
TI  - Assessing Voters? Attitudes towards Electronic Voting in Latin America: Evidence from Colombia?s 2007 E-Voting Pilot
SP  - 75
T3  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
AV  - none
KW  -  e-voting pilot
KW  -  Latin America
KW  -  multivariate probit
KW  -  reliability
KW  -  usability
KW  -  trust in government
KW  -  voter confidence 
M1  - 5767
A1  - Alvarez, R. Michael
A1  - Katz, Gabriel
A1  - Llamosa, Ricardo
A1  - Martinez, Hugo E.
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04135-8_5
Y1  - 2009///
ER  -